Greengrass 202 Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Going to buy one,only really need something that will be used for going on the net, nothing else like storing things etc, any advice on what makes to go for and which ones to avoid. Any help / advice appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,261 Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 EBay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,261 Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 And avoid anything HP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greengrass 202 Posted March 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Cheers mushroom , any specific brands that are better than others, and what would you say is general price range I should be looking at ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jacknife 2,005 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 I would go for something like a Dell 1737 Studio 17" Pick them up second hand nice big screen for the internet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jocky 198 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 whats wrong with the HP mushroom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,261 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 Full of problems on a lot of models. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe1888 672 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) dont go by the brand, go by whats inside the case ... can pick up a laptop good enough for web browsing, loading pages and pictures etc at a decent rate for £50-100 second hand.. will find stuff like that on gumtree and facebook groups. no a fan of laptops, not enough space for proper cooling, if you do get a second hand one.. buy a tin of compressed air and spray the vents Edited March 22, 2015 by Joe1888 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 dont go by the brand, go by whats inside the case ... can pick up a laptop good enough for web browsing, loading pages and pictures etc at a decent rate for £50-100 second hand.. will find stuff like that on gumtree and facebook groups. no a fan of laptops, not enough space for proper cooling, if you do get a second hand one.. buy a tin of compressed air and spray the vents And a good cooling pad to sit it on. TC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 Dell Lattitude, got 2 of them both with i5`s, great workhorse with few if any issues, until i had this unit built i used one as my main pc running a big external screen and some very power consuming software at the same time as pissing about on the net. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithie 2,443 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 I have an hp and an acer laptop. had to flatten the Acer once (VIRUS) but they have both been good laptops. Both will be 5 year old. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greengrass 202 Posted March 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 Thanks lads Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,561 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 ive 2 hp computers never had a problem with either of mine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,261 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) One of them jjm some do some don't but HP are renowned for issues. The dell latitudes are awesome workstations, tbh these days with so much on offer such as hybrid tablets etc you are spoilt for choice. I deal with IT directors and managers everyday the majority use Dell clients Edited March 22, 2015 by mushroom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 managed to get a dell inspiron 15 last year second hand , i am very pleased with it .. its running windows 8 which took me ages to navigate ... having only used xp previously Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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