The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

sihart68

4G Eee PCs are hard to find at the moment, you can check who has them in stock here .

d123

Toys R Us seem to get stock in quite regularly and in fairly large quantities, if there is a Toys R Us in your area they are worth a visit if looking for one, or play.com actually have stock at the moment as well.
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3516641/Asus-Eee-PC-701-4G-Celeron-Mobile-900MHz-512MB-4GB-7-Linux-Laptop-Notebook-Black/Product.html?P36=76FNTE

kegan5

I've read through the last 20 pages of this thread and still haven't been able to make up my mind.

Basically I need a new laptop, me previous 2 I have spent over or close to £1000 however they don't last me any more than 2 years (I'm a heavy user...web designer).

I am now looking for something with a substantial hard drive (+ 160bg), a good graphics card, core2duo processor and lightweight

And preferably with a good price tag

Has anyone come across one that might meet my needs ?

K

happymummy

Are the medion refurbs worth thinking about?

https://www.medionshop.co.uk/

Only £4.99 postage

channy

what do people think of the dell xps m1330? really portable and there are some good reviews on the internet. there is a discount on them until 30th and with a 10% discount code out there (min £599 spend), you can get even more off. i guess here though, your looking at top spec laptops that are small.

heres one option:

£599 (save £160 until 30th - originally £759?)

Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5450 (1.66 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)Monitors/Displays
: 13.3" UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) CCFL Display (220nits) with TrueLife™
Memory: 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
Hard Drives: 160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support

with the 10% code, it's it comes to £545.09 in the basket. its a new laptop.

opinion please...

uktyler

kegan5 wrote: »

I've read through the last 20 pages of this thread and still haven't been able to make up my mind.

Basically I need a new laptop, me previous 2 I have spent over or close to £1000 however they don't last me any more than 2 years (I'm a heavy user...web designer).

I am now looking for something with a substantial hard drive (+ 160bg), a good graphics card, core2duo processor and lightweight

And preferably with a good price tag

Has anyone come across one that might meet my needs ?

K

Morgan are selling this Toshiba for under £600:
http://morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=4360&CategoryID=11&SubCategoryID=250

Top spec notebook with powerful T7100 Dual Core processor, 2GB RAM, 200GB hard disk, TruBrite display, WiFi network and 1.3 megapixel webcam

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 processor, 2GB RAM as standard
• 200GB hard disk and double layer multiformat DVD writer
• Widescreen 15.4" TruBrite display, Intel X1300 shared graphics (358MIB)
• Wireless networking (802.11 a/b/g), 56K modem, LAN and cad reader
• Integrated webcam, stereo sound/speakers and long life li-ion battery
• Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium and Microsoft Works 8.5

Toshiba part no - PSAE3E-01J014AV
Stock Status
Toshiba re-work stock
Warranty
One year warranty

sam1970

channy wrote: »

what do people think of the dell xps m1330? really portable and there are some good reviews on the internet. there is a discount on them until 30th and with a 10% discount code out there (min £599 spend), you can get even more off. i guess here though, your looking at top spec laptops that are small.

heres one option:

£599 (save £160 until 30th - originally £759?)

Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5450 (1.66 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)Monitors/Displays
: 13.3" UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) CCFL Display (220nits) with TrueLife™
Memory: 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
Hard Drives: 160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support

with the 10% code, it's it comes to £545.09 in the basket. its a new laptop.

opinion please...

hi channy...spot on..i have been thinking of this offer for the last 3 days and i think that i am going to pull the plunge and buy today...the only thing is for slightly over £100 you could increase the processor speed to 2GH, have 128Mb dedicated graphic card and have LED (instead of LCD) screen and a 9 cell battery...i think it is worthed to upgrade....dont forget 5% cashback with quidco

JDPower

sam1970 wrote: »

the only thing is for slightly over £100 you could increase the processor speed to 2GH, have 128Mb dedicated graphic card and have LED (instead of LCD) screen and a 9 cell battery

I agree with the graphics card upgrade, makes for a real bargain with the £50 upgrade to the nVidia card with onboard graphics memory (often only available on top end laptops). That is as long as you are happy to take the power hit - battery life will be noticeably shorter with that graphics card, so you'll probably want to go for the bigger battery in that case.

kle87

Tesco Direct have a good deal on an Acer at the moment and you get club card points!

Acer Aspire 4315 for £299


Sorry if this has already been mentioned!

dibdab3

JDPower wrote: »

I agree with the graphics card upgrade, makes for a real bargain with the £50 upgrade to the nVidia card with onboard graphics memory (often only available on top end laptops). That is as long as you are happy to take the power hit - battery life will be noticeably shorter with that graphics card, so you'll probably want to go for the bigger battery in that case.

Sorry,but my daughter has just phoned in a panic as her computer has just crashed and she is in the process of doing her Law Finals,so needs a replacement.

This Dell one sounds great.Dont understand about upgrading the graphics card,but dont think that matters.

How do l find out about this.ls it on the Dell website,and how do l find out the 10%code? Thanks,Deb.