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Help Gareth decide on a laptop to buy
Masterpiece:
--- Quote from: snalin on 28 Jun 2013, 13:09 ---Windows 8 isn't that bad - ask someone you know (or someone here) with a bit of google-fu, and you can strip away all the stupid from 8 and be left with a slightly faster 7.
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Also bear in mind that a huge update is coming that will allow you to avoid Windows 8 design elements even better.
I would very strongly advise you to use a laptop before you commit to buying it. Hold it in your hands and interact with it for a while, take it into your hands, etc. The best specs won't help you if the device you're using doesn't feel good in your hands.
I agree with what Snalin said about laptops with touch - most laptop hinges will give away with the slightest of touches, and you'll end up with a wobbling screen.
mtmerrick:
Well, here's the problem - Dual hard drives or highly configurable options so not come at "minimal cost"
In your situation, I think a laptop with a hybrid drive would be beneficial to you. Or a smaller (256 GB?) SSD (to keep costs down)
An i3 or i5 CPU from the past year should be exactly what you need.
Large screens normally come at the expense of battery life, so, something to consider.
Thrillho:
Thinking about it, I don't even need the big hard drive. I only really need a laptop that runs fast, has a decent battery life and decent sized screen. The big hard drive is optional. I just want something cheap that I can take around me with me and write on.
snalin:
You could go for something like a chromebook, if you know that you'll always have internet ready. It's not a powerhouse, but it's also super cheap and will probably run fairly well. All storage - files, music, etc. - is done on google drive, since there's almost no room on the actual laptop. You get 100GB google drive space for free, anything extra has monthly costs (400GB for $20/month, last I checked). If you've got a smartphone, storing all of your music online and then bouncing it back to the phone when you feel like listening to it offline will probably work well. If you don't have a problem with using google docs for writing stuff, it sounds like a good deal.
mtmerrick:
Chromebooks are great, but he needed an optical drive, which ChromeOS does not support ;)
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