The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

delluver

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/nb_essentials?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

Ring Dell and quote the price as seen. Good luck! :eek: The offer runs out soon!!!

CrazyChemist_2

Their prices increase at the same time they offer a 'free' printer and 'free' double memory. :mad:

CrazyChemist_2

I phoned their sales team to ask about the prices going up when they offer freebies and they were only interested in taking my credit card details. It seems like pot luck as to whether the sales rep is pushy or not.

In light of this, I don't see how they could come top in a customer satisfaction survey...

PACH

Help! Help! Help!

I am looking in buying a laptop for my daughter who is going back to uni to do a PGCE course. She will be using it mainly to write essays and link to the internet .I noticed in the Which magazine that Toshiba was one of their best buys.( Toshiba Sat M30x-129).
As the above is rather expensive, any input about this one:

Toshiba Satellite Pro L10 Cel-M 370 1.5GHz 256MB 40GB 15" CD-RW/DVD WLAN XPH

I can get this under £500.
I have been also looking at the DELL site, as I have a Dell laptop form work, but I find the site very confusing. The advertised prices never match the final prices.

Browntoa

found this in Maplins

B Grade NX9010 Notebook PC Manufacturer: HP
Dimensions (WxDxH): 32.9 cm x 27.2 cm x 4.9 cm Weight: 3.5Kg CPU: Intel Celeron 2.6GHz with 2.6KB L2 cache Memory: 256MB installed DDR SDRAM PC2100 266MHz, upgradeable to 1GB Integrated floppy drive Hard Drive: 30GB 4200rpm Optical storage: Integrated CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo Display: 15 inch TFT active matrix, 24-bit (16.7 million colours), Max Resolution 1024 x 768 / 24-bit (16.7 million colours) Graphics Controller: ATI RADEON IGP345M 56K Modem 10/100 LAN Average battery life: 2 hours Windows XP Home

We currently have available some B Grade models. This stock has been returned to us as unwanted items and have been reduced for resale. All of these products are still covered by the Maplin 12 month guarantee.

£399.99

spend more than £300 and get £30 off so

£369

delluver

Not a great buy the HP in my mind - only 2.6kb L2 cache - are you sure about that? lol. Not WiFi enabled either? It's very heavy too. Only DDR SDRAM? DDR. Only a 30GB HD. POO! lol, if you're gonna pay that much, go for the Packard Bell 15.4" widescreen with a DVD RW from Dixons/Currys/PC World for at £100 more (£499) when they come back in stock. A good spec with a 50GB HD. Still, I would still go for the Dell anyway.

Come on, it's £385 with a printer... better than nothing! lol. I bought one 2 days ago, the offer's still there... it's not on their site, and they won't offer it to you. Contact me if you wanna buy it.

PACH

Thanks for your replies. I went at the end for the Dell Inspiron2200 with 512 Mb RAM, 40GB drive,+ Printer, etc.etc. I am sure my daughter will like ; if not I will have it!!!!!!

delluver

Cool, I hope it makes you very happy

alykhalil

i think this is the righteous place for me. i am looking for a laptop and the DELL deal on inspiron 2200 (totalling to £507, 512, 1.4ghz, DVD-writer, wifi) catches my eye...will i be doing the right thing by buying this dell 2200 ?

there is so much confusion flying around, its unbelievable. so say dell is great, others say NO, some say toshiba is best, some again dont agree...dont know where me and others like me (who need to buy a laptop) stand...pls advise ? thank you

alykhalil

hollie.weimeraner wrote:

Acer Aspire 1682wlmi has been reduced and is selling at around £599. Excellent spec for the price 1.6 Pentium M, 512 RAM, ATI 9700 graphics card, Inbuilt wireless networking and dual layer DVD writer. (15.4" widescreen)

Cheapest place including delivery I can find is here http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/320_237922.html

Just ordered 1 for my son, reviews seem to be few and far between but what there are speak favourably.

PLEASE...DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT ACER...i had serious problems with it in just 4 months. it crashed ! court papers against acer still with me