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    Advice on desktop replacement please

    As there has been no interest I'll finish this thread by saying thanks to rqt for his/her help and state that I have decided to go for the Toshiba: The i5-5200U Processor isn't much worse than the i5-6200U Processor in the other two and in fact out performs on some tests. There is a reasonable...
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    Advice on desktop replacement please

    Really hoping to get a little input here!! I've narrowed it down to these if anyone has any opinions: Toshiba Satellite Acer Aspire HP Pavilion AS far as I can see the Acer has reasonable specs but I have read they are poorly built, BUT with a difference of £100 to the Toshiba and £150 to...
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    Advice on desktop replacement please

    To add to this I think resolution should be 1920 x 1080. Also can anyone tell me, if I buy a laptop from the US what power considerations are there? DO I need to use a big clunky adapter type thing or can I just get a UK variant of the power adapter?
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    Advice on desktop replacement please

    Hi I am looking to buy a new desktop replacement and would like a bit of advice please. 1. What is your budget? £550 - £600 max 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 17.3" that is a MUST HAVE 3. What screen resolution do you want? Not sure - want to watch movies in...