Maria
12/20/2010 11:43:00 AM
On 20/12/2010 11:31, Mrcheerful wrote:
> Maria wrote:
>> On 20/12/2010 11:21, Mrcheerful wrote:
>>> Maria wrote:
>>>> On 20/12/2010 11:16, Maria wrote:
>>>>> Now my laptop has packed up completely (dead as a dodo, less than 2
>>>>> years old and this is the second time). We are now on our fourth
>>>>> X-box in three years (the last two we only got replaced because we
>>>>> coughed up for insurance).
>>>>>
>>>>> How can this be sustainable? Makes carbon credits and green taxes
>>>>> look like a sick joke.
>>>>>
>>>>> There must be room for a british manufacturer in this area - I see
>>>>> many people are sick of it as I am, in addition to those who wish
>>>>> to buy electricals from factories where people don't hang
>>>>> themselves.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone has any tips on what 'brand' to buy next that might last a
>>>> bit longer, please feel free. This was a Sony Vaio.
>>>
>>> panasonic make the best laptop
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Bloody hell. You really do have to pay a lot of money for something
>> that lasts these days.
>
> and that is the difference, you get what you pay for. I have two hp laptops
> here which are less than two years old and beyond economic repair (other
> people's, not my own)
> there are good secondhand panasonic ones to be had, my CF72 was less than a
> hundred quid from ebay and works fine, runs anything I have ever needed.
>
There's one on Ebay for 80 quid, but the RAM and hard drive is too small
really - I do a lot of photography and have to keep rebooting if it's
too small, and make a special effort to manage my photos, though I
suppose I can upgrade the RAM possibly - I don't know how upgradeable
these things are,
The only others on there are from the US (refurbished) and nearly 400 quid!