Toshiba A120 Core Duo 1.66GHz £399

doobree

Dabs are doing this spec for £340.41+VAT (£399)
If you're not bothered about it including Vista, it looks like a good deal

Toshiba Satellite Pro A120 Core Duo 1.66GHz 512MB 40GB COMBO XPHome

Fairly modest HD size and could do with more RAM, but its still good value for £399.
See

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=454P

doobree

Intel Centrino Core DuoT2300 Processor 1.66 GHz
512 MB DDRII-533MHz SDRAM
40 GB Hard Drive
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive - To read DVDs and CDs and write CDs
15.4" WXGA Widescreen TFT Screen
Intel 945GM 3D shared graphics
Integrated gigabit LAN
Integrated wireless 802.11 a/b/g LAN
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Capable

Emms

Me and OH have one each of these. Got it for that price off savastore a few weeks ago. Really nice laptop. Runs software I need for work better than my work pc does. We both upgraded the RAM to 1GB at no cost as we already had the extra memory but its cheap from crucial.com anyways and there on quidco. Its got very good battery life too. The only downside is not having a dvd writer but not a major issue as we have a separate one in our old puter.



Emma

moneywasternomore!

Well I'm very happy with my Toshiba.....Satellite A105, T2050 Core Duo, 80 Gb HD, 1Gb RAM, DVD RW - all for the princely sum of £359.

babybimbles

Am I better buying this or a Dell 1501 - specs are:

PROCESSOR Mobile AMD Sempron technology 3500+ edit
OPERATING SYSTEM English Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT Collect & Return, 90 Day Service only edit
LCD Wide Screen 14.1" WXGA (1280x800) LCD Panel TFT Display edit
MEMORY 512MB 533MHz Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x512) edit
HARD DRIVE 60GB (5,400rpm) Hard Drive edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8x DVD/ 24 x CD-RW Combo Drive including Software edit
GRAPHICS CARD ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™ edit
PRIMARY BATTERY 6 Cell, 56Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery edit
Accessories
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band 802.11a/b/g 54Mbps Mini-PCI Wireless Card33 edit
CARRY CASES No Carry Case

£349.99
A speedy response would be appreciated!!

namralaks2001

Dont buy the dell, the toshiba is dual core - as in it has 2 processors whereas the the dell is only single core, the toshiba is much more future proof and way better value for money.

PeteHerts

Im gonna wait til the ones with separate graphics card come down in price because i've heard the intergrated graphics put a strain on the system.
Also i agree about keeping away from Dell as i've already posted a thread whereby i configured two originally different priced and different configurations to the same configuration and one was £686 and the other was £773!

namralaks2001

They only put a strain on the system if you are going to be playing games and I dont mean solatire or something, if you arent planning on installing any games theres no need for you to get a laptop with a separate graphics card.

PeteHerts

namralaks2001 wrote:

They only put a strain on the system if you are going to be playing games and I dont mean solatire or something, if you arent planning on installing any games theres no need for you to get a laptop with a separate graphics card.

Its one of those things i've set my heart on (im a stubborn sod lol) and also TV out too.

badmumof1

moneywasternomore! wrote:

Well I'm very happy with my Toshiba.....Satellite A105, T2050 Core Duo, 80 Gb HD, 1Gb RAM, DVD RW - all for the princely sum of £359.

where did you get that from ??

Kilty_2

PeteHerts wrote:

Its one of those things i've set my heart on (im a stubborn sod lol) and also TV out too.

Some machines with integrated graphics have TV out.

Integrated graphics is fine if you have loads of RAM.