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[Technology] Laptop?



Jam The Man

Jam The Man

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Jul 5, 2003
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South East North Lancing
Thinking of getting a relatively cheap laptop. My 10 year old Dell all-in-one pc is dying and all I really use it for is music and photo storage totalling 200gb

Don’t really want a like for like replacement so have assumed a laptop will suffice.

Any recommendations or other ideas?
 




Gazwag

Gazwag

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Mar 4, 2004
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Can you keep your music and photos in a cloud based system meaning you need little actual space and just need the means to view the photos and listen to music
 


Jam The Man

Jam The Man

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Jul 5, 2003
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South East North Lancing
Yeah could do - not done that before, but I guess I'd be looking at a cost for the volume I have?
 




Gazwag

Gazwag

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Jam The Man said:
Yeah could do - not done that before, but I guess I'd be looking at a cost for the volume I have?
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A quick look shows one drive storage only is £1.99 per 100gb a month - I have office365 which has 1TB storage included and I use Amazon for music so all in all about £150 a year

They are probably better options though
 




Jam The Man

Jam The Man

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Jul 5, 2003
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South East North Lancing
schmunk said:
I recently paid £40 on eBay for a 12 month license for Office 365 Home, which includes 6x 1TB cloud storage on OneDrive. The single user Office 365 Personal should be even cheaper.
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Gazwag said:
A quick look shows one drive storage only is £1.99 per 100gb a month - I have office365 which has 1TB storage included and I use Amazon for music so all in all about £150 a year

They are probably better options though
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Cheers chaps!
 


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PeterOut

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Aug 16, 2016
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Gazwag said:
A quick look shows one drive storage only is £1.99 per 100gb a month - I have office365 which has 1TB storage included and I use Amazon for music so all in all about £150 a year

They are probably better options though
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Depends on your needs. Even Currys sell a 4TB external hard drive for £87 - a damn sight cheaper than £150 per year, year after year (and a lot faster to access, too),
Obviously the risk is that a single drive is not as secure, but at those prices (even less if you look around online) you can buy 2 of them, and use the 2nd as safe storage..
 


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Jahooli

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Feb 12, 2008
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PeterOut said:
Depends on your needs. Even Currys sell a 4TB external hard drive for £87 - a damn sight cheaper than £150 per year, year after year (and a lot faster to access, too),
Obviously the risk is that a single drive is not as secure, but at those prices (even less if you look around online) you can buy 2 of them, and use the 2nd as safe storage..
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I like this idea but are there any laptop recommendations ?
 


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