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Re: Laptops
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2009, 05:43:19 PM »
If you have a Costco nearby they have a good deal on an HP G60 - Vista machine - I've bought one and quite pleased with it so far - £479 including 2 year warranty.

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Re: Laptops
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2009, 06:06:15 PM »
btw I think they might be putting Windows 7 on new computers soon so I would probably wait a few months to get it with that instead of Vista, as its meant to be a lot quicker/less bloated and more stable.

Dont know where I got that from though so I might have just imagined it haha
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2009, 06:20:41 PM »
You're right mate, I know a lot of guys who did the Beta and they say it sucks so much less than Vista, I think the IT community are quite happy about the way it's going to turn out!  :)
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ToneMonkey

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Re: Laptops
« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2009, 06:27:33 PM »
Guy at work had this place on his screen the other day.

http://www.tier1online.com/
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #19 on: July 06, 2009, 06:28:14 PM »
I had 7 on my laptop for a while and it was nice but I'm not a huge fan of the "radically redesigned taskbar" or whatever they call it. But it was much faster than XP, and is about the same as Ubuntu (which seems more stable)

Havent tried it on the desktop yet and probably wont as Vista is still running perfectly for me and has been for over a year now.
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Will

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Re: Laptops
« Reply #20 on: July 06, 2009, 07:15:01 PM »
Just ordered a Samsung NC10 and 2gb RAM upgrade. Will see how it goes. I was planning on upgrading it to Vista BASIC( as thats what I am used to, I find it runs more efficiently than XP and faster than Vista premium on my Desktop which is about 4x better.)
When are they releasing 7?
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #21 on: July 10, 2009, 02:22:12 PM »
Cheers for the help guys, I've been without internet for a while due to moving into my student house so havn't been able to reply untill now. I've had a look around pc world and found an acer 5735z that seems to have very good specs for the price. It's this one: http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5735Z_Laptop_LX.AU50X.018/version.asp  Anyone had any experience with acer?
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #22 on: July 10, 2009, 02:33:45 PM »
Quote from: Will on July 06, 2009, 07:15:01 PM
When are they releasing 7?

October I think.

I have 7 back on the laptop now as Ubuntu renders text really badly and its animations get annoying. Hasnt crashed yet, have made sure all the drivers are up to date.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #23 on: July 10, 2009, 04:50:38 PM »
I hear Acer are actually pretty good, but I don't know a lot of people who own any. Might be worth checking out an independent reviewer site, or "Which?".
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #24 on: July 11, 2009, 07:05:35 PM »
Yeah Acer are a 'cheap' brand, but not in a bad way, as far as I know they are reliable and do the job. If you want bells and whistle then buy a Sony and pay for it :)
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