Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

grumpycrab

benman00 wrote: »

the two most important things to look for is the processor and the memory, the hard drive and battery life are just bonuses

processor is certainly important (it cannot be upgraded) but you can always add more memory; graphics capabilites MAY also be important; budget laptops have very limited resolutions which may be ok if you're just using the laptop's screen (rather than external monitor)

As a comparision to the Comet laptop for £350 here's one for £70 less, similar (or better) spec. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190509775512

Indigomoon_2

grumpycrab wrote: »

Or
This Acer is almost identical but £100 cheaper. 1 year warranty. Has HDMI, better webcam. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190509775512#ht_4366wt_1139

unfortunately no longer available
just my luck
any idea if it could be found anywhere else at a similar price?

grumpycrab

Indigomoon wrote: »

unfortunately no longer available
just my luck
any idea if it could be found anywhere else at a similar price?

I'm not recommending this but it's a similar spec (smaller disk) for £300 http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5741_988476.html

Indigomoon_2

grumpycrab wrote: »

I'm not recommending this but it's a similar spec (smaller disk) for £300 http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5741_988476.html

Do you mean it's not good and that's why you don't recommend it, or that you don't want to give recommendations as a general rule?
If it's the former, what do you recommend?

grumpycrab

Hi Indigomoon , you wanted the same laptop for a similar price and that's what I found. I didn't recommended it because its got an average spec. That's all.

missymugwump

Ok so it's £29 over but didn't want to start a new thread,is this the good deal it appears ?
I would appreciate your opinions please

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-c660d-154-4gb-memory-640gb-hard-drive-white-08702370-pdt.html

GingerWarrior

missymugwump wrote: »

Ok so it's £29 over but didn't want to start a new thread,is this the good deal it appears ?
I would appreciate your opinions please

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-c660d-154-4gb-memory-640gb-hard-drive-white-08702370-pdt.html

Unfortunately it says it's not available anymore

Have just found this laptop, which is under the £350 - however there's an extra £75 cash back...

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5552_Windows_7_Laptop_LX.R4402.076/version.asp?PID=

• Screen size - 15.6 in
• Processor - AMD Athlon II X2 - 2.1 GHz
• RAM - 3 GB
• Hard Drive - 320 GB
• Operating System - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
• Optical Drive - DVD Super Multi
• Graphics - ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
• Webcam - Integrated
• Warranty - 1 year warranty

grumpycrab

GingerWarrior wrote: »

...Warranty - 1 year warranty

3 year free warranty this weekend; Note 1. getting the cashback may be time-consuming and 2. the extended warranty mey not be as good as it sounds.

GingerWarrior

grumpycrab wrote: »

3 year free warranty this weekend; Note 1. getting the cashback may be time-consuming and 2. the extended warranty mey not be as good as it sounds.

Fair play - just thought I'd show it.

I'm considering getting a new laptop - as my Sony Vaio VGN-FZ19VN just seems to be very slow, despite me regularly doing disk clean ups and defragging.

Have seen a Macbook in action - but they seem so expensive, but I guess that's what you get with Apple.

I know my parents are looking to get a new laptop after one of their's ended up being unrepairable - so not sure whether there are companies out there to do deals on selling two laptops!

gm147

Advent quantum q200 pc world was £449 - now £249