Jezz are you still based in Belgium ? (If I remember), I just bought a laptop
myself and made the all grand tour of Brussels dealers...
And I found one dealer who's very interesting: sells new old stock (means
three month old) for a part of the price, and has good connexion for new
ones... (contact me on my email...) stephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Stephan
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Jez Cunningham
Envoyé : jeudi 15 novembre 2007 18:00
À : olympus
Objet : [OM] Laptop vs Desktop
It's getting close to the time that my trusty (crusty?) old computer needs
to be replaced. This old dog isn't going to learn Mac but will probably
have to get used to Vista - I always / only change OS with new h/w and this
new 'un is going to have to last 3/4/5 years.
It's mainly for photo crunching / printing.
So I've been perusing what's out there and ended up looking at Dell (again):
Inspiron 530, 2.33Ghz E6550 core 2 duo / viiv, 2GB (with slots to go to 4),
320GB or more (plus space for 2nd HDD), and a 22" wide LCD driven by 256kB
nvidia card. £675 / €1000 is the rough ticket (incl 17.5% UK vat).
My reasoning for going desktop rather than laptop is based on ease of
upgrade (e.g. price of RAM), space for a couple of HDD and DVD drives, it'll
never get moved (I've got an adequate laptop for travel if necesary), and a
big screen, graphic tablet, full keyboard, etc. But many of you use laptops
or Mac powerbooks - can they really compete in this area?
thanks for your valuable advice
Jez
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