The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

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marshtric wrote: »

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HCL Infosystems today launched MiLeap – a fully functional, portable range of laptops that sport a starting price tag of Rs 13,990. Slated to be the world’s cheapest ultra-portable laptops (Allied Computers announced laptops priced at Rs 14,999 a couple of days back), the MiLeap would be available in two series, X and Y, at a starting price of Rs 13,990 and Rs 29,990 respectively.

SPAMMER! What a load of rubbish, peddle your wears elsewhere dude!!!!

Charlton_King

Ok.... to return to the OP if only briefly..!

Is there any current consensus as to front runners for the cheap/decent quality combo?

missdarcy

chocolateteddy wrote: »

I was hoping to get a toshiba L300 11V but since currys advertised it on tele haven't managed to find it in stock anywhere except Pixmania Has anyone had dealings with them are they good or to be avoided. Doesn't anyone know where else I can get one of these from or a similar laptop with that spec hoping not to go over £350 Many thanks

Pixmania are owned by fotovista but DSG International own 75% of this company so that means it is owned by the Currys and Dixons group. They also own PC World.
I got my laptop from ebuyer and had no troubles but there have been some reviews that I have read of bad experiences.

lic

The above poster is correct.
i just bought a washing machine from them, and the invoice has curry's name all over it.
It was about £100 cheaper and delivered in 2 days. i am v impressed.

mcallister1

Hi- thanks to everyone who contributes to this thread- its been really helpful to me as I've been thinking of buying a laptop for my daughter's eighteenth birthday/christmas combined. As her birthday is in January I've been a bit torn about whther to wait- my head says yes but I keep thinking of how lame Christmas day will be. And also I guess there is never a perfect time to buy.
Anyway, I've been looking at the dell studio 1737 on pixmania for £389 with a code for £10 and quidco.http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/2203194/art/dell/studio-1737-red.html?i!!!!!3894

I think it looks like a good deal- I was looking at the dell on their outlet site before and it seems to compare quite well...but I wonder if I'm not seeing something that is missing or I should think about? I see its an Intel Dual core not a duo...does that matter? She has an external hard drive as well so storage won't be a problem- it won't surprise you to know that she will use it for school work and also web and watching dvds etc
Here is the spec- its in lots of colours too which she likes.
RAM2 GBOperating SystemMicrosoft Windows Vista Home PremiumCache Memory1 MBProcessorIntel Pentium Dual-Core T3200, clocked at 2 GHz Hard drive120 GBVideo CardATI Radeon 3650 graphics card with 256 MB of dedicated memoryMonitor17" TrueLife screenMemory Card ReaderInformation available soonOptical Disk ReaderSuperMulti dual-layer DVD writerUSB5 USB 2.0 portsModem/Ethernet PortHigh-speed 56K modem
Built-in Ethernet interfacei-Link1 FireWire portTV OutletNoWLANYesBluetoothNoPCMCIANoSize392 x 288 x 30 mm Weight3.57 kg Included AccessoriesMains adapter, battery and user guideIncluded SoftwareMicrosoft Works


Any comments?

love_lifer

comet have a toshiba L300 19y 3gb/160 for £358. looks like a good deal tho im no expert

JDPower

mcallister1 wrote: »

Hi- thanks to everyone who contributes to this thread- its been really helpful to me as I've been thinking of buying a laptop for my daughter's eighteenth birthday/christmas combined. As her birthday is in January I've been a bit torn about whther to wait- my head says yes but I keep thinking of how lame Christmas day will be. And also I guess there is never a perfect time to buy.
Anyway, I've been looking at the dell studio 1737 on pixmania for £389 with a code for £10 and quidco.http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/2203194/art/dell/studio-1737-red.html?i!!!!!3894

I think it looks like a good deal

Looks a good deal to me too, has some dedicated graphics memory which is quite impressive for under £400 and the rest of the spec is reasonable.

mcallister1

JDPower wrote: »

Looks a good deal to me too, has some dedicated graphics memory which is quite impressive for under £400 and the rest of the spec is reasonable.

Thank you. I think I'm going to get it- its down to £381 now btw.

mcallister1

Although it said it was in stock, as soon as I ordered it was out of stock and doesn't look like it will get here now :eek: but never mind.

chocolateteddy

Hi all again was looking to buy a toshiba L300 11V laptop from Pixmania but the bad reviews of the company have put me off!!
Have found it online on 'ComWales' for a decent price of £335 plus £7.99 P&P does anybody have any experience of this company or where I could find the above mentioned laptop
Thanks