Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

jakem_2

Hi, seen this one advertised on ebay for £299 just want to know what your opinions are, or has anyone got one and can give thier opinions :-)

Dell Inspiron AMD Athlon II Dual Core,4GB,500GB,Win7 HP

GT60

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Hi i have found This is it better than the above as it is for course work.
Dont want to spend more than £350
What makes should i avoid?
PM if you wish

Thanks

Pikeyp

jakem wrote: »

Hi, seen this one advertised on ebay for £299 just want to know what your opinions are, or has anyone got one and can give thier opinions :-)

Dell Inspiron AMD Athlon II Dual Core,4GB,500GB,Win7 HP

Is this the one with the free bag?

I'm curious about this model myself as it happens ..

Processor:

• *AMD Athlon II Dual-Core Mobile Processor P360
• *2.3GHz Clock
• *3200MHz FSB
• *1MB Cache

Memory:

• *4096MB (2 x 2048MB) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel RAM

Storage:

• *500GB SATA Hard Drive (5,400rpm)
• *3-in-1 Media Card Reader
• *8x DVD+/- RW Optical Drive

Graphics:

• *ATI Mobility Radeon HD4250
• *AMD M880G + SB820M Chipset
• *D-SUB (VGA) Port

Battery:

• *6-Cell 48W/Hr Li-Ion Battery

Connectivity:

• *Atheros 802.11n Wireless (WiFi)
• *Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal 2.1 mini-card
• *3 x USB 2.0 (Left)
• *Kensington Lock Port (Right)
• *D-SUB Out (VGA)
• *3-in-1 Media Card Reader
• *0.3mp Integrated Webcam
• *3.5mm Headphone-Out
• *3.5mm Microphone-In
• *Ethernet (RJ-45) LAN

Operating System:

• *Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Included Software:

• *Microsoft Office 2010 Starter (Word, Excel)
• *McAfee Security Centre 30-Day Starter
• *DataSafe Online 2GB Backup Storage (1 year)
• *Computrace LoJack Security (1 year)

Dimensions:

• *37.7mm x 378mm x 245mm (HxWxD)
• *Weight: 2.73 kg

Warranty:

• *12 months Dell Warranty cover

Wannie_2

takeiteasy77 wrote: »

Umm no its called finding a deal If something is Ex-display you can normally save 25%+ just because its been out the box lol

What do we all do when we get a PC home.... thats right we un-box it. Differenced is mine was already un-boxed for me

Oh and lets not forget ex display units still come with the same warranty

You can call it whatever you like. I'm just saying that I would not be interested in a PC World 'ex-display' unit. Knowing that it was plugged in for up ten hours a day, being fingered by a multitude of people.

If that is what you call "just being out the box", so be it.

You statements just don't seem to make sense to me.

Anyway, who cares? You are happy and that's the main thing.

jakem_2

Hi PikeyP, it is the one with the free bag, I have checked back on his feedback, but the ones who have bought doesnt actually say anything about the product, just fast delivery etc etc.

GT60

Hiu i was chating to Dell last night and that laptop is no longer made, the replacement one they belive is this one but i think the toshiba lappy from the other page or even this one is the same or better and cheaper

Also some of the reveiws on the dell web site are stating hard drives that fail, this could be true because i have an old lappy and a new desktop from dell and both have had replacement hard drives.
The desktop was within a month of purchase the lappy was longer.

GT60

quick update this site has jinks my Dell desktop as the hard drive has just failed again for the second time in 4 months

LallyPops

Hi guys,

I was wondering if you could help. My little bro is working on his masters dissertation and his laptop has completely died on him. He is desperate to get a replacement asap ( ideally to purchase today, instore as time is of the essence!), and has asked me to have a look around and see what is available. His budget is really £300 as he needs to allow for purchasing Office, although I think he would push up the budget to £350 if there was a cracking deal to be had. I have found this one which is in our local store

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compaq-presario-cq56-206sa-15-6-laptop-black-10969073-pdt.html

and was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on it or could recommend something better? I'm no expert in these fields and am trying to help him out given he's in a blind panic at the moment!

Thanks ever so much in advance.

Wannie_2

LallyPops wrote: »

Hi guys,

I was wondering if you could help. My little bro is working on his masters dissertation and his laptop has completely died on him. He is desperate to get a replacement asap ( ideally to purchase today, instore as time is of the essence!), and has asked me to have a look around and see what is available. His budget is really £300 as he needs to allow for purchasing Office, although I think he would push up the budget to £350 if there was a cracking deal to be had. I have found this one which is in our local store

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compaq-presario-cq56-206sa-15-6-laptop-black-10969073-pdt.html

and was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on it or could recommend something better? I'm no expert in these fields and am trying to help him out given he's in a blind panic at the moment!

Thanks ever so much in advance.

What is wrong with his laptop? Avoid PC World....for anything.

LallyPops

Hi!

From what I gather, it has been crashing on him when he's been working - so not even during anything that's particularly intensive - just working on essays and surfing the net. He's not around at the moment to ask (he's en route home at the moment from uni) but I know that the laptop is over 6 years old and he says he's tried everything to sort it out, even wiping and re-installing but to no avail. I'm sorry I can't say anymore than that but all I know is that he is terrified that if he doesn't get a new laptop soon, he's going to fail his MA, so I'm having to deal with panic of failure as well as panic purchasing!

I know he doesn't need anything for gaming - just work primarily, surfing the net, viewing films and storing photos - but I just don't know where to go to pick up something today/tomorrow which is vaguely decent. He is saying he can't wait until Monday which really puts us in a bind as I'm sure the best deals are to be had online, so I 'resorted' to looking at PC world as it's one of the only places I will be able to get to easily to pick something up, bar Comet and Currys. It's all a bit of a nightmare, tbh.