[Architecture-er]

(Original post by ...mo...)
I have have a Toshiba and have had mixed thoughts. To start of with it was great. One day I got the dreaded blue screen!!! Since then there have been overheating problems with the fan going of almost as soon as I switch it on. I think it needs replacing but not with another Toshiba though. This one is around 3.5kg. What lighter options are possible?

I have no idea I'm afraid, I'm hardly the laptop expert

I think I'm going to buy a desktop / build a custom PC before uni next year - can't afford my laptop to be unreliable halfway through a tight project deadline..

but I'll probably fix this laptop up and do a complete factory reset, so it's old but good as new, then hopefully I can get a few more years out of it since I won't be using it as intensively (ie all gaming and high-spec stuff I'll do on my desktop, just using the laptop for revision / word docs and portability)

[ellasmith]

If you have the budget, i'd definitely recommend a mac, they last forever and don't get viruses.

If you don't, sony vaios are good.

[Herbadacious]

Me and my mom have the exact same Dell laptops, and we've both had the same problems with them - it might just be this specific model, but as no move was made by dell to recall them, we've decided to assume that the whole brand is a bit dodgy.

[Glitch96]

I had a vaio and currently have an acer, they were both good and pricing was not extortionate except overheating was/is an issue if you run demanding software. Apples are good as well except they are terribly over priced, next step alienware (dell gaming range) Id recommend it to anyone looking at macbook priced products as the specs justify the price more and they have a higher cool factor imo

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by Architecture-er)
I have no idea I'm afraid, I'm hardly the laptop expert

I think I'm going to buy a desktop / build a custom PC before uni next year - can't afford my laptop to be unreliable halfway through a tight project deadline..

but I'll probably fix this laptop up and do a complete factory reset, so it's old but good as new, then hopefully I can get a few more years out of it since I won't be using it as intensively (ie all gaming and high-spec stuff I'll do on my desktop, just using the laptop for revision / word docs and portability)

remember to ask here for custom pc building advice

(Original post by ellasmith)
If you have the budget, i'd definitely recommend a mac, they last forever and don't get viruses.

If you don't, sony vaios are good.

Mac's can http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17623422, they do have anti-virus software for sale for them.

(Original post by Glitch96)
I had a vaio and currently have an acer, they were both good and pricing was not extortionate except overheating was/is an issue if you run demanding software. Apples are good as well except they are terribly over priced, next step alienware (dell gaming range) Id recommend it to anyone looking at macbook priced products as the specs justify the price more and they have a higher cool factor imo

Alienware is a rip off to be fair, overpriced like Apple, they are a brand name, difference is Apple's software and OS are worth it for some, whereas stay away from Alienware

[Glitch96]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
Alienware is a rip off to be fair, overpriced like Apple, they are a brand name, difference is Apple's software and OS are worth it for some, whereas stay away from Alienware

I never really looked into apple's software properly, all i saw was that they were charging £1,500 for a 15" system with 4GB ram and 512MB graphics, looking at the alienware, you could have 16GB ram and a 2GB graphics card in a 17" chassis (of which apple discontinued) for that much, it must be a damn good OS

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by Glitch96)
I never really looked into apple's software properly, all i saw was that they were charging £1,500 for a 15" system with 4GB ram and 512MB graphics, looking at the alienware, you could have 16GB ram and a 2GB graphics card in a 17" chassis (of which apple discontinued) for that much, it must be a damn good OS

The specs are a major bump in price yes, but the OS is good for things like video editing, etc
With Apple you pay a premium for the way it looks and it's brand...........which is exactly the same with Alienware you do pay a premium but not as much as Apple, thats why people buy Apple the name, OS or design.

If you went PCspecialist you would get more for your money than Alienware or from MSI or Asus to be fair.

[...mo...]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
They generally don't, maybe like a weird version which is free but nothing like it

Where can I get the office and student one cheap?

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by ...mo...)
Where can I get the office and student one cheap?

Software4students maybe

[...mo...]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
Software4students maybe

I can't find the office and student one. Just the professional version. Any where else.

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by ...mo...)
I can't find the office and student one. Just the professional version. Any where else.

I haven't got a clue