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    Going back to school: Need a new small, very portable laptop. Any suggestions?

    Posted 16 years 3 months ago
    • Right. I'm going back to school for 6 months to do an intensive Swedish course and I'm going to either sitting on a bus/train/taxi for about 3 hours a day so I'm going to need a laptop that is small (not that fussed about weight).

      I'm a PC man, but could be convinced to go Apple but did it once before and it went wrong. Does anyone have any suggestions for a small machine? I've currently got a Dell XPS 17" and while it's great - it's actually too big to carry around during the day.

      So - suggestions from here are always welcome ..
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    • What screen size where you hoping for?
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    Re: Going back to school: Need a new small, very portable laptop. Any suggestions?

    Posted 16 years 3 months ago
    • small ... 13" or 14"

      i'm looking at the 13" xps, 1.83 GHz and 2gb SDRAM .. but thats only because i've got xps - i was basically hoping that someone has got something that they're happy with that they can tell me about

      the xps is just over £500 too, which is a good price ;)

      most important thing is it's portable
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    Posted 16 years 3 months ago
    • Sadly, i'm going to have to go with the Dell. I've looked at alot of the other devices, but I always come back to choosing the Dells.
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    Re: Going back to school: Need a new small, very portable laptop. Any suggestions?

    Posted 16 years 3 months ago
    • I have been buying Dell laptops for awhile, but after my last attempt to purchase fell through, out of disgust, I went with HP and got much more machine for much less money...think I am converting for laptops (and going to go Apple for my desktops). ;)

      HP has a 30% off coupon code every ohter month or so, too...worth a look. They don't jack the prices up on the upgrades when the coupon comes out, either, unlike Dell. :) .
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    • I've got a dell latitude d630, specs are 14" non glare panel, 2 gigs of ram, 2ghz core duo, 160GB hdd, x3100 graphics(intel onboard), and most importantly, the larger battery.

      The larger battery allows it to run about 6-7 hours, depending on use. I use it mostly for classroom work as well, office, spss and email/icq ;). But it's also good for watching a dvd, as it's capable of up to 4 hours of playback. Bought it about 7 months ago, cost me about 1100€ back then.
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