An appeal to all you IT types in RRS land. I would like to join the world of mobile internet and gaming by buying a laptop. Trouble is I have little idea what I should specify and where I should look. My home PC is about 4 years old now and feels it, so time for an upgrade. Ideally I would like a machine that can play computer games (most of which won't run on my existing PC for want of a modern graphic card), can access the internet remotely (wirelessly) and which we can use to watch DVD's and store video's taken on our camera.

I guess that might be a reasonably high spec machine - but can anyone suggest what should be on my shopping list and where I should get it. On-line stores work well for me. Cheers. RRS TDv8 HSE Rimini
Disco 3 TDv6 HSE Tonga
Defender 200tdi, CSW, a mint, red one (can mint be red ?)

a friend had a laptop made up here to his spec

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Love em or hate em....Dell Vospro is the way to go

Have had Dell's for years and have never let me down.  My Gladiators:

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will_wonka wrote:

Love em or hate em....Dell

Check out Asus laptops on my second one and very happy with them.

Best bet is to set yourself a budget and just buy the best you can find spec wise. Computer magazines will have ratings and best buys.

Or just go for what you like the looks of.

Macbook with Fusion so you can run Leopard and XP. DS3 TDV6 HSE
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Pelyma wrote:

Macbook with Fusion so you can run Leopard and XP.

Would I be making a mistake to buy ....

A Dell XPS M1530
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7250 2.00 GHZ, 800 MHZ FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
Windows Vista Home premium
2.0 megapixel camera
15.4 widescreen WXGA 1280x800 TFT display with Truelife
Biometric fingerprint reader
3072 MB 667MHZ Dual channel DDR2 SDRAM
160GB hard drive 7200rpm with freefall sensor
NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600GT with 256MB dedicated graphic memory
Fixed 8x DVD
9 cell Lithium Ion battery 85 WHr
No modem
Mobile broadband wireless 5520 mini card UK
Dell wireless bluetooth 355 plus mouse
Intel next gen wireless mini card europe core 2 dual processor
Microsoft Office 2007 home & student
Adobe Photoshop
In home PC set up
Norton Internet
Targus Campus XL backpack

All for £1,088.12

Much of this is a foreign language to me - but, will this lot allow me to use mobile internet access, play video games, store photos and videos, watch DVD's and similar stuff ? RRS TDv8 HSE Rimini
Disco 3 TDv6 HSE Tonga
Defender 200tdi, CSW, a mint, red one (can mint be red ?)

Apple Air - might not be as good but you can spend all day drooling over it. RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE Zambezi silver,Alpaca.
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Very Annoyed wrote:

Apple Air - might not be as good but you can spend all day drooling over it.

Very Annoyed wrote:

Apple Air - might not be as good but you can spend all day drooling over it.

Dell is always a good choice - love em or hate em, they laptops normally a good quality - alternatively go for HP - I've been buying HP now for the last 12 months and am starting to like them (build quality / performance and price)

Kaine

i have to say i like HP too

HP Pavillion DV8173 is my current laptop, not had any problems at all with it

Though it was out of date by the time my receipt was in my pocket

Smarticus go for Apple MacBook Pro or Mac Air . I have MBP now for more than one year and half and I have to tell you it is a perfect laptop. You can run MacOS or Windows and has a very good graphics also price . I am also just thinking of buying Mac Air which my friend has and it is ultra thin and light and the battery performance is better than on the MBPro- mainly also because it does not have built in DVD/CD unit (has external). You are not going to be disappointed...... 2008 RRS TDV8 HSE, Java black, Alpaca,.....

MAC Air doesn't have a DVD drive though with the unit.....I use a Mac Book Pro - bit I agree with whoever said the Asus unit - best in business - away from Mac - your spec on the Dell is fine too... 2007 RRS TDV6 HSE JAVA/EBONY SIDE STEPS, REAR GUARDS. 22'' STORMER WHEELS. FULL COLOUR CODE. SMOKED SIDE LIGHTS