Lap Top Downloading films.

[allan harper]

Can someone tell me what I should be looking out for when I buy I lap top?

all I use it for is downloading films and putting them on disc. I don't play games or anything like that, all I do is films.

If it helps the only shop I'm going to is Pc World as I haven't got time to go anywhere else, I'm looking to spend no more than £400.

Any advice would be grateful.

P.S I'm really busy at work so if I don't reply right away just call me a ****.

Cheers.

 

[didactic]

Well if you gonna be downloading and watching films £400 is more than enough I would buy something for less and invest the money in a nice 3TB external drive to store those movies once you download them. Just something with a decent amount of RAM and a reasonable sized hard drive and a large screen. Nothing too fancy and fook PC world get it online and you cut the cost even more.

 

[allan harper]

Well if you gonna be downloading and watching films £400 is more than enough I would but something for less and invest the money in a nice 3TB external drive to store those movies once you download them. Just something with a decent amount of RAM and a reasonable sized hard drive and a large. Nothing too fancy and fook PC world get it online and you cut the cost even more.

Thanks for the reply mate

How do I know what's a decent size Ram?

Is Pc World a rip off?

 

[Bill Walker]

go for at least 8 GB Ram, a screen would help too

 

[talkativesprout]

Well if you gonna be downloading and watching films £400 is more than enough I would but something for less and invest the money in a nice 3TB external drive to store those movies once you download them. Just something with a decent amount of RAM and a reasonable sized hard drive and a large. Nothing too fancy and fook PC world get it online and you cut the cost even more.

Thanks for the reply mate

How do I know what's a decent size Ram?

Is Pc World a rip off?

anything above 4 should be enough

yes pc world is a rip off

 

[didactic]

Well if you gonna be downloading and watching films £400 is more than enough I would but something for less and invest the money in a nice 3TB external drive to store those movies once you download them. Just something with a decent amount of RAM and a reasonable sized hard drive and a large. Nothing too fancy and fook PC world get it online and you cut the cost even more.

Thanks for the reply mate

How do I know what's a decent size Ram?

Is Pc World a rip off?

When describing the machine it will be something like Processor (I3, I5, I7), RAM (500MB, 1GB, 2GB) and Hardrive (250GB or more). You want something with at least a 1G for the RAM description the more the better for what you are using it for an I3 will be fine you want 500GB or more on the harddrive.

PC world is a rip off yes definitely.

 

[talkativesprout]

Well if you gonna be downloading and watching films £400 is more than enough I would but something for less and invest the money in a nice 3TB external drive to store those movies once you download them. Just something with a decent amount of RAM and a reasonable sized hard drive and a large. Nothing too fancy and fook PC world get it online and you cut the cost even more.

Thanks for the reply mate

How do I know what's a decent size Ram?

Is Pc World a rip off?

When describing the machine it will be something like Processor (I3, I5, I7), RAM (500MB, 1GB, 2GB) and Hardrive (250GB or more). You want something with at least a 1G for the RAM description the more the better for what you are using it for an I3 will be fine you want 500GB or more on the harddrive.

PC world is a rip off yes definitely.

1 gig of ram will struggle if he is converting to dvd

 

[didactic]

go for at least 8 GB Ram, a screen would help too

Lol he is not gaming he will be good with with even 2 but 4 would be ideal.<br /><br />-- Tue May 14, 2013 1:39 pm --<br /><br />

Thanks for the reply mate

How do I know what's a decent size Ram?

Is Pc World a rip off?

When describing the machine it will be something like Processor (I3, I5, I7), RAM (500MB, 1GB, 2GB) and Hardrive (250GB or more). You want something with at least a 1G for the RAM description the more the better for what you are using it for an I3 will be fine you want 500GB or more on the harddrive.

PC world is a rip off yes definitely.

1 gig of ram will struggle if he is converting to dvd

Yea I realised after I had typed, 4 would be perfect.

 

[talkativesprout]

go for at least 8 GB Ram, a screen would help too

Lol he is not gaming he will be good with with even 2 but 4 would be ideal.

-- Tue May 14, 2013 1:39 pm --

When describing the machine it will be something like Processor (I3, I5, I7), RAM (500MB, 1GB, 2GB) and Hardrive (250GB or more). You want something with at least a 1G for the RAM description the more the better for what you are using it for an I3 will be fine you want 500GB or more on the harddrive.

PC world is a rip off yes definitely.

1 gig of ram will struggle if he is converting to dvd

Yea I realised after I had typed, 4 would be perfect.

no worries pal.

With £400 to spend id go for a £200 notes lappie, £100 on a hdd and £100 on a streaming box

 

[Bill Walker]

if your gonna keep this laptop for say 4 or 5 years, in 3 years you'll be sat watching some porn (or running some program or something ) thanking me that you bought 8 gb ram, as in 3 years 1 2 or 4 ram will seem like the steam age

 

[talkativesprout]

if your gonna keep this laptop for say 4 or 5 years, in 3 years you'll be sat watching some porn (or running some program or something ) thanking me that you bought 8 gb ram, as in 3 years 1 2 or 4 ram will seem like the steam age

Maybe yes, but it will still convert a 700mb avi in half an hour which is what he wants the machine for and in 5 years time he wont be using dvd at worst he will be streaming and ram wont make a gods bit of difference

 

[allan harper]

Cheers for the replies lads, looks like PC World is out of the question, so I've just looked on the Argos app and seen this.


Intel Pentium dual core.
2.2GHz processor speed.
8GB DDR3 RAM memory.
750GB hard drive.
Microsoft Windows 8.
Display features:
15.6 inch widescreen display.
High definition display.
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.
DVD optical drives:
DVD+RW/DVD-RW(read/write).
Dual layer.
Graphics:
Shared graphics.
Intel Graphics.
Interfaces and connectivity:
Secure Digital (SD), Multi-Media Card (MMC) compatible.
3 USB ports.
1 Ethernet port.
1 HDMI port.
Wi-Fi enabled.
Multi-media features:
1MP HD built-in webcam.
Built-in mic.
SRS Premium Sound HD sound system.
General features:
Up to 4 hours battery life.
Size H3.35, W38, D24.2cm.
Weight 2.11kg.
EAN/MPN/UPC/

Was £450 now £330

Any good for what I need?

 

[talkativesprout]

Cheers for the replies lads, looks like PC World is out of the question, so I've just looked on the Argos app and seen this.


Intel Pentium dual core.
2.2GHz processor speed.
8GB DDR3 RAM memory.
750GB hard drive.
Microsoft Windows 8.
Display features:
15.6 inch widescreen display.
High definition display.
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.
DVD optical drives:
DVD+RW/DVD-RW(read/write).
Dual layer.
Graphics:
Shared graphics.
Intel Graphics.
Interfaces and connectivity:
Secure Digital (SD), Multi-Media Card (MMC) compatible.
3 USB ports.
1 Ethernet port.
1 HDMI port.
Wi-Fi enabled.
Multi-media features:
1MP HD built-in webcam.
Built-in mic.
SRS Premium Sound HD sound system.
General features:
Up to 4 hours battery life.
Size H3.35, W38, D24.2cm.
Weight 2.11kg.
EAN/MPN/UPC/

Was £450 now £330

Any good for what I need?

and more besides mate, you might find windows 8 i bit of a voyage of discovery :)

 

[allan harper]

if your gonna keep this laptop for say 4 or 5 years, in 3 years you'll be sat watching some porn (or running some program or something ) thanking me that you bought 8 gb ram, as in 3 years 1 2 or 4 ram will seem like the steam age

Maybe yes, but it will still convert a 700mb avi in half an hour which is what he wants the machine for and in 5 years time he wont be using dvd at worst he will be streaming and ram wont make a gods bit of difference

Yeah quicker the conversion the better for me, so what am looking out for? As you say I could stream a few films too.

 

[Goater's Nipple]

Check ebay. Use the specs what people have said on here. You can choose down the left hand side what you want. There is some good refurbished laptops for £100 that will be more than enough for what you want.

 

[talkativesprout]

if your gonna keep this laptop for say 4 or 5 years, in 3 years you'll be sat watching some porn (or running some program or something ) thanking me that you bought 8 gb ram, as in 3 years 1 2 or 4 ram will seem like the steam age

Maybe yes, but it will still convert a 700mb avi in half an hour which is what he wants the machine for and in 5 years time he wont be using dvd at worst he will be streaming and ram wont make a gods bit of difference

Yeah quicker the conversion the better for me, so what am looking out for? As you say I could stream a few films too.

I stream everything now mate, have not burned a disk for myself in ages, no conversion, no disks (see pm)

 

[mcfcstu]

Maybe yes, but it will still convert a 700mb avi in half an hour which is what he wants the machine for and in 5 years time he wont be using dvd at worst he will be streaming and ram wont make a gods bit of difference

Yeah quicker the conversion the better for me, so what am looking out for? As you say I could stream a few films too.

I stream everything now mate, have not burned a disk for myself in ages, no conversion, no disks (see pm)

Stream from where ???

 

[talkativesprout]

Yeah quicker the conversion the better for me, so what am looking out for? As you say I could stream a few films too.

I stream everything now mate, have not burned a disk for myself in ages, no conversion, no disks (see pm)

Stream from where ???

My main pc and my Dlink sharecentre nas server

 

[allan harper]

Reading some comments about windows 8 it's meant to be a bit shit and complicated, mainly only good for a touch screen pad thing.

 

[Challenger1978]

Reading some comments about windows 8 it's meant to be a bit shit and complicated, mainly only good for a touch screen pad thing.

You can get free tools of the net to make it a bit more like windows 7 by customizing it.