Laptop Help Please

[Jason]

Bit of a plea for help here guys anyone have one or more of these Laptops and are you happy/unhappy with them

Medion Akoya E5312 15.4in
Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo Mobile V5535 15.4in 
Asus X58C 15.4in

I am thinking of buying one of the above and wanted to know if they are any good or real lemons

Thanks in advance Folks

Jason 

[Paul-Self]

working in retail and selling a few laptops the amount of Asus laptops / notebooks we have come back you would not believe ! 1 in 3 that we sell come back with various problems most of the times keys coming off / not working and various software issues!

sold medion when i worked at woolies never had many issues with them to be honest!

[darfgarf]

not a clue about those laptops, but my 3, maybe 4 year old el cheapo novatech is still keeping up with stuff...just about, just added another 1GB of ram and 160GB of hard drive to the back(using duct tape XD)

[sprog]

Medion are good quality, my last laptop was medion and survived multiple dropages, water spillages, and various other bumps and bangs. My PC is a medion and is 8 years old, still going strong and running smoothly (ish)

[Jason]

Thanks Guys I had almost decided on the Medion as it is a lot faster for the same money

Comet had a Fujitsu siemens that was unbelievable 2ghz core 2 duo 3gb mem and lots extras (refurbished) for £279 but guess what they don't have any in stock and looks like they won't in the foreseeable future  Typical

So think it's the Medion

Jason 

[Ghost Rider]

Has with a lot of retail advertisements, it is always a great deal when they have none is stock.
Which ever laptop you end up buying you will always find a better deal 4 weeks later.
This topic will look very silly in six months time when people wonder why you would even think of getting that one !

[Springer]

I wouldn't recommend an asus - I have an eeepc and whilst it's nice and small, my alt key has fallen off and so has the little gummy bit so I have no method of putting it back on because I have no idea where it went
Also my internet is rather temperamental, sometimes it just refuses to connect even when all the other computers in the house are fine.

[Jason]

Thanks for all the advice folks

I went with the Medion and it arrived today

First impressions are it is a super bit of kit, not sure about Vista yet  :Claugh:old dog new tricks  but at least I got premium with it not basic

Lots of bits I didn't expect for the price and the closest match spec wise I could find anywhere else was about £150 dearer so all in all I am one happy bunny 

Jason 

[Paul-Self]

awesome glad to hear it mate will you be making an appearence tomorrow?

[darfgarf]

vista: premium is standard, basic doesn't even have the shiny aero effects

i say stick with xp till 7 is released properly, tried vista ultimate 64 on my laptop (1.7GHz 2GB ram etc etc) and it runs like a pile of doggy doodoo, even though the whole laptop is 'optimised for vista'

[Spud]

I'm gonna get a new desktop when 7 is released. i dont wanna get stuck with vista...and I want some shiny stuff. But not if its rubbish

Vista=epic fail

[Trip]

Go Apple like me spudy.. Vista = pile of poo!

[Spud]

I need both really lol I really need an editing machine...final cut pro..yummmm! One day maybe...I keep meaning to put the money I earn from my freelance stuff back into it so I have better kit..but then i go and buy new springs and stuffs Silly me

[Trip]

Naa Spud you've got talent, it don't matter what you've got, remember you can still write a great song on the s**tiest guitar in the world.. Hmm thats my deep and meaningfull bit over. 

[Spud]

LOL, bless ya! Deep and meaningful but let's be honest...It does help and make it easier if you can actually play the footage properly

 

[sprog]

i say stick with xp till 7 is released properly, tried vista ultimate 64 on my laptop (1.7GHz 2GB ram etc etc) and it runs like a pile of doggy doodoo, even though the whole laptop is 'optimised for vista'

Ultimate 64 on a laptop is suicide, especially with those specs. You're looking at least 4Gb Ram and a quad core processor to get Ultimate 64 going smoothly, and an "optimised for vista" sticker means "This laptop will run Home Premium at a push"

[darfgarf]

i say stick with xp till 7 is released properly, tried vista ultimate 64 on my laptop (1.7GHz 2GB ram etc etc) and it runs like a pile of doggy doodoo, even though the whole laptop is 'optimised for vista'

Ultimate 64 on a laptop is suicide, especially with those specs. You're looking at least 4Gb Ram and a quad core processor to get Ultimate 64 going smoothly, and an "optimised for vista" sticker means "This laptop will run Home Premium at a push"

heh well i recently upgraded to ubuntu intrepid.amd64 (newest one if you don't speak linux) , and decked it out with all the ram hogging features i could find, so thought i'd try a 64 windows, xp.64 is total rubbish, and couldn't get hold of a working 7 disc, just kept crashing all the time, vista lasted about 6 hours on my laptop, ram usage never went over 50% though, which was kind of shocking

[_louis_]

Vista = pile of poo!

Vista=epic fail

Actually i thought vista was better than XP when i used it. Apparently on good computers vista performs better than XP.
But on any computer windows 7 always wins
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3236&page=2

I'm using the windows 7 x64 beta now if anyones interested and it is actually pretty stable and faster than vista or XP
My system:
AMD phenom quad core 9950BE (overclocked)
4Gb DDR2 ram
ATI radeon x1950 pro