Which laptop

redruby

Hi guys,

I need some help please, I need to buy a new laptop, and I am completly hopeless at techie stuff , I have a budget of up to £400, but would like to spend about £300 if possible, I only need to use it for MSE :money:, facebook, etc, but I also need to be able to download photos etc.

Would anyone be kind enough to give me some recomendations ?? I dont mind a reconditioned one, I have one at the moment, which is fine, its a Advent T2080, and one similar to this would be great.

I am completly hopeless at stuff like this, so please be gentle

Thanks so much

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You couldn't go too far wrong by starting out and reading the latter pages of the The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt thread near the top of the page.

macman

£300 condemns you to the cheapest model in most ranges (if looking at a new one). Spending £350 will get you a much better machine (though for your purposes any laptop will do the job). I would have a look at the Dell Outlet site and see if you can get an Inspiron 15 with Core Duo processor within your budget. Don't settle for less than 2GB RAM, and preferably 3GB.

redruby

Hi, thanks for the answers, I have found these below,
ADVENT

6552

*REFURBISHED* 17" DUAL CORE LAPTOP, 3GB MEMORY & 250GB HARDDRIVE
£349.00


ADVENT


6553


*REFURBISHED* 17 "DUAL CORE LAPTOP, 4GB MEMORY & 320GB HARDDRIVE



£369.00





ADVENT

5313

*REFURBISHED* CORE 2 DUO LAPTOP, 2GB MEMORY & 200GB HARD DRIVE





£339.99








Which one of these would you reccomend ?


Sorry for being so helpless, I am going through a bit of a tough time at the moment, and my head is all over the place

macman

Sorry, but given your original budget, I asumed you were looking for a 15 inch laptop. But 2 of the above are 17 inch and the last is 15 inch, so you're hardly comparing like with like.
You won't get a new 17 inch laptop within your budget.
I would not be looking for an Advent, which is DSG's house brand.

redruby

Thank you, I was only looking at an Advent because its the one I currently have, and which seems fine, I really need to pick one up today if possible, so might have a look at my local currys. Which make do you think I should be looking at ??

Thanks again

BenL

Saw this on hotukdeals - Brand new 17 icnh Toshiba

This is a lot cheaper from toshiba £362.70 direct with their current 20% off voucher: e-Voucher Accepted OFFL5171

http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.c...pecial-offers/


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macman

redruby wrote: »

Thank you, I was only looking at an Advent because its the one I currently have, and which seems fine, I really need to pick one up today if possible, so might have a look at my local currys. Which make do you think I should be looking at ??

Thanks again

Impossible to answer that without knowing what screen size you want. I would suggest that if you don't know that, you should not be rushing out and buying today. Of the two 17 inchers, the latter is a much better spec for only £30 extra-more RAM and a bigger hard drive.
I would draw up your basic spec and then have a look at Dell Outlet, you'll get a much better machine than a DSG refurb.

Marty_J

macman wrote: »

Of the two 17 inchers, the latter is a much better spec for only £30 extra-more RAM and a bigger hard drive.

I wouldn't say it was much better. Unless it comes with a 64 bit edition of Windows, there isn't really going to be any difference between 3 and 4 GB of RAM. PCs that come with 32 bit editions and 4 GB of RAM are just a marketing gimmick.

The bigger hard drive would probably be worth paying the extra for though.

I would draw up your basic spec and then have a look at Dell Outlet, you'll get a much better machine than a DSG refurb.

I agree; see what Dell have.

Strider590

If your looking for super fast/topspec, do yourself a favour jump off the laptop bandwagon and buy a desktop.

If you need a laptop for email and general web browsing on the move, get a refurbished business grade machine for £150 - £300. I own currently 2 IBM T41's, they're really fast, super slimline and really, really well built.
I wouldn't touch any of the poorly built shop brought laptops with a 50ft bargepole let alone a 10ft.