Need some help picking a laptop out for the lady. Loads out there, and I dont really know whats good in lap tops. Spec wanted is- 11-13 inch screen- lightweight
- good battery life
- non of this touch screen b/s
- decent keyboard-one with keys that go down, none of that touch stuff
- can handle usual - MS office, video streaming/skyping etc.
something around £500ish is good, but willing to pay more if it actually makes a difference
Any advice? What would you get if you were in the market.....
I'm not the most up to speed, but this spec looks half decent:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Vostro-3360-13-3-i5-3337U-1-8GHz-500GB-6GB-Windows-7-Pro-3-Year-Warranty-/141076973019?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item20d8d7c5dbMore to the point, this is my recommended method of buying a laptop. It's how I've got my last two and it's been brilliant. On-site 3 years warranty's are golden. I wouldn't get a laptop without one. The fact that it's refurbished means nothing. It's worth far more than a brand new one with a shitty backtobase 1yr warranty.
Forgot to mention mrs is still a student so if theres anyone who offers deals on that, that would be gran.
Why no acer? (curious)
Also any laptop without "bloatware" - im guessing this is all the stuff on it you would rather not have - which dell seem particularly good at filling up their laptops with, would be good, as it is something that majorly does my nut in!
my mac has suddenly decided to give me massive icons and writing, how do i get this back to normal size? the toolbar along the bottom is fine but I'm writing this in about font 16 which is double what ondra can climb. cheers
Quote from: a dense loner on May 02, 2014, 12:52:33 ammy mac has suddenly decided to give me massive icons and writing, how do i get this back to normal size? the toolbar along the bottom is fine but I'm writing this in about font 16 which is double what ondra can climb. cheersThey have something called the 'Optical Apple Performance' sensor that kicks in if it senses the user is slow to respond, or it can be triggered by a certain series of key presses resulting in a particularly obtuse comment.
Why no acer? (curious)Forgot to mention mrs is still a student so if theres anyone who offers deals on that, that would be gran. Think apple do, but have an extremely strong dislike of them...
Quote from: dunnyg on October 02, 2013, 03:15:43 pmWhy no acer? (curious)Forgot to mention mrs is still a student so if theres anyone who offers deals on that, that would be gran. Think apple do, but have an extremely strong dislike of them...another consideration is depending on where she is a student you can get loads of free software which save a bunch.I got windows 7 free through my uni and saved £70 on my desktop by buying it without an operating system.You may be able to get word etc this way too.It can be a pain to find where the free stuff is however (uni's dont seem to want to advertise where it is for some reason)
Have zoomed out which looks ok but doesn't affect top toolbar. Oh well I'll have to look at big writing for a few wks. Cmd stuff just hurt my ears cheers tho
Perhaps see my Chromebook thread?
From your post I guess your not tied to apple? If so as Paul says a chromebook is likely the way to go. Or if you'd rather a tablet there's plenty of decent android ones about for not too much cash.
Do something clever to my iPad to open up storage - preferable but haven’t managed to sort it yet
Quote from: Duncan campbell on June 26, 2022, 02:29:47 pmDo something clever to my iPad to open up storage - preferable but haven’t managed to sort it yetDepends on what's consuming all your storage. Otherwise there's no way to know whether this is feasible. You can see this in Settings > General > iPad Storage and the usual culprit tends to be images/photos. In which case you could consider offloading those to cloud storage (e.g. iCloud or Google photos)
Quote from: M1V0 on June 27, 2022, 01:12:50 pmQuote from: Duncan campbell on June 26, 2022, 02:29:47 pmDo something clever to my iPad to open up storage - preferable but haven’t managed to sort it yetDepends on what's consuming all your storage. Otherwise there's no way to know whether this is feasible. You can see this in Settings > General > iPad Storage and the usual culprit tends to be images/photos. In which case you could consider offloading those to cloud storage (e.g. iCloud or Google photos)All my photos are in the cloud. Think basically it’s just old and full of updates. Cleared my browser cache and deleted all non-essential apps and have managed to re-download Netflix (for now!) A large part of the storage is media (not sure exactly what this means) and other (equally not too sure)Have managed to clear about 5GB of space which is enough to keep it limping on for now. Will look into chromebooks next time I’m near a JL and look to get a refurbished one when this iPad eventually gives up the ghost. Hopefully got a bit more time with it!
You can see this in Settings > General > iPad Storage and the usual culprit tends to be images/photos. In which case you could consider offloading those to cloud storage (e.g. iCloud or Google photos)