Advice on buying a laptop

[cloud9]

Hi
my computer is dying and I am having a laptop for xmas but looks like it will come early.

I use my puter mainly for internet, uploading and printing photo's and the odd bit of word processing...

any advice on what i should look for or avoid would be great

Thanks

 

[Sherlock]

If you are a Windows user then so long as you can find a decent one with XP on it not Vista, you'll be fine Plenty of good basic laptops out there. You don't have to spend a fortune. Check the RAM and HD size and so on, make sure its enough for what you want if storing pictures on it. Might be worth investing in an externam Hard drive if you plan to have lots of pictures on there, just in case it ever crashes and burns big time. You'll have back ups of all your pics and anything else you'll want then.

But really avoid Vista as the operating system. Its crap and really not proved popular and has lots of problems they need to iron out. Don't touch it with a barge pole. Windows XP is better.

 

[Vicki & Nathan]

my advice is DO NOT go for a celeron processor!

mine has that and its a nightmare they run so hot when it gets hot everything goes slow and often crashes

try and go for a centrino they are soooo much better

OH works building pcs and really told me off when i got mine