Best laptop for £500?

Marty_J

asininity wrote: »

I said budget doesn't mean broken (a completely separate issue from what you're talking about). Doesn't matter what you pay for a laptop, £1300 of £300.

I assume it wasn't broken when they purchased it.

asininity

Ask them...

Marty_J

asininity wrote: »

Ask them...

You'd have to be pretty unlucky to need "5 chargers, a motherboard, hard drive, a new screen and new fan" right off the bat.

asininity

True and they were, did you read the other post about that computer being the best someone else had had?

ukbill69 wrote: »

I have a dell xps m1330 and love it. Best laptop ive owned.

Some people think apple laptops come with exploding batteries, some dont depending on their experience. I think acer make good cheap laptops, most still think acer make broken laptops, all based on experience.

Theirs nothing wrong with cheap laptops (some people can't afford 1300 squid), and just because they're cheap doesn't mean you should expect them to break.

Marty_J

True, true.

But I don't think it's unreasonable to think that a £1,299 laptop should last longer than a £299 one.

asininity

I'm sure the person that owns the £1300 would find it reasonable just as the person that owns the £300 laptop wouldn't.

Marty_J

asininity wrote: »

I'm sure the person that owns the £1300 would find it reasonable just as the person that owns the £300 laptop wouldn't.

If you owned both a £299 and a £1,299 laptop, both purchased at the same time, I'm sure you'd be pretty upset if the £1,299 one broke first. The words "waste of money" wouldn't be long presenting themselves for your consideration.

asininity

I'd be just as upset if the cheap one broke first and waste of money would come to mind as well.

Marty_J

asininity wrote: »

I'd be just as upset if the cheap one broke first and waste of money would come to mind as well.

Well they're both going to break eventually.

It seems odd not to expect the expensive one to last a lot longer.

I know I'd have heightened expectations if I spent a grand more.

Leopard

Marty_J wrote: »

If you owned both a £299 and a £1,299 laptop, both purchased at the same time, I'm sure you'd be pretty upset if the £1,299 one broke first. The words "waste of money" wouldn't be long presenting themselves for your consideration.

I'd be greatly more distressed if my £350 Wind broke before one of my £1,600 MacBooks Pro did, within the next year.

My Wind is out of warranty but my MacBooks Pro are covered by AppleCare.