Buying a Laptop

[Cain]

I'm thinking about getting a laptop to replace my PC

I'm looking to at least match my one with 256mb of RAM and a 2400+ 2.00Ghz Athlon with a 60G hard drive, and a second hard drive of 6G, a DVD drive,and a CD burner.

Any suggestions of what sort of brands or models I should be looking at? and how easy is it to upgrade laptops once you've bought them?

Thanks

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[The_Farwall]

Are AlienWare any good? They certainly look very cool and are top spec.

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[Steveo]

Don't go for an Athlon.

Get more than 256meg RAM.

That is all.

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[amac]

[s]The_Farwall wrote on 15:00, 24th Nov 2004:
Are AlienWare any good? They certainly look very cool and are top spec.


Good, but expensive.

http://www.evesham.co.uk is where its at.

[Akkarin]

As i recently got one after search hundreds of sites and magazines here is some useful hints

1. Very good site for finding on to suit u http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/computing/ ... s/laptops/
2. If ur going 2 run XP get at least 512Mb ram
3. Never buy anything from dell
4. I personally like athlon and they can match pentium any day
5. If ur looking for good spec really cheap go to www.tiny.com

anything else e-mail me
ajr38@st-andrews.ac.uk

[Don]

[s]dunqn wrote on 02:52, 25th Nov 2004:
3. Never buy dell desktops - their laptops are excellent, and the warranties are second to none



I'm afriad I would have to disagree with that, in the past year I know at least 10 people who have had to have their Dell laptop hard drive replaced because of hard drive failure, and I also know of someone who had a motherboard fail twice (tho that might just be bad luck). I would never got with Dell, or recommend them to anyone, not their laptops anyway.

[Lee.Cairns]

I had a friend whose DVD drive failed on there laptop, and dell said take out the drive and leave it for a courier to turn up, they never told her how to take the drive out and the courier never turned up. Bloody good service that is!

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[amac]

[s]dunqn wrote on 02:52, 25th Nov 2004:
5. never go to tiny - that's like asking to have your ass stretched open with a device normally used by fire crews, and having an elephant pump you with a gallon of it's love juice. never go to tiny.


Best. Advice. Ever.

[Akkarin]

as for tiny i totally agree but they do have the cheapest around and as long as u get bits form know suppliers (pentium, nVidia, etc.) I dont see a problem.
Fair enough i would never get one myself but if u are short of cash