The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

roguetrooper74

froggy27 wrote: »

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

Have you tried tesco direct, they have some reasonably good spec laptops at reasonable prices, and you get club card points too!! Ideally you want a laptop with at least 2GB Ram

Smickan

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.

Agreed, mine's in for the second time less than 8 weeks after it was returned to me for the same faults, and it's only 8 months old

Their customer service/repair center call center people are all very hard to understand - and they can't understand me and I'm a fairly clear lincolnshire speaker (if that makes sense :rotfl: no thick accent I mean) I'm not entirely sure what their accent is, I think Indian but I'm awful with accents One had me spell out my entire name and address phonetically because she couldn't understand me - or my request for her to pass me on to someone else who may be able to understand me.

I've currently raised a help ticket complaint with the head office - but it's in America and they keep asking me to ring them....! :rolleyes:

Slim4Summer

I have an Acer and it is about to die on me - only had it 2 years. I just asked my OH what kind should get next and he said "Lenovo" - HAHA - start at 1K!!!! If only ....

Slim4Summer

PS
DELL customer service would make you want to top yourself - passed from pillar to post - have to tell the same story to each individual person - who struggle to understand you. I will NEVER NEVER buy another Dell bec of their cusomer service.

froggy27_2

can sbdy tell me if this sounds good or not or at a reasonable price with the 2yr guarantee???

http://www.johnlewis.com/230622482/product.aspx?source=46387

thanks for your help.

stamford

Slim4Summer wrote: »

I have an Acer and it is about to die on me - only had it 2 years. I just asked my OH what kind should get next and he said "Lenovo" - HAHA - start at 1K!!!! If only ....

£379 upwards http://www.cclonline.com/product-listings.asp?category_id=1&manufacturer_id=316

techmax76

I vote for toshiba. Its best suite if your work requires a lot of travelling. this one is for you. The features are also great. and of course the price is also affordable.

stamford

I'm also a Tosh fan. My Satellite pro has done me well home & abroad but I think next trip will be taking the Acer netbook just to have less hand baggage

techmax76 wrote: »

I vote for toshiba. Its best suite if your work requires a lot of travelling. this one is for you. The features are also great. and of course the price is also affordable.

tillytomcat

PLease, please, please can anyone HELP!
I have cracked the screen on my lap top and want to replace.

I use for internet & office mainly want to spend less than £250 if possible have seen this would it do the job reasonably well. Your help would be much appreciated.

Lenovo IdeaPad S9e Netbook
Limited stock, grab one while you can!!
Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz Processor
1024MB Memory / 160GB Hard Drive
8.9 inch TFT Display / Wireless LAN
LAN / Bluetooth / XP Home Edition

sukysue

froggy27 wrote: »

can sbdy tell me if this sounds good or not or at a reasonable price with the 2yr guarantee???

http://www.johnlewis.com/230622482/product.aspx?source=46387

thanks for your help.

I don't know Frooggy27 (why 27 ??) but friend has a Compaq and has dissed it to me since she bought it says it's cwap!