Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

pitkin2020

Phew lot of posts to take in and I have read so much now my head is spinning even more lol. Basically its time for an upgrade I have nursed my equium along for a couple of years now but its underpowered, underspec, undersize (HDD) no battery life and needs to be upgraded.

Even with all those problems it has been super reliable and even now its dying it still fires up and even when your legs are on fire it still runs lol.

Anyway have around the £350 mark to spend (give or take £50ish). I use my laptop for obvious stuff like itunes, surfing the web email, streaming iplayer etc but also need something that is capable of running adobe lightroom, photoshop, illustrator, bridge and corel draw. With some of those programs running together ideally without a 30 min lag like I get now just running corel draw lol.

Not really looking at anything other than new, but would consider a refurb if the price difference from new was significant enough to justify it.

I came across this Tosh http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_C660-2DN_1177864.html

but also liked the look of the spec on this fujistu http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-FUJITSU-LIFEBOOK-AH531-Laptop/211847

any other suggestions on better spec for the same money or less much appreciated.

m5rcc

HP G6 A8 Quad Core 6GB Ram 1TB HDD Refurb @ Currys £319.99

pitkin2020

m5rcc wrote: »

HP G6 A8 Quad Core 6GB Ram 1TB HDD Refurb @ Currys £319.99

not a bad price at all, is that processor better than an I3?? Would love to find that spec in a Tosh now lol

m5rcc

pitkin2020 wrote: »

not a bad price at all, is that processor better than an I3?? Would love to find that spec in a Tosh now lol

Prefer an Intel Core ix but it's still a very good deal.

pitkin2020

m5rcc wrote: »

Prefer an Intel Core ix but it's still a very good deal.

it is a good deal, 6gb of RAM and a 1TB drive along with decent graphics makes it ok for that sort of money. TBH think im going to look for a toshiba though after reading all the bad reviews of HP of late.
Thanks

TakeThis

pitkin2020 wrote: »

it is a good deal, 6gb of RAM and a 1TB drive along with decent graphics makes it ok for that sort of money. TBH think im going to look for a toshiba though after reading all the bad reviews of HP of late.
Thanks

Toshiba Satellite C660-1ZM(Refurb) £293.98

patchman

Hi , I'm torn between these 2 Toshiba laptops http://www.dabs.com/products/toshiba-satellite-pro-c660-2kj-core-i3-380-4gb-640gb-15-6--dvd-sm-w7hp-64-bit-82G6.html?refs=54580000-15&src=3 & http://www.ebuyer.com/288874-toshiba-satellite-pro-c660-2f8-laptop-psc1me-01g00ken , the Ebuyer one has 6GB memory and the Dabs one has 4GB memory but has a faster i3 processor, theres only a tenner between them, could some kind techie recommend one over the other please??:beer:
thanks in advance,

JDPower

patchman wrote: »

Hi , I'm torn between these 2 Toshiba laptops http://www.dabs.com/products/toshiba-satellite-pro-c660-2kj-core-i3-380-4gb-640gb-15-6--dvd-sm-w7hp-64-bit-82G6.html?refs=54580000-15&src=3 & http://www.ebuyer.com/288874-toshiba-satellite-pro-c660-2f8-laptop-psc1me-01g00ken , the Ebuyer one has 6GB memory and the Dabs one has 4GB memory but has a faster i3 processor, theres only a tenner between them, could some kind techie recommend one over the other please??:beer:
thanks in advance,

The ebuyer one had a second gen i3 and more RAM, easy choice IMO.

m5rcc

Dell Inspiron 15 Intel Core i3 Laptop; 15.6ins; 4GB Ram; 500GB Hard Drive NOW £349 @ Asda

patchman

m5rcc wrote: »

Dell Inspiron 15 Intel Core i3 Laptop; 15.6ins; 4GB Ram; 500GB Hard Drive NOW £349 @ Asda

This is very similar in spec9apart from RAM) to http://www.ebuyer.com/288874-toshiba-satellite-pro-c660-2f8-laptop-psc1me-01g00ken

which one should I go for ? I've got to order one today!!

thanks