Laptop ..How good are they..

[Gerrard]

As you might of read from other posts I've just got myself set up with a laptop that has extra memory added and I've added a 500 gb hard drive too and its really good now.
The laptop with the new speakers takes up such a small amount of room that it all looks neat and tidy.
Now my wife is thinking of getting a new laptop and doing the same but we do need a printer for example so my question is..
Are laptops good enough to get rid of your big computer..

Any thoughts..
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[panrider_uk]

Yes.

Obviously it depends on the laptop and what you want it for - don't try running the latest games on a £400 laptop for example.

Mark
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[Neorion]

Yup, again you have not said what she wants to do with it?
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[Gerrard]

She wont use it professionally but she does use it for quite a lot of stuff.. Face book , friends reunited, ancestry, advertising our house rentals lots of folders for this and that, an odd game or two but not lots, U tube.. printer.
We have photos loaded on to a seperate disc..
Thats just about it I think.
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[panrider_uk]

Any laptop on the market these days will easily handle those requirements.

Mark
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[Nemo]

Have you got the desktop at the moment?
You can do all those things from laptops now'a'days, and if you still have the desktop you can turn this into some form of file server?

Or just get an external HDD, which is the less complicated way.
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[Flip]

Just don't leave it on 24/7 as some get quite hot and also the batteries can be screwed by charging them constantly.

[Frost]

Yes laptops are easily good enough to replace a desktop, but the same performance costs more. e.g my £350 desktop is faster than my £1500 laptop.
But then if you're just browsing the net and stuff even a basic laptop will be more than enough. Most of the time these days when people tell me they need a new computer as their old one isn't fast enough, actually their old one isn't fast enough to handle all the spyware and startup programs it has on it.

I knew someone who bought a £1000 I7 laptop that became 'too slow' and 'needed an upgrade' within a few months. The amount of shit on that laptop was shocking. In the end i reformatted it and it was back to full speed.

[Scotsman37]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Yes, I got my laptop in 2003 (ok running Cubase, Visual Studio, World of Warcraft and Everquest) and moved into my netbook last year, don't miss the desktop at all. It's now just connected to the TV as a media server.
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[Gerrard]

Thanks one and all for the replies, they are a great help..
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[Gerrard]

[dogbot]

I've not owned anything but a laptop for years now.

[Mark65]

I say for what you want yes, currys have a basic i3 acer which i have just got my son, runs cool, now his last one was over £500 and only lasted 2 years with minimal use and never leaving the house and that had a seperate vid card and ran bloody red hot, it died so i complained to Tesco and they tried to fob me off with the out of warranty shit so i quoted sale of goods act and that it should have lasted more than 2 years at that price, they were very nice and gave me back over £200 in compo and said keep the laptop, which i sold on ebay for £150 for parts i kept the hd out of it and bought a caddy so its a spare external drive now, i still have a 2 gig stick of samsung memory to flog on ebay yet. So i bought him the i3 acer for his uni work and it runs fine £399, just remember the more powerfull they are the more the risk of laptop death as far as my experiance goes as they will get hot, i personally prefer desktops and would only get a basic one for myself if i ever bought one, also the more powerfull ones tend to eat there batteries as the charge time is not that good.
Oh and i would have returned tescos good will as they also sold the i3 acer but it was £70 dearer there and they would not price match

Mark
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[BumpingUglys]

Essentially it boils down to whether you want to wander round with it or not.

You'll pay less for the equivalent spec tower/desktop, it'll be more modular/upgradable, have (or support) a bigger screen, easier to mend, no battery life issues.

BUT

You won't be able to wander round with it

[Wabby]