Kuci is getting a laptop - recommendations

[Asher]

Originally posted by Agathon
He already edited out the juicy bits.

If he really hates Apple: he should anonymously post to Think Secret, since Apple is suing them.

On the other hand, that would be bad.

I don't hate Apple.

They're just a dumb choice for most people.

[Agathon]

Stop it Asher.

The laptop discussion is dead. Let's troll Kuci...

[Asher]

You're all child predators.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Agathon
Stop it Asher.

The laptop discussion is dead. Let's troll Kuci...

[Gibsie]

Goddamn the first 50 or so posts in this thread were funny. Trolling rich boys is gr88!

[Kidlicious]

None of you have anywhere near as many of that badge thingies next to your avatar so leave Kuci alone.

[alva]

Indeed!!!

[Agathon]

I think of him thus:

[Kidlicious]

[Q Classic]

IBM is going to roll out a tablet PC soon.

Yeah, and you can draw on them or whatever. You don't even have to swivel the screen.

It's perfect for notetaking, and OneNote was designed with them in mind.

OneNote will even use handwriting recognition, so if you search your notes for keywords, it'll find them when you've written it as well (well, as best it can).

And... Asher didn't tell you one of the more interesting features of OneNote (Which I use a lot on my non-tablet laptop as well--)

-since it's an f*n "notebook", you never need to save--it does it automagically.
-if you record audio with it, and continue to write/type, it'll split and bookmark where exactly the audio was. twenty minutes into a lecture, with about two pages of notes, you can go back to page one, and it'll start playing the lecture from where you ask it to.

[Asher]

OneNote alone is the reason any university student should opt for a PC instead of a Mac. While Apple is worrying about the color of their new PowerBooks, the PC world is actually adding value to the systems.

[child of Thor]

I'm considering something between: (£799)

http://www.evesham.com/PCs/Info.asp?e=84D28C09-B77F-446E-A91F-A906D40E2A47

and this: (£899)

http://www.meshcomputers.com/updated/powerview3ghz.htm

performance wise.
£900 is about the tops i'd want to spend on a laptop that doesn't have on-board graphics as a priority.

I'd more likely go with one of these companies as they are uk based and have shops in london, so i can get a bit of face to face, see if i can bring the prices down a little+up the specs

[Asher]

The second one is a very very hot chip, and power hungry. You wouldn't be mobile with it.

[child of Thor]

cheers for the tip - you've given me something to ask about when i go shoping

[Kaak]

Baaaah..........get a Dell 700m off of eBay. They are going cheap right now because dell had a $750 off 1499 a few weeks ago...