thinkin bout gettin a laptop.

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Re: thinkin bout gettin a laptop.

Postby Beer » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:43 pm

marie-angelique wrote:so do you carry around a portable DVD drive then?



I was able to find a USB powered DVD burner/reader but it rarely get's used. I will typically rip a DVD to digital format for travel.

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Re: thinkin bout gettin a laptop.

Postby rickshaw92 » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:26 pm

How much do you want to spend?


I figured on about 500£ quid or so. Ill wait and see. When I get back from India rickshaw season will be about to start and I really should be workin. Besides I got a dvd player from the last property I was stayin at and it just might work. Insidently hows the moble broadband in Thailand?
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Re: thinkin bout gettin a laptop.

Postby JamesInTheWorld » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:19 am

The mobile broadband is ok, it has packet errors during peak hours (like rush hour) but overall it is the best and cheapest in Southeast Asia

I would suggest that you buy a refurbished laptop from Dell, you can get a 6 to 9 month old laptop that is pretty kick ass for 500 pounds. Just go to the Dell website and click refurbished laptops.


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Re: thinkin bout gettin a laptop.

Postby rickshaw92 » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:18 pm

The thing with them refurbished things if the guy who owned it before might have been a kiddie diddler with all kinds of pedo crap left on the hard drive. Or a terrorist with a nuke recipe for that matter.
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Re: thinkin bout gettin a laptop.

Postby Woodsman » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:27 pm

rickshaw92 wrote:The thing with them refurbished things if the guy who owned it before might have been a kiddie diddler with all kinds of pedo crap left on the hard drive. Or a terrorist with a nuke recipe for that matter.


Just reformat the drive or use a cleaner with solid specs and you'll be fine. The place I buy refurbs already clean the drive up and do a fresh install.
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Re: thinkin bout gettin a laptop.

Postby Dr. V » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:37 pm

Woodsman wrote:
rickshaw92 wrote:The thing with them refurbished things if the guy who owned it before might have been a kiddie diddler with all kinds of pedo crap left on the hard drive. Or a terrorist with a nuke recipe for that matter.


Just reformat the drive or use a cleaner with solid specs and you'll be fine. The place I buy refurbs already clean the drive up and do a fresh install.


The place I mentioned do all that for you and will also install any software that you want (word, excel etc) before they send it to you.
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Re: thinkin bout gettin a laptop.

Postby rickshaw92 » Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:12 pm

vlindsay wrote:
Woodsman wrote:
rickshaw92 wrote:The thing with them refurbished things if the guy who owned it before might have been a kiddie diddler with all kinds of pedo crap left on the hard drive. Or a terrorist with a nuke recipe for that matter.


Just reformat the drive or use a cleaner with solid specs and you'll be fine. The place I buy refurbs already clean the drive up and do a fresh install.


The place I mentioned do all that for you and will also install any software that you want (word, excel etc) before they send it to you.



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Re: thinkin bout gettin a laptop.

Postby JamesInTheWorld » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:45 pm

rickshaw92 wrote:The thing with them refurbished things if the guy who owned it before might have been a kiddie diddler with all kinds of pedo crap left on the hard drive. Or a terrorist with a nuke recipe for that matter.


All refurbished Dell laptops have been completely wiped


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