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Best Laptop & Mobile Broadband for playing online
AceOnTheRiver:
2-part question this
I often find myself having to "book the laptop" for poker tourneys as me a the mrs share one at home so I am thinking of getting another - its principle function being poker.
I am no expert in these matters so wondered what advice people have - the one we use now is Dell and was about £600 in 2007 (It hasn"t let me down) but I would like to spend a lot less this time if poss.
My stepdad recently bought one for around £300 - his needs are different to mine but he designs buildings etc. so uses CAD therefore memory must be decent.
The 2nd part relates to mobile broadband i.e. once I have purchased said laptop there will be occassion when I need to travel with work and would like to take my laptop with me to play online - however this could be 3 times one month and none the next so I don"t want to be committed to something like £30 per month on top of what I already pay at home.
Any help much appreciated!!
lukybugur:
If you"re going cheap end, go for Samsung. Something like this should do you.
For a 3G dongle, 02 do decent deals - see here
If you know anyone with a business and BTBusiness Broadband, ask them if they use the 3G dongle they get with their package (most of them get discarded / stuffed back into the box and remain unused). They come with a 1GB / month transfer which would be more than enough for light use.
AceOnTheRiver:
Thanks - I"ll have a look at those :)
CrizzyConnor:
I"ve got a pay as you go dongle from 3, it was supposed to be £30 but got it free when I bought my laptop from PC World. It"s pay as you go so obv the best solution to your problem. I have used it while on the nightshift a few times, only ever put £15 in it and it"s done me for the past month or so. I"ve used it for around 30hrs+ and it"s still got credit left in it, these sessions include poker online & streaming video but not downloading anything.
Jon MW:
I bought a cheaper Dell in 2007, so you definitely don"t need as high a spec as you have.
I"ve got a Vodafone dongle for mobile broadband which has always worked fine for me.
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