Possibly purchasing new laptop today - for those who know a thing or two about them, please tell me what you think about this one

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Sorry for the boring thread. Don't know much about laptops really but looks like this one could be an ok one?

Ds will be using it for online games (Roblox grr) and others and dp and I mainly for web browsing, saving pics, iTunes, that sort of thing.

Oh and one more question. We've only ever downloaded the free AVG anti virus stuff, don't want to get bombarded by other things 'we need to buy' by the sales staff. What's your view on this?

The laptop should come up (downloaded pic from site) it's the Asus X75A.

Is there none of the IT Crowd in today?

Not sure what roblox is but laptop doesn't have a good graphics card. So may not be good for games with complex graphics.

My laptop is dying.

I've only heard horror stories about Windows 8.

Apparently Mac is the better way to go.

And yes, that triples my budget now too! :(

The cpu doesn't look great either. Performs worse than an i3. I'd look for something with an i5 processor or above.
Cpu world website is good for comparing speeds, etc.

Windows 8 is fine.
I just got a toshiba laptop from staples which I'm very happy with. Think it's the a50.

Ooh thanks for your replies. I asked MNHQ to move my thread to Geeky Stuff as no replies when I last looked but thanks for the information. I haven't a clue what I'm looking for.

Roblox is just an online game, nothing hardcore, looks a bit like Minecraft. Ds will possibly want Minecraft on the Laptop too, so nothing too hardcore.

I'm using an ASUS on Windows 8 and its fabulous! DSM got the shock of her life when it booked up quicker than her MacBook. I've got a ASUS K55A and its handling gaming no problems at all - runs my huge SIMCITY4 well and the cooling wrist rest is a nice feature.

this one here
Agree with the i5 processor - DS described its performance as "sick"

We use AVG free and have had no issues at all other than making sure DS doesn't just download crap from Friv

It wont let me link the right page?!?

If you put ASUS X550CA-XX229H into the search bar that is what I am using.

Thanks Captain, I'll take a look!

This one Captain?

Looks great and better price too

Ooh that's an i7 processor, I've never used one of those!

Did a quick google though and reviews are Good. Can't argue with that value though and you could always use an external HDD for external storage.

I love a shiny new laptop but searching these it always amazes me how quickly it all moves on, my laptop is only 6mo!

Thanks to everyone who responded.

We've come away with a Toshiba Satellite C55-A-1N1
Core i5
4G + 4G RAM 1600MHZ
1TB HDD

and all the rest.

Love it alreasdy, has windows 8 which is a breeze to get used to.

What do you think computer bods?

Really nice computer and if I hadn't wanted a gaming laptop its the one I'd have got last week. Good spec and I'm a big Toshiba fan.

My old laptop is a Toshiba Sattelite, dd's one is, my new one is a Toshiba.

That's great to hear Viva

We could have gone for a different version of the one Captain recommended (they hadn't got them in stock) with a G Force graphics card ? but it was £599 whereas the Toshiba was over £100 cheaper (plus £20 off). Still I did take note of the i5 recommendation and also the storage.

I've checked on the sites that ds will be using and the games he'll be playing on seem fine, he won't be using this for anything hardcore so hopefully this will be fine. It's a marked improvement on what we owned before though so we're happy.

I think as ds gets older we may upgrade again but for now this is pretty good.

Thanks again for all your input

No worries. Enjoy it.