General Discussion

[obom]

Need some laptop advice 

I am student that needs a new laptop, I hope you guys can help me make a decision.
Basically it needs to be
- Not too big and heavy so its easy to cary arround
- Descent build quality
- Good baterry life
- Betwen £300 and £1000
- The more powerfull the better too 

So does anyone one know a laptop that fits that profile? or does anyone have one that they would recomend? or is all of the above even possible to find in a laptop 

EDIT: I dont really like netbooks 
 

[hydra25]

Macbook











Come on we all know it was gunna happen so I got in there early and ended it.

[obom]

The Air or the Pro
Never used a Mac before will i find it difficult to get used to it? 

[hydra25]

No idea I have a Sony Vaio, I'd recommend one of those.

[obom]

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hydra25 wrote:
No idea I have a Sony Vaio, I'd recommend one of those.

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Which model have you got?
I have been looking at those Vaios, when i found a nice one I looked at the price and neraly fell off my chair
Is the build quality any good? 
I am asking because the laptop i currently have (Acer Aspire 6920) is not great.
I have never droped it and there are cracks everywere and I have had a lot of problems with hardware 

[hydra25]

I've got a VPCEB1EOE, I've had it over a year and the only mark on it is from leaving it an overhead locker on a plane during heavy turbulence.

Very nice build quality, although the keys do come off when you put a vacuum cleaner nossle on them.

[stokesy131]

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obom wrote:

The Air or the Pro
Never used a Mac before will i find it difficult to get used to it? 

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Pro is more powerful, Air is easier to carry around. 

I have a MacBook Pro and found it incredibly easy to change from Windows to OSX, after a few hours it just felt natural. The build quality excellent, a lot better than laptops I have previously had. I usually get around 3-5 hours battery, depending on what I am doing/the brightness etc.

Obviously they are a lot more expensive than other laptops though.

[K1LLMEBILL]

Another vote for a Macbook air or Pro... 

I switched over 14 months ago, after the initial ***** is this period of an hour, i was quickly on my way to becoming a Mac Geek  

Now I  have an: 
iMac

Macbook Pro

and a Mac mini under the TV

Oh and iPad 1st gen and an iPhone 4... So as you can see I don't like Apple

[Mclaren193]

Sony VAIO tis what I want.

[fenian]

Toshiba Qosmio x775,

You will be able play crysis, team fortress 2, fallout 3, while running two tabbed up browsers and watching a bluray on full hd all at the same time without it skipping a beat.