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Originally posted by wj
Just so you know Stig, My mom has that same laptop and it's a bit of a beast, it's huge, heavy, awkward, and just doesn't perform. Just so ya know. Part of the performance issue is more towards the fact she downloads alot of junkware and malware, but, it was still slow when it had a fresh load of XP or Vista on it.
That's actually really helpful, I've been looking at that laptop.
James, it is a nice laptop all in all, but it might be worth spending a few extra quid to get an overall better performing machine (if that makes sense), because as far as I know, Dell are a little bit flimsy, breaking a lot etc, particularly the chargers that come with them. That's why I'm going for a Hewlett Packard instead, because from all of my experience they've always built really durable machines that last years and years.
