Laptop Issues...

[fathomlessspite]

So, anyone technology wise out there?

I was thinking about buying a new laptop, have been for a while now.  I mean mine is adequate, but I cant make videos anymore, its run out of virtual memory and keeps having to expand, the sims doesnt work (shock horror), and if you click something 3 times or more in interent explorer it freezes and dies...

Now on top of that the charger appears to be broken... Its £30 for a new one which is kind of a lot of money to me at the moment... I mean  can afford it but it seems stupid to get one for such a crappy laptop (ok i'm exagerating, its not sooo bad but its pretty slow).
So now i'm considering getting a new one even more (which everyone thinks is stupid, like i'm buying a new one just because the battery has died, which i'm not thats just pushed me over the edge kinda)

Anyway, so I have about £500 to spend on it ish, and am gona go with pc world because they are cloest to me and cheapest, so here are my options:

Dell Inspiron 1525

Processor Type	INTEL CORE 2 T5550
Processor speed	1830
Memory Size	2048 MB
Memory Type	DDR 2
Hard Drive Capacity	250 GB
Optical Drives	DVD-RW
CD-ROM Speed	24 x
CD-RW Speed.	24 x
DVD-ROM Speed	6 x
DVD-RW Speed	8 x
Floppy Disk Drive	NO
Screen Size/Type	15.4" TrueLife Widescreen
Graphics Card Type	Integrated
Graphics Memory	Not Specified MB
TV-out	NO
Sound Type	5.1 Intel
Modem Type	56k
Wireless Enabled	YES
No. of USB Connections	4
No. of Firewire Connections	1
Infrared Port Included	NO
Other Interfaces	WIFI
Battery Type	Li-Ion
Battery life (up to)	2 hours
Software Titles Included	Microsoft Works
Weight	2.7 kg
Height	37 mm
Width	357 mm
Depth	256 mm

Acer Aspire 5920

Processor Type	Intel Core 2 Duo T5550
Processor speed	1830
Memory Size	3072 MB
Memory Type	DDR2
Hard Drive Capacity	250 GB
Optical Drives	DVD Super Multi
CD-ROM Speed	24 x
CD-RW Speed.	24 x
DVD-ROM Speed	8 x
DVD-RW Speed	4 x
Floppy Disk Drive	NO
Screen Size/Type	15.4'' WXGA
Graphics Card Type	Intel Graphics Media accelerator
Graphics Memory	Up to 358mb Shared MB
TV-out	NO
Sound Type	High Definition Audio Support
Modem Type	56k
Wireless Enabled	YES
No. of USB Connections	4
No. of Firewire Connections	1
Infrared Port Included	NO
Other Interfaces	WIFI
Battery Type	Li-ion 6 cell
Battery life (up to)	3 hours
Software Titles Included	Microsoft Works 8.5
Weight	3 kg
Height	43.7 mm
Width	364 mm
Depth	270.2 mm

Sony NR32L/S

Processor Type	INTEL PENTIMUM DUAL CORE T2390
Processor speed	1860
Memory Size	2048 MB
Memory Type	DDR2 SD RAM
Hard Drive Capacity	200 GB
Optical Drives	DVD+-RW/+R DL/RAM
CD-ROM Speed	24 x
CD-RW Speed.	24 x
DVD-ROM Speed	8 x
DVD-RW Speed	6 x
Floppy Disk Drive	NO
Screen Size/Type	15" WXGA
Graphics Card Type	Integrated
Graphics Memory	356 MB
TV-out	NO
Sound Type	N/A
Modem Type	Modem V.90/V.92
No. of USB Connections	2
No. of Firewire Connections	1
Infrared Port Included	YES
Other Interfaces	802.11b/g
Battery Type	Li-Ion
Software Titles Included	NOT SPECIFIED
Weight	2.9 kg
Height	37.9 mm
Width	360 mm
Depth	269.1 mm

HP DV9702EA

AMD Turion 64X2 Processor TL-60

(2.0 GHz, 1600 MHz, 1 MB Cache)

Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium

2 GB Memory

120 GB Hard Drive

Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Rewriter

17" BriteView Widescreen Display

NVIDIA® GeForce 8400 Graphics Card

Integrated Webcam

Wireless Enabled

Advent 5401

Processor Type	T5550
Processor speed	1.83
Memory Size	3072 MB
Memory Type	DDR 2
Hard Drive Capacity	250 GB
Optical Drives	DVD-SuperMulti Dual Layer
Screen Size/Type	15.4''
Graphics Card Type	NVIDIA. GeForce? 8400M GS
Graphics Memory	256 dedicated upto 1023 MB
Wireless Enabled	YES
No. of USB Connections	3
No. of Firewire Connections	1
Other Interfaces	4 in 1,
Software Titles Included	WORKS 9 SE
Weight	2.7 kg
Height	36.3 mm
Width	357 mm
Depth	266 mm
Colour	DARK GREY

Toshiba A300D-13X

Processor Type	TURION64 X2 TL60
Processor speed	2000
Memory Size	2048 MB
Memory Type	DDR 2
Hard Drive Capacity	200 GB
Optical Drives	DVD Super Multi
CD-ROM Speed	24 x
CD-RW Speed.	24X READ 10X WRITE x
DVD-ROM Speed	8 x
DVD-RW Speed	8 x
Floppy Disk Drive	NO
Screen Size/Type	15.4"
Graphics Card Type	Integrated
Graphics Memory	319MB UBA MB
TV-out	YES
Sound Type	Intel High Definition
Modem Type	56k
Wireless Enabled	YES
No. of USB Connections	4
No. of Firewire Connections	1
Infrared Port Included	NO
Other Interfaces	5 in 1 card reader
Battery Type	Lithium Ion
Software Titles Included	McAfee Internet Security
Weight	2.72 kg
Height	38 mm
Width	362 mm
Depth	267 mm

There you go flist, have much fun with that, lol :)

Comments

[hpstrangelove.livejournal.com]

I can only comment on the Dell - I have exactly the same configuration as you have listed there, although I didn't bother with MS Works since I already have Office.

I LOVE my laptop. It's my second one and it is wonderful. I talked my workplace into buying it for me before Windows XP was gone. I customized it directly on line so I could get XP. I will NEVER use Vista - I'll get a Mac first.

[fathomlessspite]

O well one ringing endorsement for the Dell laptop then :)
Whats so bad with vista? i've not actually used it yet, my home computer & laptop on xp and so are ones at work and uni. I've never used a mac either...
Thanks for the advice btw! :)

[hpstrangelove.livejournal.com]

Vista is a hog - CPU, Memory, and has so many interfering security warnings that most people end up turning them off, thus leaving themselves unprotected.

All that I could probably handle, but I work for a lab where many images have to be reviewed and processed. Without getting too technical, basically Vista degrades picture quality to try and fight video pirates - but it hurts our processing also. We're screening for cancer. There's no way we can take a chance of misidentifying something in an image.

Anyway, that was the 'hurry' in my getting the laptop, but I never thought I'd be using it as much as I am. When my desktop died (it has also been replaced by a Dell - I normally build my own but just didn't have the time right now; the laptop was so easy to order online that I did a desktop with them too), the laptop became my main computer for a while.

[fathomlessspite]

I didnt know that about Vista! thanks for the heads up. Can see why it'd definitely be a problem for you
Thanks again for the help!