My dad is going to get his very first computer ever... and will be buying in in January, ill be his tutor guess to show him how to get on with it. His buget is around £400 but would still go a little higher if needs be. So far this is the best iv found for just over 400 LINKY Processor Intel® Core™ i3-370M Processor - 2.40 GHz - 4.8 GT/s DMI - 3 MB Smart Cache Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit RAM 3 GB DDR3 Graphics card Integrated graphics Up to 1274MB shared memory 1366 x 768 pixels Screen size 15.6" Hard drive 320 GB SATA Memory card reader 2-in-1 Card Reader USB 2 Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n WLAN Integrated VGA webcam with microphone Li-ion battery, with up to 5 hours life Seems a solid spec for the money, i3 cpu, DDR3 ram and decent size HDD. Can anyone find anything better?
This is better: http://configure.euro.dell.com/dell...en&m_30=143255&oc=N1235S06&rbc=N1235S06&s=bsd A bit more expensive but this is what you get: - 15inch as you want - Core i3 380M - 2.53GHz - Windows 7 Professional (but the 32-bit version.. maybe you can do a special request over the phone... (sometimes they give you free shipping and other free upgrades) - 3GB of RAM DDR3 1333MHz (upgradeable up to 8GB) - 1366 x 768 display - NON- Glossy screen - Wireless N (the Toshiba doesn't specify, so I assume it's wireless G). - Dell Bluetooth 365 Card - 3x USB 2.0 - 1x USB 2.0/eSATA/powered eSATA combo port - 5-1 Card reader - HDMI connector - Full size, spill-resistant keyboard - 320 GB 7200RPM (plenty of space) - Same Intel GPU (Intel GPU for the mobile Core i series are in the CPU). - 2MP webcam - Better build quality - with aluminum casing (I believe the palm rest is in plastic, but at least it's not full cheap plastic and glossy lid where the wind itself will deeply scratch it after a few month of usage) And you know what else it comes with: 3 year warranty but wait!.. it also comes with 3 year IN HOME Service as well. That means if you have something broken, they come to you the next buisness day, at the time you want, to replace any parts. This way you can assure that you always have a working laptop in your hands. (like all OEM's, it's 1 year for the battery and power adapter). When you see a product with such long warranty, with in home service, you know that it will be a solid system. Also, Dell laptops comes with SIGNIFICANTLY less junk installed (even sometimes none, on select models). And if Dell U.K is like Dell Canada, then they provide you with Windows 7 pre-activated disk (no image crap) and a driver disk, which include drivers that came with your laptop. And to make you s*** in your pants... it comes with a: backlit keyboard
Your welcome. Oh their is a typo in my my post. The card reader is a 8-1 card reader, not a 5-1. Also, Dell Small Business warranty, is superior than Dell Home. If it's like Dell Canada, the tech support is local (same country) during office hours. I had 2 fault with my system.. well 1 really, the other was more the shipping company fault. And Dell was really nice, and helpful. My first issue is that my Dell laptop box was damaged, and the laptop was harm, despite functional. I called Dell, and they told me that they will ship me a new laptop, and in the mean time, provided me a pre-paid shipping label to use to return the system, AND told me that I can keep damaged one until I receive the new system. I asked if I can swap the HDD between systems so that I can avoid a transfer and re-install of all my stuff, and they said no problem. As long as they have a full system assembled in the box with all Dell parts (of course), they are happy. So I did, but I still called them just to be safe when I got my new system so that it's on record. You know just in case... My second issue, was that their was a finger print inside the LCD panel film. This is when I tried Dell in-home service, and it was fantastic. The contracted and well trained technician came on time, and the service was quick and well done. Heck I was so happy with the service, even if my system was crap, I would not mind having a tech come every day in the morning while I take my breakfast (for 3 years ). A friend of mine with his Dell system which got a few years earlier, told me that once of the technician flip the laptop to open it, he put it directly on the table witch was a bit rough, and the lid got scratch. Dell sent another technician over to replace the lid. Pretty cool stuff.
shame it dont some with the with the finger print reader like the next model up, also the rez isn't amazing but my dad is half blind so it wont matter Thanks again!
The resolution is the same as the Toshiba you found. If your father is like mine, where he needs to shut-down and unplug, and replug, turn on the computer to confirm that a bookmark is saved (little exaggeration) and only works with 1-2 program at a time... Then the resolution is fine. If he actually does a lot of work, and really multi-tasks like everyone here... then it might be a problem, in such case you'll need to really custom build it, and lose the special , so you'll need to pay more (not to mention pay even more for the higher resolution monitor and any other upgrade you want). The finger print reader is more complication than anything.. trust me.. those thing are annoying to make work, mostly because of how crap the drivers are. I would wait until Windows has native support and designed around a finger print log-in system, and THEN, and only THEN, MAYBE, think about having one in the laptop. In the laptop I can't recommend it. And even if Win8 has support, you need to have the finger print designed around it (which it won't, like my laptop ambient light sensor, but the newer model of my laptop requires no drivers to make it work, as Win7 has full support as it was designed around Win7 API codes)
ive used laptop finger print scanners before and they are 50/50 even when they work. if you scratch your finger on anything, swipe it too fast, too slow, at an angle it throws a fit and rejects it.
