New Posts For Thread: Serious tech/laptop advice pleasehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-pleaseI'm buying a new laptop in the next day or two - I reckon I could stretch to about £800. Any advice on what I should get? I've got a Sony Vaio at present & it's done a great job for over three years now, although things are starting to 'go' on it (wexcellent. cheershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-please?post_id=419034394#419034394excellent. cheersSun, 31 Jan 2010 05:41:29 -0600TMF, yes, that's what I've done with virgin.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-please?post_id=419034390#419034390TMF, yes, that's what I've done with virgin.Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:40:43 -0600i was on a budget at the time when i bought mine.my last one was a fujitsu siemens which i paid £800 4 years ago and it paid for itself many times over.my new one has amd turion dual core processor 2.2 and 4gb ram....does everything i've asked of ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-please?post_id=419034346#419034346i was on a budget at the time when i bought mine.my last one was a fujitsu siemens which i paid £800 4 years ago and it paid for itself many times over.my new one has amd turion dual core processor 2.2 and 4gb ram....does everything i've asked of itSun, 31 Jan 2010 05:29:17 -0600no just the bt routeris it possible to buy a wireless router and connect it to the other router?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-please?post_id=419034338#419034338no just the bt routeris it possible to buy a wireless router and connect it to the other router?Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:26:54 -0600dont need the disc mate. you not on wireless? should just be able to enter user/password (somewhere)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-please?post_id=419034330#419034330dont need the disc mate. you not on wireless? should just be able to enter user/password (somewhere)Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:25:11 -0600Good point Busta. Guess I could spend some cash on a hard drive storage thing too?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-please?post_id=419034326#419034326Good point Busta. Guess I could spend some cash on a hard drive storage thing too?Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:24:38 -0600another query. I have bt boradband, but have lost the installing disc. Can I just enter the user and password on my new lap top, or do i need to ask them to send me a new disc?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-please?post_id=419034318#419034318another query. I have bt boradband, but have lost the installing disc. Can I just enter the user and password on my new lap top, or do i need to ask them to send me a new disc?Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:23:32 -0600i would say it's pretty pointless spending that amount of money then.got mine for £450 and i do a lot of dvd ripping and encoding and a lot of music conversion and mine does the job a treat.was a Compaq Presario by the way.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-please?post_id=419034310#419034310i would say it's pretty pointless spending that amount of money then.got mine for £450 and i do a lot of dvd ripping and encoding and a lot of music conversion and mine does the job a treat.was a Compaq Presario by the way.Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:23:07 -0600^ Cheers both :)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-please?post_id=419034306#419034306^ Cheers both :)Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:22:48 -0600bottom of the range NW series, if you want a new vaio. leaves you with £300 spare as well.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23463150/serious-techlaptop-advice-please?post_id=419034302#419034302bottom of the range NW series, if you want a new vaio. leaves you with £300 spare as well.Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:20:56 -0600