Laptop/Netbook help please :)

Miley

Hiya

I'm not very techie minded, as you'll soon see lol My daughter started secondary school in September and has since plagued me with requests for a laptop. She has been using my desktop for homework, which is fine but I would really like to get her her own laptop for Christmas as I work online and there's not always the time for her to use my pc. My problem is that I'm confused between all the laptops/netbooks out there! Also, I have limited funds. I could go to £270 max really. Obviously the netbooks are cheaper, is this for good reason? Would a netbook do the job that she needs it for? It is only really going to be used for going on normal 'tween' websites and for homework, mainly Word as alot of her homework is sent through the schools website. Would appreciate being pointed in the right direction please

Thanks x

TakeThis

£270 will easily cover a usable laptop. Don't waste your money on a Netbook.

Example: Toshiba Satellite C660D-1C6 £260

esuhl

Netbooks are great if you don't mind losing out on performance and effectively paying a premium for their small size. But if price and value-for-money are more important than portability and a longer-lasting battery, I'd go for a laptop instead.

For the same money the laptop will be faster and have a CD/DVD drive. And it will probably be easier to type on too.

free4440273

if she is gonna be multi-tasking too then the screen size/resolution of a netbook could be an impediment.

Miley

Thankyou very much for your help guys, I am off to Asda shortly for the Toshiba, she's gonna be a happy girl Christmas morning

esuhl

TakeThis wrote: »

Example: Toshiba Satellite C660D-1C6 £260

Miley wrote: »

Thankyou very much for your help guys, I am off to Asda shortly for the Toshiba, she's gonna be a happy girl Christmas morning

Not the fastest machine ever, but pretty impressive for £260! The PC Mark Vantage benchmark suggests that it will be about 78% faster than a single-core Intel Atom N450 (as commonly found on netbooks - although most netbooks have dual-core CPUs now):

http://notebooksnews.com/processors/amd-e300-review-benchmark/

Miley

Asda out of stock in my local store, so been looking around. Do you think this one http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5084715/Trail/searchtext%3ESAMSUNG+RV510.htm is better than the Toshiba?

Miley

Mind you, that one is out of stock in my 10 nearest store and out of stock for home delivery too! Grr! lol

TakeThis

Miley wrote: »

Asda out of stock in my local store, so been looking around. Do you think this one http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5084715/Trail/searchtext%3ESAMSUNG+RV510.htm is better than the Toshiba?

Your budget increased to £300?

Argos Outlet have a couple of serviceable laptops within your old budget.

They have what looks like the MSI CR620-897UK for £266.48.

Features :
Classic Cross-Hatch Design
15.6" 16 :9 wide screen display
LED power-saving backlight technology
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) Output
MSI Exclusive ECO Engine Power Management System
Display : 15.6" (1366x768, HD)
CPU : Intel Pentium P6200
Hard Drive : 320GB
Optical Drive : DVD Super Multi
Memory Supplied : 4GB DDR3 1066
Operating System : Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Graphics Chipset : Intel HD Graphic
Graphics Memory : Shared with system
Chipset : Intel HM55
Speaker : 2 x High Quality Stereo Speakers
Microphone : Built-in
LAN : 10/100 Base-T
Wireless NIC : Integrated IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
Interface : 1 x VGA for External Monitor, 1 x HDMI, 3 x USB 2.0 Ports, 1 x Headphone-out Jack, 1 x Microphone-in Jack
Pointing Device : Built-in Touch Pad
Battery Pack & Life : 6 cell battery
Security : Kensington lock hole
Card Reader : 4 in 1 card reader (SD/MMC/MS/XD)
Web Camera : 1.3 Megapixel
Package Contents : User Manual, Drivers and Utilities CDs, Battery, Power Adapter, Power Lead