Windows 8 freezing

[Vertigo]

Actually Windows 8 is supposed to be okay with a touch screen but a pile of **** without. I'm figuring this is MS's usual every other operating system:

98 - good
ME - rubbish
XP - good
Vista - rubbish
7 - good
8 - rubbish

So roll on Windows 9!

(bit like the Star Trek films really!)

 

[Glitch]

The cheapest laptop I could see with windows 7 has a rubbish spec.

 

[Mouse]

Ha! Didn't notice that before, Vertigo.

Glitch - my trouble is that I have no idea what specs are good and bad! Really, I just want it for writing and the internet. And putting photos on it.

 

[Erin99]

Then you don't need amazing specs. You don't even need multi-cores like the i3, i5, or i7.


I'd say, in your situation, opt for a bigger hard drive (500GB+) to store loads of files and at least 2GB memory (RAM). You can get mad-sized memory, like 6GB, 8GB, or even 24GB (in PCs!), but I don't see why you'd need that. You also wouldn't need a dedicated graphics card - just shared graphics would do. You also don't necessarily need 64-bit Windows, if you get a laptop with less than 3.25GB memory.


How about this, if you don't mind used goods? http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002Q8HMD2/?tag=brite-21 I love Toshibas. 500GB hard drive, 4GB RAM, 2 processor cores for doing tasks simultaniously...

If the "battery is not guaranteed", which is normal on a used laptop, you'd just keep it plugged into the mains. Or buy a new battery in the future. We'd all help you out one finding the correct one when the time came. eBay has good cheap ones.

 

[Mouse]

Thanks, Leish.

I'm still so annoyed that I have to mess around with the other one! God knows what I'm going to pack it in to send it back. Amazon say they refund the postage on faulty items, but does that mean I have to pay the postage to start?

 

[Erin99]

From my experiences, yes.

 

[Mouse]

I bet it's going to be mega bucks.

 

[Erin99]

Well, the good news is that last time I didn't pay out at all. I selected the return option that made Amazon arrange a courier to pick it up from my door. If it's still available, you should choose that if you don't want to pay. You just print out their return label and stick it on.

 

[Glitch]

Based on experience, I wouldn't recommend anything lower than an i3 with 4gb ram if you want any sort of longevity. The PC I'm writing this post on has only email and internet explorer open now (besides antivirus etc...) and is using 2.2gb ram

 

[Mouse]

Ah, I'll look for that option then, cheers Leish!

The one I'm on at the mo has erm... 3GB DDR3 memory. No idea what that means.

 

[Erin99]

Based on experience, I wouldn't recommend anything lower than an i3 with 4gb ram if you want any sort of longevity.

I must be lucky. I've still got a dual core, 250GB laptop running fine, and I've had no problems with all my other laptops in the past. Ended up replacing them only because I wanted better!

3GB DDR3 memory. No idea what that means.

Don't quote me on this, because I'm a little behind the times and my brain is fried right now, but I'm sure it's the fastest type of memory you can get, or at least it was about a year and a half ago, DDR3 SDRAM. Unless there's a new one out? I've only got DDR2 in my PC.

Anyway, better go rest. My head's not the best!

 

[Mouse]

Well it's not very fast! It's slooooooooow.

 

[J Riff]

Well get Win7 with Office on it, and don't pay an arm or a leg. There's zillions of laptops now.
64-bit is the future. I still use XP tho, and have 4 working 32bit laptops from picking them up basically for free, my 64Bit Win7 is sitting until it becomes neccesary.
Get the Win7 disc if possible, with the PC. They make that difficult now, getting the disc, so I borrowed one and made an installation ThumbDrive, and that works fine.