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"Laptop reviews?"

Any useful sites that have good, non-biased laptop reviews? I worrying about googling that I'll just get bias, so... any ideas?

(I don't really want to ask for your opinions, as I'm sure there will be bias)

Oh and I have the Acer 8104 and I love it.

Bit pricey but it should last for ages.

'Which Laptop' is a really good magazine.

Might have a website too.

OddToe wrote:
> Is that the one for £469 or something?

Yeah, I think it was £468 (close enough).

It's not a bad machine at all.

gamesfreak wrote:
> gerrid wrote:
> "bias" aka experience. Use google, there are loads of PC
> review sites out there. My advice is to get an Acer.
>
> My Dad purchased an Acer laptop the other day, from Tescos,
> surprisingly (don't laugh).
>
> Verdict? Superb. My Dad isn't exactly a gamer or regular computer
> user, so the specification suits what he needs.

Is that the one for £469 or something?

Have owned Samsung, IBM, HP, Viao and now Acer. I'd say Acer no doubt. Just received my new one and over the moon with it.

Turion 1.6/64, 512, 60GB, X600, DVD-RW etc etc, £649

yeah loads of places sell Acer. Most people, oddly haven't heard of them but they're the biggest laptop manufacturer in the world, I think.

gerrid wrote:
> "bias" aka experience. Use google, there are loads of PC
> review sites out there. My advice is to get an Acer.

My Dad purchased an Acer laptop the other day, from Tescos, surprisingly (don't laugh).

Verdict? Superb. My Dad isn't exactly a gamer or regular computer user, so the specification suits what he needs.

Yeah that's it and that's about £170 cheaper than from a shop, but I wouldn't buy a laptop from eBay ever.

Anyway, here's a nice, clean, trustworthy site: [URL]http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1874,9,00.asp[/URL]

A Pentium M - that's one of those processors that change their processing power depending on their needs?

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That's what you want?

is that a good price?

Well I'm gonna get the Travelmate 8104WLMi, unless there's some drastic change in my life.

If you're not after gaming then an IBM would probably be quite useful, although it'll be more expensive than the Acer equivalent. The biggest problem, really, is that almost every laptop manufacturer that you've heard of only puts 1GB of RAM into it's most high specced desktop replacements, with Pentium 4s and the like, which is utterly useless.

Most IBM or Dell or Toshiba or HP laptops come with 512MB max, and if you want to upgrade (only Dell actually let you), it costs about £300. (to upgrade to 2GB RAM in a Dell laptop costs near £1000!). Acer are the same but their prices are slightly lower, so the extra £200 for 1GB RAM isn't so bad.

Anyway, whatever you do, make sure you get a Pentium M. Oh, and as far as HD capacity, 40GB is minimum and it's about 120GB maximum. Most laptops should have 60, so don't worry. You should be looking to pay around £800-£1000 for what I'm guessing you want.