Advice need on a new laptop please

moomin75

Hi

I have £245 in tesco vouchers which will double up at the moment to £490 if i spend them on computers, my daughter is 13 and wants a laptop or Christmas and I was sondering if someone had the time to see which is the best laptop that i can get for my money. I dont mind putting a bit extra to it but would prefer not to spend the whole if i dont have to.

Thanks
http://direct.tesco.com/q/N.1999724/No.30/Nr.99.aspx

Basil1234

right moomin i would buy the following at £399 http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.210-2851.aspx in purple but there other colours if she would prefer also the t4500 is 2.3 ghz dual core with 3ghz of ram and 320gb hard drive should keep her busy for a few years to come.

other wise same machine with larger 500gb hardrive and 4gb of ram for £449 http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.210-2401.aspx which will still leave you some vouchers over.

Avoid the levano with larger drive and 4ghz ram http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-8799.aspx as only has a 32bit os on it and will not allow the full amount of ram on it to fully work so would there for need to buy a new 64bit os for it to work properely about £100 to add on top.

hope that helps
basil

gonzo127

i would say the first Dell one at £399 is more than good enough for a 13 yo who is probably only going to use it for facebook, youtube and msn

moomin75

gonzo127 wrote: »

i would say the first Dell one at £399 is more than good enough for a 13 yo who is probably only going to use it for facebook, youtube and msn

And Hopefully some homework!!! :rotfl:

I have some friends that have had problems with dell laptops which put me off a bit but maybe they have unlucky

Thanks for your help xxx

Basil1234

moomin75 wrote: »

And Hopefully some homework!!! :rotfl:

I have some friends that have had problems with dell laptops which put me off a bit but maybe they have unlucky

Thanks for your help xxx

well i bought 3 all from dell outlet all been working fine for last year or so. mine then wife wanted one then father in law saw them and asked me to pick him one out. so its poss that they have just been unlucky

moomin75

Basil1234 wrote: »

well i bought 3 all from dell outlet all been working fine for last year or so. mine then wife wanted one then father in law saw them and asked me to pick him one out. so its poss that they have just been unlucky

ok thanks.

Do you think that only 2 usb ports is a problem? the more expensive one you suggested has 3. Im not clued up on this at all Sorrry

gonzo127

moomin75 wrote: »

ok thanks.

Do you think that only 2 usb ports is a problem? the more expensive one you suggested has 3. Im not clued up on this at all Sorrry

on a laptop for a teenager doubtful, the laptop has a built in webcam so she wont need to plug in an extra one, so other than that she will only probably want to plug in a ipod to charge and sync it via USB

(and i am going on my 13 yo step daughter with 'our' laptop - she doesnt have her own but uses the family one quite often)

sirmarcus

moomin75 wrote: »

ok thanks.

Do you think that only 2 usb ports is a problem? the more expensive one you suggested has 3. Im not clued up on this at all Sorrry

Don't worry about the number of USB ports on the back of the lap-top. If you need extra USB ports, just get a USB hub. You can pick one up for around £5 from PCWorld and it will give you an extra 4 ports.

With regards the lap-top make, I would go for a DELL.

moomin75

Thanks for your advice xxx