Quote Originally Posted by vaughan View Post
Hi Lagu welcome back my friend.
If you are using the laptop at home with an external monitor plugged in most of the time then a 13 or 15 inch model is fine. If you intend to use it away from your home desk select a light weight machine as NeoGen said, the big heavy 17 inch models are tiresome to lug around (my wife has one). Smaller than 13 inch models like the Alienware M11X are expensive and the screen is too small, in my opinion (my son has one). I have a 15 inch Hewlet Packard and it is a reasonable compromise, good screen (non glossy as i hate the shiny ones that show all reflections and fingerprints) and is not too heavy to carry when "on the road".

I would buy a Core I3 or I5 model as these are more modern processors. Try to get at least 4GB RAM (DDR3 with the newer CPUs) and Windows 7 Pro (but Home edition is OK). If you want to watch movies do you mean you also need a Blueray disc drive? Or will you download the movie to your laptop? If the latter case you need a larger capacity HDD to have lots of movies stored.

Many modern laptops come with Wireless-N Wifi connection and also Gigabit LAN connection.

If you have a discrete GPU this will use more power and create more heat and also reduce battery life between re-charging (unless you leave it plugged in to the wall socket). Do plenty of internet research as some models have heat issues - they run so hot that the laptop has problems early in its life. An example of this was my son's Dell XPS M1330; the Nvidia GPU in that model got so hot that the motherboard and GPU had to be replaced under warranty.
Thank you Vaughan. It feels good be back and I will try that more often. The first I was thinking about was I wanted to ask AMDusers forum because there is great experience of different types of Laptops and what as is most recent concerning processors, graphic cards and so on. We have no experience of such computer

To talk about films I mean You Tube and other similar ones. But of course I will have DVD to install programs. Do you say some laptops will run to hot without crunching, only to check Internet and Outlook and play cards? Yes, 13 to 15 or at least 15” screen is best.

  1. Mostly use at home.
  2. Constant connected to wall socket.
  3. Sometimes take it with us when we travel to my sister.
  4. Yes, I still have my 17” Hyundai screen as I think connect to the laptop.
  5. Also an external keyboard and mouse would be used.

Can the laptop be temporary connected to an HP Laserjet 1020?
Can a digital camera be connected for unloading of photos?

Is there any disadvantage chose AMD rather than Intel. My experience of my AMD:s is they are very stable. Perhaps AMD´s processor is old.

Yes, I will search after Laptops with hot problems.

Lagu