The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

noz_2

no HP or dell on the poll?!?!?!


Hewlett Packard Pavilion GZ974EA / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK53 / 2GB / 160GB / DVD-SM / 15.4" / Vista Home Premium / Laptop / Notebook

• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK53 Mobile Technology
• Memory: 2GB
• HD Capacity: 160GB
• Display: 15.4" WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100
• Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
• Optical Drive: Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
• Networking: 10/100 Ethernet LAN, Wireless 802.11b/g WLAN
• Interface:
• 1 VGA port
• 3 USB 2.0 ports
• 1 RJ 11 modem connector
• 1 RJ 45 Ethernet connector
• S-video TV out
• 1 Headphone-out, 1 mic-in

is this a good price? what do you guys reckon im thinking of purchasing this. And also does anyone know the equivilent of AMD ATHLON 64 X2 in intel? like e.g. 2ghz

grae-uk

Hey, I have got a Dell with that CPU. To be honest i am not impressed. Slow starting up and logging on. I would presonally save a bit and go for something a bit faster. Either the AMD Turion which are far better than this athlon (my mum has a laptop with one) or get an Intel!!

You ask is it a good price...but don't state the price!! oops!!

noz_2

lol sorry forgot to mention tht!

£429.99

grae-uk

noz wrote: »

lol sorry forgot to mention tht!

£429.99

It is quite expensive for that spec too. You can get a better Dell for less.

pin

cheapest laptop around now has to be the Asus EEE PC, will be going for under £250.

grae-uk

For those too lazy too google the Asus mentioned by Pin here is a link: http://www.disking.co.uk/product_info.php?ref=79&products_id=98775228

Not sure it meets many peoples requirements. tbh i personally don't think Linux s yet ready for general desktop user market. But that is another discussion all together

JDPower

Forum's broke again by the look of it. 82 pages in this thread but only 15 actually exist.

Itchy_Niagras

noz wrote: »

no HP or dell on the poll?!?!?!


Hewlett Packard Pavilion GZ974EA / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK53 / 2GB / 160GB / DVD-SM / 15.4" / Vista Home Premium / Laptop / Notebook

Comet are currently selling this for £399.99 - a snip!:T

Colcoops

Itchy_Niagras wrote: »

Comet are currently selling this for £399.99 - a snip!:T

I can't see it on the web site. is it in store?

KD

I have search the threads and can feel my eyes are starting to glaze all over with all the jargon.

I want to buy my 13 year old daughter a laptop for her joint Xmas/birthday present and feel £400-£450 is about right.

I'm getting confused by all the different varients available and don't know what minimums to work to. She'll want to use it for homework, internet/bebo and photos at present.

I understand that I'll want a decent memory 2GB but what's the deal re the hard drive and processor specs- I don't understand how to compare them.

I like the look of the curry's toshiba offer this week - (sorry don't know how to do a link!)

grateful for any help.