I am in the market for a new laptop. Probably not an apple due to price and the ability to run VT software.
Does anyone have any recommendations. Acer and Lenovo look reasonable. I do not want to buy a laptop that has detachable screen or touch screen, just a normal old fashioned laptop
I personally always swear by Toshiba's for Laptops and Dell XPS's for desktops.
make sure that you get plenty of RAM built in, and at least a 15.6 inch screen. (preferably 17").
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Shaun
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Bigger screen is better. Do yourself a list of what spec you want even down to how eg many USB ports then check online review sites, independent ones so narrow down what you want (or probably more what you don't want). Eg CNet.
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Joanne
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I've just bought my mother a starter laptop from there which was under £200... Hang on a sec....
ASUS X551MAV-BING-SX1017B 15.6-Inch Notebook (Intel Celeron N2840 2.16 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD, Windows 8.1). Was £199.97 but its now £220.
Not a bad little machine, quite fast and quite well built.
The approach that I took was to pop off to PC world to play with the keyboards and check the screens out and then bought it from t'internet... I know, I know, I'm bad.
Personally I would not have bought that machine for myself. I may however have been tempted by this one :
for £400 you get a 17.3 inch screen, 8 gig of Ram and an AMD processor (I prefer AMD which I've always found a little slower than Intel equivalents but touch wood I've never had one die on me... My intels have tended to be live fast and die young type processors... Don't even get me onto my burn rate with graphics cards!).
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Shaun
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Bigger screen is better. Do yourself a list of what spec you want even down to how eg many USB ports then check online review sites, independent ones so narrow down what you want (or probably more what you don't want). Eg CNet.
Thanks - the trouble is I really want another Mac but it's not a sensible option. Trying to work out what I need is difficult. I'm still struggling with VT or Sage...
I've just bought my mother a starter laptop from there which was under £200... Hang on a sec....
ASUS X551MAV-BING-SX1017B 15.6-Inch Notebook (Intel Celeron N2840 2.16 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD, Windows 8.1). Was £199.97 but its now £220.
Not a bad little machine, quite fast and quite well built.
The approach that I took was to pop off to PC world to play with the keyboards and check the screens out and then bought it from t'internet... I know, I know, I'm bad.
Personally I would not have bought that machine for myself. I may however have been tempted by this one :
for £400 you get a 17.3 inch screen, 8 gig of Ram and an AMD processor (I prefer AMD which I've always found a little slower than Intel equivalents but touch wood I've never had one die on me... My intels have tended to be live fast and die young type processors... Don't even get me onto my burn rate with graphics cards!).
I think I trip to PC world is the best option and as you say buy from 'net.
I am sure you get what you pay for. I would have though 4gb Ram would be plenty. Will have a look now...
Bigger screen is better. Do yourself a list of what spec you want even down to how eg many USB ports then check online review sites, independent ones so narrow down what you want (or probably more what you don't want). Eg CNet.
Thanks - the trouble is I really want another Mac but it's not a sensible option. Trying to work out what I need is difficult. I'm still struggling with VT or Sage...
Hi
Im a sage user and have been since the start, but if I was starting up I think I would be looking at VT much more closely. None of this cloud stuff, although you can obviously back it up to dropbox. I have seen my first output from it to the Accounts production and am pretty impressed. Have you had a trawl round the site - there are lost of posts comparing the two. There's also a couple of posts about the other software people have - which might help you with some other decisions.
Get your Apple fix by sticking to iphones and ipads!
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Joanne
Winner of Bookkeeper of the Year 2015, 2016 & 2017
Thoughts are my own/not to be regarded as official advice,which should be sought from a suitably qualified Accountant.
You should check out answers with reference to the legal position
I've just bought my mother a starter laptop from there which was under £200... Hang on a sec....
ASUS X551MAV-BING-SX1017B 15.6-Inch Notebook (Intel Celeron N2840 2.16 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD, Windows 8.1). Was £199.97 but its now £220.
Not a bad little machine, quite fast and quite well built.
The approach that I took was to pop off to PC world to play with the keyboards and check the screens out and then bought it from t'internet... I know, I know, I'm bad.
Personally I would not have bought that machine for myself. I may however have been tempted by this one :
for £400 you get a 17.3 inch screen, 8 gig of Ram and an AMD processor (I prefer AMD which I've always found a little slower than Intel equivalents but touch wood I've never had one die on me... My intels have tended to be live fast and die young type processors... Don't even get me onto my burn rate with graphics cards!).
I got my youngest a Toshiba and it has been great, it gets used a lot and has stood the test of time. My other daughter needs one and I like the look of that one in the link.
