Anyone whos clued up with laptops help? £1000

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:28 pm

lem wrote:I would say that a i7 is probably overkill. But its hard to say without knowing how you like to work. I think its nice to have a super fast computer, but it's not essential.
But if its cheaper...

The Core i7 800 series is essentially the same as the Core i5 700 series but with HyperThreading enabled and higher clocks. It's based on the same quad-core Lynnfield processor die and drops into LGA1,156 socket. So, the Core i7 870, for example, is a £230 quad-core 2.93GHz chip that can process eight threads simultaneously.

Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/computing ... z16yqvLMHI

That's the one I would go after.

kristofason · Post by **kristofason** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:49 pm

An i7 740qm is the highest I can get for my money or the i5 560...which to me means more or less fck all!! Im thinkin theyre both going to be pretty powerfull! I wish i could admit the fact that I might never play out on my laptop and get a desktop BEAST!! haha

Thanks loads for the knowledge, links etc kids!! Really appreciate it!

New Guy · Post by **New Guy** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:03 pm

get a vaio, theyrrre great!

NomadSpectrum · Post by **NomadSpectrum** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:56 pm

I would not buy a Dell as there aftersales is rubbish

I have a a three year old Acer (don't use for production now) and it still going strong, so if I had that kinda spare cash I would definatly get an acer

I would go to PC World and have a look at models - then go and buy it somewhere else - probably wait till after xmas as there are bound to be some bargains due to the current finacial situation

kristofason · Post by **kristofason** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:00 pm

Aren't pcworld quite cheap??
If I wait till after xmas, my money will defo be spent going out on the piss!

lem · Post by **lem** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:04 pm

kristofason wrote:Aren't pcworld quite cheap??
If I wait till after xmas, my money will defo be spent going out on the piss!

VAT goes up too. So getting pissed will get that much more expensive! Joy!

NomadSpectrum · Post by **NomadSpectrum** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:09 pm

lem wrote:
kristofason wrote:Aren't pcworld quite cheap??
If I wait till after xmas, my money will defo be spent going out on the piss!
VAT goes up too. So getting pissed will get that much more expensive! Joy!

Oh yeah forgot about us having to pay those bankers their xmas bonus

On topic - I would never buy anything from PC World and buy from the manufacteurs direct, incase there is any problems