The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

FirstTimer4Me

hiya

i'm looking for a laptop with a 15" screen just for browsing no games etc., etc., my price range is around £300.00 not sure if i'll get anything but hoping some experts here may know of any deals

ta if anyone can help

theloft

FirstTimer4Me wrote: »

hiya i'm looking for a laptop with a 15" screen just for browsing no games etc., etc., my price range is around £300.00 not sure if i'll get anything but hoping some experts here may know of any deals. ta if anyone can help

DELL have an Inspiron 15 - 15.6" laptop for £329 which is fine just for browsing and emails. Go through Quidco for an extra 3% off.
However I notice in the poll above, Dell do not even get a mention !
Is this because they are not included in the poll or because they are banned? According to that poll the only 2 laptops worth buying are Toshiba and Sony. My son has had a Dell laptop for 4 years and not a single problem. I have a Dell PC and after 6 months of purgatory (Indian call centre) it has now settled down and have had no probs. for a year.
(touching wood as I type)! I need a laptop and I agree it is a minefield.
Are there any computer manufacturers who give good after sales service ? I asked 3 computer magazines why they did not give a 'service' rating for any manufacurer and none of them replied. I assume it is 'cos they daren't for fear of losing their advertising revenue.

FirstTimer4Me

theloft wrote: »

DELL have an Inspiron 15 - 15.6" laptop for £329 which is fine just for browsing and emails

ok thans i take it i'll find it on dells site.

haggisAThome

neisey wrote: »

The tech guy at PC World said it would be around £60 for the HD and £40-ish to have it fitted,

40 quid to fit a hdd that takes 5 min max to fit ! the robbing bunch of **** :eek:

ragdollabbi

Can anyone help in advising of the best laptop around (under£400) Don't need anything too complicated....just for basics....but something that won't need replaced too soon.

Thanks

quest_starz

hi
looking at the acer 5732z mentioned above, can get it for just over 384 with cashback from tesco - is this a good price/ good laptop? saw it was 340 earlier in jan. Don't know much about acer -anyone got one or know about this brand? like the idea of 500 and 4gb
thanks

JDPower

quest_starz wrote: »

hi
looking at the acer 5732z mentioned above, can get it for just over 384 with cashback from tesco - is this a good price/ good laptop? saw it was 340 earlier in jan. Don't know much about acer -anyone got one or know about this brand? like the idea of 500 and 4gb
thanks

Acer are more than acceptable IMO and I've not seen any complaints on this thread from people who have bought them.

boobbby

quest_starz wrote: »

hi
looking at the acer 5732z mentioned above, can get it for just over 384 with cashback from tesco - is this a good price/ good laptop? saw it was 340 earlier in jan. Don't know much about acer -anyone got one or know about this brand? like the idea of 500 and 4gb
thanks

or from here for £380


http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172314

Sowilo_2

For the sake of all that is holy do not get a Hewlett Packard. Bought 2 just over a year ago. Both got motherboard problems, one got fixed the other is now junk. I would take all day to list the problems and the ludicrous solutions HP suggested. Eventually someone from their complaints dept rang. After listening to me he says he has no technical knowhow, it is out of warranty, £267 to repair or replace.

Rated_R_Superstar

Ok looking for a laptop around the £400 mark and have found these three:Dell Inspiron 1565,Intel® Core i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
3072MB 1067MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [1x1024 + 1x2048]
15.6" High Definition (1366x768) WLED
50GB (5,400rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD
1 year warranty
£399

Samsung R519 15.6in Widescreen Laptop.

Free 3-Year Collect & return Pre-Registered Warranty
Free 3-Year Pre-Registered AVG Internet Security.
Free Samsung Pleomax Laptop Bag and mouse
Intel Pentium dual core T4300 processor.
2.1GHz processor speed.
4GB DDR2 RAM.
15.6in screen size.
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.
250GB SATA hard drive.
Multi format dual layer drive.
Intel GMA X4500M graphics.
Multi card reader.
3 USB ports.
0.3MP webcam.
802.11 b/g/n wireless enabled.
Windows 7 Premium operating system installed.
£399.99

Acer Aspire 5732z
Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 2.1GHz
800MHz
FSB1MB L2 Cache
Memory 4GB RAM (max) - DDR3
Hard Drive 500GB
DVD±RW Dual Layer
Display 15.6" HD Acer CineCrystal LCD Graphics
UMA - No External Video Memory
GL40 Chipset
1 year warranty
Windows 7
£396.98

was wondering if anyone had any reviews/ knowledge about them, which is best

Thanks