daughter wants a laptop for xmas ????

[morten]

Macbook Air 11" or 13" screen, see Apple (United Kingdom) - MacBook Air

 

They are light, thin, sturdy and with a record breaking battery life of 12 hours.

 

They also tend to maintain their usability/value over time, much better than other (Windows based) laptops.

Edited December 13, 2014 by morten

[skyhuck]

Macbook Air 11" or 13" screen, see Apple (United Kingdom) - MacBook Air

 

They are light, thin, sturdy and with a record breaking battery life of 12 hours.

 

They also tend to maintain their usability/value over time, much better than other (Windows based) laptops.

 

Not sure I would want an 11",but my 13" has been faultless

[sloth]

My hp pavillion g6 was cheap, is now 4 or 5 years old and works like it did when new. I think it was about £300, so if it went pop next month it wouldn't owe me anything! Also work wise my main mapping etc software only runs on windows, so I'd need a mac with a windows simulator thingy - so what's the point?

I have nothing against macs, but then I've never had an issue making me feel like stopping using windows...

 

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[penfold]

I think there is a HP laptop aimed at just the market you're looking at for £179.99 rrp.

[TGB]

If you can afford it - Mac. If you want bang for bucks - Dell. I suspect there'll be a need for Microsoft compatibly but if not, just install 'OpenOffice' for free. These days 500GB is a small HD and I can't see a need more, unless there's going to be lots of video and or audio and or hungry games content. If there's a choice between more RAM or a bigger HD for the same £s, go for more RAM. Data can be backed-up onto an external HD or through 'cloud' storage; leaving more room on the internal HD.

 

No point in having a large HD, (or SSD) stuffed with data, if the important stuff isn't being backed-up somewhere else. Get a faster CPU over RAM and get more RAM over a larger HD. SSD can save the battery, as there's no moving parts to power. Basically, a SSD is a big flash drive and are generally reliable. But important data still needs to be backed-up.

 

Read speeds on a top end HD are compatible with those of a SSD. Read speeds on an average HD are nowhere near those of a SSD. But where SSDs excel, are write speeds, where they can write almost as fast as they read. Computers with SSDs are also likely to be lighter in weight than one with a HD.

Edited December 13, 2014 by TGB

[Darrin Turnbull]

What about a ChromeBook

[Kenty]

hmm I don't disagree Macs are nice but really? I work for Dell so I may be biased plus I use Linux machines at home but in 20 odd years of using PCs I've never had a virus or any drastic failure. I accept I am more careful with what I do but even so for the price of a Mac you could probably have 3-4 decent Windows laptops....

 

Pc's have their place I agree, & as you work for Dell then no doubt your knowledge of pc's is far superior than most.

For me its not whether it looks nice, it needs to be up to the job as it is a work tool.

What put me off pc's was after three weeks of owning a very expensive hp it got compromised, bearing in mind it was purchased solely for work purposes, accounts, spread sheets, that sort of thing, so was with an engineer for two weeks.

Its a false economy to buy a pc for general use as it will at some point get a virus or hacked unless like yourself you know the in & outs.

Five years of using a mac & never had a problem.

You get what you pay for.

[Woodworks]

"Its a false economy to buy a pc for general use as it will at some point get a virus or hacked unless like yourself you know the in & outs."

 

Not true.

 

My wifes HP has never had any problems it just works. I am trying a Mac in the form of mac mini and it's nothing special.

 

Mac V Pc

 

Husky V Stihl

 

Gotta love Arbtalk

[Kenty]

"Its a false economy to buy a pc for general use as it will at some point get a virus or hacked unless like yourself you know the in & outs."

 

Not true.

 

My wifes HP has never had any problems it just works. I am trying a Mac in the form of mac mini and it's nothing special.

 

Mac V Pc

 

Husky V Stihl

 

Gotta love Arbtalk

 

For me its a false economy so for me it is true.

[Woodworks]

Not arguing that just you saying it will get a VIRUS has proved false so far. Probably jinxed it now