Laptop for our son - please help!!!

gojoroan2007

Hi All,

Sons birthday next week and we really want to get him a laptop but we are on a limited budget - £350 max but preferably under £300.

i know it's not much but it's all we can afford.

Today we've been round PC World, Comet and Tescos - I have also been looking online and I've ended up in a right tiswas so I thought I would ask here for advice!!

He will be doing his howework on it, watching iPlayer and playing games so really I just would like to know what anyone can reccomend and what, if any, are the best deals around...

I can go through quidco etc so that might make a difference with cashback or if there any other vouchers or deals that would be great.

If anyone has any recommendations or knows of any good deals - please can you let me know.

All the very best and many thanks in advance,

Gordon.

McKneff

Ipad......................

zee_2

try ebuyer.co.uk ,well respected firm ,only 'first timers ' use pc world ,unless a very good bargain , have used ebuyer for 6 years, also they have forum and excellent service.
http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Computer/cat/Laptops
quidco

Salami

Dell Outlet..?

(wont let me post a link)

Sorted by price, low to high, any of the first dozen or so currently on the site are all running i3 processors (intel's newer range of chips) with a decent amount of RAM and HDD and come in at around £300 including VAT..

They'll either be refurbished or 'scratch and dent' which, in my experience (I've bought a few from here) will be a slight cosmetic blemish..

robbiecaratiger

I got my teenage son a laptop from Student Computers about 18 months ago.

http://www.studentcomputers.co.uk/Products/category/Laptops

Terrific value - he gives it a right bashing - on it for hours and it's been as good as gold. That was under £300.00. It's NOT just for students either. They "Grade" their products but even the B- ones etc are more than acceptable.

I'd not hesitiate in using them again

mwbrown

dixons are still advertising a tosh satellite c660-258 core i5 laptop with 500gb hdd and 4gb memory for £349.99 and theres currently 15% off which takes the price to just under £300 with standard delivery.

link is here http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/search-keywords/xx_xx_xx_xx_xx/q-c660-258/xx-criteria.html

dont know when the 15% off offer is due to end all it quotes on website is "while stocks last".

HTH


Mike