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[plym ian]

She has nail varnish, she can paint it any colour she likes 

Forty three shades of red alone.

Thought that were a book

[TheBoy]

I still remember when i was a kid and my dad brought home a new computer...

A Sinclair ZX81.... with 1.5K of ram, no sound no colour...

Then a newer purchase was made in the form of a ZX Spectrum +48K.... OMG it was fantastic...

The next upgrade was a Dragon 32....... as far as i know it still works, its in my Mums loft IIRC in a box gathering dust and spiders...



The laptop that has been purchased for that price is an absolute bargain, good spec and reasonable speed too.... The Toshiba Satellite laptops are a good budget laptop that leaves many in its wake....

1k, with about 800bytes useable...

[TheBoy]

I would advise anybody buying a laptop to set a budget, find ones with the screen size you want and then get the best processor they can for the money even if it means compromising on RAM and HD space.

I agree. Infact, I usually put CPU/GPU above screen size. If going for a 2nd gen i3 or better, I'd stick with the on-CPU GPU, and not go for a discrete, unreliable, thermally challenging GPU.

[D]

Something like this is reasonable value for money.

http://www.ebuyer.com/582930-toshiba-satellite-pro-c50-a-1hp-laptop-pscg7e-030041en

[TheBoy]

Something like this is reasonable value for money.

http://www.ebuyer.com/582930-toshiba-satellite-pro-c50-a-1hp-laptop-pscg7e-030041en

If you can tolerate the larger, heavier laptops, that's a decent choice

Mrs TB used to have a larger one, the type with a separate numeric pad on the keyboard, and always found it too heavy/bulky. So she's recently got a rather decent smaller one at a very good price. I should have bought myself one at the same time 

[Gaffers]

Something like this is reasonable value for money.

http://www.ebuyer.com/582930-toshiba-satellite-pro-c50-a-1hp-laptop-pscg7e-030041en

The only thing with toshibas is the amount of bloatware you get on it..rather annoying to remove.  That said the actualy laptop is quite robust, mine has been abused from Afghan and across europe and suffered a few drops which I thought would kill it but it keeps plodding on.  The only problem I did have with it was a build-up of dust in the heatsink, which is normal considering 7 months heavy usage in the Stan.

[TheBoy]

Something like this is reasonable value for money.

http://www.ebuyer.com/582930-toshiba-satellite-pro-c50-a-1hp-laptop-pscg7e-030041en

The only thing with toshibas is the amount of bloatware you get on it..rather annoying to remove.  That said the actualy laptop is quite robust, mine has been abused from Afghan and across europe and suffered a few drops which I thought would kill it but it keeps plodding on.  The only problem I did have with it was a build-up of dust in the heatsink, which is normal considering 7 months heavy usage in the Stan.

All the big brand ones are like that now, its just something we accept we have to remove

[Mr.OmegaMan]

I've always had Toshiba laptops currently got one of these P750/P755 http://www.trustedreviews.com/toshiba-satellite-p750-115_Laptop_review Few years old now but still working, Getting a little slow now and then but it's the best i've had so far... Would like a Apple laptop one day though they are just toooo bloody expensive new

PC word still sell it (refurbished mind)
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/refurbished-laptops/toshiba-satellite-p750-114-refurbished-15-6-laptop-11102592-pdt.html?srcid=36&cmpid=comp~Kelkoo~Home+%2f+Laptops+%26+Netbooks+%2f+Laptops+%2f+Refurbished+Laptops~11102592&tduid=6847a155aecb4126dba13a5f44a27077

[Rods2]

You must be very rich, buying a door stop for £329. 

[TheBoy]

I've always had Toshiba laptops

I like Tosh's - my last infamously fell in the bath on a number of occasions, and got dropped no end of times. After I got a new one, Mrs TB used it for ages, then it wen to my best mate, who still uses it to this day.  I've been using Tosh lappies since the Tecra 500 I bought for about £3.5k in the mid 1990s

Trouble is, they don't make them in form factors I'm happy with now.

I found an old Tosh Satelite Pro at work about 4yrs ago, that was otherwise destined for bin. Old PIII one, *BUT* it had a real serial port.  Left it on a member's sunroof after a Tech2 session, and they drove off. It stayed until the first corner. Fortunately no damage to car's paintwork, but the Tosh was toast 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I've always had Toshiba laptops

I like Tosh's - my last infamously fell in the bath on a number of occasions, and got dropped no end of times. After I got a new one, Mrs TB used it for ages, then it wen to my best mate, who still uses it to this day.  I've been using Tosh lappies since the Tecra 500 I bought for about £3.5k in the mid 1990s

Trouble is, they don't make them in form factors I'm happy with now.

I found an old Tosh Satelite Pro at work about 4yrs ago, that was otherwise destined for bin. Old PIII one, *BUT* it had a real serial port.  Left it on a member's sunroof after a Tech2 session, and they drove off. It stayed until the first corner. Fortunately no damage to car's paintwork, but the Tosh was toast 

Wealthy bugger.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Wealthy bugger.

Says he who has just bought a 'V8 Retirement Merc' 

[AndyRoid]

I've always had Toshiba laptops

I like Tosh's - my last infamously fell in the bath on a number of occasions, and got dropped no end of times. After I got a new one, Mrs TB used it for ages, then it wen to my best mate, who still uses it to this day.  I've been using Tosh lappies since the Tecra 500 I bought for about £3.5k in the mid 1990s

Trouble is, they don't make them in form factors I'm happy with now.

I found an old Tosh Satelite Pro at work about 4yrs ago, that was otherwise destined for bin. Old PIII one, *BUT* it had a real serial port.  Left it on a member's sunroof after a Tech2 session, and they drove off. It stayed until the first corner. Fortunately no damage to car's paintwork, but the Tosh was toast 

Got my first Tecra back in 96, can't remember the full specs but it had 32MB of RAM, a Pentium 166 MMX processor, a CD-ROM drive and modem all built in.
Also has their top of the range (in 2001) Satellite which was the first lappy to have a DVD-RW drive and a Harmon Kardon sound system with subwoofer that actually sounded quite respectable considering the size.

[TheBoy]

I've always had Toshiba laptops

I like Tosh's - my last infamously fell in the bath on a number of occasions, and got dropped no end of times. After I got a new one, Mrs TB used it for ages, then it wen to my best mate, who still uses it to this day.  I've been using Tosh lappies since the Tecra 500 I bought for about £3.5k in the mid 1990s

Trouble is, they don't make them in form factors I'm happy with now.

I found an old Tosh Satelite Pro at work about 4yrs ago, that was otherwise destined for bin. Old PIII one, *BUT* it had a real serial port.  Left it on a member's sunroof after a Tech2 session, and they drove off. It stayed until the first corner. Fortunately no damage to car's paintwork, but the Tosh was toast 

Got my first Tecra back in 96, can't remember the full specs but it had 32MB of RAM, a Pentium 166 MMX processor, a CD-ROM drive and modem all built in.
Also has their top of the range (in 2001) Satellite which was the first lappy to have a DVD-RW drive and a Harmon Kardon sound system with subwoofer that actually sounded quite respectable considering the size.

That sounds like the later Tecra 7x0 ones, that came in after the Tecra 5x0 ones. Mine was a Pentium 100, no MMX on those IIRC. Built in CD Reader, external floppy, modem and NIC were PCMCIA devices purchased (or acquired from work ) separately. 16Mb and 1Gb HDD I think. Top banana when purchased.

[TheBoy]

I've always had Toshiba laptops

I like Tosh's - my last infamously fell in the bath on a number of occasions, and got dropped no end of times. After I got a new one, Mrs TB used it for ages, then it wen to my best mate, who still uses it to this day.  I've been using Tosh lappies since the Tecra 500 I bought for about £3.5k in the mid 1990s

Trouble is, they don't make them in form factors I'm happy with now.

I found an old Tosh Satelite Pro at work about 4yrs ago, that was otherwise destined for bin. Old PIII one, *BUT* it had a real serial port.  Left it on a member's sunroof after a Tech2 session, and they drove off. It stayed until the first corner. Fortunately no damage to car's paintwork, but the Tosh was toast 

Wealthy bugger.

Back then, I used to make quite a bit on repairing/building PCs, so a laptop was needed, and no laptop was cheap.