Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

[Deleted User]

my opinion is go with HP or acer, dell are pretty crappy nowdays, other brands are roughly the same although cheaper than dell

stilltheone

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

Can I ask for thoughts on this please? We are looking to buy a laptop for a gift this month and the top budget is £250 and it is for a laptop and not a netbook. It is for general internet use, studying (she is doing an NVQ so bog standard Word type packages), uploading photos etc

If it is not seen as worth buying, any 250 or less laptop recommendations would be really useful. We were looking at the Fujitsu at 249 at Asda discussed on HDUK but it isn't available any more.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310328774766

many thanks

Consider the ACER eMachines eME732Z for £214.97 or £193.47 with the eBay/PayPal voucher code.

Processor Intel® Pentium® P6100 Dual Core (2.0 GHz, 3MB Cache)
Screen 15.6" (Acer CineCrystal, 1366x768 HD, High Brightness)
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
RAM 3GB
Hard Drive 320GB
Optical Drive DVD Rewriter (Records DVDs 8x & CDs 24x & Dual Layer Super Multi)
Graphics Integrated (Intel® GMA X4500 3D Graphics with up to 384MB Shared Memory)
Wireless LAN Wireless (802.11b/g/n Wireless)
Network Card 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet
Integrated Webcam Integrated Webcam(not sure about this. I think there isn't one)
Card Reader 2-in-1 card reader ( SD, MMC )
USB Ports 3x USB 2.0 ports
Speakers Integrated Stereo Speakers
VGA Port 1 External VGA Port
Kensington Lock Kensington lock slot
Charge Time 2.5 Hours
HDMI 1x HDMI Port
Warranty 12 Months emachine Warranty
Battery Life 2-3 Hours (up to 3 hours with power management)
Weight 2-3 Kg (This Model 2.39 Kg)
Finger Print Reader No

Bundled software:

Productivity • eMachines Power Management • eMachines Recovery Management • Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 • Adobe® Reader® 9.1 • Google Toolbar™ • Microsoft® Office 2010 preloaded (purchase a product key to activate) • Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 • Norton™ Online Backup Security • Norton Internet Security™ 2011 Multimedia • NTI Media Maker™ Gaming • WildTangent® Communication and ISP • Microsoft® Silverlight™ • Skype™ • Windows Live™ Essentials — Wave 3 (Mail, Photo Gallery, Live™ Messenger, Writer) Web links and utilities • eMachines Accessory Store • eMachines Identity Card • eMachines Registration • eMachines Updater • eBay® shortcut 2009"

Aman

Could anyone please comment on these 2 models:

1. Toshiba Satellite C660-1LD 15.6 inch laptop intel core i3-380M, 4GB, HDD 640 GB.
Cannot provide link as I am a new member but it's available on Amazon site for £369.99. Also had a related question. Do laptops purchased on amazon come with a 1-2 years warranty which is included in the price or warranty has to be purchased separately?

2. Acer Aspire 5742 i5-480M 3GB 15.6 HDW7HP available on dabs site for £399?

stilltheone

stilltheone wrote: »

Consider the ACER eMachines eME732Z for £214.97 or £193.47 with the eBay/PayPal voucher code.

Processor Intel® Pentium® P6100 Dual Core (2.0 GHz, 3MB Cache)
Screen 15.6" (Acer CineCrystal, 1366x768 HD, High Brightness)
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
RAM 3GB
Hard Drive 320GB
Optical Drive DVD Rewriter (Records DVDs 8x & CDs 24x & Dual Layer Super Multi)
Graphics Integrated (Intel® GMA X4500 3D Graphics with up to 384MB Shared Memory)
Wireless LAN Wireless (802.11b/g/n Wireless)
Network Card 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet
Integrated Webcam Integrated Webcam(not sure about this. I think there isn't one)
Card Reader 2-in-1 card reader ( SD, MMC )
USB Ports 3x USB 2.0 ports
Speakers Integrated Stereo Speakers
VGA Port 1 External VGA Port
Kensington Lock Kensington lock slot
Charge Time 2.5 Hours
HDMI 1x HDMI Port
Warranty 12 Months emachine Warranty
Battery Life 2-3 Hours (up to 3 hours with power management)
Weight 2-3 Kg (This Model 2.39 Kg)
Finger Print Reader No

Bundled software:

Productivity • eMachines Power Management • eMachines Recovery Management • Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 • Adobe® Reader® 9.1 • Google Toolbar™ • Microsoft® Office 2010 preloaded (purchase a product key to activate) • Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 • Norton™ Online Backup Security • Norton Internet Security™ 2011 Multimedia • NTI Media Maker™ Gaming • WildTangent® Communication and ISP • Microsoft® Silverlight™ • Skype™ • Windows Live™ Essentials — Wave 3 (Mail, Photo Gallery, Live™ Messenger, Writer) Web links and utilities • eMachines Accessory Store • eMachines Identity Card • eMachines Registration • eMachines Updater • eBay® shortcut 2009"

I hope Burlesque Babe managed to order one. None had been sold at the time of posting. Now they are all gone. They were good value for under £200.

Polly

This offer has appeared on Groupon. Can I please have advice on whether or not it's a good deal. I'm interested in buying a laptop for my son for GCSE work.

http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal?nlp=&CID=UK_CRM_45_0_0_0&utm_source=Deal_general_newsletter&utm_medium=All_Cities&utm_content=Initial_Version&utm_campaign=Varies

stilltheone

Polly wrote: »

This offer has appeared on Groupon. Can I please have advice on whether or not it's a good deal. I'm interested in buying a laptop for my son for GCSE work.

http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal?nlp=&CID=UK_CRM_45_0_0_0&utm_source=Deal_general_newsletter&utm_medium=All_Cities&utm_content=Initial_Version&utm_campaign=Varies

It isn't... The warranties are good, but the laptop is very average.

JamesN

Polly wrote: »

This offer has appeared on Groupon. Can I please have advice on whether or not it's a good deal. I'm interested in buying a laptop for my son for GCSE work.

http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal?nlp=&CID=UK_CRM_45_0_0_0&utm_source=Deal_general_newsletter&utm_medium=All_Cities&utm_content=Initial_Version&utm_campaign=Varies

My friend asked the same question. It was worth 718 maybe 4 years ago!

woody_56

Polly wrote: »

This offer has appeared on Groupon. Can I please have advice on whether or not it's a good deal. I'm interested in buying a laptop for my son for GCSE work.

http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal?nlp=&CID=UK_CRM_45_0_0_0&utm_source=Deal_general_newsletter&utm_medium=All_Cities&utm_content=Initial_Version&utm_campaign=Varies

Polly i would Goggle Groupon-lots of ifs and buts/i woudn't go there. Jim.

Polly

Have bought lots of low cost items such as beauty and meal vouchers from Groupon without any problems but wary of making such a big purchase. This site is just fantastic for experts with common sense so thank you all. :T You can take it I won't be buying the laptop!

JamesN

Polly wrote: »

Have bought lots of low cost items such as beauty and meal vouchers from Groupon without any problems but wary of making such a big purchase. This site is just fantastic for experts with common sense so thank you all. :T You can take it I won't be buying the laptop!

You're very welcome!