The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

JDPower

10past6 wrote: »

Thank you Miss

May I ask, what's the difference between a laptop and a notebook?

*I've no idea about technology*

A laptop and a notebook are the same thing, they started to discourage calling them laptops when the specs started to improve and as a result they produced more heat causing overheating for laptops and your lap if used just on your lap (they usually require some airflow to the underneath).

A netbook on the other hand is completely different - it's designed for just web browsing and word processing etc and are therefore smaller, lower spec, usually no hard drive (so no good for saving movies/music etc on) and no cd/dvd drive. Oh and they often have the Linux operating system instead of Windows to save on some of that small hard drive space and bring the price down (as you're not paying for Windows)

10past6

JDPower wrote: »

A netbook on the other habd is completely different

Thanks for the information, I must apologise for my previous post, I miss read the advice posted, I thought Miss had said “Notebook” rather than “Netbook”

The one issue I have with the links posted above by Miss, I'm not sure the screen size is big enough due to my OH eye sight, although for an extra £30.00 or so, I could have a notebook with Windows?

dbs

Looking at these two at the moment Sony Vaio NS10 L/S DCt3200
£449 two year guarantee 15inch screen.
http://www.johnlewis.com/230518865/Product.aspx

HP DV9827 better spec 17 inch screen £479 other retailers want £550 for this.
http://www.staples.co.uk/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?Description=UK_CL_technology-bundles&CatIds=,91677&webid=396238&affixedcode=WW

But I cant make my mind up HP better spec 1 year guarantee or Sony less spec but 2 year guarantee?

JDPower

10past6 wrote: »

Thanks for the information, I must apologise for my previous post, I miss read the advice posted, I thought Miss had said “Notebook” rather than “Netbook”

The one issue I have with the links posted above by Miss, I'm not sure the screen size is big enough due to my OH eye sight, although for an extra £30.00 or so, I could have a notebook with Windows?

I think you've answered that particular query yourself then

CockneyBrum

I'm happy with the £99 Elonex ONE which goes under a few different names. It currently doesn't support Flash heavy websites, such as Youtube. Not sure if that's important to you?

http://www.littlelinuxlaptop.com/

10past6

JDPower wrote: »

I think you've answered that particular query yourself then

Thank you JD, When I first thought about buying a laptop I had no idea what I was looking for, at least with the help from the members on here I now have a better idea, I just need to find something within my price range

shimmershelly

I've just ordered one from Dell Outlet
If you want one with dedicated graphics you can add that in the search criteria.
I got a Inspiron 1535 (in Pink!) with a 256mb ATi Radeon card, dual core, 250gb hard drive and 2gb Ram for £373.00 delivered, which I thought was quite a bargain.

lucylou

Hi he normally plays football pc games like fifa

hiya99

HEWLETT PACKARD DV9823EA

is this a good laptop thanks

AMD Turion 64X2 Processor TL-60 <LI class=indentFeature>(2.0 GHz, 1600 MHz, 1 MB Cache)
[URL="javascript:showEditorial('Genuine-Windows');"]Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium[/URL]
3 GB Memory
160 GB Hard Drive

robb01

hiya99 wrote: »

HEWLETT PACKARD DV9823EA

is this a good laptop thanks

AMD Turion 64X2 Processor TL-60 <LI class=indentFeature>(2.0 GHz, 1600 MHz, 1 MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium
3 GB Memory
160 GB Hard Drive

Ive had pretty good luck w/ HP personally, i think that is a good one