Thread: New Laptop Recommendations

and use a price comparison site like pricerunner etc

Originally Posted by Edmond

audio system through the 3.5 jack.

The 90's rang and asked for Nev's laptop back

I don't often frequent euro-fag coffee shops...but when I do...

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

I don't often frequent euro fag coffee shops...but when I do

Great stuff Rig Dongle, keep em coming,which reminds me don't omit a spunk resistent keyboard cover!

Get a Macbook Air, even an M2 is superb (it'll prove very cost effective in the longterm; I'm still running my 2017 12" Macbook as my coffeeshop (usually Cafe Amazon or independant) laptop - it's brilliant).

Anything else is misguided.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Get a Macbook Air, even an M2 is superb (it'll prove very cost effective in the longterm; I'm still running my 2017 12" Macbook as my coffeeshop (usually Cafe Amazon or independant) laptop - it's brilliant).

Anything else is misguided.

Buying any Apple product is misguided.

^ what Hazza saya

One of the best days of my life was the day I dropped my Macbook on a concrete path and it went dead forever.

No more trying to find software for work that was compatible, no more spending ages to get hard drives to mount, no more ridiculous iTunes.

I bought a Windows pc, went to scan the receipt for tax but there was no driver installed. I was asked if I wanted to install a driver, clicked yes, and it all just happened. It was an absolute revelation. Scanning was a nightmare using that bloody Mac.

I will never go back to Mac.

&, that's why the gardener loves you, Mendip...

Does your lovely daughter have an iPad or does she prefer the Microsoft Surface Pro?

I'll agree with 2 points that the Wintards have made: 1) iTunes is uttter shite, beyond shite; 2) Lennovo are a good brand that make fine machines at reasonable prices (if I were to go Windonws, and I'm not... this would be the Brand I'd go with).

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Does your lovely daughter have an iPad or does she prefer the Microsoft Surface Pro?

I got the daughter this HP for Christmas last year. It's way better than my laptop, but the thinking was to go over spec for something that should last her the next four years through education. She has a docking station with big monitor and speakers at home that she can just plug the laptop straight into when she comes home.

She has a Samsung tablet and as I just discovered today, a broken Samsung phone which she managed to break last night.



I need recommendations for a decent office chair, suitable for a Western-sized person. I don't usually like to start threads but maybe I should start one about that?

^ You are a cruel father, Mendip!

Samsung make good phones/tablets, I agree. Samsung laptops, not so good (LG laptops, utter shite).

Originally Posted by Molle

Not really.
For mobile phones, which operating system do you think is the best?
iOS, a proprietary operating system for a single mfgrs mobile phone or Android which is based on linux, is open-source and is used and maintained by fiftyeleven different mobile phone mfgrs?

It is the same with computer hardware, Apple have their proprietary IC's and an operating system only running the programs that Apple allows, while
Windows or linux runs on a standardised set of hardware that a lot of mfgrs has agreed upon.
Ffs, you can't even get your Apple product repaired in an independent shop if needed.

We're talking about computers, an entirely different device. I much prefer Android to ios. I changed the RAM on the MacMini meself; simples (well, quite tricky actually... ) - I don't like Apple the company, I don't like IOS, but their computers are bloody good.

Originally Posted by Molle

Not really.
For mobile phones, which operating system do you think is the best?
iOS, a proprietary operating system for a single mfgrs mobile phone or Android which is based on linux, is open-source and is used and maintained by fiftyeleven different mobile phone mfgrs?

Please try and post making some semblance of sense.

What tf is a mfgrs?

How much is fiftyeleven?

Originally Posted by cyrille

How much is fiftyeleven?

Three times more than umpteen

"There are hundreds of Android smartphone manufacturers operating globally, although the exact number changes and is difficult to pinpoint precisely due to new brands emerging and others exiting the market, as well as the way fragmentation data is reported."

Originally Posted by Looper

Both of my last 2 laptops have been ASUS vivobook 15.6 inch 16GB RAM 1TB SSD

Originally Posted by malmomike77

So my advice is this. ASUS vivobook 16 inch with snapdragon 16gb RAM and 512 MB or the 5i both around £550 currently. One is AI friendly. Seen both on offer online on Currys.

I'll add, make sure that you get one that can have RAM added later. For example, 16GB of RAM take can be doubled up to 32GB.

Memory

16GB LPDDR5 on board
Max Total system memory up to:16GB

Whoops-a-lulu.


Just kidding, nice machine and nice specs.

Originally Posted by Edmond

I'll add, make sure that you get one that can have RAM added later. For example, 16GB of RAM take can be doubled up to 32GB.





Whoops-a-lulu.


Just kidding, nice machine and nice specs.

I'll tell you what's a bit annoying is having to buy an adapter for an ethernet cable. There was only one or two that actually had the required orifice for said cable.

Yeah, seems to be a thing now, so they can be ultra slim.


The graphics system looks okay. It should be fine for watching Ev The Ledge score another couple against Torino lunchtime Sun.

I have just bought a new HP laptop last week for 379 EUR.
Intel I5, 16 gb Ram and 512 gb SSD Disk.
Think this type of laptop is also available in Thailand.

Portatil | HP 15-fd0298ns, 15.6" Full-HD, Intel(R) Core™ i5-1334U, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, Intel(R) Iris Xe Graphics, Sin sistema operativo, Plata natural

^^ No thunderbolt on your laptop? I thought that was on most nowadays.
I prefer 32G RAM on Windows for photography and movie editing.

Apple do not do mil spec and only the pro has cooling fans sufficient for the tropics without air con.

MacBook Air is incredible. I would never go back to anything windows.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

I'll tell you what's a bit annoying is having to buy an adapter for an ethernet cable. There was only one or two that actually had the required orifice for said cable.

Wires. How quaint.