The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

Meridian2uk

Toys r Us are offering an Intel Celeron M 1.4Ghz, with 512MB DDR ram and 80GB hard drive for £449.oo to include a Lexmark printer (which I don't want).
http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Product.aspx/TruHome/TruComputers/TruComputersLaptop/802387

I thought it seemed quite good as it seemed to be double the Ram and Hard drive of other I looked at but I'm not sure what I need and from what some of you have been saying I probably don't need as much as that as it would only get light use and internet.

delluver

Meridian2uk wrote:

Toys r Us are offering an Intel Celeron M 1.4Ghz, with 512MB DDR ram and 80GB hard drive for £449.oo to include a Lexmark printer (which I don't want).
http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Product.aspx/TruHome/TruComputers/TruComputersLaptop/802387

I thought it seemed quite good as it seemed to be double the Ram and Hard drive of other I looked at but I'm not sure what I need and from what some of you have been saying I probably don't need as much as that as it would only get light use and internet.

I'm finding it hard to see why the price goes up to £759 when you go to checkout.

apang

Dell have a laptop today for £357. Decent spec too.

Browntoa

which one ??

can only find

Inspiron 1200
From £419
Now From
£399
Price inc. VAT & Del
Includes 90-Day Collect and Return Service & Technical Support

Burlesque_Babe

I've just tried to find it also....there are some voucher codes, but none come down to that price - I've also clicked on the 1200, and when you go to checkout, it adds delivery, so I'm going to wait :-(

Meridian2uk

delluver wrote:

I'm finding it hard to see why the price goes up to £759 when you go to checkout.

The £449 one is out of stock at mo so you cannot select it. The picture and "add to to basket" link next to it is of the next model up (1.6 Ghz model) which is £749.00, a different model

Browntoa

E-Value code 305-N10126

90 Day Collect and Return Service


still £399 inc delivery but nothiced it is 512mb ram this time

chunter

As a quick summing up on 'cheap' laptops I've seen at this present moment

1)
Acer TravelMate 2312LM
Cel-M 360 1.4GHz 256MB 40GB DVD±RW 15" LAN XPH
(I'm almost afraid to mention Ebuyer, but's it's been running around this price for the past 3 weeks)
Quickfind code: 94298
£420 inc VAT (delivery costs depending on where you live)

2)
Dell Inspiron 1200
Intel® Celeron® 360(1.4GHz, 1MB L2 Cashe, 400MHz)15" XGA LCD, 512MB, 40GB HD, Combo Drive
EValue Code: 305-N10126
£399 delivered

3)
Dell Inspiron 6000
Intel® Celeron® M 360(1.40GHz 1MB L2 cache 400MHz),15.4" WXGA, 256MB
Evalue Code: 305-N10605
£467 delivered


..so things are quiet..
.. who's going to break ranks & cut prices to get the initial Christmas rush..

Jim_Rob

Don't know if these guys have been quoted yet, but do have a look at http://www.buyit247.net and click on the "Grade 2 computers" link at the bottom of the page - they usually have some good headline deals.

Best deals if you've got a bit of time and are happy researching models and specs is to get their spreadsheet of available models:
http://www.pc-interworks.co.uk/stock_list.csv

and have a very careful look through it - they have deals which are not listed on the main pages and (even better) can make mistakes when listing models which you can spot and get underpriced machines.


James

John_Gray

The almost, but not quite lowest-spec "IBM" Thinkpad R50e was advertised at the weekend by Staples for £399 (inc VAT), apparently about £50 less than anywhere else. If you are happy with the spec "it seems a good buy" (says the impecunious friend of mine who bought one!). Couldn't find it on the website, though, only in store...

John