Tiger Feet
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If I go for this laptop (in the specification below) that has 2x 4GB of RAM. Can I at a later stage upgrade to 2x 8GB of RAM?
What's the difference in screens between the 17.3 Optimus and Voyager?
Cheers
What's the difference in screens between the 17.3 Optimus and Voyager?
Cheers
Personally I highly recommend getting the 3610QM and a hybrid drive.
The extra processor speed will make your laptop faster, but by such a marginal amount it will be barely noticeable. The hybrid SSD/HDD drive however, will make boot times MUCH (possibly over 50%) faster, plus all your mainly used programs will also load up much faster. Not to mention, it will save you money that you can spend on more ram.
If you are not going to be gaming, I highly recommend going for a cheaper laptop entirely, as the main reason that the expensive laptops are expensive on this website, is the GPU they use, if you aren't going to be gaming, this is a waste of money really, money you could spend getting an actual SSD (faster than a hybrid drive) and a normal HDD, or even just a hybrid drive, and you save some. You will notice everything loading faster, everything being faster, unless you are gaming, your frame rates will be much lower.
I recommend going for something like this.
£799, uses a hybrid drive.
Voyager: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x 1080) (£35)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 630M - 1GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N130 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
Optimus/Voyager Series 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (48.84WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence