help on buying a new work laptop

[Johnatan56]

regrettably I can't wait till Jan/Feb as I need it for our first conference in early Jan 2017

Do you have an old laptop lying around? Try going to the college and seeing if RDP works fine.

 

[spiff]

Do you have an old laptop lying around? Try going to the college and seeing if RDP works fine.

my old i3 laptop broke - can't get it to switch on.

hence the need to replace it with a decent one

 

[sajunky]

my old i3 laptop broke - can't get it to switch on.

hence the need to replace it with a decent one

There will be many requests to sell it for parts, including sajunky.

 

[spiff]

There will be many requests to sell it for parts, including sajunky.

Not ready to sell it just yet.
The lid switch is screwy just need someone to fix it.

 

[Rickster]

ok so what can I get for R14k - R16k

Nothing with a workstation GPU, best thing you can get for that price is a QC i7 with a NVIDIA GeForce 940M.

 

[Johnatan56]

Nothing with a workstation GPU, best thing you can get for that price is a QC i7 with a NVIDIA GeForce 940M.

960M should be possible as Evetech linked.

 

[Thor]

Nothing with a workstation GPU, best thing you can get for that price is a QC i7 with a NVIDIA GeForce 940M.

Or the universe direct link I send.

It's a sound company with high quality refurbishedments

 

[spiff]

just thought of another option for me is to rent a laptop for a month or so.

any decent pc rental places in the northern suburbs cape town?