Where to buy a..

[endlesstimes]

Hey guys, where would you recommend buying a laptop?? it needs to be as cheap as possible and requirements are windows, CD/DVD drive, windows office (probs need to buy that after??). Its for my dad to use at his shop he wants it to keep databases on and to also get it hooked up to broadband?

Thanks guys,

EndlessTimes

[Prickle]

Currys, pc world, dell website ??

[wobble_vtr]

^^

as above as they will have the january sales on so get it that ee bit cheaper aswell

[djrem]

Dell are having a sale throughout their line.
Also PC World do a weekly "buy this model" thing that are cheap as.

DONT GET THE £170 FLASH HARD DRIVE LAPTOPS.
They're shit.

[ben_glen]

CPC - Click (http://cpc.farnell.com/laptops-notebooks)

and also

Lanway - Clicky (http://www.lanway.co.uk/products/products_systems_results.asp?cat=AB)

[Viper]

go for one from dell :y:

[kcsaxo]

ccl computers do good deals, but as mentioned go to the run of the mill PC world etc and haggle them down during the sales.

[Viper]

haha, not likely to haggle with PC world

anyway, they after sales service is shit from what ive experienced

[wobble_vtr]

haha, not likely to haggle with PC world

anyway, they after sales service is shit from what ive experienced

yeah they are not to good with you after you have bought from them, nice as pie up untill you buy, but then just dont seem to give a hoot and take ages with repairs under warranty

[VTEC-Saxo]

id say pc world and try push a bargain with dogy signs n stuff in ther, when i went to buy mine about this itme last year, ther was a sign saying free laptop bag with every laptop purchaced, and it was for 15" screen laptops but the sign was next the 17 inches , and the guy says the sign shouldnt have been ther, so my mums boyfriend got mardy, and they siad look if we had some 17" laptop bags in the store we would give you one for your troubles, so i said thats horse shit and found one, the stor manager came and we ended up getin the laptop with a antler bag for free :D, pretty good pc tbh was about £399 crap make advent but its on 12 + hours a day and not broke yet, few little things like the rubber feet things on the bottome have come loose a few times and one of the lid catches have broke but its been a good workhorse, i was expecting to replace it by now :)

[JC-Furio]

Wouldn't even consider buying a new pre-built system for something as simple as that. If all he needs from it is a database, just look around for old PC's or laptops, or even just random salvage which you can put together.

No point spending £250+ on a laptop if he just wants to use Access.

[Darlo-paul]

Ebuyer ftw

[platty]

john lewis... 5 year guarenty i think.

[Jazz]

Comet. Very well priced, its where I got my Vaio from. Plus their after-sales customer support is very good, quickly sorted out a few preliminary niggles with my system over the phone.

Many comet stores have demo's on display, so you can have a quick play about before you decide to buy.

[smiith]

Ebuyer ftw

+1

massive choice, loads of customer reviews

[bpm]

Never buy from PC World they are awful, just find a mate who knows about computers and get onto Ebay. I build home PCs for friends and family all the time and buy laptops when needed for them too. You can pick up a laptop to do databases for very little as it doesnt require much processing or memory power. Try to stick with known brands for laptops it makes a big difference. Dell are ok, but for work computers go for HP/Compaq or IBM.