The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

real1314

MissPop wrote: »

Homework and The Sims do not go well together

To be honest, I think the specs on that are above and beyond what will be needed for school homework and The Sims! My laptop has 1GB RAM and an 80GB HD, and I have lots of college work and several Sims games on here no probs. However, if you plan on having it a LONG time, it would probably be good in the long run as you shouldn't need to upgrade it. But 12 year olds aren't always the carefullest (is that even a word?) so maybe a second hand/refurbished one may be a safer bet.

Are you running Sims2? What sort of spec is your laptop?

My daughter wants a laptop for xmas, but wants to be able to run sims2 on it.

spud17

Are you running Sims2? What sort of spec is your laptop?

My daughter wants a laptop for xmas, but wants to be able to run sims2 on it

See the thread HERE.

chippa2k

http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/a/sku%2Fbusiness%2FMedion-T5250-17-Widescreen-Wireless-Laptop/pr=Q29&id=MD96648/

JDPower

chippa2k wrote: »

http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/a/sku%2Fbusiness%2FMedion-T5250-17-Widescreen-Wireless-Laptop/pr=Q29&id=MD96648/

Seems pretty good to me - cheap brand but good specs for the money

Og_Troff

I just bought a Dell Vostro 1000 laptop. 80gb 2gb ram from their Dell Outlet

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That's a bargain. You have to select the discount at the end of the transaction as an 'option' though.

MissPop

real1314 wrote: »

Are you running Sims2? What sort of spec is your laptop?

My daughter wants a laptop for xmas, but wants to be able to run sims2 on it.

Mine is an Advent ERT2250 (Steer WELL clear! There's a thread in this subforum about how shoddy they are!) 80GB, 1GB RAM, shared graphics card. It can be a bit slow, but I think that could be down to the shared graphics card (I dunno anything about graphics cards, so I couldn't tell you which one I have in here! )

1GB is probably the minimum you'll need to run it well - however, lots of laptops come with 2GB these days.

Og Troff - could you link to that? My laptop's doing my head in (won't charge properly due to a broken power socket and switches itself off when it feels like it!) and I'm looking for something small and CHEAP!

GunJack

misspop - how long you had yours ?? I got a refurb ERT2250 earlier this year, it's been grand so far. popped another 1GB in a few weeks ago just to extend it's potential life, no probs. try getting it fixed, may save you a few bob....

cheeseandchive

I have come up with the following from looking today.

Any advice?

I just want a laptop to surf the net (at home and out and about) do some work on, watch DVD's on and that's about it.

Nothing to replace my home PC, but more than one of those EEE type things


http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147733
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144826
http://www.bargaincrazy.com/epages/BargainCrazy.sf/en_GB/?ChangeObjectID=3240622&ChangeAction=AddToBasket&LastViewObjectID=3240622&ViewAction=View
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-6256.aspx

JDPower

cheeseandchive wrote: »

I have come up with the following from looking today.

Any advice?

I just want a laptop to surf the net (at home and out and about) do some work on, watch DVD's on and that's about it.

Nothing to replace my home PC, but more than one of those EEE type things


http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147733
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144826
http://www.bargaincrazy.com/epages/BargainCrazy.sf/en_GB/?ChangeObjectID=3240622&ChangeAction=AddToBasket&LastViewObjectID=3240622&ViewAction=View
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-6256.aspx

Out of those I'd go for the first or last one in the list. All will do what you want them for but the first is the better spec of the first three (which are all near enough the same price) and the last is better spec of the lot but is £40 more, though is probably around forty quids worth better spec. If you really need the extra hard drive space and extra RAM (though more RAM is always a good thing) perhaps pay the extra for the last one. Otherwise save £40 and go for the first

(Just my personal opinion though)

x__Indigo_x

Right im losing the will to live haha my head is sooo confused with all the different specs and i would LOVE someone to help...basically im a 3rd year uni student in need of a new cheap laptop after my last one has died literally ...all i use my laptop for is to browse the internet [ ie upload pics on facebook, check emails,shop...i dont play games/watch movies] and do my uni essay [boooo ] so what im looking for is a cheap but reliable laptop that will last me 2 years or so untill i can afford a better one i dont understand much about ram and all that stuff or how much memory i really need

alot of people reccomend the acer aspire laptops...will the £279 one be enough for me?
or the fujitis amil0 - £299?
or should i push the budget and get a dell?

i do not want one of them tiny laptops as i couldnt write my essays on them as easily as i want to.

i dont really want to use ebay ....

PLEASE someone reccomend a laptop for my needs under £300 but could push to £350 if it was really worth it the cheaper the better