Thread: What computer should I buy?

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Peugeot, to bring them to there knees also.

Did you ever work for Lucas Electrics, oh Prince of Darkness?

Originally Posted by FlyFree

I'm sitting in the dark.

Here, no need to thank me:

Originally Posted by ltnt

I suppose Q.C. is just a useless word in the fab shops?

Oi!

I'm useless in a lot more places than that TYVM.

^ Nice bit of kit there. The B&O speakers should sound good.

Was it the "free bundle" that clinched the deal?

Originally Posted by Bogon

The B&O speakers should sound good.

Much better than the B&Q ones anyway

Originally Posted by baldrick

I have just purchased my new laptop

13.3 inch non touch 1080p
I will swap out the SSHD for my SSD in my current laptop and maybe buy a mSATA half size to put in it - a bit more research required

You prolly just made the best suggestion on this thread so far.

I'm particularly interested in your hard drive swap. Could you point me to resources that explain how to swap out internal hard drives or how you plan to do it? (I'm interested in swapping my internal HDD for the Seagate Laptop SSHD model #STBD1000400)

Originally Posted by wjblaney

(I'm interested in swapping my internal HDD for the Seagate Laptop SSHD model #STBD1000400)

I think you have your self a little confused

I recall that you said you have a SSHD - a hybrid - in your laptop already

swapping a hard drive is particularly easy - the harder bit is installing the operating system and the latest drivers

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Cant complain at that old beast mate 13 years of service ^

Will you replace it with a new shiny Macbook air with a SSD in it ?


BTW my bloody wife came home from spending a day with her Thai mate and they are both now set on getting those poxy Apple watches !

Did make me a tad angry to be wasting hard earned cash on one of those gimmicky things ,, but she is paying for flight upgrades next year on the way to the Dominican Republic ,, so I suppose ,,,,,,,

Bought a Mac Mini a few years back and use that with a 32 inch and 22 inch display. I do have my eyes on the MacBook Air as it is nice machine for travel. Used one for a bit last year when I was working back in the states and liked it.

Originally Posted by baldrick

I think you have your self a little confused

I recall that you said you have a SSHD - a hybrid - in your laptop already

swapping a hard drive is particularly easy - the harder bit is installing the operating system and the latest drivers

I thought I had a SSHD because that's what the ad said that the Thai salesman told me I was buying. But when I checked disk drives under Device Manager it turns out it must be a SAMSUNG Spinpoint M8 ST1000LM024 (HN-M101MBB/EX2) 1TB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive. I found that out by googling "ST000LM024 HN-M101MBB ATA Device", which is the exact terminology in the Device Mgr. I guess you get what you pay for. As I understand it though, it's only about $100 USD to upgrade it to a 1TB SSHD. Your comments?

for $200 USD get yourself a samsung evo 850 and an external 2.5inch USB 3 case
Buy Samsung 250GB 2.5" SSD 850 Evo Series (MZ-75E250B) - invadeit.co.th

then take the 1 TB out of the computer and put it in the case and put the SSD in your laptop

Originally Posted by thailazer

Been thinking of getting rid of my dual processor MacBook that I bought in 2006

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Cant complain at that old beast mate 13 years of service ^

Originally Posted by baldrick

for $200 USD get yourself a samsung evo 850 and an external 2.5inch USB 3 case

OK, that's easy enough.

Originally Posted by baldrick

then take the 1 TB out of the computer and put it in the case and put the SSD in your laptop

What?

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Originally Posted by thailazer

Been thinking of getting rid of my dual processor MacBook that I bought in 2006

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Cant complain at that old beast mate 13 years of service ^

But a very happy Mactard! No help calls, no blue screens, no Windows 8, no huge updates, just things that work.

Originally Posted by baldrick

swapping a hard drive is particularly easy

go to youtube

and search " swap hard drive in <insert name and model here> "

you will be amazed at how simple it is

as I said the hard bit will be re - installing windows and drivers

^ If i do the simple part, does that automatically mean I have to do the hard part or can I retreat?

have a think about it

if you take your hard drive from your computer and put it in an external caddy
then put a fresh blank SSD in your computer

what is going to happen when you press the power button
a) the fans will whir and the laptop will levitate
b) the fans will whir and black helicopters will decend on your mud hut
c) the fans will whir and the screen will say - no operating system
d) the fans will whir and the screen will say - dear sir , I am the son of the late king goatfcuker from nigeria etc etc

Originally Posted by wjblaney

^ If i do the simple part, does that automatically mean I have to do the hard part or can I retreat?

On a Mac you can make bootable back up images on an external drive using SuperDuper. Then when your hard disk dies, you can boot off of your external drive just by holding down the option key and then select the external drive to start from. Once it starts, you just slide the back up image to your new hard drive and you are done. Even your desk top icons are right where they were before. Very easy.

Originally Posted by baldrick

then take the 1 TB out of the computer and put it in the case and put the SSD in your laptop

understandable, but bad advice ,
The best thing to do is replace the hdd drive with a 500Gb SDD, and put the spare 1TB drive straight in a trash bin (a real one) .

They are nothing but trouble and aggravation , it's old technology, its like having an vinyl record player inside a fast and shaky racing car.

Last laptop I changed over was easy enough , the only hiccup was transferring the data to the sdd which took 2 goes . First try failing after a couple of hours work.

Originally Posted by baldrick

as I said the hard bit will be re - installing windows and drivers

As I tried to imply, I won't do anything until I find out how to do that. Can you point me to a resource that gives me those specific instructions?

I'm also curious what 1TB vs 250GB means on a practical level.

Originally Posted by baldrick

go to youtube

and search " swap hard drive in <insert name and model here> "

you will be amazed at how simple it is

as I said the hard bit will be re - installing windows and drivers

I did this (went to youtube) and found this vid:

It appears to me that the hard bit you were talking about is the first step in the video, which is to back up your HDD to your SSD first. You have to buy the Samsung SSD and Samsung's Data Migration software first, find some kind of mechanical device to connect your SSD to your computer, backup your HDD to the SSD before swapping them out. Now the SSD contains the Windows 7 OS as well as all your data (76GB of the 250GB in my case. Does that include the Windows 7 OS?) Now you swap the HDD with the SSD. The HDD is the only driver I have other than a USB removable flash drive (for backups) and a CD/DVD player (the model is called "Plus DVD-RW DA8SSH ATA Device"). I also have an imaging device (Lenovo EasyCamera). Do I have to re-install either or both of those after the swap? I have a little experience installing an imaging device but not a disk drive. Has the video and me got it right or am I confused again?

As regards the migration software, if i remember right, I think it comes with the ssd,
something like this from amazon.
All the programs i transferred worked ok.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-500G...SXZAB7RXBNSBZZ

''mechanical device to connect your SSD to your computer''

You can put the SSD into a sata 2.5 portable caddy/enclosure first to transfer windows etc over ,then swap the 2 drives around, and use the caddy with the old drive in as a back up device- a usb 3 version is probably best/ fastest. .
looks like this

Originally Posted by baldrick

as I said the hard bit will be re - installing windows and drivers

This comes from Samsung's Data Migration downloadable User Guide:

The Samsung Data Migration software is designed to help users quickly, easily,
and safely migrate all of their data – including their current operating system,
application software, and user data – from their existing storage device (e.g.
HDD) to their new Samsung SSD.

this from (IMPORTED) Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB | Lazada.co.th

this from Fix Lenovo Drivers Problems | Install Lenovo Driver Updates | Drivers.com

and this vid from youtube: