Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

Loonytunes

What does anyone think of this from Amazon?
[FONT=&quot]Acer Aspire 5532 15.6-inch Notebook AMD Athlon X2 L310 Processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB, DVD, Windows 7 Home Premium[/FONT]

I know its a bit cheaper on other sites but I have £200 of Amazon vouchers so need to buy from there. Any thoughts? Thanks

JDPower

Loonytunes wrote: »

What does anyone think of this from Amazon?
[FONT=&quot]Acer Aspire 5532 15.6-inch Notebook AMD Athlon X2 L310 Processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB, DVD, Windows 7 Home Premium[/FONT]

I know its a bit cheaper on other sites but I have £200 of Amazon vouchers so need to buy from there. Any thoughts? Thanks

Looks alright for the money to me :money:

RussJK

Loonytunes wrote: »

What does anyone think of this from Amazon?
[FONT=&quot]Acer Aspire 5532 15.6-inch Notebook AMD Athlon X2 L310 Processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB, DVD, Windows 7 Home Premium[/FONT]

I know its a bit cheaper on other sites but I have £200 of Amazon vouchers so need to buy from there. Any thoughts? Thanks

You can do much better than this - I just looked up the processor, and it's pretty underpowered. Your average netbook will have a CPU benchmark score of ~300, and this laptop has a CPU benchmark score of 669. You can do a lot better than merely twice as powerful as a netbook. I would reject it from this point alone. You can see for yourself on this easy to read page: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

Secondly, Acer aren't known for reliability.

Basically despite the customer reviews saying "fast", the reviews aren't favourable for this model. Maybe you could do some more searching, and see what else you can get at the same price point.

Edit: This processor is intended for ultra-lightweight/portable laptops, so it seems a bit misused in a laptop with a battery life of 2.5hrs. The amazon page doesn't mention the weight as far as I can see, so this computer seems strange to me. You can see what notebookcheck says about this processor here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Athlon-X2-L310-Notebook-Processor.23737.0.html

Murielson

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/clearance/I0

Thoughts on the value of any of the laptops at the above link appreciated folks. Looking for something for my daughter who will start her options next year and is doing a creative and media diploma as part of her school work.

The usual usage (MS Office equivalent, internet (Facebook, Youtube) and probably media files) for a secondary student anticipated.

13" X30MV Pro - 13" WXGA Screen Pentium Dual Core T6400 2GB DDR2 Intel Graphics 250GB 5400rpm SATA HDD DVDRW - Windows 7 Home Premium Price £349.99 inc vat Was £609.83 inc vat 3 in stock for delivery

Order Code: NNB-804H Manufacturer Code: NNB-804H Manufacturer: Novatech M20 12" - 12" Intel Ultra Low Voltage Mobile 1024Mb DDR2 100Gb Shock & Spill Proof Magnesium Alloy Chassis 7 Hour Battery Life Price £369.98 inc vat Was £762.58 inc vat 15 in stock for delivery

Order Code: NNB-652 Manufacturer Code: NNB-652 Manufacturer: Novatech M20 12" - 12" Intel Ultra Low Voltage Mobile 1024Mb DDR2 100Gb Shock & Spill Proof Magnesium Alloy Chassis 7 Hour Battery Life - Windows XP Pro Price £399.98 inc vat Was £868.33 inc vat 3 in stock for delivery

Order Code: NNB-652XP Manufacturer Code: NNB-652XP Manufacturer: Novatech M20 3G 12" - Intel Ultra Low Voltage Mobile 1024Mb DDR2 100Gb Magnesium Alloy Chassis 7 Hour Battery Life Price £399.98 inc vat 5 in stock for delivery

Order Code: NNB-653XP Manufacturer Code: NNB-653XP Manufacturer: Novatech 17" X65 MV - 17" WXGA Screen Pentium Dual Core T4200 4GB DDR3 Nvidia GT 105M 512MB Graphics 320GB 5400rpm SATA HDD DVDRW - No OS Price £499.99 inc vat Was £798.99 inc vat 1 in stock for delivery

Order Code: NNB-812H Manufacturer Code: NNB-812H Manufacturer: Novatech

JDPower

Murielson wrote: »

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/clearance/I0

Don't pay any attention to those "was £X" prices, wildly OTT.

Murielson

Thanks JDP but what about the actual laptops - are they any good and are the prices reasonable? Or should I be looking elsewhere?

Thanks in advance

Murielson

Thanks Russ - no need for gaming etc so keep on looking elsewhere I guess. Video might be handy but will have a look around for now.

mrsa

Can someone tell me what they think of this....and what they think of Dell referbished laptops?
Priced at £283.72 (With VAT on top) Making is £333 ??


Operating System
English Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Memory
Memory 4096MB (2x2048) 1067MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
Hard Disk Drive
500GB Serial ATA (5400RPM)
NoteBook Screen
15.6in High Definition (1366X768) WLED
Processor
Intel i3-330M(2.13GHz)
System Color
Obsidian Black
Scratch and Dent
Scratch and Dent
MISC
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD
Grade 1 Scratch or Dent
Dell Wireless 1397 (802.11 b g)
Camera Integrated 1.3 Mega Pixel Camera
Battery Primary 6-cell 48W/HR
Base
Inspiron 1564
Media Bay
8X DVD+/-RW with Software, including software

mrsa

Can't find delivery details, but warranty is 1yr...what do you think to referb from Dell.??

mrsa

OK, Delivery is £21.54....Total is £354.16 with 1yr standard warranty.

And 7% back via Quidco.