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Nope, not a good enough spec for that price.

Reply 1222

darth_vader05

How much do you think it should be worth? :smile:

About £420.

Reply 1223

W@t3R

sr4470

Not this particular one.

Is there one which you recommend?

Reply 1224

W@t3R

Is there one which you recommend?

Heres a nice barebones sytem. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-C2D635

Reply 1225

ghost101

Heres a nice barebones sytem. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-C2D635

Agreed.

Reply 1226

W@t3R

ghost101

Heres a nice barebones sytem. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-C2D635

So it comes with a mother board, processor, RAM, fan and case. Just to make sure, does this mean I have to buy the hard disk, graphics card, etc.... all by myself?

Reply 1227

W@t3R

So it comes with a mother board, processor, RAM, fan and case. Just to make sure, does this mean I have to buy the hard disk, graphics card, etc.... all by myself?

Yup.

Reply 1228

sionww

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=129913

Opinions?

Reply 1229

sionww

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=129913

Opinions?

Wow, youre paying one helluva premium for using 2 1 gig RAM sticks and an x1600 card.

The question is, are you seriously gonna play games on youre laptop? Even an x1600 is crap by todays standards, youre just paying through your nose for something of little benefit. And ditto for the RAM. Because they are having to use 2 x 1gig RAM sticks which are very expensive, its driving up the price.

Even considering that, it is seriously overpriced. However, i am perhaps unfairly biased against destop replacement laptops, as i always feel that you pay so much for such little performance. Basically, if i were you id think about what id use my laptop for.

Do you need to move it around? If so a 17" laptop which weighs 4kg and low battery life really will be inconvenient. If you simply want something for uni where you can play games watch video as well as do work, then why not consider a small factor form pc. If you are going to simple browse the internet and do normal work, multitask etc. Then simply go for a standard 15" laptop with a t7200 processor and integrated graphics.

edit: Even a 17" iMac with the same specs only costs £700 with a higher education discount. However, IMO the Apple imac range are the only apple computers worth getting.

Reply 1230

hi can you tell me if this laptops worth the price? is it a good laptop for a student- i mainly need it for word documents ,maybe some gaming and uploading some pictures and wireless interenet. http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2062623431.1161453132@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdcaddjegmjdfkcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&sku=334062&fm=1&sm=1&tm=undefined

if the link doesnt work 1st time try refreshing the page. thanks!

Reply 1231

xbabydollx

hi can you tell me if this laptops worth the price?

No.

Reply 1232

sr4470

No.

why not?

Reply 1233

xbabydollx

why not?

Poor spec for the price.

This is much better and similar money (has 5 hours battery life as well):

Fujitsu V2085

Reply 1234

sr4470

Poor spec for the price.

This is much better and similar money (has 5 hours battery life as well):

Fujitsu V2085

so is this one better than the one posted above by darth?

Reply 1235

xbabydollx

so is this one better than the one posted above by darth?

Yes.

Reply 1236

xbabydollx

hi can you tell me if this laptops worth the price? is it a good laptop for a student- i mainly need it for word documents ,maybe some gaming and uploading some pictures and wireless interenet. http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2062623431.1161453132@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdcaddjegmjdfkcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&sku=334062&fm=1&sm=1&tm=undefined

if the link doesnt work 1st time try refreshing the page. thanks!

A £400 price point for laptops tend to be very hard, since its too cheap for dual core but you paying a good 80% of a dual core laptop.

But otherwise, after looking around it isnt too bad. However, you can get a 60GB hard drive and 512MB RAM for the same price.

Something like this http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/118191 for example. I think Dell's Inspiron 1300 range are also similarly priced.

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/115617 This is has a pentium M processor rather than a Celeron M but is the same price.

Reply 1237

sr4470

Yes.

thanks ill look at the one you suggested in more detail. :smile:

Reply 1238

sr4470

Poor spec for the price.

This is much better and similar money (has 5 hours battery life as well):

Fujitsu V2085

A six cell battery running for 5 hours on a 15" laptop? Something fishy is going on there.

Reply 1239