The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

irrelevant

We bought one of these: link for my mother-in-law recently. It's a nice little machine, 1GB RAM, 80GB disc, 15.4" ws, DVD +/- RW & DL - Vista, all for £268. It's come down a touch since i got it. And don't forget the cashback sites.. (they are on quidco at least.) Hurry, only 3 left..

Jake'sGran

billinge wrote: »

If you want a really cheap ultra-mobile pc and only want it for email, surfing the net and typping letters etc, try the ASUS Eee PC, and if you are flying somewhere soon, Dixons Tax free at Manchester Airport have this for £186.38. My wife wants me to fly somewhere on business so I can get her a pink one!!!

Is this the very small laptop i.e. so small that it could be difficult for someone to find it difficult to read/see detail? Also, I have wondered why Hewlett Packard are not mentioned in the list of popular PCs as they seem to have regular offers and are a big company. Are they unreliable?. I was just reading about one with a free carry case and a decent spec for around £320. Whilst Sony is the second most popular there is nothing below £400. I asked for one of their digital cameras for my birthday but find it complicated to use.
The instruction book is a nightmare.

chris667

The EEE is a very small PC, (I think) its screen is 7" and it has a little keyboard.
I've fixed a lot of HP and Sony laptops, and can say they're no more or less reliable than anything else. If they aren't here, they probably aren't the best price, although let us know if you know different!

folkestonelisa

Hi

I think ive pulled my hair out looking at laptops so wondered if someone could help me

Im after a laptop for my son to use when he goes to college. Hes doing a national diploma in ICT so we thought we treat him and get him a laptop. He already has a computer that he uses for gaming so this one is for him (and me a mature student starting uni in september) to do his college work on and browsing the internet.

Ive been looking at the samsung range. the r60 and the r700 and wondered if they were any good.

debbiedebt

Hi
I am using my asus eee pc with vodafone mobile broadband & it's amazing. I am fully mobile and can browse the web when I'm sat outside anywhere. It's small enough to carry in my handbag and with an additional memory card I have all my music photos etc with me.
Debbie

chris667

folkestonelisa wrote: »

Hi

I think ive pulled my hair out looking at laptops so wondered if someone could help me

Im after a laptop for my son to use when he goes to college. Hes doing a national diploma in ICT so we thought we treat him and get him a laptop. He already has a computer that he uses for gaming so this one is for him (and me a mature student starting uni in september) to do his college work on and browsing the internet.

Ive been looking at the samsung range. the r60 and the r700 and wondered if they were any good.

My ex girlfriend owns an r60. She owns a successful IT company and is one of the most knowledgeable IT people I know. She bought it because it was dual core and available in red.:p

It has been OK. But if he is going to be learning about programming and might want to try Linux, bear in mind that it was quite hard to set up Fedora on it.

If he likes tinkering with computers there's the Elonex One+ at £99, or £119, depending on which one he goes for. It's designed for children and has a ruggedised case and a special operating system. He could buy one of those, install a lightweight Linux like Puppy on it, and do whatever he likes with one. You need to be in full time education to get one though.

barneyrubs

I'ts stressing me out looking through all these laptops aswell, theres so many to choose from

can anyone tell me if this is any good?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/603563

also any other suggestions would be appreciated

ideally i'm looking for 1Gig of ram and a decent memory

also will it vastly increase the price if it has dual core?

thanks in advance

edit: also i'm looking to spend around £400 if possible and wouldn't mind a refurbished one

Capricorn_One

For £400 you could get a pretty good deal.

I was thinking of getting this one. Reconditioned, it's only £300.

http://www.reevoo.com/reviews/mpn/packard_bell/easynote_mx37_u_005

As mentioned previously PC World's website has lots of recon. laptops for sale.

itsallaboutthemoney

hi guys

at this point in time, i'm buying a laptop and the question i'm facing is:

VISTA or XP? quite the conundrum

any ideas?

bandraoi

Vista, it's not a conundrum anymore.