looking for budget laptop. help?

Confused · Post by **Confused** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:00 am

Whatever you get - replace the standard drive with an SSD.

An SSD is by far the BEST thing to happen to computing in years - it'll even make your old laptop seem like a brand new machine.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:07 am

Well thats decision made thenbas to do that I would have to spend more. 200 on a gen 2 i5 lenovo with 129gbSSD it is then.

cheers guys much help appreciated. Soon I'll be able to work again. Lol.

Post by **SPYDOR** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:25 am

+10 for what Confused said for anyone else reading this. No excuse not to get an SSD nowadays with prices as low as they are now. Biggest speed boost you can give any consumer PC/laptop by miles!

Confused · Post by **Confused** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:47 am

I've placed an SSD in an old Core2 Duo based PC that felt like it was on its last legs. The machine itself is fine, but it was just slow to do anything due to the old mechanical disk. New SSD in there (not even one of the most expensive ones) and it now performs day-to-day tasks (web browsing, Office etc) as well as my £1500 gaming PC beast.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:46 pm

indigolemon wrote:Go ex-corporate refurbs man, decent quality kit for peanuts:

http://www.tier1online.com/728-2522ac1/ ... it-grade-a

Running one of these myself - amazing bit of kit for the cash, was close to 2k new I believe

That's my work laptop.

When it was issued to me, I didn't know it would have cost that much?

TBH, I didn't think it was even possible to spend over £500 on a PC these days!

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:20 pm

500 is 'just' out of budget kit mate. How deep are your pockets?

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:23 pm

wurlycorner wrote:When it was issued to me, I didn't know it would have cost that much?

They're modular, you can spec them up when you buy them. So some had better internal kit in terms of HDD, Bluetooth, screen resolution etc. Prices ranged from £1300 to £2000 ish.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:51 pm

lewd lude lover wrote: 500 is 'just' out of budget kit mate. How deep are your pockets?

For something like a PC? no-where near that!

I was being serious - £2k is what I remember pretty basic laptops starting at when I were a lad. Whenever I see ads these days, they're only a couple of hundred, so I'm genuinely surprised to hear this thing I'm typing would have cost that much

Post by **SPYDOR** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:03 pm

I'm surprised by how affordable PCs and laptops are thesedays. I think it's great and allows so many more people to be able to access teh intarweb (for better or for worse...) At least it's one thing in this country that isn't constantly getting more and more expensive!

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:16 pm

wurlycorner wrote:I was being serious - £2k is what I remember pretty basic laptops starting at when I were a lad. Whenever I see ads these days, they're only a couple of hundred, so I'm genuinely surprised to hear this thing I'm typing would have cost that much

Business grade laptop man. All quality components, mag-alloy chassis, user serviceable etc etc. Back to the old 'you get what you pay for' adage. £300 (new) laptops are for chumps!