Hello all

I'm after a laptop have about ?700 to spend but don't know which way to turn and what to get will be used for internet plus play a few games. Hope to have it set up to a wi-fi net thing That post to come next...

Have been looking at Asus A4738L-UH Notebook ?668

http://img191.echo.cx/img191/2834/gggg9vo.jpg

- 15.4'' TFT (XGA)
- Pentium 4 3.06GHz
- Audio DJ
- 64MB AGP
- 256MB DDR SDRAM
- 40GB HDD
- DVD Dual
- 802.11b Wireless LAN
- WinXP Home

I was going to suggest an Asus a2000D from overclock.co.uk but they are now selling the model you mentioned, r00d's parents got one, very nice laptop.

Have also been looking at the Aspire 1522WLMi AMD 3000+ 512M ?761.98 inc VAT
http://img111.echo.cx/img111/3773/uuu3bc.jpg

System Notebook
Built-in Devices Stereo speakers, wireless LAN aerial
Width 36.1 cm
Depth 29.3 cm
Height 4.7 cm
Weight 3.6 kg
Processor AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Features PowerNow! technology, HyperTransport technology
Chipset Type VIA K8N800
Type L2 Cache
Installed Size 1 MB
Installed Size 512 MB / 2 GB (max)
Technology DDR SDRAM - 333 MHz
Storage Controller IDE
Hard Drive 80 GB
Type DVD?RW - integrated
Type 4 in 1 card reader
Supported Flash Memory Cards SD Memory Card, Memory Stick, MultiMediaCard, SmartMedia Card
Display Type 15.4" TFT active matrix
Max Resolution 1280 x 800 / 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Graphics Processor / Vendor NVidia GeForce FX Go5700
Video Memory 64 MB

Analogue i can't find the Asus laptop i'm after on the overclock site would like to buy from them as there doing free delivery ps what are they like if there's a problem.

They're pretty good, have an RMA with them at the moment for an Arctic coling vga silencer thats in credit processing, and had them give me a vantec stealth for free when they sent it instead of a tornado.
Scan.co.uk are also good, about a week turn around on RMA i've found and they always send free goodies (CDs, mice etc) when you spend over ?X

Change of plan may go for the Asus A4744K-LH notebook ?848.35

-15.4'' TFT (WXGA)
- Mobile Athlon64(K8) 3000+
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 64MB DDR
- 512MB(256x2) DDR SDRAM
- 60GB HDD
- DVD-Dual 8X with Double Layer
- 802.11g Wireless LAN
- WinXP Home
- 1 Year On-Site Warranty

Why because it has a radeon 9700 mobility card
ps got to ask is the mobile athlon64 a good little chip....

After reading everything i can this weekend i'm going for the Asus A4744K-LH notebook Mobile Athlon64(K8) 3000+ ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 64MB DDR I'm getting this one because when the world finally go's 64 i'm ready for it plus it has a nice graphics card so i can play a few games..The way i look at things is you may as well pay a little bit more now and then save money later with something which will be up to date a little longer. The laptop i'm getting will be a jack of all trades with a bit of this a bit of that.....

Did you buy any chance look at the toshiba laptops Eyerex? Here in AU they seem to be very popular and they have many different models.
cheers :) :)

To late it's on order now hope to have tomorrow "new toy" i've wanted a laptop for a long time it's just nice when your setting in bed and you still have access to the web plus play a few games will make a change from other things i do there "like when someone asks what you doing in the i can say i'm spanking the monkey, it's a flash game on the web and not feel bad" so i'm happy that i now have one on the way plus i can learn this network thing and i've also entered the analogue lothodon 64 bit world but on a mobile way....:lol: Also it's cheaper than using my mobile to seach the web which has cost me in the last few weeks a extra ?30 on my mobile bill and it's far easier to read....

extra ?30 wow, this thing'll pay for iteself in no time then! Nice choice, get some pics up etc when it arrives, i'll be looking at asus more when i get a laptop for last year of uni this autumn.

I'm h,a,p,p,y i'm h,a,p,p,y i know i am i'm sure i am i'm h,a,p,p,y :D :D :D :D

Yesterday after i put my order in i got a email to say there had been a problem with my credit card so had to phone overclock this morning to sort it out all done no problem they would sent laptop out tomorrow, then just now about 2 hours later the phone rings guess what it's overclock again telling me that they had just got on to there suppler and have been told that they don't have that one in stock right now :shakeshea But would i like the next model up which has a Mobile Athlon64(K8) 3200+ and a 80GB HDD for the same price "ok if i have too" :D
Just like to thank overclock for this and what a nice sounding lady on the phone for doing this for me.....

So i now have coming a A4764K-LH

15.4'' TFT (WXGA)
Mobile Athlon64[K8] 3200+
ATI Mobility Radeo 9700 with 64MB DDR
512MB(256x2) DDR SDRAM
80GB HDD
802.11g Wireless LAN
WinXP HOME

Damn why doesnt shit like that happen for me :( But good for you matey, make sure you post some benchies when it arrives :)
cheers :) :)

Man that's some damn good news. Nice one overclock, 3000+ to 3200+ and bigger HD, that's some FREE upgrade :D

Too Cool!!

Have my nice new toy (Free upgrade version)
Thing i hate is with all PC you buy all that crap on it. Comes with norton :shakeshea All i want to do now is wipe it and put XP pro on the thing. One good thing is that i have a full version of XP home disc which came with it plus the backup disc. Funny thing is when the van turned up today i was thinking he would walk down the road with it in one hand, but no it weights a ton but is quiet.....

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/7973/kif15420rb.jpg

Looks good, hopefully i'll be able to get myself one later in the year.

Looks Good. Great you have Win XP Home and a Back up CD. I'd wipe the HD before I did anything else. They preload so much garbage on them - it's painful to remove cleanly. Far better to start fresh :)

Looks Good. Great you have Win XP Home and a Back up CD. I'd wipe the HD before I did anything else. They preload so much garbage on them - it's painful to remove cleanly. Far better to start fresh :)

I'll second that, you should see some of the crap they pack into the Toshiba laptop work buys. :evil:

Just ran PCMark 2002 and got below don't know if that's good or bad or should i try one of the other PCMark versions.....

CPU 6247
Memory 7019
HDD 621