Evenin all, anyone still up?
Just back from Skeptics in The Pub and thinking I need a new (second hand) laptop. any recommendations around the £200 mark?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:32, 4 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Sham is still on line?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:38, Reply)

I've stuck to HP for both desktop and laptop lately and haven't had a problem yet
..but that could be just me. They're not overly expensive new you should be able to get a second hand one for that. I'm just speaking from my own experience though, others may have a better overall picture.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:38, Reply)

iPads are gash!

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:40, Reply)

I'm pretty sure they are overrated
even for macs
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:41, Reply)

I am on a new one now.
Just a bit shit.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:43, Reply)

Without any direct experience of Apple products..
..I still view them as the ultimate 'shiny shiny' products and chuck a half-hearted sneer in their direction. I can't afford to find out if I'm wrong anyway.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:48, Reply)

i have an ongoing argument with the graphics teacher over this
i have to try and divert attention from the fact I own an ipod
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:49, Reply)

They are shiny, shiny.
But annoyingly precious. 4OD doesn't run coz of software differences! Shite!
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:52, Reply)

Might have a look, having a hard time comparing prices
I looks like I'll have fun finding a similar spec second hand one for the price I paid for this thing new 3 years back, which seems odd, I'll have to work out where I bought it from, John Lewis I think....
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:41, Reply)

I can scarcely believe that
have you evidence?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:39, Reply)

You don't believe he was down the pub?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:41, Reply)

i only have his word to go on

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:42, Reply)

Fair point.
You are cynical for one so young.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:45, Reply)

/not so young
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:47, Reply)

you'll always be a young whipper snapper to me.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:48, Reply)

In his wank bank.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:50, Reply)

:(

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:52, Reply)

Ignore the nasty man, I would never do such a thing.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:59, Reply)

Do you want it to last more than a year or so?

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 22:52, Reply)

I'd like another couple of years, I reckon I bought this in January 2009
It can be big and clunky, but 2Ghz/2Gb RAM/160Gb+ HDD/15" screen is a minimum. SOme kind of TV out would be a big plus, but not essential.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 23:01, Reply)

Oh, and not too fucking shiney!
I fucking hate glossy laptops that get covered in fingerprints.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 23:04, Reply)

You won't get that from a new £200 laptop, never mind a second-hand one.
If you want it to last, spend a bit more and get a good one. With the last two cheap laptops I got, the first one ended up taking ten minutes to boot into a usable state, and the second one literally fell to bits.

After 18 months the case had warped so much that most of the screws had fallen out and were impossible to screw back in, so all the removable panels were loose. The only thing that worked was the hard drive; everything else (power switch, monitor, keyboard, touchpad, hardware ports) had failed, and it would lock up if you left it somewhere too hot or too cold, or moved it, or didn't move it, or angered the knacked-laptop pixies in some other way.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 23:37, Reply)

As I say second hand.
and I got those specs 2.5 years ago new for maybe £250, oh dell dell have some decent refurbed ones for about my budget.

what was that second on you got so I can avoid it?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 23:47, Reply)

Packard Bell, forget what model. It was about £400 new five years ago.
The first one (custom-built by a third party) wasn't much better, but it got stolen before it fell to bits.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 23:53, Reply)