The Amiga 500 is good right now
If you go a for Sony laptop, half the price you'll pay would be just for the brand.
I would try to get a Toshiba or lenovo laptop for higher spec but still much cheaper!
I would never buy a Sony laptop, simply because you pay more for the name. I have an HP Pavilion g6. I got it for £300. It has an Intel Core i5 2.4ghz 24.ghz. 6gb RAM. 700gb hard drive and is 64bit. For £300 that is all you'll ever need, unless you intend on playing high graphic performing games.
I've got a Toshiba at home and a toshiba in work, perfect for me so would look into toshiba.
You're going to need to look at more than one laptop Don't go by name alone, actually look at the specs, get the model numbers and google them. Search for the model number and 'problem error bug fault', if there is anything inherently wrong with that device it will show up via google.
The specifications will be key but you'll probably pay more just to have a sony badge on the laptop, so look around, make sure that the specs are going to be useful, not just look shiny right now
Google are doing a chromebook right now for about £230, I know it seems very cheap and it is tied to google apps (although I'm sure someone smart enough will get linux running on one) but it might just be ideal depending on your course and could save you a ton of money which could be spent on books, other equipment, beer.
I think it's stupid to pay for a netbook when you can get a good laptop for £100 more, especially a Chromebook which seems to be solely based on apps.
TV's and laptops..... ALWAYS look at the spec never be taken in by name or the shiney man who is selling it!!
im off for a week lads so have a good un!
Get a laptop chassis and build one yourself. Best value for money.
Hp make good laptops, have a look at some of them mines lasted for 4 years even after I broke the screen I just plug it into the tv
get a netbook. they can be easily hidden in a backpack and will do all the web surfing and email/text editing you'll need.
hang around studenty area's with a laptop bag and you'll end up getting mugged. or you'll forget it in a pub.
Macbook
What are you studying anyway?
What about a Microsoft Surface with the Touch Cover for about £499? You get a tablet, thin and light laptop when adding the cover and most Windows features including Office. It will most probably get you girls as well (unless you're a girl then probably guys but what I'm trying to say is you will be the talk of the Uni common room as the plebs turn up with bricks or reams of paper).
good god no, not surface. you'll have to use windows 8.
i tried it out for a few months on my netbook. it's one of the most annoying os's ive ever come across.
might be fine using the touch screen for simple apps, but it is absolutey cr*p for doing any serious work on.
until it's possible to disable the charms bar (whoever decided to put a hidden pop-up menu right next to the scroll bars needs to be shot! repeatedly!, and then stabbed, just to be sure.) and can re-enable the standard start menu instead of that god-forsaken piece of shi t metro menu, keep well away from windows 8.
A tablet for £500? Are you fecking insane? What is wrong with people? I shout at these companies which charge extortionate prices for products but when there are foolish people willing to buy them, I should keep my mouth shut. You can get an excellent laptop for £500, why in the world would you buy a tablet for it?!
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posted on 26/10/12
The Amiga 500 is good right now
posted on 26/10/12
If you go a for Sony laptop, half the price you'll pay would be just for the brand.
I would try to get a Toshiba or lenovo laptop for higher spec but still much cheaper!
posted on 26/10/12
I would never buy a Sony laptop, simply because you pay more for the name. I have an HP Pavilion g6. I got it for £300. It has an Intel Core i5 2.4ghz 24.ghz. 6gb RAM. 700gb hard drive and is 64bit. For £300 that is all you'll ever need, unless you intend on playing high graphic performing games.
posted on 26/10/12
I've got a Toshiba at home and a toshiba in work, perfect for me so would look into toshiba.
posted on 26/10/12
You're going to need to look at more than one laptop Don't go by name alone, actually look at the specs, get the model numbers and google them. Search for the model number and 'problem error bug fault', if there is anything inherently wrong with that device it will show up via google.
The specifications will be key but you'll probably pay more just to have a sony badge on the laptop, so look around, make sure that the specs are going to be useful, not just look shiny right now
Google are doing a chromebook right now for about £230, I know it seems very cheap and it is tied to google apps (although I'm sure someone smart enough will get linux running on one) but it might just be ideal depending on your course and could save you a ton of money which could be spent on books, other equipment, beer.
posted on 26/10/12
I think it's stupid to pay for a netbook when you can get a good laptop for £100 more, especially a Chromebook which seems to be solely based on apps.
posted on 26/10/12
TV's and laptops..... ALWAYS look at the spec never be taken in by name or the shiney man who is selling it!!
im off for a week lads so have a good un!
posted on 26/10/12
Get a laptop chassis and build one yourself. Best value for money.
posted on 26/10/12
Hp make good laptops, have a look at some of them mines lasted for 4 years even after I broke the screen I just plug it into the tv
posted on 26/10/12
get a netbook. they can be easily hidden in a backpack and will do all the web surfing and email/text editing you'll need.
hang around studenty area's with a laptop bag and you'll end up getting mugged. or you'll forget it in a pub.
posted on 26/10/12
MacBook ALL day
posted on 26/10/12
Macbook
What are you studying anyway?
posted on 26/10/12
What about a Microsoft Surface with the Touch Cover for about £499? You get a tablet, thin and light laptop when adding the cover and most Windows features including Office. It will most probably get you girls as well (unless you're a girl then probably guys but what I'm trying to say is you will be the talk of the Uni common room as the plebs turn up with bricks or reams of paper).
posted on 27/10/12
good god no, not surface. you'll have to use windows 8.
i tried it out for a few months on my netbook. it's one of the most annoying os's ive ever come across.
might be fine using the touch screen for simple apps, but it is absolutey cr*p for doing any serious work on.
until it's possible to disable the charms bar (whoever decided to put a hidden pop-up menu right next to the scroll bars needs to be shot! repeatedly!, and then stabbed, just to be sure.) and can re-enable the standard start menu instead of that god-forsaken piece of shi t metro menu, keep well away from windows 8.
posted on 28/10/12
A tablet for £500? Are you fecking insane? What is wrong with people? I shout at these companies which charge extortionate prices for products but when there are foolish people willing to buy them, I should keep my mouth shut. You can get an excellent laptop for £500, why in the world would you buy a tablet for it?!
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