Hardware & Technical New dual-hdd 17" laptop under $1200 (GBP 710)?

Neo-ST

Neo-ST
Hi,

Can someone recommend me a new laptop with these characteristics:

- 17" anti-glare screen
- Needs to have 2 HDDs option (I'd buy one SSD and put it as a system disk)
- Needs to be compatible with Win7
- under $1200 (GBP 710)

It would be used for general purposes, nothing special (no gaming, rendering, etc.). Office, internet, mail, etc.
It's for my friend, but I wasn't able to recommend him anything.

Please bear in mind that American-oriented models are highly unlikely to be available in my country (EU preferred).

Thanks
 
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Surfinjo

Surfinjo
Neo-ST said:
Hi,

Can someone recommend me a new laptop with these characteristics:

- 17" anti-glare screen
- Needs to have 2 HDDs option (I'd buy one SSD and put it as a system disk)
- Needs to be compatible with Win7
- under $1200 (GBP 710)

It would be used for general purposes, nothing special (no gaming, rendering, etc.). Office, internet, mail, etc.
It's for my friend, but I wasn't able to recommend him anything.

Please bear in mind that American-oriented models are highly unlikely to be available in my country (EU preferred).

Thanks
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I will recommend you look at a place like Novatech. They have a lot of gear and are an established international company with a reputation to maintain.

There are others, but be careful with chain stores.

That aside, may I make a suggestion?

The only real difficulty you have here is two 2 HDDs

HDDs these days are generally SSD, simply because they are fast. I have two myself. They are very fast indeed.

Get an SSD and a separate one for the USB port. USB 3 is fast.

There are twin drive options but making that conditional will limit your choices. You may find one you like, but then again, not.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/


Addition:

This one is within your price range has an INTEL I7 4712MQ processor, 16Gb RAM, nVidia 825M 1GB Graphics and can be customized to your own specs.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/laptop/range/novatechnspiren1736.html
 
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Neo-ST

Neo-ST
Thanks for the suggestion, but most reviews about Novatech aren't that bright (mainly criticizing poor display and build quality), so I think I'll skip that and hold on to brand-names.

External HDD is a good advice, I told him about it.

Thanks!
 
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