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But, with that said, I also have access to a very good wholesalers who
specialise in Ex Demo gear. I bought my Vaio from there a few months ago for
around £600. When I get the new list, I'll post it on Underscore.

On 9/6/07, Karl McClelland <karlspringfield at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> One of my neighbours is selling her Pink VAIO which is gorgeous. 1GB ram,
> etc. I can ask her for the full spec if you like but she said she'd spent
> over £1000 on it a couple of months ago and is looking for around £600.
>
>
>
> On 9/5/07, Steve Roome <steve at pepcross.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 09:29:55AM +0100, James Tarling wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Can anyone recommend a good site for laptop reviews? The reviews on
> > > http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/ all seem to be a year old.
> >
> >
> > I know it's a bit late in the thread, but I was in the same situation
> > a few years back and ended up spending about £1600 to get the latop I
> > wanted. Moon on a stick also. (with Windows XP Pro x64, which is dead
> > in the water now it seems.)
> >
> > I think that now, nearly two years on I'm glad I got a near top of the
> > range laptop. However, reviews aside I realise now that had I spent
> > less money and upgraded things like hard disk and RAM over a period of
> > a year instead I could have got away spending a LOT less overall.
> >
> > Say, nearer £800!
> >
> > The reviews really suckered me in, and for development I thought I
> > needed something fancy - but after time, I've learnt the hard way that
> > frankly I'd rather have the spare £800 left in the bank.
> >
> > One other thing, though lots of reviewed laptops claim to have
> > line-in/line-out they often only have that if you buy the appropriate
> > docking bay. e.g. mine has both, but only if I buy the strange many
> > pin connector to go on the back for an extra lots of money.
> >
> > YMMV, that's just my opinion and all... spend less!
> >
> >         Steve
> >
> > > Or can anyone recommend or discommend models of laptops?
> > > - I need something with more memory than I have now (currently 512Mb,
> > > guessing I need 2 or 4GB)
> > > - Windows user, but prepared to reconsider
> > > - Need to run quite a few hungry apps concurrently (Eclipse, Flash,
> > > Office apps, browsers, music player, maybe Photoshop)
> > > - looks and weight not important. it can be ugly as sin - it just
> > needs to work
> > > - decent connectivity (wireless, bluetooth, a 3 or 4 USB, firewire,
> > > DVI, s-video, line in/out, moon on a stick)
> > >
> > > Any advice, good experiences or horror stories would be much
> > appreciated
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > James
> > >
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>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Karl
>
>
> M.       07738 714616
> E.       karlspringfield at googlemail.com
> E.       karl at architectural-careers.com




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Thanks,

Karl


M.       07738 714616
E.       karlspringfield at googlemail.com
E.       karl at architectural-careers.com