Please help I'm going mad!! Laptop Related.

swebber

Hello all you lovely people.

I am seriously losing the plot. I had my Laptop stolen from me a few months back, it was a 7 year old Compaq, but I loved it and am lost without it.

Wanted to buy a new one ever since, but I can't make sense of the varieties on offer. All I want it to do is let me surf the web, e-mail and write stuff using word. Can't afford alot as I'm about to lose my job, but I need it to find a new one, hows that for irony.

I don't understand any of the rest of it and it's completely muddled me up so badly I can't make a decision.

A friend recommended this, but as I'd never heard of Novatech I wasn't sure. Does it seem like a good deal?

Sorry I don't know how to make it into a link!

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/nbrange.html?RVF


This is what it has though. Any help REALLY greatly apprecaited.


Revo 15.4" Features


15.4" X-Brite Screen

Intel Celeron M 420 1.6GHz Processor

10/100 LAN

3 x USB 2.0 Ports

56K Internal Modem

Glidepad with 2 buttons & scroll button

256MB DDR2 533MHz Memory
(Supports up to 1GB)

1 x Cardbus Express Slot (Not PCMCIA)

1x Firewire

ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Graphics

1 x Mic-in,1 x H'phone/Speakers

CDRW/DVD Drive

1 x S-Video Out

4 in 1 Card Reader ( SD,MMC,MS & MS Pro )

Weight - 3.0Kg with battery

Dimensions (mm) - 33h x 358w x 272d

12 Mths RTB


Sara

albertross_2

If money is tight, you could always buy a second hand one, or a desktop for half the price. Doubt you'll be able to get word included for that sort of price, but you could always use openoffice instead.

If i wanted a new laptop nowadays., I'd try and get one with a DVD rewriter, because they are expensive or near impossible to retrofit. Cardbus express cards are also rare at the moment. If you add XP, office, wireless adapter, it bumps the price up to about £560, which isn't cheap.

This comes with wireless and XP for £349, bit smaller screen though.

http://www.dmxdimension.com/blogcategory/dell_uk_inspiron_1300.html

daveonline

I am also looking for a Laptop (around £400), i have been looking for a few weeks and keep my eye on the Grabbit board for laptops.
I live near Novatech in Portsmouth and have bought a few smaller items from them and had no problems.
The model you mention from Novatech seems OK, although for the money i would expect a little higher spec such as the RAM.
One that has just interested me is from PC World -

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0972454821.1159192968@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccddaddimekigmdcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=1&sm=1&tm=undefined&sku=873552&category_oid=-27751

I Check the websites for Currys, Dixons, PC world, staples, Dell, Comet.
Its also worth a search on Pricerunner.co.uk to see what spec you should expect for your money.
Hope this helps.

swebber

This comes with wireless and XP for £349, bit smaller screen though.

http://www.dmxdimension.com/blogcategory/dell_uk_inspiron_1300.html[/QUOTE]


CONFUSED more!

This link takes me to a Laptop that costs £416, I don't want to pay more then £350. Thanksfor tryign to help though.

albertross_2

you have to knock the warranty down to the cheapest option.

It says this on the page you linked to..

Follow the link above directly to the Inspiron 1300 or alternatively go to the Dell UK E-Value search page, enter the e value code 305 in the first box, in the second box enter the evalue code N09135.

Once you arrive at the Inspiron 1300 configuration page, change the support option to '90-Day Collect and Return service' and proceed through checkout.

Desktop for £170..

http://www.blinknmissit.co.uk/product.asp?numRecordPosition=3&P_ID=343&strPageHistory=cat&strKeywords=&SearchFor=&PT_ID=109

swebber

Thanks for that.


Saw this in Currys last night though.

Fujitsu Siemens for £399.

Intel Celeron M 390 Processor 1.70GHz
400 MHz FSB
1 MB Cache
512 MB RAM
60 GB Hard Drive
DVD ReWriter Super MultiDrive
15.4" WXGA Screen Size/Type
15.4" Widescreen Display
Microsoft Windows XP Home
64MB UniChrome Pro shared Graphics
1 Year FREE Warranty


Seems quite good twice the Mb and Gb as Dell one and I've seen it in the shop, Looks V nice. Please can someone say if it's rubbish. I really just want to buy something now, but not sure about purchasing a Laptop from the net.

Sara

daveonline

I`d say thats good spec and make for the price .

swebber

Thank you very very much.

I think I shall probably just go for it, someone who understand these things just saying its ok is good enough for mr.
I don't understand the numbers well but it was the highest I've seen for the sort of money, seemed a good make and I like the fact I can see it before I buy.

Will go round in circles forever if I don't just plunge in. Its so hard to keep up with everthing now, it all gives me a headache. ;o)

Sara