laptop buying tips

[miffy]

If you go for e-buyer, please first see the thread on "Bloody Couriers"

It's your own fault for rescheduling... you should know couriers/warehouses/ecommerce just can't deal with technical things like that!

I bought something else from them the other day, dispatch date was the following thursday, then tuesday, arrived on the friday. How confusing is that?!?

Must have been a female computer running the dispatch scheduler <duck>

[Jog On]

Just don't get Vista if you can avoid it.

[realityhack]

If you go for e-buyer, please first see the thread on "Bloody Couriers"

Mixed experiences then... I've never had any problems with them. Last item I ordered arrived just 12hrs after I paid for it.

[Bear]

The Toshiba that RH linked too looks a good buy.

I go to PCWorld business - currently using a HP bought from there for £350 - and most of them come with XP as opposed to Vista

[Diver]

Nothing wrong with Vista if you know what you're doing mate

[Ardesco]

Must agree, the only issue I have had with vista is copying files across the network. Definitely a bug in explorer because it works fine if you use another program to do the copying.

If you try:

http://www.gpsoft.com.au/Intro.html

It works much better, but I'm not going to pay for an alternative program, MS can fix it.

[Jog On]

Nothing wrong with Vista if you know what you're doing mate

Enjoying it are we?

[Hicks]

Tesco have a very nice Fujitsu Siemens laptop with a healthy specification for £349.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.203-2719.aspx

The full specification can be seen on the Fujitsu Siemens website:

http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/home/...o_pi_2515.html

[DodgyAgent]

I'm after a bog standard laptop that is wireless enabled ( no need for fancy graphics - not played a PC game since Atari space invaders ). It'll only be used for tinternet and bits of admin. From the earlier thread I just had a scan at Misco and this one came up at £350 ( http://misco.co.uk/applications/sear...p?EdpNo=295619 ). My last two have been Dell and had problems so I don't want one of them.

???

ps. what's the piece of kit I need to stop hissing on the phone line when using my newly installed wireless modem

"titernet"

[LJames75]

www.novatech.com

Free delivery and you can add create your own laptop

Also www.overclockers.com (based in Stoke) The elite in creating your own system. Also have a forum with plenty of helpers.

Register with the forum, tell them what your needs are and what budget you have, and they will quote you a system. Even down to what screws you should have !!!!