I’ve been thinking of upgrading lately and am just ever-so-slightly miffed with myself for buying the iPad before a new laptop, but oh well. Shadow’s hard drive is pretty overloaded by now and I’m at a loss as to what files to eliminate (gosh, 3 years ago 250 GBs seemed like so much space!) and so I’ve been looking around. I still like Toshiba though lately their designs have been, well, kinda ugly. I did see a nice brushed metal one I liked, another 15 inch like Shadow, with pretty good specs. Then the guy at FNAC told me about this Satellite L870-10Z. For the same price (700€) I can get a 17 inch screen and a whole whack of RAM and HD. Which I think makes more sense than getting a smaller one as I really just want this one for working at home. When/if I travel I can either take the iPad or else a wiped-clean Shadow.
Thing is, this one has to be ordered in and I don’t actually know what it looks like. From this photo taken from the FNAC website it just looks plain dark grey, like Shadow is, which would be fine. But what if it ends up with some dodgy pattern on it? I know this shouldn’t matter, but it does. What I’d really like is another Sexy Beast, but ever since they discontinued that model Toshiba stopped doing sexy. So as long as this new beast isn’t plaid or anything I’m thinking I might go for it. I could probably have it paid off by Christmas if tapas tours continue to go well (and my flatmate gets some work!). But then I wonder if I should wait until after the next PET scan in September… what do you think? I hate putting my life on hold like that, but if the worst happens then I’ll need the extra cash to live on. On the other hand, having an efficient computer to work on from home would also help. Anyhow, you can see the specs below…
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Regardless of whack on a laptop, you need to be backing up to an external place. Wouldn’t you be better getting a 1TB external (about €100) and upgrading your existing lappy for much less? What’s your current spec?
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My current specs are 4 GBs RAM and 250 GBs HD. I’ve got my important files (mostly photos) backed-up on an external HD but prefer also having them to hand in the computer.
Both my C and E drives are way into the red with less than ten GBs of space left available on each. If I removed a whack of photos that would clear the E drive but not sure what I could get rid of on the C drive, though I guess without the photos I could move C drive stuff to the E drive. BUT, I work so much with my photos and it would take ages to sort out which ones to keep, which ones to move… and then having to plug in the external drive to look for stuff. I dunno.
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Well, if you’re not going to actually bring the laptop anywhere – why not get an “ordinary PC”? Generally they’re a lot cheaper and honestly more ergonomic to work with.
I got a new PC with twice the storage- and a large screen – for half the price of a laptop when I upgraded last winter.
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At my desk I use a wireless keyboard and mouse so it’s more comfortable, but I think I’d still want the flexibility of being able to work in a different room, especially upstairs. Also, every now and then I sit in the comfy chair, put my feet up and have my laptop… on my lap!
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Forget sexy: you can sexify your laptop with full-size stickers. There are several companies that make stickers that cover the entire top of the computer. I think this is the company my friend recommended: http://www.gelaskins.com/
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Oooh, I like the Starry Night one, but that still wouldn’t help the plaid design on the inside of the laptop. Seriously, what was Toshiba thinking???
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Plaid? EEK! I was thinking Gelaskins can take your own photos and make a collage or skin from one or many of them. For a photographer like you, I think it’s great branding.
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