The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

neisey

I assume you've dismissed a new HD for your old machine?

The tech guy at PC World said it would be around £60 for the HD and £40-ish to have it fitted, he said due the the age of the laptop it would be worth adding a bit more money and buying a new laptop. The Dell option above lets me add another 1GB of memory for extra cost. I definately don't want a slow machine.

neisey

Does the below look like a better deal than the Dell? Sorry I am nopt allowed to post links, the below is Windows Vista - not sure if this is good or not??

This is an Acer Aspire

Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0Ghz
RAM - 2GB
Hard Drive - 250GB
Operating System - Vista Home Premium
Screen - 12.1"
Optical Drive - DVD RW
Graphics - Integrated
Notebook Camera - Yes
Warranty - 3 Months

gonzo127

just thought i would point this out for people as seems a bit of a silly price ~£340

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179792

basics Acer Aspire 5732Z
Processor - Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 2.1GHz
RAM - 4GB DDR3
Hard Drive - 500GB
Operating System - windows 7 home premium
Screen - 15.6"
Optical Drive - DVD RW
Graphics - Integrated (GL40 chipset)
Notebook Camera - No
Warranty - 12 Months

katym79

That acer looks a better spec than this, but doesn't have a camera - which isn't all that important to me
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5083008/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7Ccat_15701344%7CLaptops+and+Netbooks%7C16164797.htm

Am i right - the HD looks much better capacity?

ResearchStudent_2

Sadly the price appears to have gone up now to £396.

gonzo127 wrote: »

just thought i would point this out for people as seems a bit of a silly price ~£340

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basics Acer Aspire 5732Z
Processor - Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 2.1GHz
RAM - 4GB DDR3
Hard Drive - 500GB
Operating System - windows 7 home premium
Screen - 15.6"
Optical Drive - DVD RW
Graphics - Integrated (GL40 chipset)
Notebook Camera - No
Warranty - 12 Months

spud17

ResearchStudent wrote: »

Sadly the price appears to have gone up now to £396.

Check tomorrow morning.

Before Xmas I was building a new PC, and checking prices of various options, ebuyer would regularly increase the price of a certain processor by £5 mid-evening.

It would be back to its original price when I checked the next teatime.

I'm guessing that evening is when it does a fair bit of business

nbrowne1

I'm also currently in the market for a sub £400 laptop. From my searching, the following Compaq on Amazon is the best deal: "See Amazon - Presario-CQ61-225SA-Notebook-Pentium-Processor"

Things I'm interested in, sub 3kg, HDMI port, decent processor (Comparison of processors: notebookcheck.net), 3 USB ports, webcam

Sorry, can't post links as I'm a new member

katym79

nbrown1 - that one looks ok to me but it does have Vista rather than Windows 7, you might be able to get bigger hard drive for your money too? Think i'll go with a windows 7 option.

JDPower

katym79 wrote: »

nbrown1 - that one looks ok to me but it does have Vista rather than Windows 7, you might be able to get bigger hard drive for your money too? Think i'll go with a windows 7 option.

Very good choice, I'd avoid Vista like the plague now Win7 is out.

nbrowne1

Another Vista laptop with great specs for a good price:
Toshiba A300-21H 15.4in Laptop from Argos


I'm this and Compaq I mentioned earlier both qualify for upgrades to Windows 7 through the manufacturers but I've got a copy of it through work so won't be an issue. Otherwise there's always winXP!