Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

Murielson

Thoughts on the model below please from Tesco Direct @ £399 (so called £100 off), p&p etc to be added :

Acer Aspire 5732Z Laptop (Intel Pentium® Dual Core T4300, 4GB, 500GB, 15.6" Screen, Windows 7 Home Premium)

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-6879.aspx

Am also drawn to the double points as we use these towards holidays (4 x face value) but the laptop quality and performance is the first priority.

clarkerm

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

Um, the t3100 IS dual core

Ok, apologies....just didn't state that on the website, I wanted to make sure that there were no mistakes.

jaydeeuk1

Murielson wrote: »

Thoughts on the model below please from Tesco Direct @ £399 (so called £100 off), p&p etc to be added :

Acer Aspire 5732Z Laptop (Intel Pentium® Dual Core T4300, 4GB, 500GB, 15.6" Screen, Windows 7 Home Premium)

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-6879.aspx

Am also drawn to the double points as we use these towards holidays (4 x face value) but the laptop quality and performance is the first priority.

If its for everything general except latest gaming then its fine, not a bad machine at all. How much is 798 clubcard points worth?

This ones a tiny bit faster, but 'only' 250gb HD. Made by asus so will last a while.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189888

£398 inc delivery, but you won't go wrong with either.

Edit-

This one isn't bad either. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186603

Not quite as quick as the t4300, but the graphics chipset is a bit better, and games such as sims 3 will at least be playable at native res.

tinker15

tinker15 wrote: »

I have just reserved the Toshiba L500 1XJ for my son, just thought I would ask opinions on whether it is good value for money.
Also for info, Toshiba offer a 2 year extended guarantee for £52 which I think is great value, giving the laptop 3 years cover overall.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5083060/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/Trail/searchtext%3ETOSHIBA.htm

Cost £379.99

My opinion is that I thought it was good value due to the 320gb hard drive and dual core processor.

I have bought this now & it will be opened tomorrow, will let you know what its like.
My laptop is an Acer & to be honest I am not that impressed with it, hence changing manufacturer.

clarkerm

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

If its for everything general except latest gaming then its fine, not a bad machine at all. How much is 798 clubcard points worth?

This ones a tiny bit faster, but 'only' 250gb HD. Made by asus so will last a while.


£398 inc delivery, but you won't go wrong with either.

Edit-

This one isn't bad either.

Not quite as quick as the t4300, but the graphics chipset is a bit better, and games such as sims 3 will at least be playable at native res.

I bought the Asus X5DIJ Laptop....and had to send it back. Was riddled with faults. I had a couple of blue screens in the first hour of using it, IE crashed constantly etc etc. I'm sure I just got a dud one, but it still left a bitter taste....

bwatt00

If i could pick from one of the following laptops which is the better buy,say i could get them all at the same price of £399 which one would it be,or why?
I need a new laptop and was thinking of the 3 below,but on the specs im not sure which is the better of the three and value for money.

Laptop 1:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5082456.htm

Laptop 2:
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002201&langId=-1&searchTerms=5083163

Laptop 3:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5082432/Trail/searchtext%3ESAMSUNG+LAPTOP.htm

The laptop 3 comes with 3 year warranty,bag and mouse...

thanks

Murielson

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

If its for everything general except latest gaming then its fine, not a bad machine at all. How much is 798 clubcard points worth?

Many thanks for the response. Noticed model is also available on ebuyer for circa £398 so price is obviously average. Thought the reduced from £499 must have been a selling point.

Tesco points details at the link below. 500 points is £5 but points worth 4 x value with partners and that is how we generally do holidays - Virgin and couple of others participate (Cosmos maybe).

798 is therefore £8 so £24 towards Tesco reward with partner or view as laptop for £375.

http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/clubcard/collecting.asp

Every little helps and all that!!

Murielson

bwatt00 wrote: »

If i could pick from one of the following laptops which is the better buy,say i could get them all at the same price of £399 which one would it be,or why?
I need a new laptop and was thinking of the 3 below,but on the specs im not sure which is the better of the three and value for money.

Laptop 1:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5082456.htm

Laptop 2:
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002201&langId=-1&searchTerms=5083163

Laptop 3:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5082432/Trail/searchtext%3ESAMSUNG+LAPTOP.htm

The laptop 3 comes with 3 year warranty,bag and mouse...

thanks

I am confused as there is a circa £200 price span between the items in your post. Unless you are stating you will spend up to £499 if the model gives the best VFM?

Nickyg

Guys,

I'm looking at buying this laptop and was wondering what the tech bods think as I am a bit clueless about this stuff. Many Thanks!

Inspiron Studio 1555(System Identifier: EPAC6B1M)

• Inspiron Studio 1555
• English Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)

System Price:£312.24
Operating System
English Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Memory 4GB (2x2GB Dual Rank DIMMs) 800MHz
Hard Disk Drive 250GB (5400rpm) HD
Video Graphics 512 MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570
Scratch and Dent Scratch and Dent
NoteBook Screen 15.6in Widescreen High Definition (1366X768) WLED with TrueLife
System Color LCD Back Cover Black Chainlink
MISC
Camera Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Camera
Grade 1 Scratch or Dent
6 cell 56W HR LI-ION Battery
Base Inspiron Studio 1555
Media Bay 8 X DVD +/- RW
Processor Pentium Dual Core T4300 (2.1GHz,800MHz,1MB)

JDPower

Nickyg wrote: »

Guys,

I'm looking at buying this laptop and was wondering what the tech bods think as I am a bit clueless about this stuff. Many Thanks!

Looks excellent spec for the money, go grab it