Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

grumpycrab

Avoid the HP one. For some reason its got a really slow processor (the AMD V140) even though it runs at 2.3GHz.
The following Lenovo has a big disk and lot of memory -> (£300) https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_B550_1029392.html
I don't know about brand reliability (Lenova was IBM?) but remember at this price battery life will be low.

diamond57

grumpycrab wrote: »

Avoid the HP one. For some reason its got a really slow processor (the AMD V140) even though it runs at 2.3GHz.
The following Lenovo has a big disk and lot of memory -> (£300) https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_B550_1029392.html
I don't know about brand reliability (Lenova was IBM?) but remember at this price battery life will be low.

Thanks for the advice, what sort of battery life would I be looking at for this price, and how much more roughly to get longer?

grumpycrab

diamond57 wrote: »

Thanks for the advice, what sort of battery life would I be looking at for this price, and how much more roughly to get longer?

A couple of hours at this price; then start paying £370 for lots more hours (I'm not an expert, but here's an example NB. smaller screen http://www.it247.com/product/1/XXASUD62/LX-PCR02-021-Acer-Aspire-Timeline-3810T-Core-2-Duo-SU9400-13-3-TFT.html)

s4mmy

grumpycrab wrote: »

What's your budget? Good CPU but its £440. Being discussed here

Found it on saveonlaptops for 350 but may be added extras?

grumpycrab

s4mmy wrote: »

Found it on saveonlaptops for 350 but may be added extras?

Sorry (been away). Don't know about the G560 but this one might be similar (G565) unusual CPU (average/good performance) but good disk and RAM. http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G565_1044140.html

nat0

Tesco have had some excellent offers on Dell laptops - a good option if you just want to walk in and pick one up

grumpycrab

If you like Toshiba and 2 year warranties here are a couple from Argos. Quite basic e.g. no HDMI

i3 380M cpu (benchmark 2285), good battery, £350, 2nd year warranty in the box argos1

T3300 cpu (benchmark 1422), average battery, £300, 2nd year warranty in the box NOT CONFIRMED BUT SEE BELOW. argos2

If 2nd year warranty is not in the box for the £300 Satellite Toshiba you can buy one from Toshiba for £27 at the following address Toshiba 2nd year warranty

EDIT: also if you have an old laptop (upto 4 years old and working) you can get £50 tradein on it. (Check all the blurb first though!)

gideon_online

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5083297/c_1/1|category_root|Office%2C+PCs+and+phones|14418968/c_2/2|14418968|Laptops+and+netbooks|14419039/c_3/3|cat_14419039|Laptops|14419040.htm


Hi I'm looking at ordering this laptop from Argos, would any techies please give me the lowdown on whether this is a decent machine for the price, many thanks.

grumpycrab

gideon_online wrote: »

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5083297/c_1/1|category_root|Office%2C+PCs+and+phones|14418968/c_2/2|14418968|Laptops+and+netbooks|14419039/c_3/3|cat_14419039|Laptops|14419040.htm


Hi I'm looking at ordering this laptop from Argos, would any techies please give me the lowdown on whether this is a decent machine for the price, many thanks.

Poor battery (not unexpected at this price point) but ok CPU (benchmark 1,502).
For 500GB disk and 4GB RAM might as well go for https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_B550_1029392.html
EDIT: or see the 2 Toshibas above. One of them is £300 and has a better battery and possible free 2nd year warranty.

grumpycrab

This wont be around long. If you want a portable Toshiba 13.3" with excellent battery, disk and memory (mobile CPU is slow) and warranty options buy this now from Ebay (they're NEW)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110633117048&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_2098wt_1199

Warranty extension options et al :- http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/jsp/SUPPORTSECTION/discontinuedProductPage.do?service=UK&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&PRODUCT_ID=1088561&tab=2#2 (NB. I don't know for certain that the warranty options will be available on this laptop, but they are are NEW so should be.)