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i want a laptop |
haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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i really want a laptop and i am willing to spend up to £1000 anything less than this would be great. i really like the look of sony vaio and apple. here is what i need:
i will be using it from home and college for work and would like to use it for surfing the net, email, essays etc, burning cd and dvd so it needs a dvd and cd rw
what do you think is the best one, could i afford apple or sony for what i want or would it be better to buy a dvd rw separtely as the dvd rw doesnt need to travel with me.
im totally stuck on what to get 
looks is a must, it cant be ugly lol
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Jezzaj
Joined: Apr 16, 2003
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From: UK
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£1000 is not a lot in laptop money.what about screen size,processor sped Etc.have you looked around anywhere to see what you get for £1000? |
haynesycop
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i would have thought £1000 would be ok 
i dont need a huge amount of memory, i jus want it for around the house and college with a cd rw, basically.
i want a dvd rw too but i can buy that separate at a later date if need be.
what would you recommend?
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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I just happened to buy my son a new vaio K115B today. not bad specs for the price (this is where I get most of my vaio's and they do have good prices)
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haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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very nice worth considering, i will have to check if they do finance
i do like the look of the apple i book g4
anyone have one, would you recommend them
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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@copperfield - I am not quite sure here if your budget can buy you a decent branded laptop with P4 processor - unless, if you'll choose @masseur's suggestion. A second-hand one probably will buy you one. Happy hunting. My choice is a Compaq Presario brand! |
haynesycop
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cheers, i dont have to be too flash, just average memory and the ability to surf the net and burn cd's
£1000 should well cover that
thanks |
p900 lover
Joined: Jan 08, 2004
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From: London
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if u want value for money go for dell
they hav sum good deals
but there not at stylish as sony |
Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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You can't get anything easier to use or better looking than an Apple Mac. Mac OS X is just great, (voted best OS of 2004 by PCWorld Magazine!) and comes with the best bluetooth support for SE phones anywhere. AppleWorks will help you with your essays or you can get Microsoft Office 2004 (apparently the best version of Office for any platform.)
You'll also get the great iApps such as iPhoto, iTunes, iCal, iChat, iSync, iMovie and iDVD built-in.
You won't find anything better than these applications without spending loads of money - you can make very professional videos and DVDs with iMovie and iDVD. You also get Garageband, which is Apple's new music making program.
Also, because they're all made by Apple, you won't spend more time sorting out incompatibilities than you will using them... everything works straight out of the box.
You can get an Apple iBook for between £799 and £1049. Unfortunately the cheapest PowerBook is £1,149.00.
With a SuperDrive (for burning DVDs) you're looking at £1,019.00 for the 14-inch iBook.
I'd definately recommend a Mac - I've had my iBook for 3 years and its still going strong. And I've just bought an eMac because they're such good value for money.
Here's a few other reasons to buy a Mac:
Safari
Salling Clicker
P900 Manager
[ This Message was edited by: JoolsG3 on 2004-06-07 22:23 ] |
haynesycop
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i do like apple and have been thinking of an ibook for a while now, it just i am used to windows and changing to another system will take a while to get used too.
i only want a 12inch ibook if i get one, which one would you recommend as i know there are loads of variations on size, memory etc
theres g3 and g4 which are the best
also i did want to burn dvds but i know it would be very expensive to get a built in dvd rw
i did here that you can get software so you can use a cd rw drive to make dvds - is this true and what software is available
cheers
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Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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If you can use a Windows PC, you'll have no problems switching to a Mac, they're designed to be easy to use. Have a look here for answers to many questions about switching.
Unfortunately you can't get a 12" iBook with DVD-RW, only a 14" because of its physical size. I would recommend the fastest iBook you can afford with 512mb RAM.
They only do G4 iBooks now. G4's are better than G3 anyway!
As mentioned previously you can get a 1Ghz G4 14" iBook with DVD-RW for £1019 (just £19 more than your budget!). It's definately worth it if you need to burn DVDs. And you could add more RAM at a later date yourself. It's very easy - it just slots in under the keyboard.
If you really don't want a 14" iBook, then the 1Ghz G4 12" iBook is your only option at £799, but you can't get these with DVD-RW. Have a look on the UK AppleStore for the build-to-order options available. You can double the RAM to 512mb and double the hard disk size to 60gb for an extra £130 bringing the total to £928, well within your budget.
You can't burn DVDs in a CD-RW drive. However you can burn proper DVD Video data to a CD-R and some (but not all) DVD players will play it back just like a regular DVD. But you'll be severely limited by capacity. A DVD holds 4.3gb of data whereas a CD only holds 700mb.
You don't mention what kind of data you want to put onto DVD, but if you want to 'backup' movies, there is free software that will compress a DVD movie onto 1 or 2 CDs in MPEG4 format to play back in QuickTime. It's not DVD quality, but quite watchable.
For burning CDs and DVDs in every format I'd recommend Roxio Toast.
Any other questions, just ask!
[ This Message was edited by: JoolsG3 on 2004-06-08 09:34 ] |
haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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i think i will go for an apple, as i am just fed up that windows keeps crashing, i just used the reclaim disc i got for my pc and it still crashes
i heard that apple hardly ever does, and i feel like a change
i just need the cash to buy one now
cheers everyone for all your suggestions |
heppell2k
Joined: Aug 27, 2002
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As it so happens i have just brought a 17" powerbook g4 with a dvd rw 512DDR Ram and a 60Gb HD, i got it from here
http://promo.euro.apple.com/promo/refurb/uk/
it is apples refurbished site where u get the same warantee as everywhere else on the apple site-of one year-yet you can save like 45% like i did-instead of like over 2 grand i paid less than 1500. Bargain
only opens on a wednesday after ten ocloc-u will want to get on there as soon after 10 as possible-well worth it thugh |
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Posted: 2004-06-07 20:03
