Laptops go out of date to quick

[shane9082]

I brought a laptop from pc world about 7 months ago. I go a hp heres the spec

Product Name dv6-2114sa
Product Number VY333EA
Microprocessor 2.1 GHz AMD Athlon II Dual-Core Processor for Notebook PCs M320
Microprocessor Cache Level 2 cache 1 MB
Memory 4 GB DDR2 (2 x 2048 MB)
Memory Max Supports up to 8 GB DDR2 memory
Video Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4200 Graphics
Video Memory up to 2046 MB total available graphics memory
Display 39.6 cm (15.6") Diagonal High-Definition LED HP BrightView Display (1366 x 768)
Hard Drive 320 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
Multimedia Drive SATA optical drive: LightScribe SuperMulti DVD±RW with Double Layer Support
Network Card Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Wireless Connectivity 802.11 b/g/n
Sound

Altec Lansing speakers - SRS Premium Sound
Keyboard Full size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34), 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro or xD Picture cards
External Ports

4 USB 2.0 (4th shared with eSATA port)
1 eSATA + USB connector
1 VGA port
1 RJ45 ethernet connector
expansion port
2 headphones-out
1 mic-in
consumer IR

Dimensions 25.8 cm (L) x 37.85 cm (W) x 3.4 cm (min H) / 4.2 cm (max H)
Weight 2.94 kg
Power 65 W AC Power Adapter

6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery
What's In The Box HP Pavilion Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone; VGA

HP Mobile Remote Control


as soon as i saw it it was love at first sight lol. it cost about £700. Its still working well except the fan is really noise at first start up then gos quick about 10mins after the computers running i no what the problem is there tho. Anyway went up pc world yestaday to take alook at the new latops as i have a laptop buying problem lol. and i could not see my laptop any where they said it was a old brand. so im looking at the new laptops they have on the shelf and there all better specs than mine for half the price now that f**ked me rite off lol. must say i have my on a new laptop i like the Toshiba Qosmio X300-15U its a beast see pic attached for pure beauty.

[sim]

I brought a laptop from pc world about 7 months ago. I go a hp heres the spec

Product Name dv6-2114sa
Product Number VY333EA
Microprocessor 2.1 GHz AMD Athlon II Dual-Core Processor for Notebook PCs M320
Microprocessor Cache Level 2 cache 1 MB
Memory 4 GB DDR2 (2 x 2048 MB)
Memory Max Supports up to 8 GB DDR2 memory
Video Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4200 Graphics
Video Memory up to 2046 MB total available graphics memory
Display 39.6 cm (15.6") Diagonal High-Definition LED HP BrightView Display (1366 x 768)
Hard Drive 320 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
Multimedia Drive SATA optical drive: LightScribe SuperMulti DVD±RW with Double Layer Support
Network Card Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Wireless Connectivity 802.11 b/g/n
Sound

Altec Lansing speakers - SRS Premium Sound
Keyboard Full size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34), 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro or xD Picture cards
External Ports

4 USB 2.0 (4th shared with eSATA port)
1 eSATA + USB connector
1 VGA port
1 RJ45 ethernet connector
expansion port
2 headphones-out
1 mic-in
consumer IR

Dimensions 25.8 cm (L) x 37.85 cm (W) x 3.4 cm (min H) / 4.2 cm (max H)
Weight 2.94 kg
Power 65 W AC Power Adapter

6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery
What's In The Box HP Pavilion Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone; VGA

HP Mobile Remote Control


as soon as i saw it it was love at first sight lol. it cost about £700. Its still working well except the fan is really noise at first start up then gos quick about 10mins after the computers running i no what the problem is there tho. Anyway went up pc world yestaday to take alook at the new latops as i have a laptop buying problem lol. and i could not see my laptop any where they said it was a old brand. so im looking at the new laptops they have on the shelf and there all better specs than mine for half the price now that f**ked me rite off lol. must say i have my on a new laptop i like the Toshiba Qosmio X300-15U its a beast see pic attached for pure beauty.

You will find it hard to find a hi spec laptops anymore man they now they with around 2 to 3 gig ram and 160 to 250 gig hdd and really bad gfx and around 2.0 + cpu, this is still good spec but all they not ram is not matched so its not going to make your cpu work as good as it should, my laptop is also no long sold but its way older then that mine is a dualcore amd 1.7 but 1 gig ram, 80 gig hdd BUT this system now is dualcore 1.7 4 gig 1 200 gig and 1 300 gig hdd thank god this was a dual hdd laptop, but the upgrade makes it run then most h spec laptops sold.

That is models go our of date fast but if there upgradeable then they are great and for 140 well I was not going to cry lol and the spares came from older laptops.

All computers are around 4 years old in there tech before there even giving out to the public so we all get out of date tech but wow you paid 700 got a AMD core2 duo 2.2 4 gig ram 300 gig hdd Packhardbell standard GFX as i got it for programming but I only paid £300 and it droped in price the day after to around £250 not happed there lol and that laptop is about 2 years old.

[Sakuya]

It's true that laptops go out of date quite quickly, I'm on a MacBook Pro at the moment which I now use after my Acer Aspire 7720G's DC jack broke and the resoldering didn't fix it.

I got my old Acer from PC World for £380 or so, great deal for a 17'' (1440x900), 2GHz Core 2 Duo with 3GB RAM, NVIDIA 9300M G 256MB and BluRay reader drive.

My current laptop, the MacBook Pro is an old 2008 model, 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo with 3GB RAM. I'm not a fan of OS X and Windows doesn't run well on it at all (XP is slow, 7 gives random BSODs) so I really wish my acer just suddenly starts working one day.

[shane9082]

It's true that laptops go out of date quite quickly, I'm on a MacBook Pro at the moment which I now use after my Acer Aspire 7720G's DC jack broke and the resoldering didn't fix it.

I got my old Acer from PC World for £380 or so, great deal for a 17'' (1440x900), 2GHz Core 2 Duo with 3GB RAM, NVIDIA 9300M G 256MB and BluRay reader drive.

My current laptop, the MacBook Pro is an old 2008 model, 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo with 3GB RAM. I'm not a fan of OS X and Windows doesn't run well on it at all (XP is slow, 7 gives random BSODs) so I really wish my acer just suddenly starts working one day.

I had the same problem sakuya thats why i brought a new laptop. I had easynote r4622 and loved it but dc jack desolidered on the board and i just wiggle the plug to make it work it burnt a massive hole insider the motherboard great little runner it was 2 i new i should of soildered it back on.

[Cybergraph]

In my 20 years of experience in computers I learned that if you buy a good machine today, even if you pay it a lot of money, it's life will be very long.

For example, in 2006 I bought my Dell Inspiron 9600 with 4GB of RAM DDR2 at 996 Mhz, HD 240 GB 7200 rpm, a 17"" 16/10 fantastic display at 1920x1200, Intel Centrino Duo 2,40 Ghz, ATI Mobility Radeon with 1 GB dedicated memory, DVD DVD±RW with Double Layer Support, 6 USB slots, 1 Firewire, 1 multiple card reader, 3 types of video outputs, WiFi, LAN, Bluetooth, 4 speakers+1 sub-woofer, and the Media Direct so I can play music and video without the need to boot the OS.

In 2006 I paid this machine about 3,600 Euros. It was very probably the most powerful laptop on the market at that time and I have to say that all my friends and collegues, even today, after 5 years, remain astonished when watching the power and the beauty of this machine that doesn't demonstrate to be 5 years old.

As all other investiments in machines, the more you pay, the more lifetime you get.

A Rolls Royce, a Ferrari or a Lamborghini are always actual and competitive even if they are 20 or 30 years old.