Laptop Recommendations

ladymarmalade222

We have just got rid of the desktop computer from our sons bedroom and decided on a laptop for part of their xmas present.

I would be really grateful for some recommendations for suitable laptops for no more than £400 (pref less). They are aged 11 and want to play minecraft on it and poss other games. I am happy with 15.6" screen but OH seems to think 17" screen would be better for homework etc but I am open to suggestions. Also would like HDMI connection on it for linking to TV.

I would like something fairly upto date so we are not looking at replacing it in 6 months as it won't play a game they have just discovered:D. Also happy with refurbs/amazon warehouse deals.

I have had great advice from here in the past so thought I would pick your brains.

Many Thanks

xxxx

NiftyDigits

Keep your eye out for this deal to come up again.

ladymarmalade222

Thanks for that, how often does that model come available?

xxx

NiftyDigits

If you track back on the sub £350 laptop thread, you should get some idea.
They actually have a Packard Bell(now owned by ACER) version of the same machine for £300, but I would go for the ACER version and the extended wattanty.

ladymarmalade222

Hi NiftyDigits

You recommended a laptop recently for my 10 and 11 yr old sons. I mentioned they played minecraft, fifa 13 etc and wanted something that was fairly decent for their needs. You recommended the the Acer Aspire gaming laptop for £319 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-5560G-AMD-Quad-Core-15-6-Gaming-Laptop-/320990412970
on the dabs ebay along with the 3yr warranty and I think it has come back in stock. I also noticed this on Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...!hotukdeals-21

I wonder whether you can give me some advice on which would be more suitable. I also have lots of Amazon vouchers saved up so it would be good to use these up but ultimately I would like them to have something more suitable for their needs.

Many thanks once again for your help

xxx

Cisco001

Samsung 305E7A

• AMD A6-3420M Quad Core Processor
• 17.3" Screen
• 6GB DDR3 RAM
• 750GB HDD
• DVD Rewriter
• Dedicated HD 6470M

Acre 5755G

• Intel® Core™ i3-2350M Dual Core Processor
• 15.6" HD Screen
• 4GB DDR3 RAM
• 500GB HDD
• DVD Rewriter
• Dedicated GT630m GPU

Acer is faster than Samsung. But it is only 15.6"
Both with dedicated GPU, just in case your son want to play some other games.

ladymarmalade222

Thanks very much for your help.

The Samsung 305E7A looks really nice and I think the bigger screen might be more suitable for their games and also homework in place of their old desktop. I have also just checked Amazon and although it is £8 more expensive I have vouchers saved up for xmas so I could use those.

Is there much difference between the Samsung 305E7A and this one that was mentioned earlier http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-5560G-AMD-Quad-Core-15-6-Gaming-Laptop-/320990412970 (other than screen size), it is a little cheaper and I was quite tempted by the 3 yr warranty from Acer.

Thanks everybody once again for your help, I would hate to get the boys something that is useless for what they need it for:).

xxx

NiftyDigits

ladymarmalade222 wrote: »

Thanks very much for your help.

The Samsung 305E7A looks really nice and I think the bigger screen might be more suitable for their games and also homework in place of their old desktop. I have also just checked Amazon and although it is £8 more expensive I have vouchers saved up for xmas so I could use those.

Is there much difference between the Samsung 305E7A and this one that was mentioned earlier http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-5560G-AMD-Quad-Core-15-6-Gaming-Laptop-/320990412970 (other than screen size), it is a little cheaper and I was quite tempted by the 3 yr warranty from Acer.

Thanks everybody once again for your help, I would hate to get the boys something that is useless for what they need it for:).

xxx

The ACER is not in stock. They only have the Packard Bell version.
So I would wait, or look at one of Cisco's recommendations.