Laptop advice
Laptop advice
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Produc...00-2-16GHz
or this (but not in pink!)
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Produc...4GHz-Vista
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
Cheers for that, forgot to mention it needs to be reasonably small and lightweight, so was thinking around the 13" mark, maybe something like this?
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Produc...00-2-16GHz
or this (but not in pink!)
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Produc...4GHz-Vista
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
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Mods:...WIM geometry setup & fine tune, K&N Air filter, Stainless steel A/C rings, Brodit phone kit, Stainless steel clock surround, B&M Shortshifter & LED Domelight, Maplight & Sun Visors, OEM Chrome exhaust tip, OEM rubber bootliner, Fan type windscreen washer jets, LS430 Side repeaters, OEM LE grille, OEM cargo net, Front OEM armrest
Toshiba do a good range of laptops IMHO.
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Mods:...WIM geometry setup & fine tune, K&N Air filter, Stainless steel A/C rings, Brodit phone kit, Stainless steel clock surround, B&M Shortshifter & LED Domelight, Maplight & Sun Visors, OEM Chrome exhaust tip, OEM rubber bootliner, Fan type windscreen washer jets, LS430 Side repeaters, OEM LE grille, OEM cargo net, Front OEM armrest
kam05 Toshiba do a good range of laptops IMHO.
Had a bad experience with Toshiba recently (well actually my brother did) had numerous problems went back and forth over and over - eventually replaced it with a Sony and all is well
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
kam05 Toshiba do a good range of laptops IMHO.
Had a bad experience with Toshiba recently (well actually my brother did) had numerous problems went back and forth over and over - eventually replaced it with a Sony and all is well
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
Been dropped many times and still works perfectly, had to replace the screen when it fell of the front desk at the studio.
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
FirebirdPhil
28-10-2016, 08:51 AM #14My Lenovo is fantastic.
Been dropped many times and still works perfectly, had to replace the screen when it fell of the front desk at the studio.
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
The front runner at the mo is definitely HP I was talking about earlier - it's well built, lightweight and reasonably priced but most of all the touchscreen is fantastic! One of the problems with a laptop is that touchpad, meaning that for extended use you really need a mouse. But on this it really isn't necessary as you can do everything you need just with your fingers, it doesn't seem like it would make that much of a difference but once you start using it it's really good!
HP does seem to be making two types of laptops at the mo, their "normal" laptops don't feel that solid or, but then some (like the DV3 I've been talking about) are very well built. On top of that there's a stunning machine called the envy, everything about it was incredible (ignoring the price for a sec) but it doesn't have a built in drive so that got cut too..........
Need to pop down to a Sony centre later today to check out their full range, but otherwise the HP is now seeming to make a lot of sense.
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
Ok did a bit of shopping yesterday, have to say at this sort of budget it was really hard to ignore the macbook pro - the hardware just looks fantastic next to any other laptop and it was quite tempting............but sis wants to stick with windows so that's out now.
The front runner at the mo is definitely HP I was talking about earlier - it's well built, lightweight and reasonably priced but most of all the touchscreen is fantastic! One of the problems with a laptop is that touchpad, meaning that for extended use you really need a mouse. But on this it really isn't necessary as you can do everything you need just with your fingers, it doesn't seem like it would make that much of a difference but once you start using it it's really good!
HP does seem to be making two types of laptops at the mo, their "normal" laptops don't feel that solid or, but then some (like the DV3 I've been talking about) are very well built. On top of that there's a stunning machine called the envy, everything about it was incredible (ignoring the price for a sec) but it doesn't have a built in drive so that got cut too..........
Need to pop down to a Sony centre later today to check out their full range, but otherwise the HP is now seeming to make a lot of sense.
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
i went through 4 in 2 years at work, all with hardware faults and two personal ones..
all had one common fault too that seems to be inherent across the brand.
in my experince the Dells seem to stand up quite well but it has to be a macbook.. If windows is a must then get bootcamp and have windows7 on dual boot..best of both worlds.
The Mac OS is very simple to use and there are lots of videos/tutorials from apple on 'converting'
LEXUS IS200 Sport Navigator - 140.8db
Kenwood DNX 8220 BT - Custom OEM Screen Conversion - PS2 - Epic 150
Front: MB Quart QSC216 / Centre: MB Quart PKH110 / Rear:MB Quart RUA213 / Sub: MB Quart PWH 302 x 2 / AMPS: JL 1000/1 - JL 300/4
i would avoid the HP like the plague..
i went through 4 in 2 years at work, all with hardware faults and two personal ones..
all had one common fault too that seems to be inherent across the brand.
in my experince the Dells seem to stand up quite well but it has to be a macbook.. If windows is a must then get bootcamp and have windows7 on dual boot..best of both worlds.
The Mac OS is very simple to use and there are lots of videos/tutorials from apple on 'converting'
LEXUS IS200 Sport Navigator - 140.8db
Kenwood DNX 8220 BT - Custom OEM Screen Conversion - PS2 - Epic 150
Front: MB Quart QSC216 / Centre: MB Quart PKH110 / Rear:MB Quart RUA213 / Sub: MB Quart PWH 302 x 2 / AMPS: JL 1000/1 - JL 300/4
Yep the mac is still an option, but it is also about £3-400 more so she needs to be absolutely convinced before making that investment.
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
What was the common fault with the HPs? I've had an HP laptop in the past, and still currently use an HP desktop, both were/are brilliant - however it's been a few years so it's a shame if their quality has come down in the last few years.
Yep the mac is still an option, but it is also about £3-400 more so she needs to be absolutely convinced before making that investment.
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
all lights up and posts but does nothing.. takes numerous on/off attempts toget it to work.
Its a known fault and is well documented, apparantly sometthing to do with overheating/shorting out??
Also had 3 hd failures, 2 screen failures,bt module failure, wifi failure, and various freezing issues.
since buying the mac in march it hasnt had a single fault, has fantastic battery life, not crashed or froze once and not a sign of any virus. u can get nearly all the software for mac that u can on PC.
LEXUS IS200 Sport Navigator - 140.8db
Kenwood DNX 8220 BT - Custom OEM Screen Conversion - PS2 - Epic 150
Front: MB Quart QSC216 / Centre: MB Quart PKH110 / Rear:MB Quart RUA213 / Sub: MB Quart PWH 302 x 2 / AMPS: JL 1000/1 - JL 300/4
commom fault was not 'waking up' properly either from standby or on reboot. This wason there business range (workslaptop) and there standard range that we have at home.
all lights up and posts but does nothing.. takes numerous on/off attempts toget it to work.
Its a known fault and is well documented, apparantly sometthing to do with overheating/shorting out??
Also had 3 hd failures, 2 screen failures,bt module failure, wifi failure, and various freezing issues.
since buying the mac in march it hasnt had a single fault, has fantastic battery life, not crashed or froze once and not a sign of any virus. u can get nearly all the software for mac that u can on PC.
LEXUS IS200 Sport Navigator - 140.8db
Kenwood DNX 8220 BT - Custom OEM Screen Conversion - PS2 - Epic 150
Front: MB Quart QSC216 / Centre: MB Quart PKH110 / Rear:MB Quart RUA213 / Sub: MB Quart PWH 302 x 2 / AMPS: JL 1000/1 - JL 300/4
Went for the Sony in the end, playing with them side by side, the build of the Sonys is on another level (only manufacturer that matches the macs in quality) so that had to be it.
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
Cheers for that, got closer than ever this time to buying a Mac, but the PC won out in the end. It was almost £500 more for the Mac which just couldn't be justified.
Went for the Sony in the end, playing with them side by side, the build of the Sonys is on another level (only manufacturer that matches the macs in quality) so that had to be it.
2002 '02' IS200 SE Auto - DVD Satnav with Voice Activation - [COLOR="Blue"]Strathcaron Blue - Parking Sensors - 5000K HIDs with Anti-Glare Bulbs - PIAA 6500K Main Beams - LED Sidelights - Mirror/Sunroof Closure - TTE Styling Kit - 18" Styling Kit Alloys with nitrogen filled Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric Tyres - Bluetouch Multimedia Kit - Gromaudio AUX in - Black painted calipers with silver Lexus decals - 12 LED Dome Light - 96 LED Boot Light - Stainless Steel Sport Sill Plates - PIAA Silicone Wipers[/COLOR]
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