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22nd November 2006, 15:38
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Where's the best place to find.......
...... cheap laptops??
The Girlf and I are looking to buy ourselves a nice Christmas Pressie in the shape of a laptop.
What sort of stuff should we be looking for?? We want it to be fairly quick and have a fairly big memory (preferrably 1024).
I think we've got a budget of about £450.
Can any of you help?
Cheers!
Chris 
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22nd November 2006, 15:43
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Im currently on the look out for one too chris, Saw a good one at comet i think. 1.6ghz CPU, 80GB hdd and 1gb of RAM perfect for wireless internet around the house. Thikn that was about £400 - they have a lower spec which is £350 with 40gb hdd and 512mb of ram too
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22nd November 2006, 15:45
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dabs.com is good
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22nd November 2006, 15:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Leckie
Im currently on the look out for one too chris, Saw a good one at comet i think. 1.6ghz CPU, 80GB hdd and 1gb of RAM perfect for wireless internet around the house. Thikn that was about £400 - they have a lower spec which is £350 with 40gb hdd and 512mb of ram too
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We,ve seen a Packard Bell in Currys Digital for £399 and that has 1gb RAM, 60gb HD, 1.6ghz, good for wireless. Might have to go for a trip to Comet on the weekend then!!
Chris
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22nd November 2006, 15:55
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Dell are quite good, not sure if they sorted the problem out with the batteries that just burst into flames, but aslong as you've got a cupa tea near to put it out you should be fine :-)
£399 sounds a good price all jokin aside
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22nd November 2006, 15:56
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Quote:
Originally Posted by g14rc1
dabs.com is good
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Just had a quick look and the cheapest 1gb RAM laptop they do is £460.
Thanks anyway!
Chris
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22nd November 2006, 15:58
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VTS_16v_Boy
Dell are quite good, not sure if they sorted the problem out with the batteries that just burst into flames, but aslong as you've got a cupa tea near to put it out you should be fine :-)
£399 sounds a good price all jokin aside
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Dell battery recall was a bitch with over 300 users having them.
Chris - sounds the same one im on about. Yeh it is nice, my Gran gave us the penny for one but just wanted to get it closer to xmas as it is a present lol
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22nd November 2006, 15:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VTS_16v_Boy
Dell are quite good, not sure if they sorted the problem out with the batteries that just burst into flames, but aslong as you've got a cupa tea near to put it out you should be fine :-)
£399 sounds a good price all jokin aside
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Heard bad things about their Customer Services..... like that fact that it's in India apparently!
Chris
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22nd November 2006, 16:00
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Hhhhhm. One of my mates just bought a new laptop, he got a really good price for a really good spec machine. I'll try and get a link for you both.
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22nd November 2006, 16:10
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Try here... his links change every week:
http://www.ecodes.paidlinks.co.uk/Dell.htm
I bought my girfriend this :
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/117785
about a month or so ago... seems to be excellent.. she's had no bother with it at all... and it comes with xp pro and dvd writer, 15" screen
HTH
Mick
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22nd November 2006, 16:23
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www.ebuyer.com
Fricken awesome place to buy from! :Y:
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22nd November 2006, 16:38
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bowlers in manchester on a saturday...
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22nd November 2006, 16:53
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Quote:
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bowlers in manchester on a saturday...
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I'm from Kent!
Chris
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22nd November 2006, 16:57
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dell have a tv offer on at the moment 19 inc screen dvd rw cant remember rest £399 all in
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22nd November 2006, 20:24
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Dell's prices are very good... I had a flick through one of their brochures today. But what's top of the range now will not be top of the range in weeks to come. It changes sooo quickly.
If I was to get another desktop or a laptop, then I'd be looking at getting a Dell.
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22nd November 2006, 20:30
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i will be looking to get a new laptop soon.
dell are good because their laptops can be upgraded easily where as others cant. there are a couple of others that i know of that can be but i have forgoten which.
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22nd November 2006, 22:42
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Aparently woolworths were selling some hp laptops half price this week, supposed to be very good too. They were reduced from £800 to £400.
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23rd November 2006, 10:25
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan
Aparently woolworths were selling some hp laptops half price this week, supposed to be very good too. They were reduced from £800 to £400.
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Hmmmm.... Think I'll have a look on the Woolworths website if they have one then!
Chris
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23rd November 2006, 10:27
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Last edited by Tupps; 23rd November 2006 at 10:29.
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23rd November 2006, 10:28
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the spec isnt worth £800. The one with 1gb of RAM at currys/comet (cant remember) is better
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