suggestions for new laptop

moray1985

hi folks due to a recent failure on my laptop im needing help with picking a new laptop im looking for one i can use for work i.e word spreadsheets cad packages stuff like that but also for gaming i currently play ceaser 4 and sid meiers pirates but if i could id play other stuff to.

i havent got the biggest budget in the world would say maybe 400

ivybridge

Stick to Asus, Toshiba and Sony.

Avoid, Acer and HP at all costs!

I'm a techie engineer. I see hundreds of Acers and HP's and they always fail, build quality is garbage. I hardly ever see the others! When I do it's minor issues.

I also own a Sony and it's excellent quality.

Asus do some nice ones in your budget. The K series is nice!!

However... don't expect much performance for games from it.

smos585

Samsung provide good build quality. Give a miss to advent -packard bell etc build quality not good - have a look at major retailer refurbed items both Curry's and Dell do a pretty big range of refurbed laptops - two things to concentrate on: get the best cpu you can afford, also for gaming the graphics is also important. Take a look and perhaps list those you like the look at - I'm sure that you will feedback from other posters etc.

Notmyrealname

ivybridge wrote: »

Stick to Asus, Toshiba and Sony.

But not the £300 Toshibas...

I'm a techie engineer.

Anyone who calls themselves that is not. I absolutely detest the word "techie" and so does everyone I know in the industry.

moray1985

thanks guys i wish the folk on the renault forums were this helpful

robmar0se

Notmyrealname wrote: »

But not the £300 Toshibas...

Anyone who calls themselves that is not. I absolutely detest the word "techie" and so does everyone I know in the industry.

I agree with Ivybridge in terms of keeping away from the cheaper Acers & HPs. I also agree with Smos585 about keeping away from the Advents and Packard Bells, and I also agree with notmyrealname about cheaper Tosh laptops.

I personally like the Samsungs too, Dell (if careful) are okay, as too are some of the latest Lenovo's.

But hey, notmyrealname, we are supposed to give Newbie's a chance, whatever one's prejudices are - I think thats what MSE says? If you don't like it, just ignore it. I'd also be interested in yr opinion about what laptops to go for?

poppasmurf_bewdley

I would agree with the comment to avoid Acer's.

My son and I both bought one each three years ago. My son's failed after just under two years with a fault stopping the screen not lighting up on opening, and mine has just started doing the same thing. Also my blu-ray drive packed up after 15 months. My son paid £500 and I paid more than £700!

grumpycrab

Here's a reasonable Lenovo (but cashback expires end of Jan - may be better waiting until the a Feb cashback)
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-e520-core-i5-2410m-4gb-500gb-15-6-windows-7-pro-64-487-17-pcworld-1127819

moray1985

so am i right in thinking from all the advise so far all thats decent is sony, asus and samsung?

gonzo127

if games are relativly important i would suggest looking at a AMD based system,

the main reason for this is that the intergrated graphics chipsets on AMD system are usually better than the intel ones (unless of course it has a dedicated graphics card - but this usualy ups the price significantly)

for example the ati 4250 which generally comes with the athlon x2 (simular power to the old core 2 cpus) or higher processors is of simular power the the intel hd 2000 or the intel hd 3000 which are included on the core i processors, and the intergrated graphics on the latest llano based processors (A series or the lower E2 - be careful as the E450 are not as good so do not think the E450 is the same as the E2-3000) are a lot better than even the core i intergrated graphics cards

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what happened to the old one?