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ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Advice on new Laptops

Hi, I am looking at purchasing a new laptop in the next few days.

Just wondering what people recommend for Arch to run on? My budget is fairly small, so looking at the bottom end of the market, no more than £350. I dont have any specific requirements, its just for playing the odd game, such as minecraft, internet, emails, documents, videos and music etc. I tend to go with intel/nvidia machines, but quite happy to try something different.

If you have a newish laptop, that works well with arch, then let me know the name and price....

Last edited by ninjaprawn (2012-02-24 13:26:06)

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2007 - Started using Arch Linux as my only/main OS
- Samsung Series 3, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 8Gb DDR3 ram - 700Gb HDD
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Radioactiveman

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From: Germany

Registered: 2010-05-13

Posts: 389

Re: Advice on new Laptops

What do you think about this notebook?

http://skinflint.co.uk/686073

Although it has only 3GB RAM (and not 8GB), it should be a good option.

vacant

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From: downstairs

Registered: 2004-11-05

Posts: 816

Re: Advice on new Laptops

I've had an Acer 5742Z (2Ghz P6100, intel graphics) for almost a year and been very pleased, got it from Ebuyer for £250. They're currently doing a slightly faster Fujitsu for £280 (P6200) .

skanky

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From: WAIS

Registered: 2009-10-23

Posts: 1,847

Re: Advice on new Laptops

I haven't bought a laptop from these people, but I have bought a desktop and was very happy with them.
They will sell OS-free which is always a bonus: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

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ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Re: Advice on new Laptops

What do you think about this notebook?

http://skinflint.co.uk/686073

Although it has only 3GB RAM (and not 8GB), it should be a good option.

hmmm like i said, amd?? i have no experience with them.... and that processor looks a bit weedy to me.... have an asus r101 netbook with a 1.66 atom... fancy something over 2ghz really... but other than that, nice enough.

I've had an Acer 5742Z (2Ghz P6100, intel graphics) for almost a year and been very pleased, got it from Ebuyer for £250. They're currently doing a slightly faster Fujitsu for £280 (P6200) .

that looks spot on! thanks... ill defo be considering this one... might do a lil research into it, but thanks for the opinions so far

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2007 - Started using Arch Linux as my only/main OS
- Samsung Series 3, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 8Gb DDR3 ram - 700Gb HDD
On board intel Graphics & Sound

ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Re: Advice on new Laptops

I haven't bought a laptop from these people, but I have bought a desktop and was very happy with them.
They will sell OS-free which is always a bonus: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

thanks for the link, but they look expensive.

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2007 - Started using Arch Linux as my only/main OS
- Samsung Series 3, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 8Gb DDR3 ram - 700Gb HDD
On board intel Graphics & Sound

moetunes

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From: A comfortable couch

Registered: 2010-10-09

Posts: 1,033

Re: Advice on new Laptops

I've been using an acer aspire 5742 for a year now and everything works as expected. Plenty of space, memory, speed and with some tweaking around 3+ hrs on the battery.

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