Laptops

Oct 01, 2008 12:29

So, I need to buy a new laptop (thanks Rosie!).

Any advice?

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ciphergoth October 1 2008, 13:38:20 UTC
What do you want to use it for?

Will you need to carry it around much?

How much can you afford?

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lovingboth October 1 2008, 14:38:39 UTC
Beat me to it :)

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angelmine October 1 2008, 14:55:29 UTC
I primarily use it for work, so needs to run Office 2007 happily. I'd like to stay on XP but I imagine I'll have to get to grips with Vista?

I need to be able to have a number of things going on at the same time without that slowing it down massively (currently I have a couple of webpages open, lotus notes running, plus a word document and a powerpoint presentation that I am flicking between).

As with my current (ex) laptop, I intend to set it up as a desktop (so docking station compatibility would be cool, otherwise will stick with the seperate USB keyboard/mouse combo that I currently use) but the ability to use it portably is important (though I doubt I'll actually carry it around *that* much).

The ones I've looked at are about £400-£450 ish, I could probably go up to £500 if I had to...

I know pathetically little, are these the right sort of answers?

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barakta October 1 2008, 19:13:20 UTC
You should be able to get some kind of Vista to XP upgrade (well downgrade) if you speak to the shop/Microsoft - but I don't know exactly how that is done.

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