What laptop?

suzialwaysbroke

Can anyone advise please?
My daughter is doing her PHD & her current laptop (5 years old & a cheapy) is just too slow now.
I would like to get her one for christmas & would like to know what to look for.
She needs to have several windows open & to be able to get things loaded quickly.
Needs to have good word processing ability.
She downloads lots of music & like watching DVD's.

Doesn't need gaming capacity

Any suggestions/pointers would be much appreciated & indicators of price.
Thank you very much

Suzi

NeverAgain_2

No point in spending much more than £300 for the use you've outlined.

The brands are much of a muchness at that price point.

I've used Saveonlaptops, and can recommend them.

Another reputable retailer is ebuyer, although I see theirs are all more than £300.

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Products/cat/laptops

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?sort=pricelow&store=5&cat=10&filterpricebands=[200+TO+499.99]&limit=10&page=1

free4440273

go for an Intel i3 or i5 processor (i7 might be over kill) -- both nice processors and will deal admirably with your DD's demands/requirements .

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Sainsbury are flogging a Medion i3 with loads of RAM & Memory for £249.99 instore only.

grumpycrab

Best value budget laptop at the moment is this Fujitsu one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220895712020&clk_rvr_id=285270119082&clk_rvr_id=285270119082

Whether it'll last 5 years is another matter. Excludes word processing software.

TakeThis

grumpycrab wrote: »

Best value budget laptop at the moment is this Fujitsu one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220895712020&clk_rvr_id=285270119082&clk_rvr_id=285270119082

Whether it'll last 5 years is another matter. Excludes word processing software.

Includes Microsoft Office Starter 2010

closed

hardware doesn't slow down with time

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849

Weird_Nev

TakeThis wrote: »

Includes Microsoft Office Starter 2010

Which isn't really worth having, but then it sounds like the OP's daughter would qualify for a Student licence for Microsoft office, which makes it perfectly affordable.

Erme

Try software for student for OP's daughter if she's a student..

I'm a mac fan myself but they're probably out of your budget

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ada1988

The usage for she is similar for me.you can look for one on neweggs or some other on-line market.
it will not be expensive to meet her requirement.