The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

Dal1970

No one seems to have mentioned this one

packard bell easynote lj61-rb-110

packardbell.co.uk/products/notebooks/easynote-lj/EasyNote+LJ61-RB-110/productsheet-LX.B730X.002-1693.html

I can't post links, so just add the www at the start

Price at Dixons £449

Seems good price for the specs - will allow the wife to play games and surf.

Comments, anyone


Dal

snackatack2000

123sl456 wrote: »

I know this is not exactly a money saving tip, but perhaps someone could give us help on the differences between Celeron and Pentium processors?

Celeron are cheaper (most of the tips above are for laptops with this processor) but I've been warned off them by various people. Is it not better just spending a bit more and getting a better Pentium processor?

i think its personal choice really, i have always had celeron and mine has outlasted every pentium used by friends and family, plus mine is alot faster and smoother than the pentium, so for me i wouldnt look at buying anything other than celeron

woohoo

Hi,

my laptop is seriously on its way out..............mind you I've had it 4 years (Dell). I need to replace it asap as cheaply as possible. I don't need anything high spec. Literally all we do is surf, email and burn the odd CD!!!

Can anyone recommend a good deal (I haven't a clue about spec or anything - I haven't had chance to research it as I was hoping this one might last a bit longer. Don't think it will though!)

Any advice appreciated! Thank you. :money:

Jaffa.

chili2001 wrote: »

HP is a good make.

I would avoid HP and compaq at ALL costs. Poor customer service and build quality on their laptops, what a waste of £899 that was :rolleyes: 2 years warranty's no good when the problem keeps re-occuring after they've fixed it, about 3 month wait too.

x__Indigo_x

anyone give me some advice on this? my sisters laptop has broke [ screen smashed] so she needs a new one [well a new old one or whatever ] she only uses it for internet [wireless] and to do a bit of college work so do not need a high end model. would this be ok?
http://www.tier1online.com/Items/Item.aspx?itemid=5090854&caSKU=t43%20g6%202ghz%26case2%20%23&caTitle=IBM%20T43%20Laptop%202.0Ghz%201GB%20Ram%20-%20DVD%20-%20XP%20Pro%20-%20Refurbished%20Notebook

brm21

Can anyone help me??? Please getting very frustrated and confused. I am wanting to buy a laptop for my son aged 15, his previous HP one died at 13 month old and only had 12 month warranty so not going for HP. He has found the SAMSUNG R509 with 3GB RAM and 500gb HARD DRIVE costing £480 AT DABS whereas I found this:
Toshiba Satellite L300-1DN Laptop - 3GB Ram, 250GB Hard Drive, 15.4" TruBrite® WXGA TFT Display, Vista Home Premium
Item Number 399062

costing £347.75 at staples which is cheaper but less hard drive. Please advise would like to keep cost really under £400 but he says he wants more hard drive

spike87

Jaffa. wrote: »

I would avoid HP and compaq at ALL costs. Poor customer service and build quality on their laptops, what a waste of £899 that was :rolleyes: 2 years warranty's no good when the problem keeps re-occuring after they've fixed it, about 3 month wait too.

On the other hand, nearly every PC I've owned has been with HP because of their reliability and good customer service!

Springnik

This has been really helpful!! Thanks

froggy27_2

Hopefully sbdy will come back and advise...
I need a new laptop..mine is about 6yrs old and slow...(and will go to 5yr old DD so she can go on internet without bugging me!)
Would like good memory, built in webcam, CD writer, XP, watch DVD .... just for general surfing, photos etc.. budget is not massive either..If at all possible around £300.
I went to PC world and really was a bit lost and don't really know what to look for...so thought i might ask here...
Any advice on what to check please? or any deals? or any make to avoid?
Thank you as always

roguetrooper74

brm21 wrote: »

Can anyone help me??? Please getting very frustrated and confused. I am wanting to buy a laptop for my son aged 15, his previous HP one died at 13 month old and only had 12 month warranty so not going for HP. He has found the SAMSUNG R509 with 3GB RAM and 500gb HARD DRIVE costing £480 AT DABS whereas I found this:
Toshiba Satellite L300-1DN Laptop - 3GB Ram, 250GB Hard Drive, 15.4" TruBrite® WXGA TFT Display, Vista Home Premium
Item Number 399062

costing £347.75 at staples which is cheaper but less hard drive. Please advise would like to keep cost really under £400 but he says he wants more hard drive

I would go for the cheaper one and then buy a cheap external hard drive if he really needs the extra hard disk space.