New laptop needed
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After about 10 years the HDD on my laptop has got bad sectors on it. Unfortunately the largest HDD it can take is 30GB. Now I want to buy a new laptop for a maximum price of 500 Pounds. Which is the best laptop to get? :cool:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
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After about 10 years the HDD on my laptop has got bad sectors on it. Unfortunately the largest HDD it can take is 30GB. Now I want to buy a new laptop for a maximum price of 500 Pounds. Which is the best laptop to get? :cool:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
That's quite a low budget...perhaps a HP DV2130 Media Centre Dual Core[^] if you can stump up the extra £52? (If not they have some really cheap Acer Apsire 3662[^]'s)
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After about 10 years the HDD on my laptop has got bad sectors on it. Unfortunately the largest HDD it can take is 30GB. Now I want to buy a new laptop for a maximum price of 500 Pounds. Which is the best laptop to get? :cool:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
I think the important question here is... 500 pounds of what?
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I think the important question here is... 500 pounds of what?
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/20015'ed. :laugh: Stick to clean humor, John, and you won't have to moan about your articles getting lynch-voted. Heck, you might even win popularity contests. ;) I can almost see the reply, "What makes you think I give a rat's posterior?" :~
Cheers, Vikram.
"...we are disempowered to cultivate in their communities an inclination to assimilate to our culture." - Stan Shannon.
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I think the important question here is... 500 pounds of what?
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I think the important question here is... 500 pounds of what?
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001A fair point - my default to GBP shows my own cultural background...it could be: Cyprus Pound, Egyptian Pound, British Pound, Lebanese Pound, Syrian Pound - and although we have adopted teh Euro here there is still a possibility that you have some Irish pounds.
'--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
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5'ed. :laugh: Stick to clean humor, John, and you won't have to moan about your articles getting lynch-voted. Heck, you might even win popularity contests. ;) I can almost see the reply, "What makes you think I give a rat's posterior?" :~
Cheers, Vikram.
"...we are disempowered to cultivate in their communities an inclination to assimilate to our culture." - Stan Shannon.
I refuse to change to suit somebody else's sense of humor. Everyone gets 100% outlaw programmer, 100% of the time. Everybody should expect nothing less. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
That's quite a low budget...perhaps a HP DV2130 Media Centre Dual Core[^] if you can stump up the extra £52? (If not they have some really cheap Acer Apsire 3662[^]'s)
'--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
And I too have an issue with my HP Laptop. I posted a query here http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?forumid=1644&select=1921217#xx1921217xx[^] yesterday. Can you help?
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After about 10 years the HDD on my laptop has got bad sectors on it. Unfortunately the largest HDD it can take is 30GB. Now I want to buy a new laptop for a maximum price of 500 Pounds. Which is the best laptop to get? :cool:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
You may want to try eBay. I bought my sister a brand new Dell laptop worth around £850 for £450+VAT from one of the dozens of asset realisation firms that trade on there. It came 2 months into a 3 year NBD + 1 year accidental damage warranty that was transfered to her over the phone. If you can wait a few weeks then April will be a good month for deals like that. Companies will be getting their new IT budgets and the direct manufacturers like Dell and HP give big discounts for ordering certain £,000's each year. It can work out better value to buy 100 new laptops and sell 10 on at below manufacturing cost than it is to buy only 90. There is an entire section of the IT industry dedicated to taking advantage of that. Failing that finding something suitable, if you don't mind having a visually damaged case then you can find some amazing deals in the factory outlet stores for scratched and dented -- but otherwise sold as new -- laptops. My friend bought a £1,400 laptop through the Dell outlet store for £1,000 because there was a slight scratch to the plastic top and some scratches on the raised Dell logo. After a few months of use you'll clock up a few scratches anyway!
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5'ed. :laugh: Stick to clean humor, John, and you won't have to moan about your articles getting lynch-voted. Heck, you might even win popularity contests. ;) I can almost see the reply, "What makes you think I give a rat's posterior?" :~
Cheers, Vikram.
"...we are disempowered to cultivate in their communities an inclination to assimilate to our culture." - Stan Shannon.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Stick to clean humor, John, and you won't have to moan about your articles getting lynch-voted. Heck, you might even win popularity contests.
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After about 10 years the HDD on my laptop has got bad sectors on it. Unfortunately the largest HDD it can take is 30GB. Now I want to buy a new laptop for a maximum price of 500 Pounds. Which is the best laptop to get? :cool:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
I read that as
Franz Klein wrote:
maximum of 500 Pounds
And was about to ask if you meant price or weight.
cheers, Chris Maunder
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I read that as
Franz Klein wrote:
maximum of 500 Pounds
And was about to ask if you meant price or weight.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
It is price. I don't have the Pound sign on my laptop keyboard. I have decided instead to go for a custom-built desktop. All of today's laptops don't come with a serial port which I need to interact with external hardware and other gadgets that I am building and hope to build. :cool:
I am the handsome one in the crowd.
