Alber1ch Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 My Dell laptop has died, having previously had the screen go (in warranty), a memory chip go (out of warranty) and now the motherboard. I'm therefore looking to buy a new laptop. After that experience with Dell, and 3 months of arguing with Mesh before my (so far fine) desktop turned up, I am not over impressed with either at the moment. Can anyone offer advice on alternatives? I mainly use my laptop attached to a monitor at home, and don't use it portably except on holiday. When I do I tend to take it by car, so I'm not too fussed about how lightweight it is, or even battery life. The most resource intensive programmes I currently use are probably Bloodbowl and Photoshop, but there's a reasonably good chance of me wanting to play other games on it and I do like to play at as high a resolution as I can. I probably need at least 500gb space to store current and future photos. I need it to run Windows 7 Pro to be able to run old programmes that are only copmpatible with Windows XP. Optimistically I hope I can transfer the Windows 7 Pro licence and software from my old laptop to my new one, but that may be rather hopeful. I'd like it to last at least 3 years in terms of future proofing. Budget £1200, but I'd prefer it to be less. Anyone got any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gallows Bait Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I play Blood Bowl on a new Toshiba laptop, been quite impressed with it, but not had it long enough to tell you much about its durability. I did have a similar one before, but I spilled a cup of tea over it and killed it, so this is my insurance claim replacement. Mine's only on Windows 7 Home Premium and with an integrated Intel HD3000 Graphics, but then it wasn't much over £550(ish). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dode Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 www.pcspecialist.com is where I will be getting my next laptop. For £1184 you can get: 15.6" display Core i7 3720QM 8Gb 1600MHz RAM GTX670M 1TB HDD 5600RPM 8x DVD±R/RW Win 7 Home Premium That should do you nicely for futureproofing too, certainly for 3 years. My own laptop (which is about to be replaced) I got 4 years ago and people still think it's pretty decent (although I hate it because my desktop is so much better!) cost £1000, so you're in the ballpark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Alber1ch Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks guys, I'll take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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