Laptop advice

[Barman]

But does it have a CD/DVD drive thingy????

   

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[Snoopy]

Could do with more info TBH ~ they are a bit short on detailed spec with these things at Amazon.

[Nick]

And wot is this cable one uses to move stuff across? And where does one buy them? And are there instructions?

[Snoopy]

If you move everything across chances are you will slow the new lap top down to almost as slow as the old one. Throw out the crap and save all else to a portable hard drive so you can access it when you need it but it won't be cluttering up your new machine. 

[Nick]

 

[Snoopy]

  Sorry!

[Pastis]

And of course you'll need to locate your programme discs; you no doubt filed them somewhere for safekeeping  

[Nick]

All in a drawer at Nick Towers 

[Snoopy]

Don't worry ~ I have Windows Office Suite 2007 you can load.

[Barman]

If you move everything across chances are you will slow the new lap top down to almost as slow as the old one. Throw out the crap and save all else to a portable hard drive so you can access it when you need it but it won't be cluttering up your new machine. 

No you won't... It just moves your data and programme settings... not the registry stuff which slows everything down...

[Barman]

And wot is this cable one uses to move stuff across? And where does one buy them? And are there instructions?

Here you go Muppet... 

[Barman]

Get this too and you're job done! 

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[Nick]

E mails?

[Barman]

E mails?

Do you use Outlook?

[tel]

USB cable is cheapest option for connecting - I use a mini gigabit switch and RJ45 cable, but then I'm awkward.

PCMover (£30 at Amazon including cable) is fine but expensive as a one-off - I read a review a few months ago and it is a one-off, they said that you cannot use a second time.

Email - if Outlook the just copy .PST file(s) over.

I personally would copy all the data to a removable drive and install software as and when needed.