hitmanNo2 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 There is a certain degree of peace of mind with new tech when older people are involved. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 To me there is a peace of mind to be had from buying second hand, modern solid state electronics will either fail immediately or last well past obsolescence. I prefer someone else to take that chance. Plus that X220 was well over a thousand pounds not very long ago. Depreciation on laptops is ridiculous. If that is what your lady wants then good luck to you, there are plenty of pretty good laptops in that price region. Link to post Share on other sites
Baddbaz Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Have a look at staples . They usually have higher spec laptops at cheaper prices than currys / pc world / dixons ( all the same rip off company ) Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 can anybody help me with this? I downloaded steam and TF2 for Linux - however when I launch TF2 I get told to instal opengl drivers. Had a look on software centre and google for it but couldn't really find it. Anybody know? I'm using ubuntu Link to post Share on other sites
AceOfSkulls Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Usually that means you need to update your graphics drivers. I dont use linux but i think you need to update the ones for the card and theinux ones? I know nvidia has specific drivers. Failing that you just download OpenGL Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I know that its about graphics drivers - just can't seem to find the opengl package available to download - the website doesn't seem to have it... Link to post Share on other sites
AceOfSkulls Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Oh do you have the latest wine? sure your hardware is compatible? Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 not using wine as steam and tf2 both run on linux as is. I'm not massivly techy - I've installed stuff through terminal (command line) before but thats about it. I'm confident I could do it... if only I could find the packages! edit: pretty sure my hardware is compatible. its a fairly old netbook but more then enough to power tf2. I suppose there could be issues with my hardware but I won't find out until I actually try and install the drivers. thanks Link to post Share on other sites
AceOfSkulls Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Well geforce and AMD both have GL drivers on their websites. Sorry i cant help, i dont get on with linux. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 What distro are you using? In Ubuntu open settings, go to graphics and change it to open gl and tell it to get the drivers. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted February 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Gah. I ask for nerd help, and they take over my thread with nerd talk I cannot understand! Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Jooooin usssssss http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/thank-you?release=lts&bits=64&distro=desktop&status=zeroc Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT IN YOUR ELECTRONIC BOOKS? Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Responding to OP: stay away anything American-made, especially Dell and HP. Those things can cook eggs after a year or so. Stick with ASUS or Lenovo I'd say. For your price range, I'd suggest an ASUS Vivobook (fatter, budget version of their Zenbooks) or a Lenovo U-series (U310 or U410). They're budget, yet have pretty good features for the average user, and don't come with the massive headaches you get with Dell/HP. I don't want to recommend specific models though, since I don't know how demanding a PC your mother would need. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted March 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thanks azn It would not need to be demanding at all. It would solely be used to go on the Internet and check emails. That's it. She's a technophobe really! Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Having never had issues with Acer and ASUS I can't recommend them more. Working with Lenovo at work, they are not perfect, neither are Dell or HP. Plus Acer give reliable driver downloads that are easy unlike Dell and HP (again work experience, HP website is a bugger and Dell service tags don't work making it harder). 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Don't need all that driver nonsense with Ubuntu. You work with Thinkpads? Could you "misplace" me an X230? Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Don't need all that driver nonsense with Ubuntu. You work with Thinkpads? Could you "misplace" me an X230? Sadly we are not as up to date as that . Plus Ubuntu is fine if you know your stuff but the average users doesn't nor has that desire to replace what they think works for them. I use Windows due to work purposes and because it is a common working system so I get used to it. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted March 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Stunt, she will not go for Ubuntu. I've not been happy with any dell I've seen either Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 At work we are kind of tied in to them as the offer us ok enough deals. Saying that many of the issues at my work is more down to the work force than the computers. I can't recall the last time I went a week without having to clean some sort of food / drink / nail polish off of someones keyboard or mouse . 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
Baddbaz Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 For pure customer backup and service on their products I would highly reccomend toshiba products . . I have two of their laptops . And recently had a keyboard problem a year out of warranty . Contacted them and they sent a courier to pick it up . And return it a week later repaired with an apology letter and a 50 pound voucher. ,all this on a product a year out of warranty . Impressed is an understatement !! Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Working with Lenovo at work, they are not perfect, neither are Dell or HP. I think once Lenovo bought IBM's PC division, their products were top notch; now, maybe not so much? Still a big proponent of the ASUS Vivobook. http://www.asus.com/in-search-of-incredible/us-en/asus-vivobook/ Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Lenovo have always felt to me like the kind of mid-runner of the group. They are ok but nothing fancy but when they try to be fancy it doesn't really work. This is in contrast to Dell who just try too hard to make things bright and look new but forget to actually put better hardware in their machines. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
mightyjebus Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/asus-vivobook-x200-11-6-touchscreen-laptop-21712964-pdt.html try this.It comes in different colours and doesn't have any bells and whistles which fits your description. If you don't like windows 8 then a quick download of a classic shell (there are a few different ones) will make it look like windows 7. Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Could perhaps do with a better processor but for that price you could do a lot worse. Though I personally would not buy from PC World. From my experience they are the Zero One of computers. Fine to buy from but the second you ask a question or raise an issue they don't want to know. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
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