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    New Laptop needed, recommendations needed.

    Hello all,

    As it appears to be the season of sales, i've decided its a good time to buy new laptop. Unfortunately my knowledge about them is extremely limited. So i was hoping you guys could help me out.

    I have a budget of £500 and the only defining thing i really need is a 160GB+ HDD.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Re: New Laptop needed, recommendations needed.

    What sort of thing will you be doing with it. 160GB isnt hard to come by really.

    Dells studio 15 is really quite nice, I tried it out in currys the other day and gets good reviews apart from being a bit chunky

    http://www.dmxdimension.com/dell-uk/...rison-coupons/

    Good for HD and general laptop bits and bobs.

    I've just found this, frickin insane spec!
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147022

    The screen is apparently not that amazing but otherwise thats a killer

    This is the highest spec for £500 I can think of though, shame its acer.
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151290
    Last edited by staffsMike; 25-12-2008 at 03:18 AM.

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    Re: New Laptop needed, recommendations needed.

    Quote Originally Posted by staffsMike View Post
    What sort of thing will you be doing with it. 160GB isnt hard to come by really.

    Dells studio 15 is really quite nice, I tried it out in currys the other day and gets good reviews apart from being a bit chunky

    http://www.dmxdimension.com/dell-uk/...rison-coupons/

    Good for HD and general laptop bits and bobs.

    I've just found this, frickin insane spec!
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147022

    The screen is apparently not that amazing but otherwise thats a killer

    This is the highest spec for £500 I can think of though, shame its acer.
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151290
    Whats the problem with it being Acer? I have had more issues with Dell. Company has 25 Laptops from Dell 9 have had screen problems or Keyboard failures. Still all from the same batch so that might be the reason.
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    Re: New Laptop needed, recommendations needed.

    Thanks for the help. I'm going for the Samsung.

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