Laptop recommendation

Well I called 3 CNA stores closest to me. None of them have stock of this i3 Toshiba.
 
Stay away from anything that says "Celeron"....trust me...its a "downgrade" of an Intel cpu. What i mean by "downgrade", is it has very little "cache" (THRUST in laymen's terms)....although the SPEED...will be the same as of an equivalent "non"-Celeron ( Intel )...Intel still stays Intel :D

...some info about the Celeron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celeron
 
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Dade Murphy said:
Looking for a decent, cheap laptop (around R5k maximum) to use for basic purposes such as Word, video chatting and viewing media.

Any suggestions?
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Try Deon Wired for Fujitsu laptops. My wife has had an i3 from them for a while that I think was a pretty good deal compared to IC and the othe retailers. Only downside is that the audio is not brilliant but apart from that, great laptop.

Alternatively, the HP 4530/4540s laptops are pretty nice and have great speakers but cost about 6-7k for an i3
 
InvisibleJim said:
Try Deon Wired for Fujitsu laptops. My wife has had an i3 from them for a while that I think was a pretty good deal compared to IC and the othe retailers. Only downside is that the audio is not brilliant but apart from that, great laptop.

Alternatively, the HP 4530/4540s laptops are pretty nice and have great speakers but cost about 6-7k for an i3
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Although I had a Fujitsu notebook years ago & loved it, the current ones have horrible, washed out looking displays & bad performance.
 
And now the complication: the user does not want Windoze 8 - she wants 7, for whatever reason. I have more or less settled on the Dell Vostro 3460 i5-3210m but it ships 8. Can it go back to 7?
 
GreGorGy said:
And now the complication: the user does not want Windoze 8 - she wants 7, for whatever reason. I have more or less settled on the Dell Vostro 3460 i5-3210m but it ships 8. Can it go back to 7?
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...only if you got the drivers for it ( and obviously, you must do a complete format )
 
Robin Hood said:
Stay away from anything that says "Celeron"....trust me...its a "downgrade" of an Intel cpu. What i mean by "downgrade", is it has very little "cache" (THRUST in laymen's terms)....although the SPEED...will be the same as of an equivalent "non"-Celeron ( Intel )...Intel still stays Intel :D

...some info about the Celeron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celeron
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So the performance isn't as good as Intel, but is it really noticeable for a user that needs only basic functions?
 
GreGorGy said:
And now the complication: the user does not want Windoze 8 - she wants 7, for whatever reason. I have more or less settled on the Dell Vostro 3460 i5-3210m but it ships 8. Can it go back to 7?
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Can't you make it look like 7. That's after all what it's about - familiarity.
 
GreGorGy said:
And now the complication: the user does not want Windoze 8 - she wants 7, for whatever reason. I have more or less settled on the Dell Vostro 3460 i5-3210m but it ships 8. Can it go back to 7?
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Hm... Why buy a windows 8 laptop and still fork out for a copy of windows 7 to downgrade to?

Check this one out:

http://www.compulutions.co.za/categ..._inspiron_n5050_01.php?content=specifications

They have it on special at the moment and it looks like quite a bargain... Seems like it comes with windows 7 basic, you could upgrade that much lesser fee compared to downgrading windows 8... With the extra money saved, you could get a nice wifi mouse, nice bag... Would more than likely come to less than 5k in any case.
 
GreGorGy said:
And now the complication: the user does not want Windoze 8 - she wants 7, for whatever reason. I have more or less settled on the Dell Vostro 3460 i5-3210m but it ships 8. Can it go back to 7?
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With some tweaking you could easily bring back the start menu and remove the Metro tiles.

Now stop hijacking my thread - I need a laptop! :p
 
Dade Murphy said:
With some tweaking you could easily bring back the start menu and remove the Metro tiles.

Now stop hijacking my thread - I need a laptop! :p
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Windows 8.1 coming out on September 18... Was on News 24 i think, the start button comes back with that FREE update. Also, you can have it boot straight to the desktop like it used to be ;p

PS. Check my reply out on the other laptop thread, the SME one... Vostro 3xxx is awesome but for that price... You're looking at a Latitude and having seen both the Vostro and the Latitude in peices.... You get what you pay for with the latter!
 
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Dade Murphy said:
With some tweaking you could easily bring back the start menu and remove the Metro tiles.

Now stop hijacking my thread - I need a laptop! :p
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Sorrie, ne. Should I break away in a new thread? Or maybe we should consolidate this one to find our best recommendations respectively.


Itsme123 said:
Windows 8.1 coming out on September 18... Was on News 24 i think, the start button comes back with that FREE update. Also, you can have it boot straight to the desktop like it used to be ;p

PS. Check my reply out on the other laptop thread, the SME one... Vostro 3xxx is awesome but for that price... You're looking at a Latitude and having seen both the Vostro and the Latitude in peices.... You get what you pay for with the latter!
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Latitude lacks 3G integrated, does it not?
 
werfie said:
AFAIK, Lenovo is the retail brand manufactured by IBM. Have nothing to back that up, but IBM is the world's largest computer manufactuer...? So it cant be a load of crap.
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Incorrect... It was 2nd in the 1990's?

Dell is with worlds largest computer manufacturer (still today) ;)
 
GreGorGy said:
Sorrie, ne. Should I break away in a new thread? Or maybe we should consolidate this one to find our best recommendations respectively.




Latitude lacks 3G integrated, does it not?
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Depends on the model, some do have module support, others not... Yes they are slightly more expensive but really these days who uses an internal module? :S Tethering + USB modems... Owned it and much cheaper if you compare say a usb modem to a 3g module... Granted there is a quality difference in that the module supported laptops usually have antennas that are wired into the screen so its a big reception boost... However, does that really justify the price? If you live in the bushes yes, if not then you do not need it.
 
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Itsme123 said:
Its common knowledge, not an advertised gimmic by dell... In terms of volume of sales (market share) they are the largest manufacturer, yes...

I hate to quote wiki as i'd regard it as hearsay but as i said this is general knowledge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share_of_personal_computer_vendors
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That page doesn't show dell first at all - shows them third. And it is not knowledge that is common to me. In researching this, I got various claims all putting dell third.
 
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