new laptop help please

bright_side

Could someone take a look at these for me please and tell me if they are any good? I have £140 vouchers I could use on them!!

http://direct.tesco.com/product/default.aspx?r=209-4937


http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.210-7795.aspx


Thanks in advance x

coolagarry

Hi Karen. My point would be that both of these are single core processors and people now tend to look at dual core as a minimum.
For another £50 you would get a dual core processor and a more comprehensive version of Windows (although surprisingly the wifi is 11g as against 11n which is on the cheaper one) http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.210-4605.aspx

bright_side

Thankyou very very much for your help. In blonde terms, what would be the difference regarding the wifi please?

coolagarry

the 'n' is the latest and is faster than whatever went before but that only applies if your router is 'n' as well.
http://www.which.co.uk/technology/computing/guides/wireless-router-buying-guide/wireless-router-speed-and-range/

bright_side

I've had a sky router for about 2 years, I'm assuming it wouldn't be an 'n' ?

closed

n or not isn't going to affect your download speed for some time to come, if ever.

any good for what? - browsing/normal use, anything you buy new will do that easily, as will anything from the last 5 years.

coolagarry

karen23 wrote: »

I've had a sky router for about 2 years, I'm assuming it wouldn't be an 'n' ?

You're probably right so it isn't really a problem... just a minor consideration but I do think the dual core processor is a desirable improvement.