Laptop Advice! Up to £800- help!?

Englishian

Help! Im looking to buy a new laptop to replace my desktop. I only really need it for watching films, storing music, photos and surfing the internet.

I want a really reliable (stylish) looking laptop and the budget is up to £800.

Ive been considering buying a Macbook (I dont need a pro considering what I need it for) but if I buy one Im only really buying it for the apple brand...Oh and because it looks so good! I think 13" is a little too small...

Im also considering a Sony Vaio but Im not sure how good these are? Any help is MUCH appreciated! I understand that I dont need a super laptop for what I want to use it for, but Id like it to be the best model I can get.

Thanks in advance!

TEDDYRUKSPIN

Try for some decent reviews - £800 can get you a very good laptop.

http://www.whatlaptop.co.uk/
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?prodcatid=5

Look at the date of review. The newer the better.

Leopard

Englishian wrote: »

Help! Im looking to buy a new laptop to replace my desktop. I only really need it for watching films, storing music, photos and surfing the internet.

I want a really reliable (stylish) looking laptop and the budget is up to £800.

Ive been considering buying a Macbook (I dont need a pro considering what I need it for) but if I buy one Im only really buying it for the apple brand...Oh and because it looks so good! I think 13" is a little too small...

Im also considering a Sony Vaio but Im not sure how good these are? Any help is MUCH appreciated! I understand that I dont need a super laptop for what I want to use it for, but Id like it to be the best model I can get.

Thanks in advance!

You buy a MacBook/Pro not for its looks but because you want to run Apple's OS X operating system.

If you want to run Windows 7 instead, you buy a Sony Vaio for its style.

knightstyle

Get a Macbook and a bigger screen to use at home. Have a look at the refurbished ones on the Apple UK site.
I bought one ans it is brand new, they are having a clearout as new model has arrived, but the old model is great and will do everything you want.
Just looked and they have them for £579

chunter

something like this?

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukbsd1&l=en&oc=N1115219&s=bsd&sbc=rf_spider&m_30=143259&dgc=AF&cid=5213&lid=122757&acd=e7ea47655deb9403afc45f2455452826

..with 8gb of Ram



Or better still, buy a notebook which will take 8gb of RAM
and buy two 4gb sticks of RAM

Donnie

chunter wrote: »

something like this?

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukbsd1&l=en&oc=N1115219&s=bsd&sbc=rf_spider&m_30=143259&dgc=AF&cid=5213&lid=122757&acd=e7ea47655deb9403afc45f2455452826

..with 8gb of Ram



Or better still, buy a notebook which will take 8gb of RAM
and buy two 4gb sticks of RAM

Do Dells look good? The ones I've seen wouldn't win any contests for design. Functional maybe.

4743hudsonj

chunter wrote: »

something like this?

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukbsd1&l=en&oc=N1115219&s=bsd&sbc=rf_spider&m_30=143259&dgc=AF&cid=5213&lid=122757&acd=e7ea47655deb9403afc45f2455452826

..with 8gb of Ram



Or better still, buy a notebook which will take 8gb of RAM
and buy two 4gb sticks of RAM

... with 8gb of ram and a poor gfx?


is their need or so much ram considering the limiting factor for the performance will more likely be the cpu or gfx

https://www.sonystyle-europe.com/SonyStyle/ipc/displayLayout/(cScrollCharGroupName=$BASE_GROUP&cInstId=1&layout=24_169_74_75_77_78_79_80_82_91_92_137&cCharName=C1000000009_FW5&next=config&carea=4874DDA413D900EAE10080002BC29B86&isProdDetailPageCTO=true&order=null&citem=4874DDA413D900EAE10080002BC29B864AC057D349DB0040E10080022BC29B71&uiarea=2&cCharGroupName=$BASE_GROUP&ctype=areaDetails&isHideActive=true)/.do

thats a better pc

i have a more powerful model and all i can say is theyre brilliant

just dont be tempted to lift a key off like i did:o

theyre mac book look-a-likes almost, very sleek and stylish

also great build quality, and that brilliant sony invention of separated keys!

EDIT: JUST REALISED THE LINK WONT WORK, GO ONTO THE SONY STYLE SITE, AND GO TO VAIO FW SERIES, THEN GO TO CUTOM MODEL AND SELECT THE FOLLOWING FEATURE

P8700 PROCESSOR
320GB HDD
4GB RAM
DVD DRIVE
1600X900 SUPER WIDESCREEN
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD4570 512MB
WINDOWS 7 64 BIT WITHOUT XP


SHOULD BE £809 INC vat

OR JUST BROSWE PRE BUILT MODELS

macman

Is this laptop to be used as a portable? If not, you want to be looking at a 17in laptop, not a 13in one. Or go for an iMac if you can run to a slightly higher budget and you want Apple OS.

4743hudsonj

macman wrote: »

Is this laptop to be used as a portable? If not, you want to be looking at a 17in laptop, not a 13in one. Or go for an iMac if you can run to a slightly higher budget and you want Apple OS.

£1k seems to be the cheapest macbook pro in the refurb store.

929 gets you a refurbed air.... so its quite a budget leap, you could get a super quick sony aw series with that money, ok so it has win 7 not osx but the hardware would more than make up for that.

Englishian

4743hudsonj wrote: »

£1k seems to be the cheapest macbook pro in the refurb store.

929 gets you a refurbed air.... so its quite a budget leap, you could get a super quick sony aw series with that money, ok so it has win 7 not osx but the hardware would more than make up for that.

It doesnt have to be portable tbh! I have a few friends who have various macbooks and they obviously rave about the os x, but I dont know if it really matters to me...I obviously dont know any better lol.

I just want it to be as zippy as possible and be good for watching tv shows/films! Ive had a look through various reviews but its all going a bit over my head tbh.

Thanks 4743hudsonj! I wouldnt have a clue how to put one together on my own lol. Ive also looked at the Sony NW20SF Laptop, does it seem any good?

Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6600
(2.2Ghz, 800Mhz, 2MB Cache)
[URL="javascript:showEditorial('Genuine-Windows');"]Genuine Windows(R) 7 Home Premium[/URL]
4GB Memory
320GB Hard drive

Ive been warned off dells tbh...

Thank you all so much for your advice! Im extremely grateful.

macman

So why a laptop if you want to watch films/DVD's on it? Do you really want to do that on a small screen?