The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

Airedalecomputers

My brother bought a good spec Fujitsu Siemens laptop with DVD ReWriter from PCWorld (Tsssssssssss) for £699

https://www.tc24.co.uk (trade account) have the new Toshiba A40 14" notebook AMD 2.6GHz 256/40/56K/CDW-DVD Combo for just £510 + vat

sallyforth_3

Life expectancy of colour screens?

Beware refurbished,; they might have a short-lived display..
I don't know how long colour screens last. Monochrome screens don't last long. I've had to chuck out two monochrome laptops, a Palm Pilot and a mobile phone becuse the display conked out and were not repairable.

If anyone knows the life expectancy of colour versus monochrome, please tell all. Ans does anyone know why there are so many refurbished laptops on the market?

wjoyce

You can pick up a bargain here

Ebay

They are discontinued or remanufactured (returned and refurbished) but the prices look good and all kit comes direct from HP with a 12 month warranty.



Bod.

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SomaJ

New QUALITY Notebooks available from Misco - from £479.00

Toshiba Satellite Pro A40 - C 2.6 GHz

Ted_Hutchinson

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Sat Pro A40 Cel 2.6GHz 256MB XP Home £551.07 inc VAT (£469.00 ex VAT)

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123sl456

I know this is not exactly a money saving tip, but perhaps someone could give us help on the differences between Celeron and Pentium processors?

Celeron are cheaper (most of the tips above are for laptops with this processor) but I've been warned off them by various people. Is it not better just spending a bit more and getting a better Pentium processor?

willum

FOr basic Info on Celeron / Pentium, have a look here :
http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/processors/index.htm?iid=ipp_dlc_celeron+foot_proc&

spoonthumbs

A great and timely subject for me - just looking for a cheap but competent Laptop to run a web business from.

If you want to spend less than £500 on a good quality refurbished laptop, take a look at

Tiptop Laptops

Dell C400 laptop, for £400 inc Vat. Seems to be loads of parts available across the internet and ebay, one of those laptops they may not have been the best, but is easy to maintain, upgrade, is less than 2kg and is 'portable'.

Keep up the great work at the site! ::) ;D

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narncruiser

;D going to kick this discussion back into life
Tiny doing a £499.99(incl vat) brand new with a better spec that pc world INCLS CD REWRITER !
find it at http://www.tiny.com/packages.php?prodid=10752
the spec is
Processor - AMD® Athlon XP1800+M Genuine Mobile Processor
Operating System - Microsoft® Windows XP Home
Memory - 256MB DDR RAM
Hard Disk - 30GB Hard Disk
Optical 1 - CD-Rw Re-Writer / DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Display - 15" XGA TFT Screen (1024 x 768)
Graphics - 32MB Integrated Graphics
Modem - 56K V90 Modem
Internet Access - Supanet Internet Access Preloaded
TV Out - TV Out For Large Screen Presentations
Network - 10/100 Ethernet Port For Home Networking
Sound - Built-in Microphone and Twin Speakers
Keyboard etc. - Advanced keyboard and Two Button Track Pad
Ports etc. - 4x USB2.0 Ports, 9 Cell Li-Ion Battery & A/C Charger, PCMCIA
Software 1 - Microsoft® Works Version 7
Software 2 - Microsoft® Office XP - 60 Day Trial
Software 3 - Cyberlink PowerDVD Software Suite

narncruiser

deal number 2 also BRAND NEW is from Novatech http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/NBrange.html?MVK
£515.00 buys you:
14.1" XGA TFT Screen

Mobile AMD K7 Athlon XP 2200 Processor

10/100 Base-T Network Port

4 x USB 2.0 Ports

56K Internal Modem

Glidepad with 2 buttons & scroll button

256MB PC2100 266MHz DDR RAM
(Supports up to 512MB)

1 x Type II PCMCIA Slot

1 x IEEE 1394 Firewire Port

sS3 ProSavage8x Graphics

1 x Mic-in,1 x H'phone/Speakers

CDRW/DVD Combo Drive

Weight - 2.7 kg with battery

Dimensions (mm) - 38.5h x 302w x 253d

12 Mths RTB


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