The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

skintmostofthetime

HI. usual request - what's the best deal for me. Want 2GB memory, want to do the usual things - email, surf, also play dvd/cd's but would like to be able view T.V. and most of this will be done @ airports/in Spain - would a decent battery life too. Prepared to spend £500 but will want to get case etc with this. ANy good suggestions please?

chili2001

skintmostofthetime wrote: »

HI. usual request - what's the best deal for me. Want 2GB memory, want to do the usual things - email, surf, also play dvd/cd's but would like to be able view T.V. and most of this will be done @ airports/in Spain - would a decent battery life too. Prepared to spend £500 but will want to get case etc with this. ANy good suggestions please?

I would go for: www.ebuyer.com/product/159674 Very good spec £400.00
or http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158885 Bigger HD, Bigger screen, Slightly lighter @ £450.00 both come with free delivery and free laptop bag.
I pretty much buy everything computerwise from this company they are very good!

ogrebear

Help!

I need a new laptop to replace my dying Advent. I primarily use the box for web surfing esp YouTube, email, and some photo editing. It was used for Eve, CoH, and WoW in the past but it's too knackered for that now, but if the new one could do that too it would be cool. I can't decide between these two:

Acer Aspire 6930Z: ebuyer.com product 159426

Or the HP 6735s: ebuyer.com product 158887

Anyone suggest which might be better?

Thanks Money Savers!

JDPower

ogrebear wrote: »

Help!

I need a new laptop to replace my dying Advent. I primarily use the box for web surfing esp YouTube, email, and some photo editing. It was used for Eve, CoH, and WoW in the past but it's too knackered for that now, but if the new one could do that too it would be cool. I can't decide between these two:

Acer Aspire 6930Z: ebuyer.com product 159426

Or the HP 6735s: ebuyer.com product 158887

Anyone suggest which might be better?

Thanks Money Savers!

I would say the HP is the marginally better of the two, especially if you wish to play a few (older) games as it has more, higher speed RAM and the slightly better graphics card. Neither have dedicated graphics so don't expect to be able the latest resource heavy 3D games, though I'm guessing both would be a significant improvement over your current laptop. BUT both have Windows Vista which is considerably more resource heavy than XP (which I assume you currently use). Plus bear in mind the reportedly much improved Windows 7 is expected to be released around October, just something to be aware of rather than risk unwittingly getting stuck with Vista when a new better OS is due so soon (and I wouldn't be surprised to see lots of offers on Windows 7 laptops when it is released).

chili2001

ogrebear wrote: »

Help!

I need a new laptop to replace my dying Advent. I primarily use the box for web surfing esp YouTube, email, and some photo editing. It was used for Eve, CoH, and WoW in the past but it's too knackered for that now, but if the new one could do that too it would be cool. I can't decide between these two:

Acer Aspire 6930Z: ebuyer.com product 159426

Or the HP 6735s: ebuyer.com product 158887

Anyone suggest which might be better?

Thanks Money Savers!

I would go for: www.ebuyer.com/product/159674
Dont buy a laptop running an AMD proccessor, they are awful and run really hot! The intel dual core are much faster and economical.

drilldown

Hi guys, im currently looking to get a new laptop and the best place i have found so far for price and quality has got to be Tesco Direct. Sounds a bit strange but it really is, im looking at the Acers on there website!

Just goto tesco direct laptop section and select a budget of between £200 - £400 and have a look.

chili2001

drilldown wrote: »

Hi guys, im currently looking to get a new laptop and the best place i have found so far for price and quality has got to be Tesco Direct. Sounds a bit strange but it really is, im looking at the Acers on there website!

Just goto tesco direct laptop section and select a budget of between £200 - £400 and have a look.

Tesco had a great deal before christmas on an acer but sadly they are all sold out now.
You will get a better deal from ebuyer.com
This is the best spec laptop I can find for the price at the moment: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159674

chloe_87_87

Hello!

I have been looking for a Laptop for what feels like ages!
I found one on Dell (Studio 15) and have customised it to what i would like as posted below. I need to order it tonight or the offers i have got will expire (Free upgrade to 4096MB Memory,Free upgrade to 320GB Hard Drive, £20.00 off and 10% voucher code) The price inc VAT and delivery etc is £637.18. Do you think the spec is ok and could i get it any cheaper? I will be using it for general home use, a bit of website designing and watching DVD's (Plugged in to a HDTV via a HDMI cable hopefully!)

Thanks for reading!

Chloe_87_87



Base
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.0 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 Cache)
Microsoft Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1- English
Memory
4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
Video Card
256MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570
Hard Drive
320GB (5.400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Optical Devices
Fixed Internal Blu-ray Disc (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM) Slot Drive including SW
Wireless Networking
Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g)
Primary Battery
Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery
Camera
2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera
Colour Choice
Lime Green Colour with Microsatin Finish
LCD
15.6in Widescreen High Definition (1366x768) WLED with TrueLife

chili2001

Personally I wouldnt buy anything from Dell! The spec looks ok, but you could get somthing similer for £200 cheaper. Do you REALLY need a blu-ray drive on it? The graphics card is not really powerful enough to play blu-ray movies. With the money saved I would buy a stand alone blu-ray player for your hdtv. I have a sony bdp-s350 hooked up to mine and its great. You can get them for £140ish now. Have a look at my previous replys on laptops fron ebuyer.

chloe_87_87

Hi chili2001!

Thanks for your input!
I would really like a intergrated Blu-ray so i can use it whilst i'm away/travelling and at home with my HDTV. Also i dont have the room to have a stand alone DVD player anymore (My HDTV has a built in DVD player but it's gone kaput..something to do with inserting tweezers in to it:D... which is why i would like the Blu-ray)
The reason i went with Dell is because i have a Dell desktop and havent had any issues (apart from McAfee taking control in March so i had to wipe the hard drive and reinstall xp, i blame that all on McAfee though! Will never have anti virus via them again, I use AVG now!) Computer works fine now though!
The reason i am after a laptop is because i hope to move out sometime this year and i cant take the computer with me because my Dad runs his business from it and i wouldnt want to leave either of my parents computerless! So i thought i would buy one now whilst i can afford it before i move!