Sub £550 laptop

m_shahin

Hello, I'm looking for a good performance laptop. Budget is £500-£600. Less if possible.


I'm looking at one with an Intel Core 2 duo processor with the number at least t/p 6000 or more. At least 2.0 ghz.


At least 3gb ram and 256mb dedicated graphics.


Decent wireless g/n card. Vista premium/ultimate. At least 300 gb hard drive SATA.

I've found some from Laptops direct. I've heard that they're not much good. There's some good deals with dell, but at the moment, they're not doing any buy now pay later deals. I wish I had ordered with Dell sooner.

I don't mind if the specs are even better as long as their in that price margin or less. E.g ddr3 or 7200 rpm is preferred but I don't mind ddr2 or 5400rpm.

Prefer it if it is available with interest free finance option. Screen size, battery life or anything else doesn't matter. I'm sure something will come up. I will take a look at it if you don't find anything with a finance option.


Thanks in advance.

davester

Go to Dell . I got an £800 laptop studio 15 for £560 and with topcashback £30 back a few months later. if you can wait go for them when they heavily discount £200+ and send you a 10% off code

m_shahin

davester wrote: »

Go to Dell . I got an £800 laptop studio 15 for £560 and with topcashback £30 back a few months later. if you can wait go for them when they heavily discount £200+ and send you a 10% off code

It's what I said... Dell do have some really good deals. Is there a coupon code which gives you buy now pay later option?

davester

never seen a coupon code for that more of just an annoucment on their main page in a rotating Ad banner. But no harm in asking if you call their sales team.

davester

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davester

Thats the current code

They do have a inspiron 17 with better than your specs for £499 today on
17inch screen
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6500 (2.1GHz, 800MHz, 2MB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) - English
4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
500GB (5400RPM) Serial ATA Hard Drive
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330
wifi b/g
1.3MP webcam

m_shahin

davester wrote: »

never seen a coupon code for that more of just an annoucment on their main page in a rotating Ad banner. But no harm in asking if you call their sales team.

I have rang them, and they told me that they no longer do that deal. Any other store that has those specs? Forget about Dell sales! Though I know they have good value prices.

I don't mind an acer/pb, toshiba, asus, hp/compaq, sony (seem good, but expensive), samsung, or dell with that price, but not from the dell shop, because very few shops don't have an interest free finance option these days..

m_shahin

davester wrote: »

Thats the current code

They do have a inspiron 17 with better than your specs for £499 today on
17inch screen
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6500 (2.1GHz, 800MHz, 2MB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) - English
4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
500GB (5400RPM) Serial ATA Hard Drive
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330
wifi b/g
1.3MP webcam

I mean I even found good value vostro and studio deals within my price margin. With one of the latest core 2 processor.

knightstyle

Just bought an Apple Macbook, refurbished for £564.35 plus VAT. When it arrived it was brand new, unopened. So can you get anyone to buy your computer through a company and reclaim the VAT?

aliEnRIK

My toshiba was from laptops direct and I had no problems whatsoever (And it was speedy delivery)

m_shahin

knightstyle wrote: »

Just bought an Apple Macbook, refurbished for £564.35 plus VAT. When it arrived it was brand new, unopened. So can you get anyone to buy your computer through a company and reclaim the VAT?

Does it come with Windows Vista? Refurbished isn't the same as brand new... If a company buys a laptop, do they really get it without VAT?