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I need a laptop!

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  • Malestrom wrote:
    Bit of a rubbish spec for the money, good sized memory but weak processor, you can do better for £600 or cheaper for the same spec from Dell. Check the cheap laptop thread at the top of the Techie board, personally i'd go for a Centrino or Turion based laptop.

    By this do you mean the processor ? and what memory should i be looking for ? thanks
  • I know others are recommending Dell's but i'm not keen on them after the appalling customer service I suffered over christmas when I ordered an Inspiron 6000 laptop from them. The Acer in Hillfly's post on page 1 is a nice spec although I've heard varying reports on their build quality although have no experience of them myself.

    Personally i'd recommend a Fujitsu Siemens as I have one myself. Bought from Staples for £549, its a Centrino 1.6ghz, 512MB ram, 80GB hard drive, 15" TFT screen. A friend of mine just bought exactly the same laptop from Staples and haggled in a free wireless mouse AND a free wireless router, all for £549!

    You want to be looking for 512MB ram minimum, these machines with 256MB really are very slow (I know, I had one!) and a 1.5ghz processor or above would be ideal. As I said before, a Centrino or Turion based laptop would be my personal choice as the battery life is a lot better on these due to the way they have been designed. We get over 4 hours on battery out of our Centrino based Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro v2040. Don't bother with the Staples website though, its a waste of time.
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  • Hillfly
    Hillfly Posts: 672 Forumite
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    The Acer build seems pretty good although the keyboard is a little flimsy.

    Another good option if you can be bothered to get it is to get a Virgin credit card. Use this to buy vouchers for comet at 13% discount in the virgin members shop. You could then get an Acer 3613wlmi for £390 which is a good price and an ok spec machine.

    I'm in the process of doing exactly this for my parents who want a basic surfing machine with a DVD writer and built in wireless.

    Virgin:
    http://uk.virginmoney.com/members-shop/rewards/viewOffer.do?style=full&showdeals=true&control=true&offer=8334

    Comet:
    http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/572_287024.html
    Fortune's always hiding, I've looked everywhere......
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