Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

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paul2468 wrote: »

My local Asda has the Dell inspirion M5040 on sale at £279.00 can anyone tell me if this is a good buy as we were going to get our 8 year old a 10" netbook but this seems a good price...sorry but not sure how to post a link.

Without the machine specification, we cannot tell.

GingerWarrior

Hi there - am looking for 2 laptops (1 for me and 1 for the folks)

For me - I generally use it for Microsoft Office, watching films (which I could always plug into the TV via HDMI) and surfing the net. I wouldn't mind playing games on it - like Football Manager.

For them - they use it for internet, bit of MO, watching iPlayer and using Skype (so would need a decent webcam/mic combo)

Budget is £500 for each - but happy to hear thoughts on what's out there.

USB 3.0 would be useful for both, especially for backing up.

barnishroader

Millionaire wrote: »

2nd Gen i5 for £442 also get £25 off with code SAVER25 so £417 also don't forget cashback from Quidco or Topcashback

http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-k53e-sx123v-i5-2410m-4gb-500gb-15-6-w7hp-7QPW.html?q=asus?ReferrerID=tb&utm_source=td&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_content=TB00

2nd Gen i3 for £350

http://www.ebuyer.com/285944-fujitsu-ah531-laptop-vfy-ah531mrsc2gb


2nd Gen i7 for £499 which is I think same model tyoe to the acer you listed.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5085271/c_1/1|category_root|Office,%20PCs%20and%20phones|14418968/c_2/2|14418968|Laptops%20and%20netbooks|14419039/c_3/3|cat_14419039|Laptops|14419040.htm?storeId=10001&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fstatic%2FProduct%2FpartNumber%2F5085271%2Fc_1%2F1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968%2Fc_2%2F2%7C14418968%7CLaptops+and+netbooks%7C14419039%2Fc_3%2F3%7Ccat_14419039%7CLaptops%7C14419040.htm&jspStoreDir=argos&_%24ja=tsid%3A11674%7Cprd%3A1546795&referrer=COJUN&cmpid=COJUN

Thanks for that.
What do you mean by 2nd Gen?

Millionaire

barryheffron wrote: »

Thanks for that.
What do you mean by 2nd Gen?

It's the new Intel i processors nicknamed Sandybridge. They are replacing the first Generation of I processors.

Millionaire

janeseemore wrote: »

Hi everyone, was looking to purchase a laptop around £350 mark.

I was looking for an Intel i3 processor as I heard for the budget they are one of the best processors to have.

Anyways I had my eyes on the Lenovo B570 15.6 inch Notebook on Amazon

This was priced at £399.98 a few days ago. And it was just the price I was not keen on, checked last night and was amazed to see it had gone down to £378.99:eek:!! I purchased it right away, now I can not wait for it to be delivered:j. Yo ucan also purchase the 3GB Ram version for £374.99.

(Core i3-2310M, RAM 4GB, HDD 500GB, DVDRW, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit) - Black

£353.99 at dabs with £25 voucher off:o. Use code SAVER25 (last day) Can you cancel Amazon order?

http://www.dabs.com/products/lenovo-b570-i3-2310m-4gb-500gb-dvd-rw-15-6--w7hp-7FQX.html?src=2

janeseemore

Millionaire wrote: »

£353.99 at dabs with £25 voucher off:o. Use code SAVER25 (last day) Can you cancel Amazon order?

OMG you know I even when onto this site before purchasing! But was not sure if the company was trust worthy or not!!

Its too late for me to cancel! Oh well you win some and you loose some!

Thanks anways

boris71

Hi, can anyone here tell me if this is a reasonable deal?

Samsung 200B5A


Intel® Celeron Dual Core P4600 Processor, 15.6" HD Screen, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, 6GB DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD, DVD Rewriter, Webcam & HDMI, Integrated Graphics, NP200B5A-A01UK

£329(-£50 cashback)



Many thanks

boris71

Millionaire

janeseemore wrote: »

Millionaire wrote: »

£353.99 at dabs with £25 voucher off:o. Use code SAVER25 (last day) Can you cancel Amazon order?

OMG you know I even when onto this site before purchasing! But was not sure if the company was trust worthy or not!!

Its too late for me to cancel! Oh well you win some and you loose some!

Thanks anways

No problem. Still a good price at what you got it at.

moneyrab

The Fujitsu and Lenovo above for £350 with the spec -> i3-2310M 4GB 500GB, are both good value BUT really for any laptop you should be looking for an extended warranty.

Some people will say that even if a laptop fails beyond the "standard" 1 year you can still get it fixed, but I'd still prefer to get some extra cover.

With that in mind the Dabs 3 year warranty extension (Lenovo) for £59 looks good.

JDPower

boris71 wrote: »

Hi, can anyone here tell me if this is a reasonable deal?

Samsung 200B5A


Intel® Celeron Dual Core P4600 Processor, 15.6" HD Screen, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, 6GB DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD, DVD Rewriter, Webcam & HDMI, Integrated Graphics, NP200B5A-A01UK

£329(-£50 cashback)

At £279 it's about its money (at £329 it's pretty overpriced), but is really quite a poor processor. You would be better looking at one of the i3 laptops in the various posts above.