Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

grumpycrab

For those of you monitoring this thread here's a great deal. The Evil Amazon and Tesco are price-matching a good spec Toshiba...

A new Toshiba C660-220 i3-370M/4GB/500GB £309 Delivered @ Tesco (Use Code TD-RPHX for £20 off).
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.212-3150.aspx

Price-matched by Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005LG4EP0/ref=nosim/?!!!!!hotukdeals-21

And reasonable (priced) Toshiba warranty extensions available http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Satellite-C660-220/1110363/toshibaShop/false/tab/2/#2

EDIT: Note does not have an HDMI connector and only two usb ports.

Orange_King

bizzybee wrote: »

I was thinking of ordering this from Asda

http://direct.asda.com/Toshiba-Satellite-C660D-1C6-Laptop---3GB-RAM---320-Hard-Drive/000513483,default,pd.html

I only want to use it for word processing and surfing the net. Can someone with more knowledge than me (the rest of the population) let me know if it's worth the price of £259.

Many thanks.

This looks ideal for my youngest - thanks bizzybee.

Am needing a second for the older son with graphics spec to allo Age of Empires type game play. I assume a decent graphics spec will see the price rise to well over £400?

EDIT!!

Can anyon eplease compare the asda deal to this one and advise which has the better performance for day to day usage please?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-l755d-10u-15-6-laptop-red-09797910-pdt.html

TakeThis

Orange_King wrote: »

This looks ideal for my youngest - thanks bizzybee.

Am needing a second for the older son with graphics spec to allo Age of Empires type game play. I assume a decent graphics spec will see the price rise to well over £400?

EDIT!!

Can anyon eplease compare the asda deal to this one and advise which has the better performance for day to day usage please?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-l755d-10u-15-6-laptop-red-09797910-pdt.html

It's a better deal, if you can find it in stock.

grumpycrab

Fujitsu AH531 15.6" Intel (Sandybridge) Core i3 Win7 Laptop 4GB Ram (8GB Max) 500GB HDD DVD HDMI Bluetooth Webcam £329.94 @ Dabs @Ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220895712020&clk_rvr_id=285270119082&clk_rvr_id=285270119082

3 year warranty approx £50.

grumpycrab

OR if you like Dell a slightly better CPU for £341 -> Dell Inspiron 15R N5050 Core i3-2330m, 3GB ram, 320GB hard drive £341 (or Core i5 £388).
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-inspiron-15r-n5050-core-i3-2330m-3gb-ram-320gb-hard-drive-341-core-i5-388-dell-1064766

boatman

Anyone looking for a laptop ought to head down to your local Sainsbury as they have a few for £230-250 and £300. Ask them to check the prices on the ones they have as the labels on most are out of date. The Medion ones are new processors(i3-2310m, £250 or i5-2410, £300) but most are perfectly good previous processors(i3-330 or i3-370), there are a few Celeron ones which are a bit slower, there is also a nice Acer 5552 with AMD Phenom N830 processor, 500Gb hard drive, red or black. Certainly worth a look, maybe note down what model numbers and check them out first.

rusty_bin

im looking for a laptop at £400 ish, found one on ebuyer.com quick find code: 288206, what do people in the know think?

ebuyer.com/288206-zoostorm-laptop-7873-9032

TakeThis

rusty_bin wrote: »

im looking for a laptop at £400 ish, found one on ebuyer.com quick find code: 288206, what do people in the know think?

ebuyer.com/288206-zoostorm-laptop-7873-9032

Not much different to the specification of the Fujitsu AH531 from DABS Outlet for £330.

matty1803

these Dell laptops that Asda have on offer - cannot find the exact model on Dells website.

it seems to have a different processor than those laptops on the website - AMD Brazos C60 rather than Intel celeron.

are they selling off Dells discontinued lines or are the US versions (Asda being owned by Wallmart)?


i'm not allowed to post a link apparently?? its the Dell Inspiron M5040 Laptop

rusty_bin

TakeThis wrote: »

Not much different to the specification of the Fujitsu AH531 from DABS Outlet for £330.

thanks, have heard bad things about Fujitsu, but i may order this one for my dad and the zoostorm for me

edit: just found the zoostorm on ebay for £329.99 bonus!