FabSwingers.com forum: Laptop advice..

By *tarburst_88 OP Woman
over a year ago

glasgow

Hello!

I'm admittedly not very good with technical stuff but the time has come for me to purchase a new laptop so I'm hoping some people on here may be in the Christmas spirit and help a girl out!

Without sounding too silly I basically need to know what I should be checking when looking at said laptops.. I've seen a Toshiba one which is 8gb/2tb which I presume is to do with processor speed and memory.. it cost £370. I choose that as an example as old faithful was a Toshiba and lasted about 8 years with no issues but I'd be open to looking at other brands if suggested.

I'll be using it primarily for work stuff(so ms products) and the odd bit of gaming but no streaming.

If I've not bored everyone with my story I'd really appreciate any help at all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try and find the best one for your cash. Ignore the brand names, they pretty much mean nothing these days.

Beware black Friday deals...not always what they seem!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

8gb is the memory size and the other is hard drive size

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

basically I think you are looking for a basic entry level laptop, so my personal advise is to choose something from quite good brand such as Asus, Lenovo toshiba, HP, (avoid samsung) main problem with this type of items are about the heating, chip process and chip assembly can cause problem to the laptop if stressed, so I would suggest pentium 5i with 6-8gb ram (don't care too much about hard disk you can easily increase that buying en external hd ) even memory Ram you can add more in a second time if needed, so focus on processor and good assembly. Asus for me would be the best choice, a good positive point would be to have a metal chassis to increase heating dissipation but an overall ventilation system is essential.

These above are my personal opinion , Ive been working for pc currys few years ago, Hope this help. cheers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I agree with the above Asus build quality is second to none. Not the cheapest but as with most things you get what you pay for. Also stay away from the high street like's of curry's etc. They have big overheads and your be the one paying the overheads. I would recommend online store SCAN goggle for full address. Go for the best spec you can afford and as above stick with INTEL I5 or better will serve you best if planing to use for work.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If it's for work an you use Excel or any other spreadsheet software using arithmetic logic do nit waste your money on anything that has a Celeron processor

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By *tarburst_88 OP Woman
over a year ago

glasgow

Thanks very much everyone! I'm glad someone mentioned celeron because I seen it today and was like wtf lol

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By *hav02Man
over a year ago

Glasgow/London

I think i stumbled onto the wrong forum

Ha! Stick to a Pentium i3/i5 for basic use. 250GB storage as minimum is sufficient, depending on how much porn you want to store

Everything else is pretty irrelevant as you won't notice much difference.

Once you've picked your favourite, look online everywhere for the next price. Bought my current one in America though, still rocking 6yrs on

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By *ary_ArgyllMan
over a year ago

Argyll

I'd be wary of Dell apart from their business models which are OK, but the cheaper home user models build quality can be iffy - had two fail on me recently.

Now switched to Asus and they seem pretty good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All honestly it doesn't matter which company makes your machine

Mine is home built as is my desktop.

The make of processor and its clock speed, RAM and possibly storage space is what matters

If it's going to be used for anything graphic i.e. Pics, videos, games then a good graphics card counts.

I mentioned earlier the Celeron processor, these appear cheaper than Intel etc because they don't have an ALU in them. 'This is an Arithmetic Logic Unit, i.e. If you need to do a lot of Excel spreadsheets or accounts etc that need arithmetic calculations then this is not for you.

All my machines have been home built as I don't believe in spending a lot of cash on stuff I don't need. Or "off the shelf" machines that don't do the business.

I have inherited machines my work were throwing out and bought parts to upgrade to my spec.

Hope this helps

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By *tarburst_88 OP Woman
over a year ago

glasgow

"All honestly it doesn't matter which company makes your machine

Mine is home built as is my desktop.

The make of processor and its clock speed, RAM and possibly storage space is what matters

If it's going to be used for anything graphic i.e. Pics, videos, games then a good graphics card counts.

All my machines have been home built as I don't believe in spending a lot of cash on stuff I don't need. Or "off the shelf" machines that don't do the business.

I have inherited machines my work were throwing out and bought parts to upgrade to my spec.

Hope this helps "

Thank you very much

a substantial volume of my work involves excel so it's 100% required so I'm very grateful you mentioned celerons disadvantage in that field.

I'm going to scour the Web tonight in the hunt for one

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By *wiftieeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow

The aftermath of Black Friday, there were several suitable models about.

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