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Hey everyone!

 

I purchased my current laptop, a HP 6735S a year before heading off to Uni' in anticipation of requiring one at Uni'. It's now come to two years down the road and I'm not sure whether to stick with constantly buying replacement parts for this or seeking out a new one. I'd like some general advice on reliable, heavy-usage laptops.

 

My problem's as such :-

 

A year after purchasing the laptop, I had to replace the battery and power-adapter under HP's warranty service. (Thankfully just in time before it ran out). This was fine, but a little bit of a nuisance after only a single year. The laptop had been pretty heavily-used, but I had tried to adhere to general battery-guidelines that I'd read about.

 

After this being replaced, I then used my laptop more sparingly through Uni' as my Desktop was more suitable for most of the work. However, after that first Uni' year and roughly 2 - 3 months, I'm finding the exact same symptoms again. My laptop power adapter seems to go first, and that ruins the batteries that I have. Looking at replacement parts it seems it'll cost me in the rough range of £100 to replace.

 

I'm fine replacing this, if I can be assured it'll last more than a year. I'm much more willing to look elsewhere for laptops if this would be a recurrent situation every year.

 

This is where techie's come in - I've got little experience with laptops! :)

 

I'm looking for a laptop that can manage pretty heavy-usage and has quite a long-battery cycle. In terms of spec', I won't be gaming with the laptop - so nothing heavy duty with the graphics, but for general processing power I'd like something reasonable. I'm running a few programming projects and down the line they may need to run off this. Even without that, the large part of the laptop's usage would be in developing, heavy-duty IDE's etc.

 

I have been considering taking a trip down the Apple road as I've heard pretty good things about them, but I've never been certain if it's worth the price mark. I could manage one but only if it would really last me a good 4+ years. I am also working on a few group-C# projects now, so I'd have to look into how well Mono integrates on Apple (but that's a different question).

 

tl;dr

 

I'm looking for a heavy-usage, reliable, long-lasting battery laptop which will last me over the next 3-4 years without the likelihood of replacing parts and pieces. Any advice on past experiences with good-laptops would be great! ;)

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Asus laptops usually have a alot of bang for buck and some of the best durability concerning the hardware. Look into the G or N series :)

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I agree with Asus, I have a 2 year old Asus laptop and it still runs like new, adapter and battery included (although it has lost a bit of charge time, it's still very long for a 2 year laptop).

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Personally, I'd go for a Mac if you can. Obvious reasons...

If there is specific software you need, I'm sure there are alternatives for OSX, or you can easily dual boot/virtual machine when needed.

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Personally, I'd go for a Mac if you can. Obvious reasons...

If there is specific software you need, I'm sure there are alternatives for OSX, or you can easily dual boot/virtual machine when needed.

 

What are the obvious reasons? I've used macs too, and prefer Windows over it anyday, at the base they're both the same thing, but Windows has a lot more programs.

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Personally, I'd go for a Mac if you can. Obvious reasons...

If there is specific software you need, I'm sure there are alternatives for OSX, or you can easily dual boot/virtual machine when needed.

There's no good reason to buy a Mac if you aren't going to use OSX...you're basically getting something flashy looking with expensive hardware.

 

Adding to the above, Asus's are good. I also have a Toshiba that I'm quite happy with.

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I have an asus laptop that I am very happy with, except that its battery life isn't much to be proud of. Granted, its a 17" screen. Im looking to sell it.

 

For a new laptop, I'd go with a toshiba. Very dependable, and nice looking machines, although they can be a bit pricey.

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Thanks a lot for the replies everyone, definitely got an idea of the rough places to look now - Toshiba, Asus being the main considerations.

 

With the Mac, I've had no experience with them, so I've got not clue about the benefits of them. I still may consider one if it's going to last me quite a while, but I'd have to know that it would be quite suitable for my needs - there's something for me to look into. ;)

 

Anyway, thanks again for the suggestions - been a great help! :)

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Thanks a lot for the replies everyone, definitely got an idea of the rough places to look now - Toshiba, Asus being the main considerations.

 

With the Mac, I've had no experience with them, so I've got not clue about the benefits of them. I still may consider one if it's going to last me quite a while, but I'd have to know that it would be quite suitable for my needs - there's something for me to look into. ;)

 

Anyway, thanks again for the suggestions - been a great help! :)

Macs won't last you any longer than pc's. Unless you're into graphic design, media related stuff a windows pc can do anything a mac can, and will cost a lot less + be familiar.

 

If you are heavily into media related stuff though, I'd definitely recommend a mac. It's not like going to linux or anything, they're quite useable.

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Macs won't last you any longer than pc's. Unless you're into graphic design, media related stuff a windows pc can do anything a mac can, and will cost a lot less + be familiar.

 

If you are heavily into media related stuff though, I'd definitely recommend a mac. It's not like going to linux or anything, they're quite useable.

Ah great, cheers for that y_guy! :)

 

Graphics is...not my forte, so I reckon that points down the non-mac route then. Great to know!

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