Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

karl-123

the sandybridge chip is intels new baby,
the 13 2310 is the basic one but a " goodun"
you can get one for £ 350,
the i5 sandybridge will be this price next year,

i get a new laptop every summer and give away the old one,
to family or friends, i am currently using the acer 3820tz,
it was £ 350 from saveonlaptops
its brilliant for what i use it for battery lasts all day 8hrs,
on a single charge the new acer ones last 10hrs but they are dear,

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

here is a cheap sandybridge i would buy it, a laptop is a laptop at the
end of the day its like choosing a telly or a washer,:T
they all basically do the same thing
tatty bye .... karl xxxxxx
ps me and my cat had kippers for breakfast....:rotfl:

http://ark.intel.com/products/52220

unitedlad

Hi there.

I'm a bit useless when it comes to Laptops, so go easy.

I'm looking a laptop which I can use to watch videos and browse the internet with ease. I'm also looking to play Football Manager 2012 in a high speed. My budget is £300, maybe £350 at a push. Would this amount of money get me what I need? I have listed the recommended spec for the stated game above.

OS – Windows XP/Vista/W7
Processor – XP : 1.4GHz or Faster; Vista/W7 : 2.0GHz or Faster
Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4, Intel Core, AMD Athlon
Memory – XP : 512MB RAM; Vista/W7 : 1.0GB RAM
Hard Drive Space – 2GB
DVD-Drive – 4x Speed
Video Card – 128MB.
Supported Chipsets – Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 or greater; Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater.
Earlier cards may only display 2D Match Viewer Mode and are not supported. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.
Sound Card – DirectX 9.0c compatible

My Acer Aspire is finally beginning to crack up and I don't have the energy to re-format it again. Got ripped off at John Lewis 2 years ago by paying £300 for it!

So any ideas will be appreciated. Cheers!

supermum4

Hi wanting to buy a laptop for DS he will be using it mainly for playing online games and homework can someone tell me if this one is any good for online gaming as i'm completely lost Acer Aspire 5742Z 15.6 inch Notebook ( Intel Pentium P6100, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, DVD, Webcam, Wireless, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit) - Black. Thanks in advance everyone (not sure if posting in right place so please move me if i need to ask questions somewhere else;))

TakeThis

supermum4 wrote: »

Hi wanting to buy a laptop for DS he will be using it mainly for playing online games and homework can someone tell me if this one is any good for online gaming as i'm completely lost Acer Aspire 5742Z 15.6 inch Notebook ( Intel Pentium P6100, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, DVD, Webcam, Wireless, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit) - Black. Thanks in advance everyone (not sure if posting in right place so please move me if i need to ask questions somewhere else;))

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy too expensive. Should be £300 or less. Fine for online games.

hethmar

Ive noticed amazon is very expensive compared with other sites. Zavi have that model for £349, Saveonlaptops have it for £329.

Can I get some advice re warranties please. I am finding decent priced lap tops but then the warranties knock the price up by 50% in many cases. Are warranties worth paying out for please?

martnewts

Hi

I have been offered the below brand new for £300, is this a good laptop for the price??

Useage likely to be web browsing, basic word processing and office work.

See spec below at Dixons

http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-l750d-14r-15-6-laptop-red-11306306-pdt.html?srcid=3&cmpid=comp~Pricerunner~~11306306

TakeThis

martnewts wrote: »

Hi

I have been offered the below brand new for £300, is this a good laptop for the price??

Useage likely to be web browsing, basic word processing and office work.

See spec below at Dixons

http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-l750d-14r-15-6-laptop-red-11306306-pdt.html?srcid=3&cmpid=comp~Pricerunner~~11306306

Good for £300.

hethmar

supermum4 wrote: »

Hi wanting to buy a laptop for DS he will be using it mainly for playing online games and homework can someone tell me if this one is any good for online gaming as i'm completely lost Acer Aspire 5742Z 15.6 inch Notebook ( Intel Pentium P6100, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, DVD, Webcam, Wireless, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit) - Black. Thanks in advance everyone (not sure if posting in right place so please move me if i need to ask questions somewhere else;))

supermum, have a look at this one:

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

TakeThis

hethmar wrote: »

Ive noticed amazon is very expensive compared with other sites. Zavi have that model for £349, Saveonlaptops have it for £329.

Can I get some advice re warranties please. I am finding decent priced lap tops but then the warranties knock the price up by 50% in many cases. Are warranties worth paying out for please?

Not for 50% more. A Toshiba 3 year extended warranty costs around £75. You can find an ACER warranty on eBay for £30. Also, HP Care packs can be found in the same way.

hethmar

Can you help me decide please - between this
http://www.ebuyer.com/285944-fujitsu-ah531-laptop-vfy-ah531mrsc2gb

and

this

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/technology/computing_and_gaming/laptops_and_netbooks/121536207_samsung_nprv511a07uk_intel_core_i3_processor_3gb_320gb_156_silver_and_black_notebook.html?hnav=4294935766

and this

http://www.thehut.com/computing/laptops/fujitsu-lifebook-ah530-laptop/10559026.html

I dont do gaming or dowloading of films - basically I want a laptop that is reliable, easy to use - Id like to net work to my desktop - and fast for (silver)surfing/word processing and my hobbies. However, for £25 or £50 more I may as well get a higher spec model for the speed?