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On 3 May 2015, at 16:03, bad apple <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 03/05/15 15:33, Jay Bennie wrote:
>> HP 255 G3 Quad Core Laptop - the Radeon graphics will make the difference :) currently on ebuyer with a cashback and free delivery making it 170 , it also has positive user reviews.
>
> Good grief, that's going to be a bit cheap and nasty and the plastics
> will be just horrible, but... at that price, that's a *lot* of laptop.
> I'm almost tempted to buy one for a "just in case" machine. I could let
> the nieces and nephews muck around with it and play games and not worry
> about it getting dropped or covered in kid stuff (chocolate, vomit,
> fingerprints).
>
Looking closer is basically the same PC, I'm using now (mine has the intel chipset and an i7) its solid ..., its got USB3 = 480MBs so using an http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-phison-128gb-usb-30-external-ssd-drive-a27lw
(is a good way to add vfast ssd) ... I can also vouch for this devices its reliability.
> It's a lot more money, but this is probably about the best single laptop
> on the market at the moment:
>
> http://www.dell.com/uk/p/xps-13-9343-laptop/pd
>
> It's the cheaper consumer version of the Precision I've got - it's
> really small, very powerful and has a great screen. It's not
> particularly cheap, but it is good value for money especially compared
> to roughly equivalent Macs.
>
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