£400 To Spend On Laptop Help Needed !!

ITFCNUT

My Daughter has saved £400 for a laptop.Wondered if anyone knows of where to find the best value for that kind of money...any ideas on models etc would be appreciated...As Im a total novice when it comes to pc's/laptops etc.
Thanks in advance

albertross_2

http://www.dmxcomputers.co.uk/blogcategory/dell-hot-offers.html

Also, see the cheapest laptop hunt sticky at the top of this page for recent deals.

Wombat

Depends what she wants to use it for, but for general surfing, email, music etc. I'm very pleased with the £299 Acer from Comet. Handles web design in Dreamweaver, ImageReady and Adobe Photoshop well also.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=242758

mrmilo69

Wait a while for Vista, even if you're not going to get it, the laptops that won't support it will drop in price by around christmas

ITFCNUT

Well she isn't going to do anything too mindblowing as she's not into games playing ..she just wants it to type up college stuff and surf net for assignments etc also chat to friends via msn..So the £299 acer from Tesco's would suffice would it ?Also another maybe dim question but do these come with a LAN card fitted?? as we have a wird router set up to the various rooms in our house

Thanks again people for your advice..

albertross_2

most if not all do, you may want to consider a wireless one for future proofing..

ITFCNUT

Ok thanks again for all your advice !

hebangsthedrums

as mentioned elsewhere, if she can hold on for a mohnth or two there should be a price drop as me and my fellow students go back to uni (or school). I want a laptop too, but am going to hold on

Wombat

ITFCNUT wrote:

Well she isn't going to do anything too mindblowing as she's not into games playing ..she just wants it to type up college stuff and surf net for assignments etc also chat to friends via msn..So the £299 acer from Tesco's would suffice would it ?Also another maybe dim question but do these come with a LAN card fitted?? as we have a wird router set up to the various rooms in our house

Thanks again people for your advice..

It definitely would suffice. It comes all ready for wireless connection - no need to buy any extras to get connected.

wiraone

hebangsthedrums wrote:

as mentioned elsewhere, if she can hold on for a mohnth or two there should be a price drop as me and my fellow students go back to uni (or school). I want a laptop too, but am going to hold on

You'll be surely waiting forever .. You surely just couldn't hang on and wait .. by the time the price gone down, the new and more powerful notebook looks more tempting and you'll be in the waiting cycle again.

frogman_2

It is very tricky knowing when the right time to buy a computer bt generally the longe you can hold out the better...of course, if you gotta buy, then you gotta buy!

The key is to look for dis-continuities such as a new version Windows OS or hardware technologies such as processors.

At this time, the new technology takes over the old price point and the old technologies have to be reduced to make room for new stock. In either case, you should be a winner!

BTW, expect Vista to be a Q1 07 product ie. not before Christmas but after...:rolleyes: