Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

JDPower

Charlie79 wrote: »

Hi All,

I'm looking for a laptop under £450 (yes I know the thread is sub £350 but didn't want to start a new thread and get told off for it!).

I need it to work from home remotely, running numerous large Excel spreadsheets simultaneously. Also uploading photos, general surfing - possibly watching programmes on iPlayer.

I'm thinking I'll need an i5 so was looking at these 3:

Toshibahttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-Satellite-C855-18D-15-6-inch-i5-3210M/dp/B008CO24DC/ref=sr_1_21?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1349431495&sr=1-21

Samsung http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-NP350V5C-Integrated-Graphics-Windows/dp/B008EJGJKO/ref=sr_1_13?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1349431495&sr=1-13

Asus http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-15-6-inch-Graphics-Windows-Premium/dp/B00871NLJG/ref=sr_1_17?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1349431495&sr=1-17

Any preferences?

Thanks in advance,
Charlie

I think I'd be swayed towards the Asus, they all have the same processor but the dedicated graphics of the Asus just swings it for value for money. Dedicated gfx may not be necessary for what you will be using it for but given processor and costs are fairly equal amongst all three you might as well have it as not. Only thing to consider is that it has 4gb RAM, as opposed to the other two's 6GB. Probably not a problem but if it is, it's easy and cheap enough (about £30 for 8Mb) to upgrade yourself if you find it necessary in future.

Charlie79

Thanks for the advice. Sadly the Asus has gone up from £429 to £546 since my original post!

JDPower

Charlie79 wrote: »

Thanks for the advice. Sadly the Asus has gone up from £429 to £546 since my original post!

Looks like it's gone out of stock with Amazon so the price showing now is the next best priced seller. If you're not in a hurry might be worth waiting to see if Amazon get it back in stock at the original price next week.

luminated

Yesterday I posted about anti glare screen to put on a laptop but saw this thread and feel perhaps I should ask on here can you still buy matte screen laptops anywhere under £350.

I have Googled a lot but only come across ones a lot lot dearer.

NiftyDigits

luminated wrote: »

Yesterday I posted about anti glare screen to put on a laptop but saw this thread and feel perhaps I should ask on here can you still buy matte screen laptops anywhere under £350.

I have Googled a lot but only come across ones a lot lot dearer.

Samsung Series 3. Look here

isushi

Hello,

About the vouch there is one for apparently 10% off any Dell order.

http://www.vouchercodes.co.uk/dell.co.uk

However it only lasts today.

I have also found this laptop which is a pretty good deal for £400.

Toshiba Satellite Pro L850-1DV Laptop - Core i5 3210M, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD 15.6" (Dabs - £400 incl delivery or about £392 with cashback)

http://www.dabs.com/products/toshiba-satellite-pro-l850-1dv-core-i5-3210m-4gb-ram-500gb-hdd-15-6--dvd-supermulti-w7hp-87X7.html?ReferrerID=tb&utm_source=td&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_content=TB00

JDPower

isushi wrote: »

Hello,

About the vouch there is one for apparently 10% off any Dell order.

http://www.vouchercodes.co.uk/dell.co.uk

However it only lasts today.

There is almost always a voucher code of some sort available for Dell so don't panic about that one running out. I would suggest anyone thinking of buying through Dell google for a code first and if you don't find one, just wait a week and there'll be a new one (I seem to get a Dell email almost every friday informing me of a 10% voucher and/or free delivery). Also the cashback sites usually have generous cashback for Dell too. I bought a Dell a few months back and combination of 10% voucher, free delivery offer and cashback it knocked about 80-90 quid off the price.

grumpycrab

If anybody's looking for a laptop and wants a 3 year warranty BHS direct charges 10% of laptop price to provide the extra 2 years.
laptops here http://search.bhsdirect.co.uk/nav/ml/laptopsnetbooks/type/laptops/0?&isort=score

e.g. this i3-2310M with 4GB RAM and 7 hour battery (disk is ony 320GB) for £350 with 3 year warranty
http://www.bhsdirect.co.uk/BH_FUJITSU_Notebook_10069146/version.asp
(Quidco gives -2%)

bevanuk

http://www.electrical-deals.co.uk/acer-aspire-5733-core-i3-370m-2.4ghz-6gb-ram-750gb-hdd-windows-7-15.6-laptop.html

• Acer Aspire 5733 Intel Core i3-370m 2.4Ghz 6GB RAM 750GB HDD Windows 7 15.6" Laptop
• £299

NiftyDigits

bevanuk wrote: »

http://www.electrical-deals.co.uk/acer-aspire-5733-core-i3-370m-2.4ghz-6gb-ram-750gb-hdd-windows-7-15.6-laptop.html

• Acer Aspire 5733 Intel Core i3-370m 2.4Ghz 6GB RAM 750GB HDD Windows 7 15.6" Laptop
• £299

Not really an amazing deal.