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Help!!!! Which laptop to buy? Update: Bought one!

Poppy9
Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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Looking to buy a laptop for DD for Christmas. Want to spend under £400, around the £350 mark preferably.

DD will use it for:
  • MSN & general net surfing
  • Homework (I have office 2000 can I put this on a Vista laptop?)
  • Downloading music
  • Bluetoothing photos/tunes from mobile to laptop and vice versa
Ideally would like built in webcam but not absolutely necessary. Also needs to be wireless.

Looking at this Acer Aspire 5715z T2390 3GB 15.4" Laptop
:) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)

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  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    Also looking at
    HP 6735s Laptop, AMD AthlonTM X2 Dual Core QL-60 1.9GHz, 4GB memory, 250GB HDD, DVD+-RW SMDL LightScribe writer, Webcam 15.4" WXGA (1280 x 800) WLAN Bluetooth Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium



    TOSHIBA SAT L300-19Y Laptop
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • Conor_3
    Conor_3 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    Ebuyer and Aria are doing Asus lappies for under £280.
  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    Conor wrote: »
    Ebuyer and Aria are doing Asus lappies for under £280.

    Never heard of Aria or Asus. Are they any good?
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • totalsolutions
    totalsolutions Posts: 3,110 Forumite
    Asus is one of the best known PC manufacturers in the world, yes get one.
  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    totalsolutions wrote: »
    Asus is one of the best known PC manufacturers in the world, yes get one.
    Oh:o still haven't heard of them :D
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,643 Forumite
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    Asus make computer motherboards as well as laptops and maybe other things, aria is a website which sells computing stuff
  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    Just to update. I've bought a laptop. Went for the Toshiba L300-1AQ. Recommended on Hotdeals. Went through www.topcashback.co.uk for 4% cashback plus by registering with Bennetts I had a 10% off code. Cost £366.99 delievered.

    It has built in webcam and will hopefully see DD right for a few years.
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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