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  1. February 5th, 2008, 09:35 AM #1
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    Decideing Between 3 Laptops HELP

    Long time since I asked a question in the Forum...
    Now lets see how you be clude up on laptops...
    Have picked 3 but not sure which is best one to buy..
    So if I give you the Links, could you PLEASE look at them and let me know which is best one.....It is for Photography within the Camera Club, plus personal use...Will be putting Images on Lapy for Outputing via a Digital Projector...The first two have DVI, not sure on the third un...

    http://www.simplyacer.com/product/id...0/LX.EA20X.079

    http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/proddeta...top_F3U-AP234C

    http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Lapto...qcType=new#rqc

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  2. February 5th, 2008, 12:44 PM #2
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    In order, Toshiba, Dell and since you say new, HP.

    Those are the onces my source recommends and I follow as they have the best track record.
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    Thanks Train---Now to look for a Toshiba with DVI in my price range.
    Or a Dell..Plenty of Good/Great ones with AVG but NO DVI...
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    Had not looked for DVI bit.
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    DVI is hard to comeby on Laptops that is why I put those Links up with Lappy that have DVI at My Price range....
    So which un of those top 2 would you go for ..The Aria one is outa contention as i discovered it has NO DVI..

    Thanks Train.
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  7. February 6th, 2008, 01:58 PM #6
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    In this case, the ACER gets the thumbs up.

    And looks like you will not have to uninstall as much junk either.

    Battery life is nice and I have that cpu in my Toshiba. Not the fastest thing, but does the trick for me. I think you will satisfied with it.
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    So seeing as it has NO CD of Drivers or anything, you would go for it YES...That happens to be the one I prefer...Is it easy to find Drivers for it useing "Driver Detective" and would it be quite easy to find Drivers for XP as I think I'll probably wipe it clean n put my XP pro in it if It is not upto standard...
    I've already tried Vista in my desktop, n DON'T Like it, but am willing to try it for awhile in the Laptop....
    THANKS Train---Appreciated M8..
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  9. February 6th, 2008, 08:51 PM #8
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    Maybe stuck with Vista like I am as I could not find XP drivers for it.

    First thing, do make the recovery dvd and do not lose it.
    That is until you buy the Vista DVD like I will be doing.

    Then hit the Acer site and get the needed drivers.
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    Thanks Train---That's what I was thinking of doing..
    Hearing it from you, it is what I shall now do..
    Acer uk has both drivers, XP n Vista, but it takes ten years to download from there n I'm on 20MB cable....Tried last night n gave up. LOL

    Cheers M8.
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    Know someone with a laster setup?

    Humm, you are fast enough, but seems ACER servers are old and slow or hit real hard. Try later then.

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    Hi Train---Went for the ASUS F3U..Downloaded XP Drivers, installed XP on a New HDD. All Drivers working (took hours) except the Wi-Fi which is a bit iffy.
    So No Wireless connections with this Driver..Says NO Wireless installed...Another program for Wireless says there is one installed but no wireless connections (thats True. lol)
    I liked Vista..Did lots of tweaks, uninstalled Nortons n lots of others not needed..It worked a little faster but not as fast as XP...
    My 160GB HDD with Vista on will stay in storage until I decide to have a go at putting XP on the other partition..
    Cheers for all the Help.
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  14. March 13th, 2008, 12:43 AM #12
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    Hey, if it works, that is fine.


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