James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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Looking at a new laptop. No real budget - the cheaper the better.
Will be required to run the following:
Visual Studio 2008
SQL Server 2008
PKR Poker Application (Quite Graphics intensive)
Watching films (Blu-Ray player would be nice)
It won't be used for gaming, one of the main things I want is a fast response time when I am doing simple things like surfing the internet, switching between applications.
Been looking at Dells, but some of the Sony/Samsungs like pretty cool.
Would also like the ability to connect it to docking station although this isn't a necessity.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Dells are still brilliant value, warranty is excellent.
If you want a dock you'll have to look at the business targeted latitudes instead of the inspirons and studios.
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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I feared as much - don't want a latitude, I can live without the dock.
I always favoured Dells but noticed how laptops in general have been coming down in price lately so Dell no longer seem as competitive.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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CostCo are doing some good deals at the minute James. Also throwing in 2 year warrantys. Also nice to see what you are purchasing i find when buying laptops.
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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I thought this one looked decent:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150331
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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I got a Dell Studio 15 in November.
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8400 2.26 GHz
4GB RAM
320GB Hard Drive
Blu-ray Drive
Bluetooth
Backlit keyboard
Artwork cover
3 year in home warranty
cant remember the rest
Paid quite a wack for it but think they have come down in price now.
You can get a kensington docking station with the Studio 15 when I just looked on the dell website.
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