Recommend me a decent netbook/notebook up to £240

longwalks1

Am after a netbook/notebook (whats the difference?) up to about £240 to use with Word please?

What ones are worth a look at the moment? And can i load my MS Office straight onto it?

Thanks

Figment

Netbooks are smaller/lighter and generally slower than notebooks. They also do not have optical drives.

As long as you are within the terms of the licensing agreement (i.e. it's not an OEM version and you're not installing it on more machines than the license allows) you can load MS Office by using an external optical drive, or by creating an image of the MS Office disk on a USB memory stick.

bubblesbonbon

This looks a good deal, particularly with the 2 year warranty.

Take Figment's advice re MS Office

http://www.marksandspencer.com/Toshiba-Satellite-L755D108-Laptop/dp/B001B2L8KM?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_4&nodeId=46458031&sr=1-4&qid=1342374729&pf_rd_r=0CA5EQGVZK0Q3HA4J56Y&pf_rd_m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_i=0&pf_rd_p=215485807&pf_rd_s=center-3]

TakeThis

bubblesbonbon wrote: »

This looks a good deal, particularly with the 2 year warranty.

Take Figment's advice re MS Office

http://www.marksandspencer.com/Toshiba-Satellite-L755D108-Laptop/dp/B001B2L8KM?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_4&nodeId=46458031&sr=1-4&qid=1342374729&pf_rd_r=0CA5EQGVZK0Q3HA4J56Y&pf_rd_m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_i=0&pf_rd_p=215485807&pf_rd_s=center-3]

How does that fit with "up to £240"??

Kernel_Sanders

britishboy wrote: »

Am after a netbook/notebook (whats the difference?) up to about £240

I thought 'notebook' was just American for a laptop.

TakeThis wrote: »

How does that fit with "up to £240"??

It would seem that whatever price bracket you specify, somebody will come along and suggest an item in a higher one. Although in this case, suggesting one almost 25% dearer is just wasting people's time.

lloydd

I brought my mum an Acer Aspire 5733Z for £250 from a reputable store on eBay (noticed it in the eBay deals section), its a pretty decent Windows 7 laptop with a 15inch screen and more than enough grunt for Word etc

TakeThis

eMachines E732z with a 1st Gen i3(if that is important to you) for £199.

A bit fiddly to add more RAM, but a 4GB module for £15 should speed things up.




Not a recommendation as such, just letting you know what is out there.

These were sold by Sainsburys for between £249.99 and £299.99.

Kernel_Sanders

'All products sold through eBay Buy It Now carry a 3 month money back or exchange policy in the event of a fault'

A few weeks ago, somebody was advising against buying with such a short warranty.
Now, who was it? :think:

TakeThis

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

'All products sold through eBay Buy It Now carry a 3 month money back or exchange policy in the event of a fault'

A few weeks ago, somebody was advising against buying with such a short warranty.
Now, who was it? :think:

I think that you are getting confused:

Refurbished - 12 Month Warranty - 90 Day refund policy

It has a full warranty. The usual seven day 'no quibble' refund too.

Here

Kernel_Sanders

TakeThis wrote: »

I think that you are getting confused:

My apologies, I didn't read further....All products sold through eBay Buy It Now carry a 3 month money back or exchange policy in the event of a fault and a 12 month RTB product warranty provided by Servicecare.

Actually I'm quite interested in this machine because of its spec and that MSI have built a good reputation with their netbooks, so I was wondering why you say it's 'Not a recommendation as such'.

TakeThis

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

My apologies, I didn't read further....All products sold through eBay Buy It Now carry a 3 month money back or exchange policy in the event of a fault and a 12 month RTB product warranty provided by Servicecare.

Actually I'm quite interested in this machine because of its spec and that MSI have built a good reputation with their netbooks, so I was wondering why you say it's 'Not a recommendation as such'.

It isn't an MSI machine.