Need a Laptop urgently

myright

Hi guys I'm looking for a Laptop either an i3 or maybe one processor lower. It needs to be compatiable with win 7 and have a webcam.

Wheres the cheapest place to pick one up for? I dont mind it being refurbished!

macman

And your budget is?

myright

no more than £300

Hammyman

Good luck with that. You'll just about scrape a low end Celeron single core laptop for that (Asus X5DC but that doesn't have a webcam) but not a dual core.

paddyrg

Refurbs http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/cat.php?search=PCs+%26+Laptops all XP spec. Any use?

pompeyfaith

anything here

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/laptop/home/

acc

myright wrote: »

Hi guys I'm looking for a Laptop either an i3 or maybe one processor lower. It needs to be compatiable with win 7 and have a webcam.

Wheres the cheapest place to pick one up for? I dont mind it being refurbished!

You can get a discount and Nectar points etc off the £299.99 price on this new i3 laptop at http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/technology/computing_and_gaming/laptops_and_netbooks/120987532_emachines_e732z_core_i3_2gb250gb_156_laptop.html?hnav=4294935766

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What's the urgency?

ermintrude1

Look on ebay under argos, they have refurbs, I bought one a while back as a gift for £260 but can't remember the spec.

myright

Thanks for the link , Are emachnines any good mate?

The urgency is that my laptop got stolen the other day and I need a laptop asap.

I saw this on Ebay, is this any good?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Inspiron-1564-Laptop-Intel-Core-i3-250GB-HDD-3GB-/290532632977?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item43a5182991

Hammyman

myright wrote: »

Thanks for the link , Are emachnines any good mate?

No. I sell plenty of spares.....

The urgency is that my laptop got stolen the other day and I need a laptop asap.

I saw this on Ebay, is this any good?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Inspiron-1564-Laptop-Intel-Core-i3-250GB-HDD-3GB-/290532632977?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item43a5182991

No. All Dell Inspirons from 2008 onward are made in China under licence and the build quality and quality control tanked.

If you want a rock solid bombproof laptop you need to stay away from shiny consumer grade ones. A Lenovo Thinkpad T61 will be a good one. They are far from shiny but they're built well - they have a solid plate behind the screen,drain holes in the keyboard so you can spill a drink on it and not kill it. If you search around, you should be able to easily find a Core 2 Duo one around under 2 years old still with the balance of the manufacturers 3 year onsite next day parts and labour warranty.