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12th May 2009, 12:59
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Which laptop to buy?? Help please
Hiya,
Mother in laws decided to invest in a new laptop and has asked for my help???
She's got upto £450 to spend, ideally wants a 17" monitor and needs to be wireless, using it for general office work and internet browsing..
Just wondering if anyone had any links or advise on websites to look at please before I look at the obvious ones like PC World and Dell, Currys ect...
Many thanks
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12th May 2009, 13:07
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Not kept up with the market, but http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/740908 looks about bang on
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12th May 2009, 13:09
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try misco, dabs , quite good 
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12th May 2009, 13:21
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Just been looking at exactly the same one in Currys, same price too, quite a decent spec for price..
Thanks
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12th May 2009, 13:22
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Indeed. I don't really keep ann eye on home kit anymore but that does look a decent machine for little cash
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12th May 2009, 13:28
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Theres some Dell Laptops in the Tesco near me (NW) and they are £349.99 - Specs are quite decent too! worth looking at, different colours available etc..
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12th May 2009, 13:33
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i always buy my laptops from dell direct, they have got some good offers on at the minute mate
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12th May 2009, 15:52
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Compaq are generally very good but the one recommended from Currys / PC World is that price for a reason. Its the older slower processor. The 2.16Ghz means nothing its the bus speed and cache that determines the actual speed your processor will run. In this processor it only has 1Mb of cache and a bus speed of 667Mhz, which means it will run relatively slowly with todays more intensive applications.
If you arent using it for very intensive stuff and arent too concerned on speed then for the money it isnt bad at all! If you think of the processor as the engine that powers youre computer though youre buying the 1.1 when you could get a VTR or VTS!
Dell do a very good range of business laptops which have quite reasonable prices and excellent specs (if you know what youre talking about)
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12th May 2009, 16:25
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dont buy sony, went wrong over and over again and poor after service in my experience
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12th May 2009, 16:28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bpm
Compaq are generally very good but the one recommended from Currys / PC World is that price for a reason. Its the older slower processor. The 2.16Ghz means nothing its the bus speed and cache that determines the actual speed your processor will run. In this processor it only has 1Mb of cache and a bus speed of 667Mhz, which means it will run relatively slowly with todays more intensive applications.
If you arent using it for very intensive stuff and arent too concerned on speed then for the money it isnt bad at all! If you think of the processor as the engine that powers youre computer though youre buying the 1.1 when you could get a VTR or VTS!
Dell do a very good range of business laptops which have quite reasonable prices and excellent specs (if you know what youre talking about)
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the dell vostro's will offer the best price for performance for ya mothers budget...
but by no means is the linked laptop gonna be bad, try ebuyer and laptopsdirect too.
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12th May 2009, 16:34
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Don't buy Acer.
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12th May 2009, 16:37
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Quote:
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Don't buy Acer.
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why?
i've had about 4. no problems ever and you get a right good spec for the price.
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12th May 2009, 16:38
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Acer are fine if you're on a harsh budget im on a 350 quid one now and its shit.
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12th May 2009, 16:41
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Mine was £400, 4gb Ram, 250gb Hard Drive, Dual Core.. Isn't worth the time of day.
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12th May 2009, 16:42
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Quote:
Originally Posted by danzman1991
Mine was £400, 4gb Ram, 250gb Hard Drive, Dual Core.. Isn't worth the time of day.
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why? is it slow?
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12th May 2009, 16:47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by furiomike
why? is it slow?
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Not exactly slow, just no where near as good as it should be compared to other Laptops.. 2 weeks after I bought it the hard drive broke so I lost everything and had to wait ages to get it repaired.
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12th May 2009, 22:32
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I bought my Acer Aspire 5535 from tescos which was a bargain! it was at £350 when it was on offer but aint too sure how much it would be now. Memory is great with 4GB RAM and 250GB on the Hard drive. its a 15.6" screen so almost the 17" which u are looking for (not toooo far off  )
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