Laptop Options

[Goran]

So i'm off to university in september [Edinurgh, to do mechanical and electrical engineering] and I figured the easiest thing to take computer wise was a laptop simply for transport, taking to the library etc and I really want you guys' opinions.

I'm looking to spend about £900 absolute max but the less i spend on this the more i can transform in to vodka!

A large screen is a must have and ability for light gaming (CS:S etc) would be a welcome bonus

Where would you start?

any advice no matter how small would be awesome guys

 

[AMDFTW]

this one should suffice and its good for the money

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/173-...B-Mem-500GB-HDD-DVD-SuperMulti-Win-7-HP-64bit

or check these guys out

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[Goran]

that pcspecialist site is pretty good thanks man!

 

[AMDFTW]

no worries mate,they do good builds aswell

 

[Goran]

i wish building your own laptop was as accessible as building desktops

 

[Rastalovich]

I reckon you could be thinking of buying at the right time.

I'd look out for much cheapness on Dx10 laptops. 4g, pre-i7/i5, HD4xxx or GT2xx, nice 17", large drive

 

[Goran]

that's true but i'm hoping that it will last quite a few years :/

for about £870 you can get i5, 4gb DDR3, 500gb hard drive, 17" screen, 5650 graphics and a beasty battery from dell

i hate dell though.

 

[AMDFTW]

so whats wrong with pcspecialists mate,dell make good base laptops fella

 

[killablade]

that's true but i'm hoping that it will last quite a few years :/

for about £870 you can get i5, 4gb DDR3, 500gb hard drive, 17" screen, 5650 graphics and a beasty battery from dell

i hate dell though.

Those specs sound pretty good for the money tbh

 

[Goran]

Those specs sound pretty good for the money tbh

yeah i thought so too

i'll be buying it in a couple of months so maybe prices will go down / specs go up

 

[FragTek]

Check out MSI's laptops. Great specs, very well built, and even better prices. Since MSI doesn't spend any money at all for advertising their notebooks it reflects greatly in the prices.

I just picked up a Core i5, 4gb ddr3, 320gb hdd, 15.6" screen for school and it only cost me $579 here in the US!

 

[Rastalovich]

Some great prices stateside, for me £800+ is alot for a laptop and personally would look towards mbp, but I know the op isn't after one.

 

[mrapoc]

I've usually gone for dell laptops, not too bad and some good deals on usually

got my blu ray laptop, 4gb of ram etc. for £600 iirc

 

[Goran]

Some great prices stateside, for me £800+ is alot for a laptop and personally would look towards mbp, but I know the op isn't after one.

mbp being macbook pro?

 

[Rastalovich]

Yeah.

mrapoc's £600 laptop would be my idea. I bet he can do CS on it also.

Pushing £800-£100 I want quality.

 

[FragTek]

This is what my MSI scores in Windows Assessment. Not bad for $549!