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MAW

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Laptop advice

Evening all - it is time to replace the home laptop - looking for opinions / advice on what deals are around - found a Dell with what i am after for a good price i think but is there better out there....

Home / office use, base processor will be more than adequate, 300GB storage 3Gb memory, needs wireless and bluetooth + webcam, office suite... £507 ....

Any suggestions

Mon Mar 15 2010 6:20pm

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Mon Mar 15 2010 6:27pm

KiwiRRS

Member Since: 22 Aug 2007
Location: Wellington
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apple!

Mon Mar 15 2010 6:32pm

quantz

Member Since: 05 Mar 2010
Location: Paris, France
Posts: 476

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Very Annoyed wrote:
Anything Apple!

I second that.
A MB Pro 15" should do.
I would advise you wait a few more weeks as Apple will most certainly upgrade their entire Pro laptop
range in April or first of May.
Apple support is second to none and I use their laptops since 12 years without any hassle. I still have
a PowerBook dating 2002 which my wife uses several hours a day.

Mon Mar 15 2010 6:34pm

NickM

Member Since: 14 Feb 2008
Location: London
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Ze Apple is very tasty! Even a basic Mac Book......

Mon Mar 15 2010 6:34pm

MAW

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Really - cheers for the quick responses - i know nothing about them so I am off googling

Mon Mar 15 2010 6:41pm

NickM

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Go to your nearest Apple store and go Fondle.....

Mon Mar 15 2010 6:44pm

quantz

Member Since: 05 Mar 2010
Location: Paris, France
Posts: 476

All depens of your need.
I bought a Mac Book 13" to my daughter 16 months ago, she's very rude with it and it works like a charm.
Paid it 800 before tax.
A Pro 15" is more like 1500 € (1300 £).
http://www.apple.com/uk/macbook/
http://www.apple.com/uk/macbookpro/

I'd advise to buy direct on the phone from the Apple Store.
Two reasons :
- you should get a 6 % discount if you're a company (4% if you're an individual)
- delivery is free
- if you're not happy with it, you return it within 14 days, RMA paid by Apple.
- you may claim VAT instantly : Apple will refund it on whatever credit card you used for payment.
Very convenient.

Mon Mar 15 2010 6:47pm

npinks
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quantz wrote:
All depens of your need.
I bought a Mac Book 13" to my daughter 16 months ago, she's very rude with it and it works like a charm.

Are you sure RUDE is the correct word

Mon Mar 15 2010 7:08pm

Markos

Member Since: 09 Dec 2007
Location: Ljubljana
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Go for Apple. I have Macbook Pro now already for 3 years and I still love it 2008 RRS TDV8 HSE, Java black, Alpaca,.....

Mon Mar 15 2010 7:34pm

NickM

Member Since: 14 Feb 2008
Location: London
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6 year old Mac Book Pro 17'' - screen almost going though

Mon Mar 15 2010 7:47pm

quantz

Member Since: 05 Mar 2010
Location: Paris, France
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npinks wrote:
quantz wrote:
All depens of your need.
I bought a Mac Book 13" to my daughter 16 months ago, she's very rude with it and it works like a charm.

Are you sure RUDE is the correct word

Yes, she yells at it everyday…

Mhh, my english needs improvement.
Let's say rough, instead.

Mon Mar 15 2010 8:07pm

quantz

Member Since: 05 Mar 2010
Location: Paris, France
Posts: 476

NickM wrote:
6 year old Mac Book Pro 17'' - screen almost going though

Mmh, if experience serve, you need to clean your system every month.
I had a main system blockage with the PPC 17" of my wife. I erased OS
and did a thorough clean install. Since then, it's rejuvenated.

Mon Mar 15 2010 8:10pm

NickM

Member Since: 14 Feb 2008
Location: London
Posts: 2995

LCD screen going has nothing to do with a re-install, it's the shelf life of an LCD screen - first generation Mac Book Pro - Apple said it's becoming more apparent that the shelf life of the product can cause this. New screen costs £500 from Apple...£250 with a good Apple expert in Bath......

Mon Mar 15 2010 8:14pm

quantz

Member Since: 05 Mar 2010
Location: Paris, France
Posts: 476

Life expectancy of any component in any machine is directly related to its maintenance.
Any external element (dust heating up processor) can shorten your Mac's life.
We have a PPC 17" 8 years old now, screen is like day one.
If you periodically clean your Mac from all those undesirable files, processor
and motherboard won't be unnecessarily workloaded.
I do Onyx on our iMacs every week and free it from 2 Gb worth of log files and so on.

Mon Mar 15 2010 8:21pm

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