New laptop Opinions

[jcoquillon]

I'm gettting a new laptop in a couple of weeks I've settled on the Evesham Voyager 64 3000+ atm

http://www.evesham.com/PCs/Info.asp?...3-C93EF2CE3E8D

I intend to upgrade the RAM to 1GB, the CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive to a DVD-RW and the 40GB to a 60Gb drive. What are peoples opinions of this machine?

[Spud1]

well that makes the total price £1413.61 if you apply those upgrades

I would say its an ok laptop, but theres a better one

http://www.alienware.co.uk/system_pages/area-51m.aspx , their first lappy is a similar price to that one but would be better imho

Alienware Magnesium Alloy Chassis
Pentium® 4 @ 2.8GHz 800FSB
User-Upgradeable Graphics
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 128MB DDR
16.1" inch UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD
40GB 5400rpm HDD with 8MB Cache
Infrared Remote control

all customisable but


you get a free t-shirt, free mouse mat and the greatest respect from everyone are you. Its worth the extra money for one, rather than a 'normal' evesham lappy tbh (note the alienware graphics are 'user upgradeable' for this lappy has some degree of future proofing too )

[epi]

Considered a Toshiba lappy? Some of the new ones are pretty powerful and being very slim and portable at the same time, I can vouch for them as I do have one so no bias their eh;D

[Lord Kordir]

What about one of these . They get rave reviews

[Enverex]

well that makes the total price £1413.61 if you apply those upgrades

I would say its an ok laptop, but theres a better one

http://www.alienware.co.uk/system_pages/area-51m.aspx , their first lappy is a similar price to that one but would be better imho

Alienware Magnesium Alloy Chassis
Pentium® 4 @ 2.8GHz 800FSB
User-Upgradeable Graphics
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 128MB DDR
16.1" inch UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD
40GB 5400rpm HDD with 8MB Cache
Infrared Remote control

all customisable but


you get a free t-shirt, free mouse mat and the greatest respect from everyone are you. Its worth the extra money for one, rather than a 'normal' evesham lappy tbh (note the alienware graphics are 'user upgradeable' for this lappy has some degree of future proofing too )

Bad move. That chip will run very hot and will also be out performed by the Athlon64 anyway.

[Zathras]

The UltraXGA lcd is absolutely superb, if it's the same one as in my Dell, which is likely. Why can't they make desktop LCD screens with this sort of resolution and dpi for under roughly the same price as the entire laptop?

[Enverex]

Just make sure you don't buy QUXGA by acident (2048x1536 @ 15.1")