The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

Aiadi

MTW wrote: »

I have been advised by the techies at work that this is a good buy, although I quite like the Toshiba mentioned a couple of posts above. The machine will be for my lad going to Uni in September (B'day next week)

Hewlett Packard RU964AA - at e buyer £346.91 inc VAT

Spec Rundown:
Intel Centrino PM 770 Processor
512MB System Memory
60GB Hard Disk Drive
DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
15.4" WXGA Brightview Display
Integrated Wifi Wireless Lan
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition


All coments welcome.

May struggle with Vista though. I would opt for slightly higher specs for a bit more future proofing.

wakandem

gotan wrote: »

I've been negotiating a price with Dell for 2 weeks. Be warned: the Easter bunny has added on at least £50 (same spec as late March) to their advertised 'offers'. Hope they will go down again next week.
They claim though that their warranty extensions are on special until tomorrow.
I paid £79 for another year NBD onsite on my old laptop which beats any repair quote I've had. Doesn't mean that it won't be £59 next week with Dell though.

That is the thing with dell. you need to watch the prices and grab them when they come down or an offer goes on.
They have got wiser to callers trying to get a better deal and it is harder to get one out of them, but always worth a go.

Whits

ioscorpio wrote: »

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-2161.aspx

Acer Aspire 17" laptop with Vista E7004 £379.97

You might want to re-check that price. I put the !!!!!! on my favourites list yesterday so I can get one in a couple of weeks and it's gone up £100 today :eek:

Whits

I was just wondering, after looking at a link on an earlier page, would you go for :-

An Intel Celeron M 1.6GHz with 1GB of RAM

OR

An AMD Turion 64 MK36 2GHZ with 512Mb of RAM

flyboy_2

Tricky question.

If you go for the AMD you can always add extra RAM (memory) at a later date for not too much more money.

However, the Intel will do you nicely for now. I don't think you'll notice the diff in processor speed very much.

I personally believe that 1GB RAM is now the industry norm.

Standing by to be proved wrong!!

flyboy

PS: I'm also gutted about that Acer 17" in tesco. I drove to my nearest store only two nights ago and was very tempted. Gutted.

idnotfree

Its thursday today. Is there some good deal from Dell?

da_murphster

Absolutely nothing!

MTW_2

Aspire 5101AWLMi Laptop - LX.ABH0J.287

Processor: AMD Turion 64 MK-36 - 2GHz, 512KB L2 Cache
RAM: 512MB DDR2-533MHz - Low Cost Double Memory Offer - Call For Details!
Hard Drive: 120GB
Screen: 15.4" TFT (1280 x 800) with CrystalBrite Technology
Optical Drive: DVD SM DL Writer
Graphics: Integrated Graphics
Wireless LAN: 802.11b/g - Call for advice on Wireless Networking
Warranty: 1 Year - Upgradeable to 3 Years!
Operating System: Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows Vista Compatible
Integrated Video Camera
Flash Memory Card Reader (MMC, MS, MS-pro, SD, SM, XD)

Price £379 (from 479 allegedly) at Laptops direct The three year warranty is an extra £50.

Sugarloaf

Currys have the Advent ERT2250 T2250 reduced from £599 to £499. Is this a good laptop for the price?

Either want it for myself or daughter for college.

Thanks

da_murphster

We are back on with Dell!!

Just seen TL50, 80Gb, 9 Cell Batt 1501, vista home for £360 delivered.

Go through the small business link - can also get a core duo 6400 for £410 delivered