PC vs Laptop

If the guys budget is £600, I wonder if maybe a desktop is the better idea.

I don't think he is going to get a decent laptop based setup for that money.

 

Depends if your a gamer. Mine is now only £650 and I regard it as a capable machine. Its got 1Gb RAM, dual core CPU, 15.4" screen (which looks superb), DVD writer, 100 Gb hard drive, web cam, TV tuner, blah blah blah....

 

Hello Heavymetal, my job is to fix laptops that have failed under warrenty (usually extended) and have been working in computers for around four years. The thing with laptops is that they are not modular in construction and therefore have to be completely replaced when you wish to upgrade. In truth the ones in the shops now are nice pieces of kit but they are all designed to break with anything other than moderate use. For example almost all 'components' of a laptop are motherboard mounted which means that any failure will most likley require motherboard replacement (v. expensive). With a pc, by design, you canreplace/upgrade any part of it without the need to replace the whole thing. To sum up, if you need to carry a computer around with you then get a laptop, but if you dont then get a pc. The only thing I can say is that with the 3 year extended warranty some people (it is my belief) deliberatly destroy there laptop before the end of the cover knowing that the insurance will write it off and supply vouchers to the value of the price paid for the laptop.

 

And how might one go about destroying a laptop in a way which would allow it to be replaced under warranty?

 

Anything will do, the warranty covers accidental damage of any kind (check your policy) but we get ones that have been run over by cars, been dropped into tins of paint, spilt coffee into them etc etc. This is not fraud as it is accidental damage (unless they did it deliberatly, which would be very hard to prove)

 

If the laptop is not completely destroyed there is a possability someone like me will be able to repair it and you would end up with the same one back (also we can use second hand parts to fix it under the agreement) so might not look all that great as well.

 

So make sure you accidently trash it good and proper huh?

 

correct