[ot] notebook

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Hi guys,

maybe u can help me out, I've had my current IBM thinkpad t42 for 4 and a half year now, and it's starting to show. So I'm looking for a new notebook, but for some reason intel/amd have decided to be total asses and stopped being in any way clear about what kinds of speeds they are... I have absolutely no clue on what kinds of performace these laptops have...

I'm going to use the notebook for graphical work and movieediting, but wud like to play the occasional (older) game on it as well. I'm thinking of a price range between 600-900 euros, think its about the same in pounds these days...

i prefer build quality over performance (lenovo thinkpad > acer)

any suggestions on notebooks or tips on what to look for in one?

oh ye, the screen quality is very important to me, my thinkpad had around 170 degrees viewing angle with proper colours, while my gf's nec has colour fluctuations even when viewing at any angle....

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Try looking for a Dell Inspiron 1520 or 1521 on ebay fairly cheap around £350 the screen is 1440x900 and colour is crisp and clear at most angles.....
i have 2 and not had any problems


happy hunting

[Asurmen Spec Op]

I love the fuck out of my Fujitsu T1010.

Currently working 100% on Gentoo Linux(though the touchscreen drivers I wrote are so-so, I've been too busy to go fix them up)

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is the touch screen pressure sensitive?

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atm im looking at toshiba laptops, hear good things about them these days, any opinions here?

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Avoid like the plauge.
Maybe they've fixed them, but my experience with Toshibas have been that they underperform badly and are really unreliable.

Laptops are not the ideal solution for video editing - their hard drives are small and more importantly slow compared to dekstop versions, while screens tend to be sub par. As I always say to these kind of questions - just how often will it leave your desk? How often do you need to move it? Are you really pressed for space? If the answer to these is no/nearly never, just get a desktop. If you are committed to a laptop for whatever reason, work out exactly what you want from it so you get the right thing.

Without doing a lot of research myself, PC PRO's A-list (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/alist/) currently recommends a Samsung (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/242130/samsung-r560.html) in the size-you-could-take-on-a-train-but-not-carry-around-all-day class and about your price range. Not that PC Pro are the final word on the matter, but they are often a good way to start.

[Asurmen Spec Op]

is the touch screen pressure sensitive?
Yep..

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ye 5 years or so back toshiba's were considered really crap, but now they turned up in the top of our "consumentenbond"(like a consumers organisation that tests consumer products)

i need a laptop, it's for uni work, i do have my own desk but need to move around for presentations and stuff.

like i said, graphical work is a large part of what i do, which includes 3d modeling and video editing

the videos are usually short though (1-5min), so diskspace isn't an issue.

I prefer build quality over performance, I've been using a 5 year old notebook so not really need top of the line in perfomance, but I do want pick up and return warrenty

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Yep..

mean pressure sensitive as in not just pressed or not, but something like a drawing tablet which has like 512 pressure levels

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mean pressure sensitive as in not just pressed or not, but something like a drawing tablet which has like 512 pressure levels
I'm not sure how sensitive, I just do the pressed or not pressed

As far as my laptop goes, it performs pretty well and has good battery life.

I <3 this thingeh