Here's another 'recommend me a laptop' thread

aliasojo

My old cheapo Dell Inspiron is becoming a real pain now so it's time to donate it to my daughter and for me to get a new one.

Working on a budget of around £500, can anyone suggest something?

I need a decent size hard drive and would prefer 4GB memory. It also has to have HDMI. I want something reasonably powerful.

I dont want Acer due to being put off with netbook problems and I dont think I want another Dell. Was considering Toshiba?

Son has a Sony Vaio which has a great screen but is very noisy, runs very hot and isn't always all that responsive so I've been put off Sony a bit.

Would appreciate some starting suggestions please.

Knarf44

Looking at the Toshiba range in the up to £500 bracket I couldn't find one with an HDMI output. Therefore, I'd recommend:

Samsung R530 - £479-99

i3 processor (2.13 Ghz)
3Gb RAM
320 GB hard disk
Integrated webcam
Windows 7 Home Premium

OR

this Hewlett Packard:

HP G62-105SA - £439-98
Same spec as above

Both have an HDMI output and can be seen on the EBuyer site.

Really, it's a case of you pays your money and you take your choice.

closed

why is it a pain?

Aiadi

closed wrote: »

why is it a pain?

Just what I would use as an excuse for wanting a shiny new one.;)