The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

mcallister1

Back on the cheap laptop front, in the end I went for the toshiba L300-1AQ recommended earlier on this thread or the HD one- from Bennetts £391 down to £359 with 10% code from signing up to their email list, and 4% from cashbackkings .I think it looks really good and I would like to thank all those who post on the techie board to help others get to grips with the options. It really helps those of us who only look at this sort of thing now and then so don't have a handle on how things have moved on.:beer:
It has
15.4
: Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 2.0GHz 2MB L2, 800MHz FSB
: 2GB RAM
: 250GB Hard Drive

• : DVD Super Multi - Dual Layer
• : Wifi
• : Windows Vista Home Premium

buster1980

all i can say is everyone is entiled to there thoughts i guess many of you just come on here to talk to others but i only joined yesterday to find out some info if you dont believe me then there is nothing i can do is there anyway im enjoing the samsung nc10 there great laptops ne1 else got one ?

tripleh_2

Does anyone know if emachines are any good? Saw this http://direct.asda.com/Emachines-Dual-Core-Laptop/000584169,default,pd.html as its for my mom just for googling and emails

nwsuk

Emachines i beleive are made by same company as advent. There ok, but normally you find a few shortcuts taken in there manufacture, more budget than quality etc.

For what you want for your mother probably ideal though.

nwsuk

Buster1980 its obvious your the person behind this company. Yesterday you came on claiming you were buying a laptop and looking, now today its youve bought off them.

There own site says they dont open sundays. Youve tried to put together a story to justify everything research showed up about them.

I admire you for trying to make the company look genuine, but youve tripped yaself up, the companys a con, simple as that.

Just move on and try it on another forum.

Luvvly Jubbly lol

Luvly.cuppa.T

Cor it's like Eastenders on here, had me on the edge of my seat!

Anyways, I have finally decided to take the plunge of getting a new lap top.
However I have no idea what I need. Please help.

I am a final year student in my undergrad degree looking to go onto PhD later in the new year. I have one specific programme that I need to run, called SPSS (should anyone be familiar? It's a number crunching, fancy excel spreadsheet type thing, but with more behind it, and appears to take a bit to run.. well on this oldie it does...)
I currently have a single processor (celeron I think, sticker has long gone off lappie) and I have immense problems with slowness when I have music playing in background and internet sites up and running (particularly with msn messenger and facebook )

I guess I need a good memory (no jokes please), as store a lot of pdf stuff (journal articles) and word documents, also powerpoint stuff. Music too.
What is RAM anyways and the difference between that and hard drive mem?

I have no need for webcam, or blue ray. Want to play CD's and DVD's though, without it slowing down everything else to snail pace. (Well more so for the CD's)

As for using it on the move, I am not sure. PhD life may require a laptop that has to travel with me, so maybe lightness and something that will allow to connect to the internet on whilst on the go? I guess battery life would be an issue too.

I currently use my current laptop as a PC. It goes nowhere, although it could make me fitter if I did carry it about...

Can anyone rephrase my needs into techie speak so I know what to look for?
Many thanks!

buster1980

i wish i was behind the company i wouldnt hve to goto work in cold today lol but hey ho everyone is entiled to have there say

i do find it funny how everyone sems to think im the mastermind of s g electricals i can only just work out how to connect wireless

patheticshark

I think they think you're a con artist rather than an electrical mastermind

buster1980

and your evidence of this is ?

sgrech

I am seriously looking a HP machine to replace my 5 yr old Dell Inspiron.

I have come across this on ebuyer

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151493

Seems to be a pretty decent price I can seem to find it for less than about £500 elsewhere. It seems to meet my requirements although would like to know if the machine is likely to run reasonably cool and quiet.

Does anyone on this forum have experience of HP machine with regards to this?

Thanks
Simon