The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

WaxiesDargle

ok I've just been to Tesco and two laptops caught my eye ...has anyone got one and can you tell me if they are ok...thanks

Toshiba L500-19Z £499 (320GB Hard drive/4 GB RAM)
Toshiba L500-1CQ £449 (250 GB hard drive/3GB RAM)

Both with Windows 7
Integrated Graphics Memory
DVD Super Multi
Wireless
Memory Card Reader
Webcam
Intel Duo Core Processor

bhafc810

hello

would you be able to scan your eyes on this laptop for me http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0738342631.1259406864@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfiadeimfdhhfgcflgceggdhhmdgml.0&category_oid=&sku=305425&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null

looking for a laptop for an 11year old to surf, play games, homework etc

many thanks for your time

shazjack

supermonkey wrote: »

hi all, what about an asus x71q laptop? Intel Pentium Dual Core 2Ghz 3 GB DDR2 Ram Vista (with upgrade) Intel GMA X4500 Graphics £310 inc del.... seems good, but i'd want a clean install of windows 7 64 bit not an upgrade and is the graphics intergrarated?

Hi Could you please provide a link for this deal as the best deal/spec I can find near to that is http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-7486.aspx .


Could someone please give me advice on this tesco laptop do you think this is a good deal? If not can you please advise me of anything better. I didn't want to spend anymore than around £300/£350 max.

Thanx hope someone can help

cport80

Hi all,
Found this site to be useful for comparing CPU's. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

Of course the CPU is only one component. There's graphics and battery life to be considered but it's nice to see how the processors compare. Hope this is useful to someone else out there.

jmw20

Well after about two weeks of searching through pages of advice, recomendations and countless internet sites I have decided on one of two options. Just cant decide between the two as both seem so good, but if anyone has anything to add that I may be missing about one or the other to sway my decision I would be grateful.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/654/861/-/12038147/Samsung-R520-Pentium-Dual-Core-T4200-2-0GHz-4GB-500GB-DVD-SM-15-6-Windows-7-Home-Premium-Laptop-Notebook/Product.html?searchtype=genre

and

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/654/861/-/12096955/Hewlett-Packard-Pavilion-DV6-2030SA-AMD-Turion-II-Dual-Core-Mobile-M520-2-3GHz-4GB-320GB-DVD-SM-15-6-Windows-7-Home-Premium-64Bit/Product.html?searchtype=genre

superstar_2

jmw20 wrote: »

Well after about two weeks of searching through pages of advice, recomendations and countless internet sites I have decided on one of two options. Just cant decide between the two as both seem so good, but if anyone has anything to add that I may be missing about one or the other to sway my decision I would be grateful.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/654/861/-/12038147/Samsung-R520-Pentium-Dual-Core-T4200-2-0GHz-4GB-500GB-DVD-SM-15-6-Windows-7-Home-Premium-Laptop-Notebook/Product.html?searchtype=genre

and

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/654/861/-/12096955/Hewlett-Packard-Pavilion-DV6-2030SA-AMD-Turion-II-Dual-Core-Mobile-M520-2-3GHz-4GB-320GB-DVD-SM-15-6-Windows-7-Home-Premium-64Bit/Product.html?searchtype=genre

Comparing your laptop 1 (Samsung) and 2(HP). The HP has a better processor than the T4200 pentium dual cre of Samsung. Its slightly better. However, HP uses AMD instead of Intel. Some people dont like using AMD and Im not a huge fan of it myself although my PC at home is AMD. Its fine and its better than you intel of samsung. The HP also has a better graphic ard than the samsung, in fact a very good one. They both have windows 7.

If i had to choose one, it'd be the second one - HP.

Hope that helps.

jmw20

superstar wrote: »

Comparing your laptop 1 (Samsung) and 2(HP). The HP has a better processor than the T4200 pentium dual cre of Samsung. Its slightly better. However, HP uses AMD instead of Intel. Some people dont like using AMD and Im not a huge fan of it myself although my PC at home is AMD. Its fine and its better than you intel of samsung. The HP also has a better graphic ard than the samsung, in fact a very good one. They both have windows 7.

If i had to choose one, it'd be the second one - HP.

Hope that helps.

That does thanks

skinnymcgurty

hi everyone, would b grateful for some help -neice wants a laptop for xmas - doesnt need to be too fancy pref with built in webcam, min 15" screen and less than £300. Is that possible?????

Thanks in advance

superstar_2

skinnymcgurty wrote: »

hi everyone, would b grateful for some help -neice wants a laptop for xmas - doesnt need to be too fancy pref with built in webcam, min 15" screen and less than £300. Is that possible?????

Thanks in advance

Its a very tight budget and for that price, the best i could find is an Acer model. Its Acer Extensa 5630EZ. Its got Pentium dual core T4300 processor, 15.4' screen. Its 310 pounds. 10 quid over your budget. Hope that helps.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174201

olllie

coupleuk wrote: »

Anyone any views on this one please?

The newspaper pullout this weekend does state 4xUSB but their spec online says 2xUSB.

Think I will call in today to find out as 2 USB sockets is nowhere near enough.

But would be good to get a review from anyone with one of these????

Thanks

EDIT: IT DOES ONLY HAVE 2 X USB - CHECKED IN-STORE 09/11/09

Does anyone know if the Argos one (The 17" Acer with 2 USB's, model 77322) has Bluetooth built in? If it does, I could live with 2 USB sockets, but if I need to use a USB dongle, 1 spare is definitely out of the question, which is a shame, as the spec is superb.