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Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pi |
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A laptop computer can transform your home and working life. But which is best for you? Ursula Seymour, who writes for PC Advisor, Mac World, Computer Buyer and The Sunday Times among others, picks five of the very best Click to view Top 5 Laptop Computers.
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Best All-Rounder (Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi) |
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 If you want an all-rounder that lets you run both work and home applications and can function as a replacement for your desktop PC, this is the one. It will meet all your needs, yet is still small enough to hide away in your home or carry around with you.
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The Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi 1536 provides all this, plus great value for money. It's true you can pick up cheaper, faster laptops, but as in the budget category, often this is at the cost of a reputable brand and decent support, neither of which is a price a novice should pay lightly.
Rather than opting for the latest technology at a knock down price from an unknown manufacturer, it's more sensible in the long term to choose the best you can afford from a reliable company that won't let you down with shoddy build quality or poor support. Fujitsu-Siemens is one such company, winning the top award for a PC maker in PC Pro magazine's service and reliability survey, so you should be able to buy with confidence.
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Its Amilo Pi 1536 is an award-winning laptop, picking up a Best Buy gong from Computer Buyer magazine. It combines a 1.83GHz core duo processor from Intel, which isn't the fastest in the world, but is more than enough to power you through most tasks. This is backed by 1GB of memory (RAM), and a 120GB hard drive, plenty to store all your applications and data.
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 Images are provided to the high-quality 15.4in screen by a standalone graphics card, which means that unlike many laptops: 'It's not short of puff when it comes to games", according to Computer Buyer magazine. The ability to play games on a laptop isn't a given, and if it is up to the task it can be transformed into a genuine family computer, as opposed to one that languishes in the study, only being used to type up the occasional letter.
It has built in wireless connectivity, which is becoming increasingly important even in a home PC, and a combined DVD and CD writer.
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WHY TO BUY
- Reliable
- Can play high-demand games
- Wireless connectivity |
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| TYPICAL PRICE - £749 |
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