Computer information please

solic200 · Post by **solic200** » Thu 18 Oct 2012 11:57 am

I am thinking about buying a laptop, but it gets rather confusing when it comes to the technical side of things, so I was wondering what the difference is between a CELERON processor and a DUAL CORE processor and which is the best one to choose from.

Many thanks

How188 · Post by **How188** » Thu 18 Oct 2012 12:06 pm

Are you going to buy here or in the UK?
UK much cheaper.
You should go for at least an i3 or i5 processor.
Expect to pay between £400 and £500. 4 or 6 Meg of Ram, as if upgradable, more ram beter performance, hard drive about 750 gb, DVD rewriter, bluetooth and wireless, at least 3 USM ports and HDMI,
Lenovo, who make all the Laptops IBM used to make have some really good machines.
Just bought a G580 for £370 in the UK.Nice big screen as well.
Good box, bought it out in my hand baggage.

solic200 · Post by **solic200** » Thu 18 Oct 2012 12:20 pm

How188
I was thinking of getting one that I have seen on this sales forum, as it says its only 5 months old, but someone wrote a reply saying it was to expensive for a Celeron processor, which has put me off really, so I will probably get one in the uk now when I return in Feb.
Thanks for the info.

smithscorner · Post by **smithscorner** » Thu 18 Oct 2012 12:41 pm

I always advise before even thinking of what type of computer and therefore processor you would like, clearly establish what you are going to use it for, word processing - watching video/tv - manipulating images - high end gaming require different levels of processing power and ancillaries (eg memory/hard disk space/cache/graphics card). It really is horses for courses!