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OK people, so I've found a laptop I like the look of. Trouble is, it's
On the other hand, it has a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM and an
nVidia GeForce 7200 GPU. Oh, and a BluRay drive. (Though for this price,
I doubt it comes with the software necessary to play BluRay videos.)
Question is... am I likely to find a laptop with a Core 2 Duo and a real
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> OK people, so I've found a laptop I like the look of. Trouble is, it's
Hahahaha... it's vanished off the website.
Oh well, the next model down (without BluRay) is still there. And it's
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I can't even remember when BluRay drives were that expensive - the PS3
(which includes a BluRay drive) has been out for ages now and never cost
more than 400 pounds (AFAIK)!
If you want a reader:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158605
or a writer:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/136317
or one for the TV:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blu-Ray-Player-Sharp-BD-HP20S-Full-HD/dp/B000VZGO68
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scott wrote:
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> I can't even remember when BluRay drives were that expensive - the PS3
> (which includes a BluRay drive) has been out for ages now and never cost
> more than 400 pounds (AFAIK)!
>
> If you want a reader:
>
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158605
>
> or a writer:
>
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/136317
>
> or one for the TV:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blu-Ray-Player-Sharp-BD-HP20S-Full-HD/dp/B000VZGO68
Apparently prices have decreased somewhat since I last checked. I can
remember wandering around no end of shops where there's a stack of
you look closely, the only difference is a big BluRay logo. (But, of
Still, I guess BluRay isn't quite so brand-new any more. And with the
demise of HD DVD and all...
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Invisible wrote:
> Apparently prices have decreased somewhat since I last checked. I can
> remember wandering around no end of shops where there's a stack of
> CD/DVD burners for £15 each or something, and right next to them is an
> apparently identical device for £500, £600, £700 or similar. And when
> you look closely, the only difference is a big BluRay logo. (But, of
> course, online you could get one for "only" £400.)
The same happened with DVDs. I remember CD-R drives costing AR$200 and DVD-R
drives costing AR$1800. Now the DVD writers cost 200 and you can't easily
find CD-only writers anymore :P
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> OK people, so I've found a laptop I like the look of. Trouble is, it's
I remember the times whem ~2000 euros (~1850 pounds) was a rather normal
price for a desktop computer, and those were (are) much cheaper than laptops.
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Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>> OK people, so I've found a laptop I like the look of. Trouble is, it's
>
> I remember the times whem ~2000 euros (~1850 pounds) was a rather normal
> price for a desktop computer, and those were (are) much cheaper than laptops.
repayment, IIRC. Which is crazy really... a PC is obsolete after 5
years. Well, it is these days anyway!)
But then, I also remember crazy stuff like laptops with blue/purple LCD
displays that rippled when you touch them. ;-)
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>> I remember the times whem ~2000 euros (~1850 pounds) was a rather
>> normal
>> price for a desktop computer, and those were (are) much cheaper than
>> laptops.
>
The first PC I got (as in could run DOS/Windows rather than some other OS)
was in 1997 and it cost 1200 pounds. IIRC it was a 166 MHz with 16Mb of
RAM. Before that I had an Acorn machine in around 1992 that was vastly
cheaper (I think like 300 for the computer and 300 for the monitor).
> But then, I also remember crazy stuff like laptops with blue/purple LCD
> displays that rippled when you touch them. ;-)
All my screens still ripple when you touch them :-)
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I think you need to live somewhere tech costs a bit less. I've actually
got a spare room, if you're interested ;)
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Chambers wrote:
> I think you need to live somewhere tech costs a bit less.
What, like *China*? :-P
> I've actually got a spare room, if you're interested ;)
Er... I think I'll pass. ;-)
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