Buying a new laptop.

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somuchfun said:
I'm buying a new laptop soon since my current one is desperately out of date and sounds like it's going to die again soon. The problem I'm facing is that my knowledge of computers is even more out of date. I'm looking to get something in the 700-800 pricerange.
15" or 17" with a decent batterylife but also enough processing power to be relevant next year.
My current laptop is a HP Pavilion which I've always found to be noisy and to heat up, I do not like either feature.
From googling a bit I've come to the conclusion I need to get one with an Intel i7-series processor.

Any hints/ideas/suggestions/animals mating?
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I've got one of these and it's a bad of sh1te. I've had to have a new hard drive installed as the last one blew up, £140 as it was outside the warranty. It's also had a new screen installed and the mouse pad has broken twice. Oh yeah and it sounds like a hairdryer too. I'll never get anything HP again.
 

HP laptops are fine as long as you look after them. My 6735s has been a beast the last few years. They can run hot, but a regular clean with canned air and it should last ages. Not having it on the bed every night while you have a craft wank helps too, you won't be the only thing overheating.

I'm still donating it to the mrs soon though. Must.... resist.... sparkly.... Alienware... sh*te.
 

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CahillsCornerFlag said:
My Toshiba is nearly silent, and even though its only i3, it does everything I ask of it. As a brand, they don't come much more reliable and sturdy. I dropped it walking up the stairs, and I'm sure I heard it yell 'come at me, bro!', because its just that hardy.

My Asus was incredibly outdated by 2010, yet in all 5 years of having it, it only had one issue. The 'O' key fell off. I sent it away, they fixed it in a week, done. It was noisy by the end of its life, but that was probably down to various bumps than down to the laptop itself.

My advice, is go reliable first, then look at the perks later. My Vaio broke 7 times in 5 months. I wish that was a joke.
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Actually it would have been because your heatsinks were clogged with dust. So the fans increase its RPM to increase airflow to increase cooling.

You should have popped the shell off and used a can of compressed air and a vacuum to clean it out and I bet it would be whisper quiet again.
 
Dylan said:
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Honestly, you guys have bought into the biggest fraud in the world.

Don't buy an Apple (basically a PC that runs a different OS but priced even higher than a Sony).
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all i know is every pc ive had problems with and been knackered after a couple of years, and my macbook has run like a dream for the past 3 years, must be a coincidence....
 
More like closed OS. Viruses hit PCs much more because of the sheer numbers.

But lets not get away from the fact that a properly used PC is perfectly safe.

In fact, my last computer (upgraded a couple of weeks ago) has been runnning Windows 7 since it was launched with nary a problem.
 
Dylan said:
More like closed OS. Viruses hit PCs much more because of the sheer numbers.

But lets not get away from the fact that a properly used PC is perfectly safe.

In fact, my last computer (upgraded a couple of weeks ago) has been runnning Windows 7 since it was launched with nary a problem.
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apple look pretty and have a apple on it
 

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