Oppinions please

[Marcg868]

Basically im after a laptop right.

Just be used for mainly, downloading music etc and surfing the web.

And putting a few Mp3 Mixing programs on and hooking up to me turntables.

Now been looking at these twp from local computer place.

https://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=458381

https://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=345214

Just like your thoughts. Dont really wanna pay more than £700.
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[binge]

They both seem to have decent specs, So I cant see why not really.

Try taking a look at Dell, My sister has just bought a Dell laptop for £550 or somthing. Comes with the 3 years warranty or whatever they offer.

They are delivered in about 2 or 3 working days.

I was impressed.

[Marcg868]

Im going in today or tommorow i think have a gash at these two.

Had a look on the Dell website, cant get one with more than 256 mb ram for under 6 ton.
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[Resurrection]

Phone em you tool. OR go to bowlers in trafford and buy all the bits you need for a super comp all for about £150

Magic

Res
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[Marcg868]

grrrrrrrr choices.

Right can some one explain to me.

Whats the difference between a sodding

AMD Turion 64 AND A amd turion 64x2 ?
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[xlfive]

[yambabe]

Scan are good but you do know they're a wholesaler not a shop don't you? You can't go and have a look at what they have even though you can order it and collect in person if you want.

For what you want I'd probably go to (don't laugh) Tesco and buy something like this https://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-9329.aspx for the cheaper-but-still-meeting-requirements onr, or if you want to spend around £600 this one https://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-8758.aspx
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[Marcg868]

Right so people say was out of them two.

Do i got for the dual core one AMD64 X2 but by the looks of it has no decent sort of gfx chipset or the normal AMD 64 which has 256 mb worth of graphics card.

Or do pay £100 more and get one with dual core and a 128mb gfx chip.

Tesco ones look good, but do they do buy now pay 3 thousand years later?
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[Itchy]

scan are a bunch of cnuts don't use them , just cus they are in your footie stadium don't mean they are good!
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[Itchy]

I got scammed by them a few years back , actually many years back , I said 64mb , they put in 32mb , I complained they say I'd taken out the chips I hadn't, and this set a huge downward slide with me and them,
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[Itchy]

my my 32mb of ram makes me sound old....
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[yambabe]

[yambabe]

Actually this one is close to your specs too, and a bit cheaper than Scan...... https://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/nbrange.html?TAY
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[Marcg868]

[divuk83]

[headlamp]

I'm also thinking of buying a Laptop to record my radio shows on to, from vinyl via a mixer. I looked at the Dells, but they don't have 'Line-In' only 'Mic-In' and in my experience when you plug a external device (in my case MiniDisc) into Mic-In you can get a lot of distortion. I am looking for one with a good soundcard, and a 'Line-In' and I reckon you'd need the same...
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[Marcg868]

[mr.z]

If you want a propper setup (not something thats being bastardised into doing an "ok" job) you need a rackmouted pc case (£200 last time i was looking should be able to get cheeper) and some sort of flightcase thing for it to go in.. tft screens are cheap enough and the whole lot isn't that heavy and will outlast a laptop (in time and physically) you can also fit a decent soundcard which will be a huge factor.. (thats what i'd do anyway )

headlamp- soundblaster had a usb soundcard which was supposedly very very good, certainly a shat load better than a standard on board soundcard of any sort, suspect they are much better now..
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[RickHolt]

I just got a HP laptop from Staples for £500. Turion 64, 1gb ram, 80gb hdd (I think), DVD r/rw, xbrite style widescreen.

Doubt you'll get much more for the money.

Rick.

[ali-b]

As Itchy says - never buy from Scan....they are, for want of a better description, utterly useless!!

Its not just me they scammed, had mates that have been scammed too...eg - bought a motherboard which was faulty, sent back to scan and they sent the SAME one back to us as a new board, then refused to take that one back as 'we'd already had one replacement'...plus numerous other rubbish too boring and geeky to mention.

ebuyer.com have a load of decent laptops, as do dabs.com

Even Dells aren't bad these days!

A.

[headlamp]

Have you looked at an Apple? They're bloody expensive, but another DJ friend of mine swears by his Notebook....As I said I haven't got that far yet - waiting to see the payout from my burglary to see how much dosh I've got to play with.
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[Marcg868]

[Annabella]

[kawashima]

I don't suggest PC which has sony lithium battery inside. They burn.
But it's hard to know it cause battery case doesn't have any logo of sony.

[Marcg868]

Right confused now

Been looking on pc worlds website im not waiting 7 pissing days for delivery.

Seen a couple on the website say one for £600, now on some of them it says web price then instore price. But on these two that im looking at it just has a one price and doesnt say wether thats instore or the web im confused
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