Hi all, great site!
Been looking around to buy my first laptop for starting my final year at uni (only really word processing and net browsing), as well as some music use (Ableton Live, Final Scratch, Storing Mp3's etc). Dont play any games whatsoever so Graphics card is not important at all, though i do understand integrated Graphics can affect the overall speed of a laptop. And i should say now that a Firewire port is a must (for final scratch) which i think has ruled out most of the acer range, unless someone can show me different, which is unfortunate becasue they seem to have great spec for the cost.
My budget for the laptop is quite low (i'm a poor student), somewhere in the region of £500-£699 (at a stretch) which works out at approx $1000-$1399 i think. For that i require 1024mb RAM, at least 80gig hard drive though 100gig would be nice, cdrw (pretty standard now) and Firewire port. As for processor this is where i am not sure. The new core duo machines are slightly out of my price budget though if it was going to be a necessity i could maybe save for a little longer, that said i see none of them are 64bit compatible. Would i be best saving for the core duo or as i wont really be playing games or doing any photoshop or design work would the sempron 64bit be better for me in the long run? With vista on the horizon.
Here is one ive been looking at..
http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default...DUCT&KEY=60363
Any advice or suggestions on any other better alternatives would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Michael
Been looking around to buy my first laptop for starting my final year at uni (only really word processing and net browsing), as well as some music use (Ableton Live, Final Scratch, Storing Mp3's etc). Dont play any games whatsoever so Graphics card is not important at all, though i do understand integrated Graphics can affect the overall speed of a laptop. And i should say now that a Firewire port is a must (for final scratch) which i think has ruled out most of the acer range, unless someone can show me different, which is unfortunate becasue they seem to have great spec for the cost.
My budget for the laptop is quite low (i'm a poor student), somewhere in the region of £500-£699 (at a stretch) which works out at approx $1000-$1399 i think. For that i require 1024mb RAM, at least 80gig hard drive though 100gig would be nice, cdrw (pretty standard now) and Firewire port. As for processor this is where i am not sure. The new core duo machines are slightly out of my price budget though if it was going to be a necessity i could maybe save for a little longer, that said i see none of them are 64bit compatible. Would i be best saving for the core duo or as i wont really be playing games or doing any photoshop or design work would the sempron 64bit be better for me in the long run? With vista on the horizon.
Here is one ive been looking at..
http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default...DUCT&KEY=60363
Any advice or suggestions on any other better alternatives would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Michael
