Best £600ish laptop?

10.9

Hi,

I'm looking at buying a laptop and I have around £600 to spend. I'll be using it for creating Powerpoint presentations, storing large files and some image editing. Occasionally playing games and watching movies.

I am considering the Acer Aspire 5740 with Intel® Core™ i5- 520M (2.4 GHz), 4GB ram and 500GB HDD.
Using an online voucher I've found it for £610.97.

Is this a good deal? Are there better laptops for the money?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Graham

Bowling_4_Gold

This laptop looks quite good for your budget, and I'd expect it to last a bit longer than an Acer. Similar specs, although slightly smaller Hard Drive.

gonzo127

http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5740G_Laptop_LX.PMB02.001/version.asp
might be better games wise as has a good beefie graphics card ok its not a i5 CPU but the i3 is pretty good anyway

10.9

Thanks for the suggestions.

Ideally, I want a 15 inch screen cos I will be taking the laptop with me on my travels.

Any other suggestions?

esslee

Hi 10.9
I have been researching laptops for a few weeks now. I want enough beef to replace my desktop (and do a bit of gaming) so it needs to have bells & whistles.. and a numeric keyboard. I had boiled it down to the HP Pavilion dv6-2113sa which gives a LOT of bang for the buck
add www to .trustedreviews.com/laptops/review/2010/04/03/HP-Pavilion-dv6-2113sa---15-6in-Laptop/p1

but recently spotted the Samsung R580 which is new out and looks
georgeous. Not only that but it has a very good spec and all the reviews I have read have been excellent. You can see it in all its glory on the Samsung UK site and a recent review here -
add www to .pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3213244

Both of these are sub £600

Hope this is useful for you

10.9

Hi Esslee

Thanks for your suggestions. I've ordered the HP Pavilion DV6.

Cheers
Graham