what laptop to go for?

Mizz_Pink

http://www.dnacomputers.org/index.htm

This was the only one that had a website, there were others.

Try not to take it to pc world, they are useless!

steve1221_2

angelcake wrote:

is this any good? does it need to have a modem to get on the internet? Does it have this? - sorry to sound dumb!

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-9329/btnResultSort.x%3d38/btnResultSort.y%3d6.aspx

This one at Comet is the same price, but has 2x the momory of the Tesco one (which means it'll go a bit faster and smother !).
http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/product.do?sku=362972

angelcake

thanks, I will print these off for her

bellamy_47

http://www.dixons.co.uk/
Great value Dual Core Laptop from a top brand! It features Intel Core Duo T2050 Processor 1.6GHz, 1024Mb RAM, 60Gb Hard Drive and a 15.4'' Widescreen TruBrite Display.
price £497.94
Optional 3 yrs coverplan &pound179
Standard Delivery Free

Extended facts for this TOSHIBA A100-147
Battery Type Lithium Ion
Battery life (up to) 3.4 hours
CD-ROM Speed 24 x Enabling access to CD ROM data. The higher the number the faster the speed
CD-RW Speed. 10 x Enabling you to access and store data on CD-RW disks. The higher the number the faster the speed
Colour Grey / Silver
DVD-ROM Speed 8 x Enabling you access to data on DVD. The higher the number the faster the speed
Depth 36.8 mm
Floppy Disk Drive NO Floppy disks are 3.5" square and store a small amount of data. CDs,DVDs and memory sticks are now usually used instead
Graphics Card Type Intel 945 To enable images to be displayed on your monitor
Graphics Memory 128mb mb The higher the memory the better quality images you are display
Hard Drive Capacity 60 Gb The bigger the capacity the more you can store
Height 267 mm
Infrared Port Included NO Allowing you to connect to other devices with infrared such as an infrared enabled mobile phone
Memory Size 1024 mb
Memory Type DDR
Modem Type 56k Enabling communication with others via the telephone line. A modem is used for the Internet, e-mail and faxing
No. of Firewire Connections 1 High speed data transfer link for digital video and other media. Ideal for quickly downloading video images from a camcorder to PC
No. of USB Connections 4 The more connections the computer has the more equipment you can connect to your computer e.g. a modem, printer, scanner, digital camera, PDA
Operating system Win XP Media Center Your software depends on the Operating System to make the computer functional. Look for either Windows XP (or Mac OS X Tiger on Apple computers)
Optical Drives DVD Super Multi Dual Layer
Other Interfaces WIFI 802.11a/g
Processor Type Intel Core Duo T2050
Processor speed 1600 mhz The higher the number of Megahertz (MHZ) the faster the processor should be
Screen Size/Type 15.4" WXGA
Software Titles Included MS Works
Sound Type 16 bit Stereo To enable you to have sound from your computer which is great for games, movies and music
TV-out YES Allowing you to plug your laptop into a TV to watch DVDs
Weight 2.75 kg This is the weight of the appliance in KG
Width 360 mm
Wireless Enabled YES Allows you to connect to an existing wireless network such as in a office or a wireless hot spot