Need to buy 3 new laptops.

Cisco001

geordielass wrote: »

One's a Sony which was second hand, that must have a small crack as it has a liquid mark on the screen.The two Dells are now just very slow with knackered batteries and missing keys. Can't complain though after being hammered for six years.

I just seen the Tesco deals and was thinking the better deals might be now as the prices may go up nearer Christmas.

Thought about waiting a bit and going instore to try and negotiate a deal for buying three at once but I'm not very keen n the likes of PC world so scrapped that idea.

Where is the best place to look for refurb ones please Gunjack. I might need a better spec for the older kids' at uni. Not sure what exactly they want to do on them.

Thanks.

Computer price would only go down. It never goes up.

tronator

macman wrote: »

Not tricky to fit a new clone battery and a keyboard, that'll keep em running for a couple more years.

A six year old laptop? I think you should let it rest in peace...

Fatb_2

Sorry for jumping in on this thread but i could do with some similar help.
Im after a laptop for sub £300, I will be using it for Emailing, Downloading music, films, watching those films, playing Football Manager(no other games) and building a few websites(front-end development so just html,css,jquery)

Im happy to go with a refurb if necassary, is this any good:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/dell-inspiron-m5040-laptop-amd-c60-4gb-500gb-156-display-black/422-3181.prd?skuId=422-3181&pageLevel=
or any on here:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/refurbished-laptops/703_7366_70436_xx_xx/xx-criteria.html

Kernel_Sanders

GunJack wrote: »

£200 will get you a lot of refurb laptop, and probably less will be more than sufficient for the uses you've quoted.

But Cisco001 tells us that there are not many laptop under even £250..... https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4173011

m5rcc

Not the worse spec for £280

Figment

Fatb wrote: »

Sorry for jumping in on this thread but i could do with some similar help.
Im after a laptop for sub £300, I will be using it for Emailing, Downloading music, films, watching those films, playing Football Manager(no other games) and building a few websites(front-end development so just html,css,jquery)

Im happy to go with a refurb if necassary, is this any good:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/dell-inspiron-m5040-laptop-amd-c60-4gb-500gb-156-display-black/422-3181.prd?skuId=422-3181&pageLevel=
or any on here:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/refurbished-laptops/703_7366_70436_xx_xx/xx-criteria.html

To avoid confusion, it may be wise to start your own thread.

Cisco001

Fatb wrote: »

Sorry for jumping in on this thread but i could do with some similar help.
Im after a laptop for sub £300, I will be using it for Emailing, Downloading music, films, watching those films, playing Football Manager(no other games) and building a few websites(front-end development so just html,css,jquery)

Im happy to go with a refurb if necassary, is this any good:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/dell-inspiron-m5040-laptop-amd-c60-4gb-500gb-156-display-black/422-3181.prd?skuId=422-3181&pageLevel=
or any on here:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/refurbished-laptops/703_7366_70436_xx_xx/xx-criteria.html

C-60 cpu from tesco too slow. I have a look at those from pcworld. None of them worth considering when compare to £280 Asus recommended by Asus from m5rcc

m5rcc

There's an i3 with Blu-Ray for under £300

gonzo127

problem with the medion one is the intel hd3000 graphics which although should be mostly ok for football manager 2012 (although probably not in high settings) it will struggle with a lot of other games and could struggle with football manager 2013

the £280 Asus would be a good call and shouldnt have any problems with the majority of games

although the envy would be better value if you have no problems with the cashback - but of course if you did have problems with cashback then it wouldnt be better value

Fatb_2

thanks for the advice, to be honest i only run football manager with the basic settings and not the 3d pitch feature or any of that jazz, the only other processor heavy program i would use from time to time would be photoshop