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peaks   09-24-2008 at 08:30:27 PM

1_What is your budget?
£650

2_How much screen size do you need?
15.4

3_How much screen resolution do you want?
Not really nbother, need advice on it

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Not replacing anything

5_How much battery life do you need?
2 hours atleast

6_Do you want to play games with it? If so then what kind of settings you want to play your games?(Low,Medium or High)?
medium, not that bothered. Would like a reasonably good GPU tho

7_What other tasks do you want to with your laptop?
mainly uni work really and surfing the internet. Would like to use it in some casual la parties too maybe, to partner my desktop

8_How much storage(H.D.D Capacity)do you need?
160-250

any help would be greatly appreciated

peaks,

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Bronze Laptops badge Maziar   09-25-2008 at 09:24:46 AM
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Take a look at ACER GEMSTONE BLUE series

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peaks   09-25-2008 at 12:25:14 PM
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Any reason for this?

I was goona go wth a trusty Dell. Never really looked into acer laptops before. Does anyone know much about Zoostorm laptops?

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TheGreatGrapeApe   09-25-2008 at 09:05:16 PM
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Is that including or excluding VAT?

The Gemstone is pretty good way to get into a GF8600M (GS though) for less than £600 exc VAT. Otherwise you're into lower end GPUs like the HD3470 or GF8400 or else worse still integrated.

If you're able to swing 600 before / 700 after VAT then the ASUS G1S is also a good option.

The DELL XPS M1530 is ok as well if you prefer that, it's pretty straightforward, but the CPU is a little weaker, the Studio 15 is OK, but would let you upgrade the CPU but give you a weaker HD3470 GPU.

ACER is ok quality, a friend has a very similar laptop, and it works well for him.


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peaks   09-25-2008 at 09:18:14 PM
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Thats excluding VAT! Thanks for the post i will check gemstone out

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