Heres the thing. My grandad is going to buy me a laptop as long as I get an A* In my maths coursework and I have but he is only going to spend £700 at the most.
So I was wondering if you could recommend the best laptop for me.

It has to be :

• Windows XP Media Center
  
• 50 GB at least and 1024mb RAM.
  
• 1.6GHZ at least. Thanks

depends what you will use it for. if for school work then space and maybe ram (and MAYBE display size) matter, if for gaming then cpu/gpu/ram if as media player then all specs but moderate, not extreme.

or you could decide by which programs you use most

you can try www.lenovo.com, used to be IBM, they are nice and good you can configure to the specs you want

I'll be using it for mostly downloading music and listening to it and for storing my pictures and videos. But I will be using it occasionally for schoolwork and stuff.

An A* in your maths coursework, ouch, it's very hard to get there, despite the answer is 'The farmer should use a circular shape'. I got this laptop I'm on now at a bargain price, in fact they have raised it buy a £100 since I brought it.

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What about Acer? I think they're good. I dont know the prices though. And I can't be bothered to look them up


* ins4ne is teh lazy xD

Been looking around. All of them have XP Home or Professional, can't find any with Media Center.

Best I can find is this, £749.
+ £38.00 for 1MB RAM

ACER AS5634WLMI - Very good specs, take a look.
Some others aswell.

Acer rock,
Check out there range they have good laptops for cheap prices.
My laptop i have here has 2.0ghz x 2 intel dual core. 2GB of ram, webcam, 120GB HDD
etc...
cost me £1600 at them time but i believe its like £800 or something daft like that now

check their range at: www.acer.co.uk

Thanks everyone ... Now I have to pick one .. I think I have the A* cuz I was 2 marks away and I had to put in a couple of things to improve it so

Thanks again

www.notebookreview.com

Then go to the forum then you fill in a FAQ then people reply with there recomendations. Its a very good site!

To be quite honest with you, I dislike acer's.

Yes, they are very cheap, I got to give that to them, but from the experience that I have been through (my sis has an acer and so does her bf) their "assemblage" (putting all the pieces together) is pretty cheap. 

Also, their support is simply horrible. (My sister's bf called to ask to replace his earphone jack, she just answered you're out of the warranty and hung up at him)

Anyhow, although IBM's are reputed the issue that I see in them is  the design. They are super well equipped with quality built-in parts, and well built, but their design is let's say basic, and their prices, a little high.

I would truly suggest you a Toshiba satellite, maybe like the one that Absorbation showed or maybe a centrino duo. Shouldn't be that expensive.

Take a look at these http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xPP-PC_Laptops--price_range_600_760 I would go for a Sony VAIO or maybe an Acer, here you can search up the top for what specs you want aswell.

Thanks alot just wondering. Ive searched the definition of WXGA but does this mean its a glass like screen ?

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Thanks alot just wondering. Ive searched the definition of WXGA but does this mean its a glass like screen ?

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Thanks alot just wondering. Ive searched the definition of WXGA but does this mean its a glass like screen ?

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lets just say it reflects a bit of light and you can see yourself in your screen... its quite a bit annoying... but supposedly they are better...

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Or maybe it's Widescreen XGA?

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I read that article about XGA but is what Voldermort said still correct ?

its annoying only when its really sunny, otherwise its better than a matte finish

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its annoying only when its really sunny, otherwise its better than a matte finish

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at least in my laptop, as im near the window i see myself on the screen... and when lights are on in my room... its annoying.... at least on my lappy

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I read that article about XGA but is what Voldermort said still correct ?

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.Vimto.,

This should answer most questions you might have about laptop screens and help you decide in that area.

Anyway, manufacturers design their laptop models to fit in certain categories and appeal to a particular type of user.  Each category comes with some tradeoffs and they roughly are as follows:

Budget: the main feature here is "cheap".  Usually you will get something medium sized, but neither very fast, nor particularly thin and light, nor having very good battery life.   However, you can get one for around $500 USD.

Desktop Replacement:  best performance and large screen size, but thick and heavy, with short battery life.  As the name suggests, these are intended to replace a desktop computer at home or office.  You wouldn't want to carry one with you often, and it won't last very long if you don't have a power outlet nearby, either.

Gaming: a desktop replacement with additional cost put toward a high end graphics chipset.  May also feature aesthetics targeting the audience, such as neon colors and superfluous LEDs. 

Thin & Light: laptops with 13-15" screens, designed for those who want a laptop they can carry.  More thought is also usually given to battery life.  Some performance tradeoffs have been made to accomplish that (usually in the areas of CPU and graphics).

Ultra Portable: very small and lightweight laptops, with screen sizes of 12" or less and usually without a built-in optical drive.

It would be a good start to think it over and decide which category would suit you best -- that will give you some idea what to look for, and will also make it easier for others to recommend specific models.

Thanks Adeptus That helped alot ... Its more understandable lolz

alby,
Yeah i can understand about your experience.

All i can say is that my laptop so far is awesome in build quality.
Nothing gone wrong for the past 4 months(since i got it).

There's a slight glitch in the build quality (when you press the screen once its closed hard enough it goes BEEEEP. (i presses the page scroller next to the touchpad.

@ .vimto.
Acer's are renoune for cheap build quality but its when you get a bad batch or something.
Mine has been great from day 1. It has been dropped, it has been left underneath a thic duvea cover and got upto 96*C (no joke) and it has been fine.

Most shops do a 30 day money back garuntee, try one and if you dont like it then fair enough, take it back and get another make

Hope this helps,
Nathan

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I read that article about XGA but is what Voldermort said still correct ?

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To a degree, yes. After all, you do get glass widescreens. I've yet to see a glass normal screen, but there's nothing to say they don't exist.

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If you ever need anyhelp vimto you have me on wlm so just ask

Sorry about the long post but i had a lot to say

I doubt half of you read this.....

Cheers,
Nathan

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