The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

crazygeordiegirl

10past6 wrote: »

I orded mine on Thursday, had a despatched confirmation email today :j

Just got mine too!:beer: :j
How sad are we!!!

Jo4

Could anyone tell me what spec I should be looking for on a laptop, my budget is £500 but I would be willing to stretch to £800 for a decent one. It will be used for surfing the web, possibly watching movies, burning cds/dvds, word, exel and school work. I was thinking of a Sony Vaio VGN-FW11M but then I read something about the blu ray doing one thing but not something else, can't remember as I read it on a website about 2am!! :eek:

10past6

crazygeordiegirl wrote: »

How sad are we!!!

Very, in fact I'm so sad I could cry :rotfl: :rotfl:

Garetha

If you buy from Tesco Direct there's a £13 off £90 discount code if you search - I don't think I'm allowed to quote it here.

But I might be allowed to give you link: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=16035735&postcount=50

The £13 code appears to work now

JDPower

Jo4 wrote: »

Could anyone tell me what spec I should be looking for on a laptop, my budget is £500 but I would be willing to stretch to £800 for a decent one. It will be used for surfing the web, possibly watching movies, burning cds/dvds, word, exel and school work. I was thinking of a Sony Vaio VGN-FW11M but then I read something about the blu ray doing one thing but not something else, can't remember as I read it on a website about 2am!! :eek:

So are you actually wanting a laptop with BluRay drive???

Jo4

JDPower wrote: »

So are you actually wanting a laptop with BluRay drive???

The sales assistant in PC World said that I should make sure it had it as that was the latest thing on computers and that all computers would have it from now on.

What laptop would you recommend?

Tharweb

Jo4 wrote: »

The sales assistant in PC World said that I should make sure it had it as that was the latest thing on computers and that all computers would have it from now on.

I thought Blu Ray was dead?

pel.s

http://www.bargaincrazy.com/epages/BargainCrazy.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BargainCrazy/Products/F018000R/SubProducts/F018000R02D

* Samsung R20 Plus 120GB Hard Drive
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* Samsung R20plus Notebook
* Intel Pentium-M Dual Core (T2330) 1.6 GHz Processor
* 1024 MB Memory
* 120 GB Hard Drive
* 14.1 inch WXGA TFT Display
* DVD Super-Multi DL
* Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
* ATI Radeon 1250M Graphics
* Colour - Black

Remember to use the 15% off code on the main page and 3% quidco £9
makes this £291 delivered for a few extra quid get urself some more ram aswell for a Very nice machine with good reviews, wont find much else this size being a pentium dual core machine ;0)

Buster_Danog

Is there anything with good specs on the Dell website for about £350 or is that a site to be avoided? I am looking for a laptop for a friend, but don't have a clue about the specs really and it's doing my brain in.

Garetha

Franco78 wrote: »

Is there anything with good specs on the Dell website for about £350 or is that a site to be avoided? I am looking for a laptop for a friend, but don't have a clue about the specs really and it's doing my brain in.

Try Dell Outlet for a bargain - they are 'as new' returns - always perfect in my experience and £55 off with free delivery at the moment.
http://outlet.dell.com/Emea_Dfo/EuDispatcher?country=GBR&target=InventoryPage&lob_constraint=DIM
Research the model and spec on the main site first so you can spot any bargains.