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Sorry another Laptop question.....

Hi sorry yet another laptop question. I have read, and re read posts etc and still don't quite understand all the bits involved in buying a laptop.

DS1 wants money for his 14th birthday to put towards a laptop.
He wants :-

17'' screen ..more square than long
Number pad on RH side
option to watch dvds, youtube and play online games, download music ( and maybe some home work)

I am favouring the Toshiba range at the moment and was wondering if they had a good reputation.

Have seen these and was wondering if there was much between them.

ARGOS, John Lewis ( with 2 years warrentee), Tesco

TIA

Very confused, extremely stressed
Dx

Comments

  • m5rcc
    m5rcc Posts: 1,544 Forumite
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    Toshibas have always been generally good laptops. Warranty-wise there have been no problems returning items to them irrelevant of ownership (unlike Dell).

    HP certainly have similar models but i don't think you'll find square-ish 17" models. They'd certainly be widescreen.

    Trawl through PC Pro's laptop reviews for some independent advice.
  • M4RKM
    M4RKM Posts: 5,132 Forumite
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    If DS1 wants to watch movies, then IMO a widescreen laptop would be more preferable, as then the movie will fill the screen....
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