Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

RumRat

This and This give you what you need for half your budget. With a £50 and £30 Cash back deal respectively
That will leave you plenty for your office software unless you use one of the free office suites.
Also contact your Uni to see what deals they can offer for both the laptop and the Office software.

Kernel_Sanders

Rach787 wrote: »

I have about £350 -£450 to spend as it will probably last me the rest of my life, after uni

Are you terminally ill, or do it expect it to last half a century?

melb

Please can anyone tell me if they think this would be a good buy. It's for my son of 18 to replace a Toshiba satellite which I bought refurbished and has been great but is now literally coming apart. He only uses it for blasting out tunes facebook etc and would probably use the DVD player. Would I be better buying another refurb maybe?

RumRat

Either the HP and the Lenovo would work for his current use. But at 18, best ask him what he actually wants, going forward.;)

gonzo24

Anyone got any current recommendations from the post-Christmas sales please? Decent build quality, 15.6 in screen and decent trackpad would be the main requirements.

lisa76

Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but I didn't want to start a new one if I could.

So I'm looking for a laptop for my daughter (11) to carry her through school. She won't use it for gaming but for school work. It'll need Office and Windows 10 I guess.

One thing she's very specific over is that it has to look like a Mac (which obviously I'm not buying her at this age - I can't afford it!). What she means is that the mouse pad can't have buttons - it has to be just a square (hope you understand what I mean).

I'm thinking around £350 ish - and I've got Curry's vouchers so that would be my preferred supplier.

Any help would be appreciated - like what are the basic requirements I need (RAM etc etc).

Thanks in advance.

Fightsback

lisa76 wrote: »

Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but I didn't want to start a new one if I could.

So I'm looking for a laptop for my daughter (11) to carry her through school. She won't use it for gaming but for school work. It'll need Office and Windows 10 I guess.

One thing she's very specific over is that it has to look like a Mac (which obviously I'm not buying her at this age - I can't afford it!). What she means is that the mouse pad can't have buttons - it has to be just a square (hope you understand what I mean).

I'm thinking around £350 ish - and I've got Curry's vouchers so that would be my preferred supplier.

Any help would be appreciated - like what are the basic requirements I need (RAM etc etc).

Thanks in advance.

Please start a new one

Tech_Brij

Is this thread still up? I am looking for best laptop within $300 - $400. Any Suggestions?

JDPower

Tech_Brij wrote: »

Is this thread still up? I am looking for best laptop within $300 - $400. Any Suggestions?

Probably best asking on a US site for US deals

grumpycrab

£299 good i5 CPU. https://www.tesco.com/direct/asus-x555-la-156-inch-notebook-core-i5-4210u-17ghz-4gb-1tb-hdd-black/471-1464.prd