[VanillaTwilight]

Hi,

So I'm looking for a new laptop since my other one is slowly dying on me! I've just lost all my data from that since my harddrive was damaged a lot apparently. So I've had windows vista restored on it but I'd rather not take the chance and get a new laptop since this has actually happened to me before!

My price range is max £500. I really don't want to go above that since I'm not paying for it my parents are and I really don't want to spend a lot on it!!

My old laptop has lasted me 3 and a half years now... And I'm just about to start 3rd year of uni and have another 3 years to go yet so would like one that would last me through these 3 years and longer hopefully!

I'd just be using it for the basics: Internet surfing, iplayer, YouTube etc, uni work, watching films, editing home videos etc.
I'm a chemistry student so I use a lot of chemistry software aswell and my old laptop was very lagging using it so I would need something that would be able to handle it. Also I don't play games apart from the Sims. That's the only game that I actually play.

So any suggestions??

Also I want something like a Sony vaio or HP something that is well known and will last a while. And it needs to look good aswell :P

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[Iqbal007]

(Original post by VanillaTwilight)
Hi,

So I'm looking for a new laptop since my other one is slowly dying on me! I've just lost all my data from that since my harddrive was damaged a lot apparently. So I've had windows vista restored on it but I'd rather not take the chance and get a new laptop since this has actually happened to me before!

My price range is max £500. I really don't want to go above that since I'm not paying for it my parents are and I really don't want to spend a lot on it!!

My old laptop has lasted me 3 and a half years now... And I'm just about to start 3rd year of uni and have another 3 years to go yet so would like one that would last me through these 3 years and longer hopefully!

I'd just be using it for the basics: Internet surfing, iplayer, YouTube etc, uni work, watching films, editing home videos etc.
I'm a chemistry student so I use a lot of chemistry software aswell and my old laptop was very lagging using it so I would need something that would be able to handle it. Also I don't play games apart from the Sims. That's the only game that I actually play.

So any suggestions??

Also I want something like a Sony vaio or HP something that is well known and will last a while. And it needs to look good aswell :P

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Any laptop with i3, etc processor will play Sims fine.

What kind of editing, serious amount?
Because you can get an i5 under £500, depends on how much ram and storage you need.

[VanillaTwilight]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
Any laptop with i3, etc processor will play Sims fine.

What kind of editing, serious amount?
Because you can get an i5 under £500, depends on how much ram and storage you need.

Nah not a serious amount, just home videos really.

Well I'm hoping for quite a lot of storage! My laptop had 160GB but I'd prefer to have way more space than that! Also it was 1GB RAM again would preferably like to have a lot more than that aswell.

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by VanillaTwilight)
Nah not a serious amount, just home videos really.

Well I'm hoping for quite a lot of storage! My laptop had 160GB but I'd prefer to have way more space than that! Also it was 1GB RAM again would preferably like to have a lot more than that aswell.

Well most laptops come with at least 500Gb of storage with 4gb of ram.

So would you like some suggestions?

[VanillaTwilight]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
Well most laptops come with at least 500Gb of storage with 4gb of ram.

So would you like some suggestions?

Go for it. My main thing is I want it to last long and have a good battery life aswell.


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[Iqbal007]

(Original post by VanillaTwilight)
Go for it. My main thing is I want it to last long and have a good battery life aswell.


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http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Lenov...UK/version.asp

its got upto 5-6 hours battery life and is from a reliable make, 3rd gen i5 processor, 4gb ram and 500gb hard drive.

[VanillaTwilight]

Hmmm any other suggestions? Never heard of lenvo before haha


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[Iqbal007]

(Original post by VanillaTwilight)
Hmmm any other suggestions? Never heard of lenvo before haha


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They own the thinkpad range, they are known to be the most reliable currently in the market

[stevefridel]

I also have laptop so I suggest you for purchasing new laptop. You have to select your laptop brand is very popular you also have to choose some law weight laptop. Laptop storage capacity is also very important so now a days very high storage capacity laptops available.

[VanillaTwilight]

Hmm okay thanks. Will check them out. Not getting it yet but getting it closer to end of September time when I go back to uni. Just wanted to see what kind of range was out.

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by VanillaTwilight)
Hmm okay thanks. Will check them out. Not getting it yet but getting it closer to end of September time when I go back to uni. Just wanted to see what kind of range was out.

Hopefully the i3 3rd gen laptops will be out by then and you got back to school sales

[orchid]

I would 2nd a Lenovo. If not I think Samsung make fairly reliable laptops but its all personal opinion. I would check out reviews online and go for something that has the right specs for you.

[VanillaTwilight]

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(Original post by Iqbal007)
Hopefully the i3 3rd gen laptops will be out by then and you got back to school sales

Haha how comes i5 gen 3 is out but not i3 gen 3? Or am I talking a whole loada rubbish haha?

unfortunately back to school sales are in august up here in Scotland ahaha. So that throws that out the window!

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by VanillaTwilight)
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Haha how comes i5 gen 3 is out but not i3 gen 3? Or am I talking a whole loada rubbish haha?

unfortunately back to school sales are in august up here in Scotland ahaha. So that throws that out the window!

They haven't released the i3 3rd generation yet for desktops, so it won't come out for laptops for a while.
They released i5 and i7 3rd gen at the beginning of the year after a while the manufacturers of laptops put them in after they got rid of some of their stock though it's not all out on those laptops yet.

Why can't you just wait a bit

[VanillaTwilight]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
They haven't released the i3 3rd generation yet for desktops, so it won't come out for laptops for a while.
They released i5 and i7 3rd gen at the beginning of the year after a while the manufacturers of laptops put them in after they got rid of some of their stock though it's not all out on those laptops yet.

Why can't you just wait a bit

Ah okay. Well I'm waiting till I go back to uni first before I get one so that's 2 months away haha. But I'd rather use a big screen laptop rather than my 10' netbook!

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by VanillaTwilight)
Ah okay. Well I'm waiting till I go back to uni first before I get one so that's 2 months away haha. But I'd rather use a big screen laptop rather than my 10' netbook!

Should be cheaper than

[VanillaTwilight]

What about these ones:

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/sony-va...01387-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba...32344-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/sony-vp...84760-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/samsung...19697-pdt.html

Any of them any good??

P.S. currys has a sale on now.. so would like to get it now instead of waiting!

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by VanillaTwilight)
What about these ones:

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/sony-va...01387-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba...32344-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/sony-vp...84760-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/samsung...19697-pdt.html

Any of them any good??

P.S. currys has a sale on now.. so would like to get it now instead of waiting!

The first 3 are completely overpriced in my opinion for the specs, the last one does look good, though you good pick up a similar Lenovo one with the same specs for about £50 less.

[VanillaTwilight]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
The first 3 are completely overpriced in my opinion for the specs, the last one does look good, though you good pick up a similar Lenovo one with the same specs for about £50 less.

Yeah the last one looks alright.. but is samsung a good company for laptops? Will it last me a few years?

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by VanillaTwilight)
Yeah the last one looks alright.. but is samsung a good company for laptops? Will it last me a few years?

Yes of course it is, well known.
It depends on each individual, if it doesn't have defects and you treat it well than it certainly should.
You should also consider a cooling pad for keep good ventilation

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_Z580_1206320.html look at that