The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

toby_puppy

Need to buy a reliable laptop - only to use for browsing internet (no gaming, or downloading music and videos), saving photos and the occasional word document.
Any ideas please? Only ever used a PC but as I have wireless internet access I was thinking of getting a laptop now they have come down so much in price.
Please let me know of any makes to avoid too! Thanks.

lucylou

Hi, could anyone help me please.I would like to buy a laptop for my husband but don't know which one to chose .I have saved 100 pounds of vouchers for amazon so ideally would like to buy one from there.I saw this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/G60-114EA-15-6-inch-Laptop-Intel-Pentium/dp/B001H9O20W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1226569757&sr=1-1

and was wondering how good it is.he uses his laptop for everything, a few games, spreadsheets, pictures, downloading ecc.
thanks:beer:

littleange

lucylou wrote: »

Hi, could anyone help me please.I would like to buy a laptop for my husband but don't know which one to chose .I have saved 100 pounds of vouchers for amazon so ideally would like to buy one from there.I saw this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/G60-114EA-15-6-inch-Laptop-Intel-Pentium/dp/B001H9O20W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1226569757&sr=1-1

and was wondering how good it is.he uses his laptop for everything, a few games, spreadsheets, pictures, downloading ecc.
thanks:beer:

You might need a separate graphics card for games, rather than onboard.

lucylou

Hi, is an extra graphic card really necessary?
what do you think of that laptop.is it worth the £400 price?
:beer:

littleange

lucylou wrote: »

Hi, is an extra graphic card really necessary?
what do you think of that laptop.is it worth the £400 price?
:beer:

What games does he play?

10past6

Opps, posted elsewhere but just noticed this thread I'm looking for a laptop for my OH who is also a silver surfer, it's purely for browsing so my question is it possible to get something for around £200.00.

MissPop

10past6 wrote: »

Opps, posted elsewhere but just noticed this thread I'm looking for a laptop for my OH who is also a silver surfer, it's purely for browsing so my question is it possible to get something for around £200.00.

On that budget, your best bet would be a netbook - very small, but designed with internet in mind

Asus EEE PC - £180ish
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-Eee-PC-4G-Widescreen/dp/B00109V054/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1226598515&sr=8-4

Acer Aspire One - £180
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-One-Netbook-Sapphire/dp/B001BZ920W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1226598647&sr=1-2

These are the lower end models in their respective ranges - but they will suffice for internet browsing The Acer has a model priced at £220 on Amazon that has 1GB of RAM, which is a bit better for internet browsing, IMO.

littleange

What's browsing like at 800 x 480?

10past6

MissPop wrote: »

On that budget, your best bet would be a netbook - very small, but designed with internet in mind

Thank you Miss

May I ask, what's the difference between a laptop and a notebook?

*I've no idea about technology*

didier

laptop from comets - any suggestions?

I have just received £500 comets vouchers and would like to buy a laptop. I need it to be wireless as I work away from home but apart from that I have no special requirements. Any suggestions would be really appreciated as I know very little about various specs - thanks