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Recommend me a decent laptop

  • 19-10-2013 11:26pm
    #1
    matt.finn
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭


    I need to buy a laptop soon as my one isn't upto scratch (eMachines low spec yoke)


    Criteria is...

    1)8gb Ram +
    2)750gd Hard Drive at least
    3)Good Battery life
    4)At least 3 usb ports
    5)Good speakers

    It must be fast, I dont want a laptop that takes an age to start up and doesnt respond half the time when I try and play a game or do a few simple things at once.


    I will use the laptop for Dj'ing, Programming (MS Visual Studio), Music related things likes reaper etc, Gaming (Mainly football manager), Surfing the net and other easier stuff like that.

    I want this laptop to last also so nothing that has a 2 year life, I know it has a lot to do with the owner but you might know what I mean.

    Budget of up to €800


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  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    matt.finn wrote: »
    Criteria is...

    1)8gb Ram +
    2)750gd Hard Drive at least
    3)Good Battery life
    4)At least 3 usb ports
    5)Good speakers

    Budget of up to €800

    No operating system required? Good... ;)

    €815 will get you this at PC Specialst:

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    I'm not a fan of hybrid drives but since you want fast and plenty storage, so be it. I really like the full HD IPS display but if you don't mind a 1366x768 display you'll get it with Windows 7 or Windows 8 for pretty much the same money.

    A friend of mine got this laptop (with "real" SSD), he's using it for music stuff like Reaper and he's very happy with it.

    Up to 5 hrs battery life, not to heavy and pretty slim. Not much of a gaming laptop but footie manager in low detail settings is no problem.


  • #3
    matt.finn
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭matt.finn


    I nearly assumed people would recommend windows laptops as any Mac of that spec is about twice the budget!!

    Windows 7 or 8 will do the trick, I'd nearly prefer 7 tbh

    Why would you not be a fan of hybrid drives?


  • #4
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    matt.finn wrote: »
    I nearly assumed people would recommend windows laptops as any Mac of that spec is about twice the budget!!

    Windows 7 or 8 will do the trick, I'd nearly prefer 7 tbh

    PC Specialist is one of the few places where you can still get a laptop with Windows 7.

    Replace the full HD IPS panel with a regular 1366x768 display and add Windows 7 to the configuration, the price should be the same.
    matt.finn wrote: »
    Why would you not be a fan of hybrid drives?

    Because they're still platter hard drives. SSDs are shock-proof and can take some abuse. 120GB and even 240GB SSDs are not that expensive anymore... certainly more than enough disk space for a night of DJing or two. ;)


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,179 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I highly recommend an SSD, purchase one with the highest IOPS you can find/afford. It makes the most noticeable real life difference.

    High transfer rates in MB/S only apply to file transfers and don't really relate to real life use.

    My drive is a 90,000 iops OCZ Vertex 4 and now that I've been using it for a good while now I find that I don't notice the speed, that is until I go to (ANY) computer, laptop/PC with a traditional drive. It makes any non ssd machine unbearable to use.

    The fastest processor makes less of a difference than ssd/ram

    You don't use most of the cpu's potential, not even I do unless I'm encoding video for which no cpu is fast enough when compressing 1080P video.


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