Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

Knarf44

Noticed tonight that Asda Direct has the above laptop reduced to £347 (del chg £4.95).

Here's the link: Samsung NP-R530

Couldn't see it cheaper anywhere else. It's on Amazon at £378.

Spec: Celeron Dual Core T3300
2MB RAM
250GB HDD
Win 7 Home Premium

Would be good for basic internet stuff and school/office work.

blackswan2

I was looking at a promising looking laptop on ebay which the seller says has been a brief demo but has had the box stolen. It is a very good price for the model and spec, but am I taking too much of a risk in buying such an item do you think?

blackswan2

PS Donnie you have mail.

pault123

Asus UL30A 13.3" Ultra Thin Notebook - Silver



Intel Celeron SU2300 Dual Core Processor
- 3GB DDR3 RAM
- 320GB HDD
- 8-Cell Battery (up to 9 hours battery)
- WiFi BGN
- Webcam
- 3 x USB
- 100MB LAN
- VGA
- Card Reader
- HDMI
- Windows 7 Home Premium

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Laptops/Laptops/Asus+UL30A+13.3%22+Ultra+Thin+Notebook+-+Silver+?productId=41501


£339 inc vat, due in today, i've got one on order :T

blackswan2

ps this is the one I was looking at but I was too slow as usual!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/samsung-R530-brand-new-/320591161304?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item4aa4b8e7d8

Robbie_Williams

These MSI's seem all the rage here but are no longer on the argos clearance store at top spec.

I did have a refurbished acer for 2 years previously before I dropped it. I never had any problems with it whatsoever.

Does anyone know of a sound and reliable laptop around the £300 mark which has the following:- 3GB Ram
- Decent screen size and processor (Football manager)
- Battery life longer than 1.5-2 hours

Knarf44

blackswan2 wrote: »

ps this is the one I was looking at but I was too slow as usual!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/samsung-R530-brand-new-/320591161304?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item4aa4b8e7d8

Didn't you see my post #755 above?

blackswan2

I did thanks, I could go for it, but the ebay one had double the RAM and much bigger hard drive ... and no warranty!

Donnie

blackswan2 wrote: »

I did thanks, I could go for it, but the ebay one had double the RAM and much bigger hard drive ... and no warranty!

Seems they have seen sense and put the price back to where they will actually sell them. Grabbit!

The MSI I mean.

zaralondon

Donnie wrote: »

Seems they have seen sense and put the price back to where they will actually sell them. Grabbit!

The MSI I mean.

Where is this MSI??