Need a new laptop and want to get it this financial year. Don't need anything particularly fancy, but want something reliable and that won't break when dropped etc. Don't want to spend much more than $800. Just do the usual stuff (seabreeze, web surfing, spreadsheets, word processing etc - may lend it to mates who will access porn
), but will also use it for work and quite often end up running a heap of apps simultaneously because I'm easily distracted. Anyone got any recommendations of things to get/steer clear of please?
Someone has suggested that Fujitsu is the go for quality. Found a Fujitsu LH530 new on ebay for $800 (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FUJITSU-LH530-Core-i3-2-13GHz-320G-BLUTO-14-WIN7-2-2KG-/200480762597?cmd=ViewItem&pt=AU_comp_laptop&hash=item2ead95aae5#ht_6006wt_1137). Any good? Buying a laptop off ebay okay?
It says it's 64 bit. I remember reading something on here a while back about someone having software or something that wouldn't run on 64 bit. Is it something to steer clear of if you don't need it?
Thanks in advance.
^^ What they've said..
I'm on Macs at home and Pc's at work - It makes me hate work
Been fiddling with the misses new Ipad - almost no need for a laptop..almost..
Nothing wrong with windows, the problem tends to be the user. Like any tool, treat is right and it will work. Get virus scanners,use firewalls, don't use dodgy sites, use common sense. The only reason there is the apparent no virus threat on mac, is that as windows is so much more popular, most hackers would go for the lowest hanging fruit first. If 90% of the world used mac-os, then the lowest fruit would quickly become mac.
If you want to save some serious amounts of bucks, and just use for web browsing and basic office stuff, get a basic desktop and install something like Ubunto on with open office.Do you really need the mobility of a laptop, or could live with a desktop. Good desktops are a lot cheaper,even after a windows install.
Making Apple Macs in gloss white was a very good move for them back when they were struggling. Apple is now worth more than Microsoft in stock value.
Go grumps, Apple fanboi's are sucking on the Steve Jobs nipple.
Superlizard, if you are having so many problems with Windoze, then you really should learn to use it, not abuse it.
I'll agree that the Linux based kernel fro MacOS is more stable, I've been using Linux for over 10 years, other unix based platforms for over 15.
Economically, Macs are over priced. for the same speced hardware platform, a Windows based PC is at least 30% cheaper and supports more software.
To say a unix system is "by default" more secure than windows is also a fallacy. It's how it's set up that makes it secure.
Don't set a "root" password on your system (as happens with Jail broken iPhones) and you will be hacked in no time.
The Unix operating system also makes it a lot easier to hide malicious software from the average user.
It's nerd boxes, they all have strengths and weaknesses. Most weaknesses come from the person sitting in front of the screen pushing keys and clicking the mouse (PEBKAC).
look you guys can go on about how there is nothing wrong with windows as much as you like... i don't disagree with some of your technical statements and suggestions... but I haven't met anyone yet who has said "i've switched from mac to windows, and i'm glad, and i'm never going back"... Usually those defending windows are those who haven't really experienced mac properly...(i was also in such denial for over 10 years)...
putting it simply, for an average joe, mac is just much more smoother experience... they won't have to go through hoops and loops to maintain their system like with windows... I've had hundreds of times friends and family asking me to come fix their Windows... never happen when they switched to Apple... I guess Microsoft should have given out a complementary Windows management degree to their buyers so that they know how to use it "properly"
it's nothing to do steve job's nipples... it's the fact that (at the moment) Apple provide better and superior product for general public. And their prices are fair based on what you get.
Ah yes KenHo, the driving bit.
To drive a car, you need a license. To get a license you need to demonstrate a basic understanding of road rules and how the car operates.
No such requirement when buying a computer.
Buy it, plug it in, screw around with it, then complain when it stuffs up.
PEBKAC stands for Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair. That's where most system problems start.
Thanks for the replys. Took PR's advice and had a look at Whirlpool - tons of advice there. Good one. Who'd have thought that there'd be better places than a wind/kitesurfing forum to ask about a new computer eh?
I also should have known that the usual mac vs pc debate would kick off. As long as I can type letters, add numbers and surf the web I don't really give a rats whether its mac or pc and wouldn't know whether one is better than the other or not. So I don't want to take sides, but whenever this argument pops up I can't help but think back to a webpage I once saw...
www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant
Disclaimer: Recent Mac convert. 15 years on windows, every day.
I recently bought a new home computer and in the end I grew tired of comparing the plethora of PC options. I thought "why not?" and took the plunge. My little mac-mini plugged into my existing peripherals no problems, even the eject button on the logitech keyboard works.
The Mac operating system is awesome. Honestly it is so beautifully designed and finished. There is a singularity of design everywhere. Actions to perform tasks are super minimal.
It is refactored to the maximum. Take installing an application: You drag the file (i know) into the applications folder, that's it. Uninstalling an app: you drag its icon into the bin. take's aboutt 1 second, that's it.
Compare that to the next > OK > Next > Yes > OK > I Agree > I still agree > Ok already > Finish ... REboot!? scenario on windows. This is only one comparison but it is like that everywhere in the OS
I dunno, it is even an aesthetic experience just using it.
It cold starts in under 10 seconds, shuts down in 2. It makes no noise.
For a PC: Asus netbooks
Before I bought my Asus netbook for all the travel I do I wrote down on a piece of paper what I was going to use it for. It turned out I didn't want to play games, I didn't need to crunch numbers, all I did pretty much was surf the web and watch, uh, media.
They are about $600. highly recommened.
mine: www.asus.com/au/
PS: I just wish Steve Jobs would change his shirt once-in-a-while.
PPS: The iPad is geigh.
i think you guys are being too hard on mac.
at my previous work place we had a wonderfull mac monitor in the boardroom. hooked up to a pc it was a fantastic piece of kit!
I'm no computer expert by a long shot. To me it is a tool to work for me an not viceversa. I bought an ipad last week and I can already get more out of it than I can out of my laptop, primarily speedwise. Admitedily all I need to do is invoice, quote, word, spreadsheets, web, email, pics ect. For me the ipad beats my laptop on all counts and it's always ready to go, no startup time. The biggest prob was file storage but I found an app for that as well. Speaking as an average computor user I found the ipad more than capable for my needs.
