Help Please

TVSpice

I have posted this in the Community Help & Advice but wanted as many people as possible to see this for maximum help:

My husband likes to multi table, not more than six tables but his current laptop (6 year old Dell, 17.3" screen) is running very slow these days and he finds it won't handle that number of tables.  I want to buy him a new laptop for Christmas but am getting confused as to what speed processor, best laptop, amount of RAM, Hard Drive etc I should look for.  He doesn't use laptop for any photo or movie editing or viewing televison/downloading movies etc just poker, occasional emails, web browsing, and Facebook stuff. 

I would be exceptionally grateful for any advice as whatever I go for costs a few quid and I don't want to get it wrong through ignorance!

Thanks in advance

unknown_username

Any half decent laptop will do the job.

I'd spend less on the laptop and also get him a decent moniter to use with it

splashies

I'm sure someone will be along to point you in the right direction, I'm afraid I can't help.

What if your husband sees this? What's his alias?

He's a lucky fella btw.

chicknMelt

yeah, I was gonna say pretty much the same thing... If his current laptop can cope, any new one will cope with ease. just avoid netbooks.

he currently has a 17" laptop... does he have a large one for a reason? if so, might be worth looking at other large ones.

if you want, post links to ones you are considering and I'll help you choose

TVSpice

Thank you very much.  These are two I'm currently looking at:

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-17r-5737/pd?oc=cn57312&model_id=inspiron-17r-5737

and

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-17-7737/pd?oc=cn77310&model_id=inspiron-17-7737

In Response to Re: Help Please:

yeah, I was gonna say pretty much the same thing... If his current laptop can cope, any new one will cope with ease. just avoid netbooks. he currently has a 17" laptop... does he have a large one for a reason? if so, might be worth looking at other large ones. if you want, post links to ones you are considering and I'll help you choose
Posted by chicknMelt

chicknMelt

In Response to Re: Help Please:

Thank you very much.  These are two I'm currently looking at: http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-17r-5737/pd?oc=cn57312&model_id=inspiron-17r-5737 and http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-17-7737/pd?oc=cn77310&model_id=inspiron-17-7737 In Response to Re: Help Please :
Posted by TVSpice

ok, both those laptops would absolutely smash being able to play 6 tables of poker. he would be pleased with either no doubt!

the main difference I can see at first glance is the more expensive one has a better graphics card and slightly less memory (which you probably wont notice) - unless he is a gamer /graphics designer, this wont make any difference. I'd probably edge towards the cheaper one because of this.

TVSpice

In Response to Re: Help Please:

In Response to Re: Help Please : ok, both those laptops would absolutely smash being able to play 6 tables of poker. he would be pleased with either no doubt! the main difference I can see at first glance is the more expensive one has a better graphics card and slightly less memory (which you probably wont notice) - unless he is a gamer /graphics designer, this wont make any difference. I'd probably edge towards the cheaper one because of this.
Posted by chicknMelt

Thank you so very much.  Very kind of you to take the time and trouble