The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

jdm01

Infidel wrote: »

Not wanting to sound stupid or anything, but what's the HD capacity of these laptops?

120Gb Hard Disk

...for the poster above - I am thinking it may have been a mistake but I may have just been in the right place at the right time.

A mate was in today and the deals were only for Saturday.

j

beefster

Aint it just great when that happend..... :beer: :T :j :j :T :beer:

Infidel

jdm01 wrote: »

120Gb Hard Disk

...for the poster above - I am thinking it may have been a mistake but I may have just been in the right place at the right time.

A mate was in today and the deals were only for Saturday.

j

Don't tell me 120gb now

That would have been ideal for my needs, i need to buy one (£350 MAX price). My only real requirements are 60GB MINIMUM HD.

Why didn't you buy one for me?

Hillfly

saverspud wrote: »

I'm aware that this might be a very stupid question, but how on earth do you get the Vostro laptops to come up in the home section? I can only find them in the small business section on the Dell webaite.

Apologies if the answer to this is screamingly obvious!

Thanks
S

You need to know the e-value code. I usually check the deals on HotUkDeals - every week a guy on their board "MikeT" posts the best deals and when it's Vostro he always posts the code for the machine in the home section.

Here's an example:
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&fb=1&l=en&oc=N1010003A&s=dhs

You can see the e-value code in the url: = N1010003A

Drag-Den

Ok, trying to source a laptop for the mother in law so for obvious reasons I need to get this right! She's asked me as i know more than her but i'm no expert so hopefully you guys can help!?

She used the laptop which has just broken down for predominantly surfing, photo's, and a few low spec games. Her budget is £300-£400, from the sounds of it she'd prefer Windows XP to Vista. So far I've found the two below but could well have missed better ones so would appreciate any advice people can give:

Product Description - HP 530 - Core Duo T2300E 1.66 GHz - 15.4" TFT
Dimensions (WxDxH) - 35.8 cm x 22.7 cm x 3.6 cm
Weight - 2.7 kg
System Type - Notebook
Built-in Devices - Speaker, wireless LAN aerial
Processor - Intel Core Duo T2300E / 1.66 GHz ( Dual-Core )
Cache Memory - 2 MB - L2 Cache
RAM - 1 GB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM ( 1 x 1 GB )
Hard Drive - 80 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Optical Storage - DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM
Display - 15.4" TFT active matrix 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )
Graphics Controller - Intel GMA 950
Audio Output - Sound card
Telecom - Fax / modem - 56 Kbps
Networking - Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Wireless NIC - Intel PRO/Wireless 3945BG
Input Device - Keyboard, touchpad
Battery - Lithium Ion
Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic

Price - £369.97

Toshiba /satellite Pro A200

Product Description - Toshiba Satellite Pro A200-16B - Celeron M 520 1.6 GHz - 15.4" TFT
Dimensions (WxDxH) - 36.2 cm x 26.8 cm x 3.9 cm
Weight - 2.5 kg
Localisation - United Kingdom
System Type - Notebook
Built-in Devices - Stereo speakers, wireless LAN aerial
Processor - Intel Celeron M 520 / 1.6 GHz
Cache Memory - 1 MB - L2 Cache
RAM - 1 GB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM - 667 MHz ( 2 x 512 MB )
Card Reader - 6 in 1
Hard Drive - 120 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Optical Storage - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - integrated
Display - 15.4" TFT active matrix 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) - 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Graphics Controller - Intel GMA 950
Audio Output - Sound card
Telecom - Fax / modem - 56 Kbps
Networking - Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Input Device - Keyboard, touchpad
Power - AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Battery - Lithium Ion
Operating System - Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Manufacturer Warranty - 1 year warranty

Price - £399.97

jdm01

Infidel wrote: »

Don't tell me 120gb now

That would have been ideal for my needs, i need to buy one (£350 MAX price). My only real requirements are 60GB MINIMUM HD.

Why didn't you buy one for me?

You should've said ! ;o)

Seriously though, this may be the time to keep your eyes open - companies will be clearing Laptops out for the new Christmas stock - if you show some patience, you may get what you want.

J

anonemoney

Go to http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0125530459.1192542324@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccgcaddmemmdkhgcflgceggdhhmdgml.0&show_all=true&category_oid=-27411&page=ProductList&fm=1&sm=0&tm=4

Currys laptop clearence section... they have some really good deals on.

Yesterday they was a Packard Bell Core 2 Duo T5500, 120GB, 1GB ram... a good spec i would say for £329, plus if you go through quidco you can get an extra 5% off, plus last month they was 5% voucher (these vouchers may appear again).. but essentially you can get a Core 2 Duo for less than £330.
** Bear in mind this is a Refurb Laptop with 1 year warrenty**

I think a good deal....:cool:

This is currently out of stock at the moment but it keeps coming back (iv had my eye on this for a month, so have seen it come in and out of stock)

hb1444

I just want something for 200-250 pounds maybe with vista

Jon_01

Has anyone seen a new Acer Ferrari 3200 (that the RED one) anywhere ?

I've a mate who has to have one !! (I know, sad. What does having to have a bright red laptop say about you ?). I know Acer don't make them any more and have switched to the black ones, but I would have thought there might be a few knocking around somewhere ?

Failing that, can anyone recommend a red lappy ? (and, yes, I know colour is not the way to buy a computer...).

jbatista

Jon_01 wrote: »

Has anyone seen a new Acer Ferrari 3200 (that the RED one) anywhere ?

I've a mate who has to have one !! (I know, sad. What does having to have a bright red laptop say about you ?). I know Acer don't make them any more and have switched to the black ones, but I would have thought there might be a few knocking around somewhere ?

Failing that, can anyone recommend a red lappy ? (and, yes, I know colour is not the way to buy a computer...).

Try Dell Inspirion,you can choose the colour of the case, I have a Dell Laptop and have had for just over a year, so far so good, but there are some excellent deals to be had with them at the moment.
Good luck.