Want to buy a laptop.

WhiteLotus · Oct 17, 2008

Hey guys,

so i am thinking of getting a laptop solely for college use. A 15" or bigger screen is a must but then after that i get lost in what is good and what isn't.

My budget for this laptop would be about £300-£400, so i'm not looking for anything spectacular. as long as it can allow me to work, connect to the internet wirelessly and has a reasonably long battery life i'm happy.

I would most likely strip the Hard Drive and put Ubuntu on to it, and 120GB of space is more than enough for just work and a bit of music.

Anybody care to give me any pointers here?

Thanks for reading!

B1gg3stN00b · Oct 17, 2008

Buy a Compaq or HP.

Do NOT buy a Dell.

Gateway is good but from my experience has horrible customer service.

ASUS is fine.

Do NOT buy Acer, their build quality and customer service match that of Dell.

Wingo101 · Oct 17, 2008

B1gg3stN00b said:
Buy a Compaq or HP.

Do NOT buy a Dell.

Gateway is good but from my experience has horrible customer service.

ASUS is fine.

Do NOT buy Acer, their build quality and customer service match that of Dell.

Actually, I think Acer's build quality is better than that of HP. A few friends of mine had HP laptops, but the screens died on one & the battery died on the other. They all switched to Acer laptops & haven't had any problems so far.

freaksavior · Oct 17, 2008

B1gg3stN00b said:
Buy a Compaq or HP.

Do NOT buy a Dell.

Gateway is good but from my experience has horrible customer service.

ASUS is fine.

Do NOT buy Acer, their build quality and customer service match that of Dell.

Dell's computers are not bad. its the os they pre-load. Seriously i think dell has something hidden on the os that will slowly make the machine slower.

In a legal term speaking.

download a copy of vista thats whatever came with the machine...

wipe it.

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Want to buy a laptop.

WhiteLotus

B1gg3stN00b

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Wingo101

freaksavior

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