Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

cestlavie

pls keep brilliant advice and bargain deals found coming, have to by my first laptop by this bank holiday and don't have a clue about these things !
best wishes

Wannie_2

lisa76 wrote: »

What do you think of this offer..........
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5085752/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/2%7C14418968%7CLaptops+and+netbooks%7C14419039/c_3/3%7Ccat_14419039%7CLaptops%7C14419040.htm
It's for my Mum who will only ever use it for uploading a few photos (never printing) and surfing the internet a little bit.
Seems like a good deal if we trade in her old laptop and get the Office package and free printer.
I was just wondering why it hadn't been mentioned on here.

It is not included in the lists of eligible laptops. Not sure of the reason why, as it's little brother the C660-125 is included.

grumpycrab

cestlavie wrote: »

pls keep brilliant advice and bargain deals found coming, have to buy my first laptop by this bank holiday and don't have a clue about these things !
best wishes

What's your budget? Best value at the moment is this from John-Lewis (back in stock)
http://www.johnlewis.com/Shopping/Product.aspx?Type=SKU&Id=231297501
Great processor (not upgradeable so always buy the best you can afford); lots of disk and memory. 2 year warranty. 3 would be better (laptops aren't reliable).

Only downside is no HDMI which is the best way to connect to a TV (you can still do this - you just need a VGA cable + audio cable).

cestlavie

grumpycrab wrote: »

What's your budget? Best value at the moment is this from John-Lewis (back in stock)
http://www.johnlewis.com/Shopping/Product.aspx?Type=SKU&Id=231297501
Great processor (not upgradeable so always buy the best you can afford); lots of disk and memory. 2 year warranty. 3 would be better (laptops aren't reliable).

Only downside is no HDMI which is the best way to connect to a TV (you can still do this - you just need a VGA cable + audio cable).

hi, thanks for link. budget is no more than £350. i just need something to surf web, skype, load photos etc and watch dvds. want soemthing quite light too as i shall travel with it. i'm not at all techie so i wouldn't have a clue about hdmi or connecting to a tv - that's way above my level! best wishes, cestlavie

gina-g_4

cestlavie wrote: »

pls keep brilliant advice and bargain deals found coming, have to by my first laptop by this bank holiday and don't have a clue about these things !
best wishes

I'm still pondering, my budget is £350 top end, would prefer £300 mark for my son. He has a netbook that is incredibly slow on the net and frustrates him so speed is the priority.

I have no idea what all the jargon means, i take it the i3 processor is the fastest. I think it seems to be between the sainsbury's Samsung RV511 A09UK Intel Core i3, and the Toshiba Satellite C660-21M Laptop, Intel Core i3, both £350 but the sainsbury's one has £50 cash back.

This forum is fab by the way, i am learning so much here, thank you all

BOBS

grumpycrab wrote: »

What's your budget? Best value at the moment is this from John-Lewis (back in stock)
http://www.johnlewis.com/Shopping/Product.aspx?Type=SKU&Id=231297501
Great processor (not upgradeable so always buy the best you can afford); lots of disk and memory. 2 year warranty. 3 would be better (laptops aren't reliable).

Only downside is no HDMI which is the best way to connect to a TV (you can still do this - you just need a VGA cable + audio cable).

would love to buy this one now - but as for Christmas pressie would miss out the 90 days support and 4 months of the guarantee.............. oh decisions decisions!!!

Wannie_2

gina-g wrote: »

I'm still pondering, my budget is £350 top end, would prefer £300 mark for my son. He has a netbook that is incredibly slow on the net and frustrates him so speed is the priority.

I have no idea what all the jargon means, i take it the i3 processor is the fastest. I think it seems to be between the sainsbury's Samsung RV511 A09UK Intel Core i3, and the Toshiba Satellite C660-21M Laptop, Intel Core i3, both £350 but the sainsbury's one has £50 cash back.

This forum is fab by the way, i am learning so much here, thank you all

By the way of a stopgap, upgrade the RAM in the Netbook. Will speed things up no end and cost no more than £20.
Which brand and model is the Netbook?

skater_kat

anyone know of any good deals with student discount?

grizzly1911

gina-g wrote: »

I have no idea what all the jargon means, i take it the i3 processor is the fastest. I think it seems to be between the sainsbury's Samsung RV511 A09UK Intel Core i3, and the Toshiba Satellite C660-21M Laptop, Intel Core i3, both £350 but the sainsbury's one has £50 cash back.

This forum is fab by the way, i am learning so much here, thank you all

The John Lewis one does have a Toshiba cashback offer linked to Rugby performance in the forthcoming world cup. Simple to register and the optimistic forecast suggests anything UPTO £100 is possible.

I still think it is a good deal without this additional offer though.

CazuaLL

There is a £300 Toshiba in argos at the moment with a 4GB ram and i5 processor, brilliant deal!