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Re: Laptop for uni!! - Lyst - 06-15-2009 15:58
Never, ever get a laptop with 2 USB ports, USB hubs work terrible.
I'd go for at least 4, since you need to connect your:
1. Mouse
2. Keyboard
3. Maybe external hdd
4. Always good to have a free USB
And I don't know your budget, but the dell latitude series is pretty good also.
Re: Laptop for uni!! - Duckman - 06-15-2009 17:43
tasty Wrote:I say: Dell Studio 17 Laptop
Because..; It's small and compact, so easy to set up anywhere :] It has got 2 usb ports, a wifi on/off switcher so if I was you I buy Dell Studio 17 Laptop.
It's the least small and compact,
It has 4 USB ports
But ty for your opinion anyway.
My pc only has four at the moment and that's fine; Mouse, External HDD, And any old flash drives or camera/phone cables that are hanging around. I might just buy a cheap USB dock to shove the cables into when I don't need them :
Re: Laptop for uni!! - Lyst - 06-15-2009 17:45
Yeah but half the devices I use do not work correctly through a usb hub, and your normal pc has ps2 ports for kb/mouse while most laptops don't have that. Oh and the batteries should last for 5-7 hours, cuz that will decrease till half of it after 2 years of usage.
Re: Laptop for uni!! - Duckman - 06-15-2009 22:37
Ouch.
Btw these are my current PC specs, so you'll see why I need something new:
NEC (weird french company), it was bought in 2002.
AMD Sempron 2400+ 1.66GHz
512MB of RAM
80GB HDD
My download and upload rates are debatable, different sites say completely different things when I test it. But for the past few days uTorrent has been going fairly constantly at 2.3KB/s. Occasionally it hits 25KB/s, and once in a blue moon it peaks at 110KB/s, never above. Upload never goes above 32KB/s.
Re: Laptop for uni!! - Duckman - 06-27-2009 23:38
Bought a Sony VAIO
15.4" X-Black LCD Screen
3GB RAM
2.16Ghz Intel Pentium T3400 Processor
1 MB Cache (667Mhz Front Side Bus)
667 MHz memory speed
250GB HDD, 5400rpm
Silver colour
And some random graphics card which is probably shit.
£450
That's about it
Re: Laptop for uni!! - plum - 06-28-2009 20:24
Duckman Wrote:Bought a Sony VAIOTold you ==
15.4" X-Black LCD Screen
3GB RAM
2.16Ghz Intel Pentium T3400 Processor
1 MB Cache (667Mhz Front Side Bus)
667 MHz memory speed
250GB HDD, 5400rpm
Silver colour
And some random graphics card which is probably shit.
£450
That's about it
Re: Laptop for uni!! - Duckman - 07-02-2009 18:00
It's here! I'll review it in some way after it's unboxed and working.
Re: Laptop for uni!! - Shizz - 07-03-2009 08:21
Duckman Wrote:Bought a Sony VAIOMy sister has Same.
15.4" X-Black LCD Screen
3GB RAM
2.16Ghz Intel Pentium T3400 Processor
1 MB Cache (667Mhz Front Side Bus)
667 MHz memory speed
250GB HDD, 5400rpm
Silver colour
And some random graphics card which is probably shit.
£450
That's about it
Btw: how are u going to get Internet..
Re: Laptop for uni!! - bluey - 07-03-2009 14:36
Iam at the univesity too but 700 km far from home.
I ve a laptop 15.6" from ASUS
(4Go RAM, GEFORCE 9650PRO 1Go, 2GHZ DUALCORE)
I hate to play THPS (offline) on it, coz of keyboard
Re: Laptop for uni!! - Duckman - 07-03-2009 17:40
Yeah I'll never be able to play on this keyboard, i'll have to buy an external one if I want to continue thps3.
I have a wireless router, and within 5 minutes of turning the VAIO on I was connected to it (I have no knowledge of wireless networking at all). Now I'm sitting in the other room watching a game of tennis while typing this on my lap. I LOVE THIS!!
