Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

magicnumber25

On their website HP are advertising "HP Pavilion dv7-2045ea Entertainment Notebook PC (NP823EA) SRP only£ 252inc VAT"

(New user - cannot post the link, sorry)

It's an amazing spec for the price and is seemingly too good to be true.

When I called HP to enquire about ordering one, I was told that this is a new spec due out in May and that they may not sell it direct anyway; oh, and 'no' I couldn't pre-order one either!

Presumably they are well within their right to tell me to go away?

Natzk86

Im looking for a laptop, glossy in colour, good memory, fast & preferably in red or black. Would like to pay no more than £300, no less than a 15inch screen.

Could you help me??
thanks natalie:rotfl::rotfl:

Dozertron

As per my previous post the Laptop i have is fantastic, i dont know whether it is still at the same price but it's worth a look, from Comet,

• Toshiba Sate P300D-21K: Brand new, 12 months manufacturer's warranty - (£350 Total)

17" WideScreen, AMD Turion x2 Dual Core TL60, Processor speed: 2.0GHz, Processor Bus: 1600MB, Processsor Cache: 1024 MB, RAM: 3072, Hard Drive: 200GB, Hard Drive Type: SATA, Windows Home Vista, Shared Graphics: ATI RadeonX1250 831 MB, Wireless Enabled, Built in WebCam, USB 2.0 Slots: 4, Speakers: HarmonKardon, Battery: 2.5 Hrs, Weight 3.2Kg.

Just over your budget at £350.

Hope it helps.

CLINTFATFACE

How about this laptop. Currently selling in Dixons for £249.99 plus if you enter the discount code 5COMP you'll get a further 5% of leaving you with a price of £237.49. This includes free delivery.

Not bad spec for that price - check it out below!

Ei Systems, renowned for selling great value for money laptops, doesn’t disappoint with the 2513 14.1” Laptop. Boasting an Intel Dual-Core Processor T1600 (1.66GHz, 533MHz, 512KB Cache) and Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Basic the 2513 is the ideal portable laptop.

1GB of DDR2 memory allows you to multi-task without effecting the performance of the laptop, while a large 160GB Hard Drive provides you with sufficient storage for all of your media files including photos, music, documents etc. Burn hard copies of your most important data or watch DVDs and play CDs on the DVDRW SuperMulti Drive. Watch all your favourite films and scroll through your photos in vibrant colours and superb clarity thanks to the 2513 incredible 14.1” widescreen display, integrated UMA Intel GL40 graphics card and Realtek ALC662 sound card.

Wireless enabled the black 2513 14.1” Laptop is ideal for mobile computing, weighing a mere 2.3kg. In addition it has a HDMI connection and 3 USB ports, perfect for connecting anything from external hard drives to mp3 players and much more. The Ei Systems 2513 14.1” Laptop also includes Microsoft Works, so you’re ready to go as soon as you open the box.

• Intel Celeron Dual-Core processor T1600
• (1.66Ghz, 667Mhz, 1MB Cache)
• Geniune Windows Vista (R) Home Basic

• 1GB Memory
• 160GB Hard drive
• Up to 2 hours battery life

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Full specification

Processor TypeIntel Celeron Dual Core T1600 Memory Size1Gb MB Processor speed(1.66GHz, 533MHz, 512KBCache)The higher the number of Megahertz (MHZ) the faster the processor should beMemory TypeDDR2 Hard Drive Capacity160 GBThe bigger the capacity the more you can storeOptical DrivesSupermulti DVDRW Screen Size/Type13.3" Widescreen Laptop Graphics Card TypeUMA Intel GL40To enable images to be displayed on your monitorTV-outNOAllowing you to plug your laptop into a TV to watch DVDsSound TypeRealtek ALC662To enable you to have sound from your computer which is great for games, movies and musicModem Type56kEnabling communication with others via the telephone line. A modem is used for the Internet, e-mail and faxingWireless EnabledYESAllows you to connect to an existing wireless network such as in a office or a wireless hot spotNo. of USB Connections3The more connections the computer has the more equipment you can connect to your computer e.g. a modem, printer, scanner, digital camera, PDANo. of Firewire Connections0High speed data transfer link for digital video and other media. Ideal for quickly downloading video images from a camcorder to PCInfrared Port IncludedNOAllowing you to connect to other devices with infrared such as an infrared enabled mobile phoneOther InterfacesHDMI, WIFI, Battery TypeLithium ion Software Titles IncludedMicrosoft Works Weight2.3kg kgThis is the weight of the appliance in KGHeight33.95 mm Width245 mm Depth342 mm ColourBlack Floppy Disk DriveNOFloppy disks are 3.5" square and store a small amount of data. CDs,DVDs and memory sticks are now usually used instead

mills_scoobygang

Prehaps the researchers could update the "Top deals" of the main article. It would be nice to see the best deals of the different classifications currently available.

vinuela13

Hi

This one

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159081/show_product_overview

or this

http://direct.asda.com/Emachines-Laptop/000584169,default,pd.html

Any advice wouldbe appreciated.
Thanks

Ramsy66

Hi

My old Laptop has died (Dell Inspiron bought in 2004) and i'm on th hunt for another.

I don't really want ot spend more than £400 and have only looked at the Dell website.

The Inspiron 1545 is on at £398.99 (reduced from £562.99) until tomorrow and wondered if this was better than the one's that have been recomended?

I only us the laptop for I-tunes, internet and generally storage of photos. Not really got time to play game, and space is a key factor as i don't have room for a desk top.

Do you have any other suggestions than the above?

Cheers

Ramsy66

Wolfsbane2k

Ramsy66 wrote: »

Hi

The Inspiron 1545 is on at £398.99 (reduced from £562.99) until tomorrow and wondered if this was better than the one's that have been recomended?
Ramsy66

Hi,

I've recently seen the 3GB T4200 dell 1545 on offer in pcworld and currys at 399.99 for take home, ( ohhh, 379.99 for the "black version on currys.co.uk , SKU 859916 and i've seen it at tesco stores for 369.99)

I'm assuming you know what your looking for in terms of hard drive space vs RAM etc?

Beware, these "Laptops" don't have more than 2 hours battery life...:mad:

GTG

The spec looks OK for my use on this one http://www.toshiba.co.uk/businesslaptops/range/everyday_computing/satellite_pro_l300.php

Not sure about the CPU size... is it 2Ghz?

£329 + VAT looks reasonable to me. I understand Toshibas are reliable.

Anyone....... ?

4743hudsonj

GTG wrote: »

The spec looks OK for my use on this one http://www.toshiba.co.uk/businesslaptops/range/everyday_computing/satellite_pro_l300.php

Not sure about the CPU size... is it 2Ghz?

£329 + VAT looks reasonable to me. I understand Toshibas are reliable.

Anyone....... ?

thats ok, good price

but i would go for one of these
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_L300D-20R_Laptop_PSLC9E-00V001EN/version.asp?PID=1049

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_L300D-22E_Laptop_PSLC9E-016001EN/version.asp?PID=1049

ok so you take a bit of a hit on the processor(intel is preferable to amd even though the amd is clocked slightly higher) but you get improvements everywhere else for not a lot more, the second option just has a 90gb larger hard drive to the first, worth an extra tenner imho.

on an unrelated note, my <£400 decent laptop is this

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_A300-2C2_Laptop_PSAG9E-023010EN/version.asp?PID=1049