The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

Cat695

Minxz wrote: »

I have seen this, and with the 3 year warranty 9 idea for 3 years at Uni!) wondered how this compared with other laptops of similar price?
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5315_Gemstone_Laptop_with_ACER_Extended_Warranty_-_3_Yrs_Collec/version.asp
or do you think this would be a better choice?
I'm tempted by the 3 yr warranty.. but have never bought a laptop before. i need to buy 2.. as have 2 sons starting Uni soon.
Thank you!

you can get cheaper....those specs aren't very good for the money i'm guessing your paying for the warranty

even the ones in lidl or tescos are better specs than that.....

PeteHerts

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-9855.aspx

Battery LifeUp to 2 hours depending on usageBluetoothNoBox Contents1 x Laptop, 1 x power cord and adaptorBrandFujitsu SiemensBuilt-in WebcamNoFeatures of Product15.4 inch Widescreen display with brilliantview technology for sharper contrast and crisper images while watching your DVD movies. Built in b/g wireless LAN with speeds up to 54 mbps allowing faster connection to the internet and greater data transfer rates. Huge 160GB hard drive and 3072 MB memory for fast storage of all your data files, photos and music. Multi format DVD burner with double layer support allows you enjoy your films and music on the move and back up all your important files to CD or DVD. The genuine microsoft windows vista home premium operating system, microsoft works and office trial, together with an internet security suite gives you an excellent software package to get you started with your notebookFinger Print ReaderNoFirewireNoGraphics SharedIntel® graphics media accelerator X3100 with up to 358MB shared video memoryHard Drive Size160GBHard Drive Type2.5 inch 5400rpm SATALaptop ColourBlackMemory SizeSO-Dimm DDR2Memory Type3GBNumber of USB Ports4x USB 2.0Operating SystemWindows Vista™ Home PremiumOptical DriveDVD Dual Layer RewriterOptical Drive Bluray CompatibleNoOptical Drive HD CompatibleNoOptical Drive Lightscribe CompatibleNoOutputVGAProcessorIntel Core 2 DuoProcessor Bus667 MHzProcessor Cache2 MBProcessor Model NumberT5750Processor Speed2.0GHzProduct Depth26 cmProduct Height3.4 cmProduct Width35.5 cmRemote Control IncludedNoScreen Size15.4"Screen TypeWXGA brilliantview widescreenSoftware LoadVista home premium, microsoft works, microsoft office home and student (60 day trial), internet security suite with free updates for 90 days, DVD burning and playing SWUser Model EntertainmentYesWi-FiIntegrated 802.11 b/gWired Networking PortYes

boobbby

When customers buy



Microsoft Office 2007 Home and... by Microsoft
£119.99 £69.98


From Amazon and licensed for 3 users so less than £25 each !!

Minxz

I have seen this, and with the 3 year warranty 9 idea for 3 years at Uni!) wondered how this compared with other laptops of similar price?
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5315_Gemstone_Laptop_with_ACER_Extended_Warranty_-_3_Yrs_Collec/version.asp
or do you think this would be a better choice?

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-4105.aspx

I'm tempted by the 3 yr warranty.. but have never bought a laptop before. i need to buy 2.. as have 2 sons starting Uni soon.
Thank you!

Minxz

Cat695 wrote: »

you can get cheaper....those specs aren't very good for the money i'm guessing your paying for the warranty

even the ones in lidl or tescos are better specs than that.....

thank you
I shall keep on looking

boobbby

Minxz wrote: »

I have seen this, and with the 3 year warranty 9 idea for 3 years at Uni!) wondered how this compared with other laptops of similar price?
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5315_Gemstone_Laptop_with_ACER_Extended_Warranty_-_3_Yrs_Collec/version.asp
or do you think this would be a better choice?

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-4105.aspx

I'm tempted by the 3 yr warranty.. but have never bought a laptop before. i need to buy 2.. as have 2 sons starting Uni soon.
Thank you!

Dont get the Vista basic version (both the above have this) make sure if you get a Vista computer it has a least 2GB RAM

whiterose11

I found a laptop that i liked and the boyfriend said was good (dont understand much of the techie stuff lol) at this site

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Asus_...9C/version.asp

330 + 10 delivery

typed the name into google to see if i could get it cheaper anywhere else and found this site

http://www.simplyasus.com/ASUS_X50N-AP179C_410225.html

310 and free delivery. the only thing im confused about is that the first one says dual core which the boyfriend says i need, whereas the other one doesnt say dual core. they have the same name its just the dual thing. if somebody could help me out and tell me if they are the same thing i would appreciate it a lot, as 30 is quite a saving for a new student money saver
thanks

favelll

I bought a laptop from simplyhp this last week.

Slight problem with ordering as I never got any emails, it seems that free emails don't like their addresses, mine isn't a free one and I tried changing to a number of different ones to see, still no joy.

I ordered the laptop Thursday and waited in expectantly Friday morning as it was next day delivery, kept checking progress online, just showing ready for posting. I rang up and after a number of calls where I was first in the queue till it cut me off I got through to a surly bloke who said because I'd had extra memory it wouldn't be arriving till Monday and he'd email me. It didn't arrive.

I was rather concerned but after taking another day off work I recieved my large box with a perfectly working, very pretty laptop and am now an extremly happy bunny.:j

If you are considering buying from this company I'd suggest checking the email thing first, other than that I'd say go for it

susanann_2

I have a budget of between £200 and £300. I need a laptop for internet, word processing, music downloading, msn, e-mail and maybe some very basic free games on the internet. Its for the kids starting GCSE's etc. I have been told to go for 2GB because vista needs a lot. There are so many out there different processors etc any idea on which one is best

boobbby

susanann wrote: »

I have a budget of between £200 and £300. I need a laptop for internet, word processing, music downloading, msn, e-mail and maybe some very basic free games on the internet. Its for the kids starting GCSE's etc. I have been told to go for 2GB because vista needs a lot. There are so many out there different processors etc any idea on which one is best

Lots of suggestions on previous posts !!