Laptop Advice

Sharra

I'd appreciate any advice on this.
My son (14) has been saving for a year to buy himself a laptop. With the money we will give him for xmas he will have about £700, and I have said we will give it to him early so he can buy one and open it on xmas day.
As he's been saving so long and hard for it, I want to help him choose the right one. Like most 14 year olds he wants it for playing games, but obviously wont be able to afford one of the astronomically priced *gaming* laptops.

We were looking at this one with him - it has 3gb ram and 512mb dedicated video ram, and looks to be the best buy for him at the mo.
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1233606255.1228471956@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdfadeflgimjejcflgceggdhhmdfnn.0&page=Product&sku=005074&category_oid=-27749&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null
What do people think? Any better suggestions would be really appreciated.
Thanks
Sharra
P.S. - He does know all the arguments re a desktop would be better value and upgradeable, but he wants a laptop he can take to his dads and his friends house.

Traveller1981

The one you linked to only has 256mb dedicated graphics card.

Pretty decent spec laptop.

tasone

i have just personal bought this laptop for my wife christmas gift.

i think the laptop is very good, nice spec, runs very well, the blueray is just amazing.

but installed many games to it yet, as the games i like my wife does not want on her laptop

(i paid 599.99 for it, before the vat change

Andy

XDA

I would look on the internet for other prices/specs. PC World tend to be so much more expensive than others.

Have you tried dell/hp site?

s30jok

Sharra wrote: »

I'd appreciate any advice on this.
My son (14) has been saving for a year to buy himself a laptop. With the money we will give him for xmas he will have about £700, and I have said we will give it to him early so he can buy one and open it on xmas day.
As he's been saving so long and hard for it, I want to help him choose the right one. Like most 14 year olds he wants it for playing games, but obviously wont be able to afford one of the astronomically priced *gaming* laptops.

We were looking at this one with him - it has 3gb ram and 512mb dedicated video ram, and looks to be the best buy for him at the mo.
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1233606255.1228471956@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdfadeflgimjejcflgceggdhhmdfnn.0&page=Product&sku=005074&category_oid=-27749&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null
What do people think? Any better suggestions would be really appreciated.
Thanks
Sharra
P.S. - He does know all the arguments re a desktop would be better value and upgradeable, but he wants a laptop he can take to his dads and his friends house.

I recently bought a laptop from staples an HP dv6700ea limited edition it plays most of the top games easily as it has a dedicated graphics card an 8400GS. I got it in Staples who are by far much better priced than pc world. In staples the laptop i got cost £503 in pc world it was £699!!! They even have loads of offers on so if you buy a lappy you get loads of stuff thrown in free to.

Other sites to look at are

www.novatech.co.uk a very good computer site always the best prices

www.aria.co.uk check their daily specials

www.ebuyer.co.uk

www.dabs.co.uk

www.play.com

www.amazon.co.uk

good luck

Sharra

doh linked to the wrong laptop. This is the right one..
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1301867283.1228497279@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdfadeflgimjejcflgceggdhhmdfnn.0&page=Product&sku=109052#productInformationSection
Thanks for all the replies, I'll have a look at those other sites too.