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New Laptop Advice Required
Hi Guys,
I want to buy myself a laptop (as a treat to myself for my upcoming b/day). I don't have a laptop at the moment - only a desktop which does everything.
The laptop would be used for the usual stuff (I'm not a gamer) plus some GNS3 stuff. I'm therefore thinking 15.6" or 17" screen with a core i5 processor and maybe 6GB RAM plus a decent battery life (>4hrs). USB3 would like nice. Optical drive is optional.
Does anyone have any recommendations on which manufacturers to look at or can recommend any particular models based on experience.
Budget is *up to* £700.
Any thoughts / recommendations greatly appreciated.
I want to buy myself a laptop (as a treat to myself for my upcoming b/day). I don't have a laptop at the moment - only a desktop which does everything.
The laptop would be used for the usual stuff (I'm not a gamer) plus some GNS3 stuff. I'm therefore thinking 15.6" or 17" screen with a core i5 processor and maybe 6GB RAM plus a decent battery life (>4hrs). USB3 would like nice. Optical drive is optional.
Does anyone have any recommendations on which manufacturers to look at or can recommend any particular models based on experience.
Budget is *up to* £700.
Any thoughts / recommendations greatly appreciated.
Regards,
CCNA R&S; CCNP R&S
CCNA R&S; CCNP R&S
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powmia
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binarysoul
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Although my tongue aches when I say this, but Dell laptops don't do bad. It's not the best, but compared to others I've seen better times with it. -
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petedude
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I like HP and Lenovo better, myself. I'm not anti-Dell, but I saw them churn out lots of crummy equipment for a couple years so they've kinda burned me a bit.Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
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I use primarily HP laptops and have had no problems and the one warranty I did a couple years ago was quick and smooth. I bought an i5, 8gb of ram, and 750GB hdd for about $650ish.Then added more ram and a ssd. It does everything I need.
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SteveLord
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Whatever you can get with the Haswell (4th gen Core) cpu.WGU B.S.IT - 9/1/2015 >>> ??? -
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aquilla
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Hi Guys,
Thanks for the suggestions.
A friend has recommended this:- The Novatech Elite N1535
He does a lot of business with Novatech so may be able to get a discount.
Fully aware it doesn't come with OS by default - not sure if I will run Linux or Windows.
What do you guys think - good / bad / overpriced?Regards,
CCNA R&S; CCNP R&S
