Sub-£400 powerful laptops discussion

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simonwien_2

I got aFujitsu Siemens V5515 Esprimo Mobile Laptop from ebay it is refurbished but seems new I got it from the company Buyista
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• Processor - Intel Pentium Dual Core T2130 / 1.86 GHz ( Dual-Core )
• RAM - 2 GB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM - 667 MHz ( 2 x 1 GB )
• Hard Drive - 160 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
• Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
• Screen - 15.4" TFT active matrix 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )
• Optical Drive - DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM - integrated
• Graphics - SiS Mirage 3+

It cost me £233.50 including postage. Its got Windows Vista and has a year Warranty.
I'm very pleased with it I have had it since mid May
Simon
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Fortyfoot

HP 530 Laptop Intel Celeron M 520 1x 1GB 120GB brightview 15.4" widescreen DVD±RW WLAN Vista Home Basic (Office 07 Ready *Trial) *FREE 1GB MEMORY*

£269.97 and free next day delivery!

I bought one of these a few months ago, it's great. Extra memory was easy to put in.

Fortyfoot

powsmjp

Try this site below as they quite regularly do superspecials on laptops and other computer equipment plus TV's and other gadgets for good prices and good delivery, i work in the IT world and use these guy quite regularly, so worth a try

www.aria.co.uk

they currently have

HP 530 Core 2 duo 1.6ghz laptop with 2gb ram, 160gb hdd, 15.4 tft, £365

or

Toshiba Satellite pro dual core 1.6ghz laptop with 1gb ram, 160gb hdd, 15.4 tft @ £330 inc vat or £341 inc vat(with extra 1Gb ram)

Plus more have a look at the site

Ratz_2

The trendy laptops at the moment are the mini laptops following on
the success of the Asus EEE.
They must be bought mostly for kids and portability.
Otherwise they offer little else.
Little screen. Little keyboard that is hard to use. Little hard drive.
No optical drive.

The Asus Santa Rosa suggested in this article is a real laptop that is also light,
with good battery life, Vista Premium OS, and large RAM which you need for Vista.
And a large hard drive.
It can do everything else you can possibly want.
The kids will have a proper laptop too, not a boys toy.

If weight and size is not critical, also check out the under £300 Toshiba's at
laptopsdirect.co.uk

da_genious

Maybe worth upgrading the memory, other than that it's probably the cheapest 17" Laptop you'll get.......£299.99 DELIVERED...!!!

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3477734/Acer-Aspire-7520-Turion-64-TK55-1-8GHz-1GB-80GB-17-WXGA+-DVD-SM-Vista-Home-Premium-Laptop-Notebook/Product.html

Ordered one yesterday.......don't forget Quidco's 4%....!!

C_Shannon

For those of you who like to buy local it might be worth taking advantage of Swan CD Computers opening weekend offers on July 12th & 13th. They are launching a new store on 38-40 Carnglas Road, Tycoch, Swansea, SA2 9BW and their opening offers include:

Laptops Under £300
PC's from £250
Plus the first 50 customers get a free goodie bag with gifts from Swan CD, Virgin & Toshiba.

These deals count for customers who place orders over the telephone and they are able to deliver anywhere in UK - plus they are a nice local business so you get good customer service too!

See: www.swancd.co.uk
Tel: 01792 521158
Email: [EMAIL="swancd@swancd.co.uk"]swancd@swancd.co.uk[/EMAIL]

Keeop

Not really a 'powerful' laptop, but cheap and very portable. MSI have released an ultraportable laptop, the Wind, to compete against the Asus Eee and HP Mininote etc. However, these are not quite out yet and will probablt be around £330.

However, Advent have released a rebadged Wind under the model number 4211. This is a perfect Wind Clone, minus the fancy colour schemes, but is available now and is cheaper at £279.99!!

Basic spec:

• Intel Atom Processor N270
• (1.6 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 512 KB Cache)
• Genuine Windows(R) XP Home
• 80 GB Hard Drive & 1GB Memory
• 10" Widescreen Display
• Built In Webcam & Microphone
• 1.12 KG Weight
• Bluetooth Connectivity
• Wireless Enabled
• Stylish Black & Silver Design

These are available from all DSG retailers, i.e. PC World, Dixons etc. and you can find out more details here plus being as I picked up one of these myself on Saturday, if anyone has any questions I'll try and answer them.

Cheers.
Keeop

Kirby

Misco have a Fujitsu Siemens laptop on offer with the following spec:

Fujitsu Siemens ESPRIMO Mobile V5535

• Intel Pentium Dual Core T2330 / 1.6GHz
• 2GB RAM
• 160GB Hard rive
• Integrated DVDRW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM
• Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=297430&catcode=

It's only £329.99 - a little more than in Martin's orginal post however a much better spec.

Have orderd one myself.

BTW - If you go via Quidco they also offer 4% cashback!:j

batvink

A small piece of advice...if you are buying a laptop with only 1GB memory, budget for another 1GB. Yes, the Vista minimum spec is 1GB, but doubling it will make a huge difference. At the minimum spec, it can be quite frustrating to work with.

I currently have 2GB, and plan to add more. Word processing and "standard" tasks are fine. But even simple graphical tasks like changing the contrast in a photo will give you a noticeable nose-dive in responsiveness.

Trudi_3

I have just purchased an Acer Aspire 5920 laptop from Amazon for £184.37! There were various discounts available, I purchased Microsoft Office 2007 and a wireless mouse at the same time with discounts. The laptop comes with Vista Home Premium. The list price for the laptop was £399. I got free delivery and have to say, I am more than pleased!