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    Question Best lappy for 1k...

    What's the best one out there at the moment for £1000?

    I'm not getting one just yet, but I want to see what state the market is in, and how competitive things are.

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    Yeah I'm looking at an Acer Athlon 64 laptop, but I'm probably gonna wait for the Paris core.
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    I got mine off www.technoworld.co.uk, have a look around, their prices seem pretty good

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    iBook?
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    Aldi

    The aldi laptops seem good spec when they come out. Go to their website and check their newsletters . Good spec and good value

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    What about that laptop thats just appeared on the Tchibo site?
    While they're collecting your lappy you get to have a coffee
    Just my two cents...
    Athlon 64 Processor
    512mb Memory
    9700 Pro Graphics
    Tv Out
    Remote Control
    80GB HDD
    4 In 1 Card Reader
    XP Sp2 Home Preinstalled
    WI-FI
    Dual Layer dvd Burner
    Integrated 5 speakers and integral mini subwoofer
    Li-On Battery Rechargable
    DTB compliant Mpeg 2 Tv Card
    Some Free software
    etc etc
    www.tchibo.co.uk
    £999
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    I've ordered one now - Acer Travelmate 4502WLMi

    Centrino 1.6ghz
    512MB
    60GB
    DVD+/-RW
    yadayada

    It does what I want, hence why I ordered it.

    Still, thanks guys.
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    Post us a mini-review

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    Will do when I get a chance - but it's a sort of xmas pressie... so you may be waiting a while!
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    Where'd ya order it from, if you can say?
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    Argh, that's like £500 cheaper than my TravelMate 804LCi, with almost identical specs :e

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    iBook?


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    For price/performance, I'd say Dell but even those aren't without their problems. The ultra high res, might look good on paper but text is absolutely tiny unless you're staring at it from a few inches away. Dropping down a resolution, just makes everything look slightly fuzzy. The configs of their model are also kinda fvcked up - you can't get a latop with a high end GPU without also a stupid ultra high res screen. Reading text at 1440x900 is nothing short of ridiculous and you can't entirely compensate by adjusting Windows or IE font/icon sizes. Not convinced by the quality of the mobile radeon cards either.

    IBM might be the best, but the prices they charge are ridiculous. The best keyboards of any laptop though.

    Avoid Compaq (particularly Armadas)- useless, massively overweight, and have poor screens.

    Toshiba Satellite were pretty good when they first came out but now the models are just cheap and nasty.

    As for no brand latops, I personally would think twice about getting one - the TFT quality, general build quality and reliability can be absolutely appalling.
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