Laptop recommendation £350 to £400

ktk

I am looking for something for my 14 year old daughter, as I am fed up with her nicking mine! She will use it for the usual school stuff, but she will also want to do the usual teenage type things too, I guess!

I have looked at the HP Pavillion sG61130SA and G6 1232SA at £349 in PC World (don't really want to buy from them) and I looked at the Samsung RV520 recommended on another thread. Also Sony VPCEL IEIE, but am getting confused now....

Any help would be gratefully received.

ktk

I've found the Fujitsu Lifebook AH530 at £280, which seems a bargain. Any reason not to go for it?

TakeThis

ktk wrote: »

I've found the Fujitsu Lifebook AH530 at £280, which seems a bargain. Any reason not to go for it?

This is one Only £10 more from here

No bad reports so far.

AliceJenkins

Avoid the super cheap ones, they tend to be awful.

Theres some nice Asus ones over at Ebuyer for the price range.

TakeThis

TakeThis wrote: »

This is one Only £10 more from here

No bad reports so far.

or go through Dabs/Quidco for the £10 off plus another 2%.
Brings it down to @ £284.

TakeThis

AliceJenkins wrote: »

Avoid the super cheap ones, they tend to be awful.

Theres some nice Asus ones over at Ebuyer for the price range.

Examples..?

ktk

Thanks TakeThis. Unless I hear differently in the next hour or so, I think it might be the one to go for.

ktk

The one I was looking at http://www.cclonline.com/product/67921/AH530MRSC2GB/Laptops/Fujitsu-Lifebook-AH530-15-6-inch-Notebook-PC/NOT4324/ has an i3 processor. Is that the same for the BT one? Is it worth paying more for it?

TakeThis

ktk wrote: »

The one I was looking at http://www.cclonline.com/product/67921/AH530MRSC2GB/Laptops/Fujitsu-Lifebook-AH530-15-6-inch-Notebook-PC/NOT4324/ has an i3 processor. Is that the same for the BT one? Is it worth paying more for it?

You will be paying £57 for a better processor. It's not worth it to me, but if you feel that you need an upgraded processor...

CPU Benchmark of 1634 as compared to 2217.

You should think about your pattern of usage when making a decision.

ktk

Thanks again TakeThis. What is CPU Benchmark?

TakeThis

ktk wrote: »

Thanks again TakeThis. What is CPU Benchmark?

Just a way of comparing CPUs. Mine is less than 400...and I mange somehow.