The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

gimme4free1

I voted Sony but I think I made the wrong decision!!!!

Ive currently got a Sony Vaio, Ive had it for 3 years and this year the fan is exceptionally noisy. I have phoned Sony and they have offered £400 for an exchange. This doesn't seem very good to me as Im sure its just dust in the fan but I cant find a guide on the model that I have got to opening it up.

Also Sony customer support is terrible, you spend at least 20 minutes on hold, I made 3 phone calls, one of them 20 mins on hold, second 40 mins on hold and third 55 mins on hold and then a further 15 mins on hold while the guy got his manager and I was only to be told after these 3 phone calls (3 hours) that I could only get an exchange for £400 and I managed to call the 0845 number

jaydeeuk1

I think this is a great laptop for someone who likes a bit of gaming, and has some HD-DVDs lying around.

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/asp/versions.asp?rewrite=Acer_Aspire_5920G-302G25Hi_Laptop_LX.AN60X.041&pagetype=version&page=

• Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 / 2 GHz ( Dual-Core )
• RAM - 2 GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM ( 2 x 1 GB )
  - Please call 0870 167 0818 for double memory offer
• Hard Drive - 250 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
• Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
• Screen - 15.4' TFT active matrix 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) - 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
• Optical Drive - HD DVD-ROM - integrated
• Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS - 256 MB
• Bluetooth - No
• Notebook Camera - Integrated - 0.3 Megapixel
• Warranty - 1 year warranty

£479!!!

peahenrose

The Acer Aspire 5920 is now no longer available from Play (just had an email from their customer services confirming this) but I have ordered a refurbished one from Dixons at £329.99 and I found a code for £10 off this (code is REFURB10 which expires either on 30th or 31st July, can't remember which). Also 3% cashback from Dixons with Quidco. (but have to pay £4.95 for delivery.) Hoping the refurbished one will be OK, just waiting for it to arrive!

TiTheRev

Why is Apple not offered as an option of 'best brand of laptop'?!

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TiTheRev wrote: »

Why is Apple not offered as an option of 'best brand of laptop'?!

Because this is for cheap laptops?

windowwindow

Hi,

I’m on the lookout to buy a cheap, small and cute laptop over the next few weeks! Will stretch to £470 for the right deal, £400 would be great better for the budget though.

I will use it for photo and music storage, internet browsing and a bit word processing. Main thing is surfing though. Would like decent ram on it.

I am fine with a 13-14” screen, and would like it to be lighter than 2.5kg.

I also want it to be a pretty one! I love the shiny covered HPs and Toshibas.

Any suggestions? Am I asking for too much!!

a7man

Samsung R60+, looks amazing for the price...spend a bit extra and upgrade to 2GB RAM.

www.ebuyer.com

reennaa

Acer Aspire 2920 T5450 2GB 12.1" Laptop


Catalogue number: 203-5847

• £399.00

is this a good laptop please.
It has been reduced in Tesco but i just wondered if you are better buying one with a good reduction or not.
is it reduced because it is not a good seller or an older model.?????

I always like to buy more expensive things in sales but with a good discount rather than a cheaper version.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

hethmar

Ive never heard anything good about Acers. For years I bought MESH computers thinking they must be the best - they have all those awards! The last one was an absolute nightmare, wrong from day 1 and spent weeks and weeks at the factory being repaired only to return with extra faults. Even though it was still under another 3 years warranty, I gave up on it. The service people were useless, often Id take days constantly ringing on a premium number to try to get help.

I then looked at Dell - Id been a bit of a puter snob and assumed they werent up to much. When it arrived, no speakers. I rang them, they apologised and said I hadnt ordered them - oh, I hadnt but seeing as they should have queried that when I ordered, please accept speakers free of charge Three weeks later, oh dear, blue screening. I rang service, got answered in a couple of minutes and got sincere apologies for the delay . The chap spoke good English, asked me to check some stuff out and I said I still wasnt happy - so a new puter was sent in 5 days. They also included all the accessories and when I rang said keep them as spares.

They have been brilliant - I recently rung again after a dreaded MS download which stopped my puter opening. Free of charge phone call, 15 minutes later, all sorted, puter back to normal. So far I am very happy with Dell.

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/notebooks?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn&dgc=AF&cid=5212&lid=122756

Lady_K

Why do you think sony and toshiba are the most preferred laptops to buy on this thread poll? I've never really considered either of them especially toshiba I thought they were one of the worst. Also why arent dell in the poll?