p.c world advert tonight advent laptop 349 (merged)

etch_2

advent intel celeron m 350 processor
1.30 ghz laptop
priced on advert for 349 is it a bargain
intel celeron m 350 1.30 ghz
400 mhz fsb
1 mb ram
40 gb hard drive
dvd rom/cd rewriter drive
14.1 tft display
microsoft windows xp home edition
64 mb intergrated graphics
my 12 year old son wants to go on line to play games etc so i know i will have to purchase a wireless conection to the internet, we have broadband at the moment, do i buy this one or wait until the sales for a toshiba or other named laptop still have other kids to buy for so tight budget
any info

Kazzea

Advent is a pretty big name in itself - I had an Advent laptop before and it was great I was actually considering this one myself

If you ARE buying it - order it online and make use of some of the discount codes available on MSE to save some more money. If you have broadband (or even if not) you don't NEED a wireless connection- you can run it using cable but wireless is really great especially for a laptop Its a pretty good price and I don't see you getting one much cheaper for that specification for a brand name (IMHO). You can always go in store and have a play around on it a bit first as well

Ask on the techie board as well for a more techie answer

etch_2

thanks for that wanted a wire less connection so i might actually see him now and again as he will be able to sit in the lounge or in his room and he wont be confined to one room we already have 2 computers on a network but all them wires a real pain so will need a cheap card
the ibm thinkpad from staples at 399 was also a good price nearly same spec i think will have a look at codes thanks for that

quoia

Kazzea wrote:

..............

If you ARE buying it - order it online and make use of some of the discount codes available on MSE to save some more money......

You can't do this because it is a "Collect @ Store Item" only

When you go to the checkout you never get the opportunity to enter any discount code.

whoever

64mb internal graphics is going to be very poor for playing games. If he just wants it to use MSN and play simple online games then fine, but don't expect to be able to play games like Half Life 2, Sims etc.

withabix

quoia wrote:

You can't do this because it is a "Collect @ Store Item" only

When you go to the checkout you never get the opportunity to enter any discount code.

No, it's available for delivery as well.

mew

The laptop is Here You can get a discount code which brings the price down to £332.50 + £5 P&P. If you go through a Cashback site like Rpoints etc, you would also get another few % discount as cashback.

john-boi1

whoever wrote:

64mb internal graphics is going to be very poor for playing games. If he just wants it to use MSN and play simple online games then fine, but don't expect to be able to play games like Half Life 2, Sims etc.

Must echo the above if the laptop is for playing games the onboard graphics of that Laptoop will struggle with most recent games.Can't really play games (ie Call of Duty2,Quake etc) on these lower priced Laptops need to pay out a bit more.

etch_2

what spec would you recommend good enough to play games
any certain make ?

papawaigo

if you want to play the latest games (call of duty 2, quake 4 etc) the laptop will need a dedicated graphics processor(intergrated graphics are useless),

there are basically two makes , ati and geforce

with ati you need at least an x600 model or above (x800)

with geforce you need an 6600 0r 6800 or the current best which is the 7800(which is very powerfull)

peejay67

This is available for store collection only..NOT delivery, so you cant put discount codes in