Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

icebergx

My friend doesn't need a mic and webcam.

Donnie (or anyone else,) is the Medion a good deal if I he can install a Windows 7 upgrade?

He's pretty price conscious at the moment so cheap and cheerful could be the order of the day.

Are electrical-deals.co.uk reliable?

Thanks.

Donnie

icebergx wrote: »

My friend doesn't need a mic and webcam.

Donnie (or anyone else,) is the Medion a good deal if I he can install a Windows 7 upgrade?

He's pretty price conscious at the moment so cheap and cheerful could be the order of the day.

Are electrical-deals.co.uk reliable?

Thanks.

Of course it isn't cost effective if he has to pay for Windows 7.

I think the retailer is fine. There are on my list. I just didn't recommend the machine as it isn't cost effective to upgrade.
But if it suits your friend, then why not?

Donnie

Tixy wrote: »

Apparently its an E525 '901' model. Has windows 7 but only 1gb ram. No webcam (although in this instance one would not be used by the person it is for.) Its for a complete novice computer user.

Obviously she would like a cheap deal but also would like a fairly easy purchase as well (which buying from the supermarket would be).

It's still a no from me. 2GB RAM would be a minimum requirement in my eyes.

Donnie

gazza306 wrote: »

not sure about the general obsession with webcams - have never used one for anything useful in years of computing - easy to buy a separate webcam for under a tenner so wouldn't be off by a lack of one.
Think that having less than 2 mb ram is fam more relevant to the running of the machine

That rather kicks the idea of portability into touch...purchasing a separate webcam and microphone. Rather I look at how at the overall value. If it came with Windows 7, I would recommend it regardless of the lack of webcam and mic.
But since it comes with Vista Basic and has relatively poor battery life, I left it off my list.

Willow92

I have an Emachines E525, got it for Christmas and it was an ex display model. It was £329 and because it had been in the shop for a while it didn't have Windows 7 and the salesman said I could have an extra thrown in like a laptop case but because I'd never take it anywhere I said no. Eventually he agreed to throw in an iTunes voucher because I wanted one, I asked for £25 and I got £15 but ah well....

Donnie

Tixy wrote: »

Apparently its an E525 '901' model. Has windows 7 but only 1gb ram. No webcam (although in this instance one would not be used by the person it is for.) Its for a complete novice computer user.

Obviously she would like a cheap deal but also would like a fairly easy purchase as well (which buying from the supermarket would be).

This Toshiba Satellite C650-1CN is a much nicer machine for £289. No webcam.

The eMachines laptop is just not a good start

alun4

There seem to be 2 Aldi clearance notebooks at the moment. This one is reduced from £499.00 to £349.00 at our local Aldi (still with 3 year):

• AMD Athlon™ X2 P320 Processor (2.10 GHz)
• Operating system: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
• ATI PowerXpress™ technology
• ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 DirectX® 11 graphics processor with 512 MB memory and digital HDMI audio/video output
• 3 GB DD3 SDRAM
• Large 320 GB S-ATA high-performance hard drive with lightning-fast access to data and applications
• Illuminated MultiTOUCH pad
• Digital HDMI audio/video out
• High-definition audio with 2 speakers – Dolby® Advanced Audio certified1
• Latest wireless LAN 802.11 n-standard technology with up to 300 Mbit/s, IEEE 802.11 b/g compatible2
• 8x multi-standard DVD/CD burner with DVD-RAM and Dual Layer support3
• Ergonomic keyboard with numeric keypad for fast, comfortable data input
• Network controller Gigabit LAN (10/100/1000 Mbit/s.)
• 6-cell Li-ion high-performance battery for extended use
• Comprehensive software package (OEM versions)
  and much more...

needahol

Thanks for posting good deals on the thread. I've been looking at item no 330480992053 - how does it compare to the one above?

ETA - I mean the one in Donnie's post 2 above mine

G_M

Alun - what's the Aldi screen size and is there a webcam?

alun4

15.6'' High Definition Notebook and an integrated webcam 1.3 and microphone !!