Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

savebig

Celeron are definitely worth it now (IMHO)

MrDavies

Go easy on me as i'm a newbie to this forum, but I read this thread because i was looking for my new laptop, and whilst i found it helpful i did not buy any that you listed. why ? because i think i found a better one on it247.com
( since i'm new i cannot put a link to it - but is someone with more exprience could edit this with the link its on their homepage)

It's just under the £350 barrier set and worth every penny.

Heres the spec :- ( copied from the website )

The Acer TravelMate Timeline 8371 comes with a low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo low voltage processors and a massive 4GB RAM which gives this laptop more than enough power and performance to deal with demanding applications. The 320GB hard drive gives you more than enough space to store all your documents, files, photos, music and videos and it comes with an impressive 8.5 hour battery life so you can stay connected wherever you are.

Other Features

• 13.3-inch LED-backlit display giving you improved brightness, contrast and clarity with a screen that is more power-efficient than regular LCD screens.
• Featuring wireless networking, Bluetooth and a webcam ideal for social networking and communications and you can surf the web where ever you are.
• Up to 8.5 hours of battery life so you aren't tied down when working on the go.
• Multi-Gesture Touchpad which let's you scroll, rotate, zoom, flick and navigate more conveniently by using more than one finger.
• ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 high-def graphics delivers new level of graphics and video performance for the reliable computing.
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business / XP Pro Downgrade gives you user-friendly software and offers powerful new ways to organise, find, and share information as well as providing sophisticated data protection.
• 1 year warranty giving you total peace of mind

It also comes with a number of exceptional Acer features including:

• Acer Bio Protection which cushions the hard drive from daily shocks protecting your data.
• Acer PowerSmart Adapter so you get up to 66% power savings while your laptop is plugged in and in sleep mode.
• Acer Gridvista divides your screen into two, three or four sections in which you can drag and drop windows.

stefano

MrDavies wrote: »

The Acer TravelMate Timeline 8371

• 13.3-inch LED-backlit display

The screen sound a tad small, or is the difference between 15.4 and 13.3 not noticeable

MrDavies

stefano wrote: »

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The screen sound a tad small, or is the difference between 15.4 and 13.3 not noticeable

Yeah thats what i thought at first and then looked at the resolution ..
which is 13.3" TFT 1366 x 768 ( WXGA ) - 24-bit (16.7 million colours)

Most std 15.4 are 1024 x 768 so this actually shows more because its a wide screen.. it has an external monitor port too so you can connect it to a bigger screen when working from a desk.

The_Techie_Boy

Hello, I find that two places offer good value for money on Laptops. First there is Novatech and second Dabs, although with the second sometimes the spec isn't quite up to scratch.

HalifaxTerry

great value laptop @Argos selling like hotcakes 3Gb Memory 250gb hard drive . ge:Tt in early !

zaffi

Looking to get my parents a laptop for xmas, their (my) old desktop is on it's last legs. This HP G62-A19 caught my eye

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g62-a19sa-refurbished-laptop-07576497-pdt.html

I'm not up on laptops, have never owned one. For £315 (code) with a 12 month warranty, does this like a good deal? I'd rather not spend more than £300-350 as they will only be using it for basic word processing and web browsing, but equally they will probably have it for a while so looking to get the most for my £.

cheers
zaf.

alun4

I would go for the Acer rather than the Currys

cola_bottle

I was on here a week or so back looking through this thread to try and find a new Laptop within my budget of £359 max, you know when you have too much info :rotfl:
Well I took some Specifications of peoples posts and used that as a guide and grabbed myself this on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280584271102&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

It was on the daily deals at £299.99 plus free P&P and even got a years bulldog anti virus thrown in, with live support which came in handy the 1st night I had it, something to with my IP hub.
Great Laptop though(imo)

<LI style="COLOR: rgb(83,83,83)">AMD Athlon™ II dual-core processor P320 2.1GHz <LI style="COLOR: rgb(83,83,83)">1 MB L2 cache
• Chipset: AMDRS880M

Memory

• 3GB DDR3 1066MHz
• 2 x SODIMM slot

Hard Drive

• 320GB SATA 5400rpm

Optical Drive

• DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive

Software

• Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
• Acer Crystal Eye
• Acer eRecovery Management
• Acer GridVista™
• Adobe® Flash® Player
• Adobe® Reader®
• eSobi™
• Google Toolbar™
• McAfee® Internet Security Suite 2009 Trial
• Microsoft® Works with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial
• MyWinLocker®
• Norton™ Online Backup
• NTI Media Maker™

Security

• McAfee® Internet Security Suite Trial

Display

• 15.6" HD high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ LED-backlit TFT LCD
• Resolution 1366 x 768 pixel,
• 16:9 aspect ratio

Graphics

• Integrated

Audio

• Two built-in Acer 3DSonic™ stereo speakers
• High-definition audio support
• MS-Sound compatible
• Built-in microphone

Input Devices

• 103-/104-/107-key keyboard, with inverted "T" cursor layout, 1.8 mm (minimum) key travel
• Multi-gesture touchpad, supporting two-finger scroll, pinch, rotate, flip
• 11 function keys, four cursor keys, two Windows® keys, hotkey controls, independent standard numeric keypad, international language support
• Media keys (printed on keyboard): play/pause, stop, previous, next

Networking

• Acer Nplify™802.11b/g/n
• Gigabit Ethernet; Wake-on-LAN ready

Power Supply

• 3-pin 90W AC adapter
• Acer QuicCharge™ technology:
  • 80% charge in 1 hour
  • 2-hour rapid charge system-off
• 48.8 W 4400 mAh 6-cell Li-ion battery pack:
  • Estimated battery life: up to up to 2 hours and 40 minutes
• Energy Star®

Dimensions

• Width 381 mm
• Depth 253 mm
• Height 25/34 (H) mm
• Weight 2.6 kg

Interfaces

• 3x USB 2.0 ports
• HDMI™ port with HDCP support
• 1x external display (VGA) port
• 1x Headphone/speaker/line-out jack
• 1x Microphone-in jack
• 1x Ethernet (RJ-45) port
• 1x DC-in jack for AC adapter

Expansion

• Multi-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)

Warranty / Miscellaneous

<LI style="COLOR: rgb(83,83,83)">1 Year Manufacturing Warranty
• 1.3mp Webcam

StaceyAKelly

hey guys, I missed out on the Acer deal as its now back up to £399 and I was thinking of wizzing up to Argos to pick one of these up:

£329 at Argos - Toshiba Lappy

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?jspStoreDir=argos&catalogId=1500002451&productId=1500737481&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FProductDisplay%3FstoreId%3D10001&cmpid=COJUN&langId=-1&referrer=COJUN&storeId=10001&_%24ja=tsid%3A11674|prd%3A1546795#pdpFullProductInformation

Its only for me to use for surfing, playing bingo and going on facebook lol, anyone got any reasons why I shouldnt buy this particular one?

Many thanks

Stacey