Just about to buy this laptop, good deal?

Pete.g

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3337356/Toshiba-Satellite-Pro-L30-113-1-7GHz-15-4-TFT-1Gb-Memory-Laptop-Notebook-Vista-Home-Basic/Product.html

All I want is surf the net wirelessly. But I keep hearing bad things about Vista home basic and I keep reading people saying you a need dual core processer. does that really matter for what I'm using it for?

Pete.

Zagu

Its fine. I got this one last week, and for the internet/office, its perfect.

Pete.g

Thanks for that Zagu my finger is hovering over the "buy" button and just wanted to know I was doing the right thing. Didn't want to hang around too long either as I know how fast these things become "out of stock".

Just one more thing can you get spare batteries for these so as to change while out and about?

Little_John

you can buy spare batteries from many places so yes, most tosh laptops have user removable batteries so you can change them.

I just hope you have deep pockets your proberbly looking at best part of £100 for a 2nd battery.

Zagu

I had a look, and its expensive. What put me off was that there isnt a seperate charger, unless you pay something like £170, so you cant charge up a second battery somewhere while you are using battery power. Given that the charger was that much, and the battery was about £70ish, I gave that idea a miss. Actually, probably my only criticism is the battery life, at about 1 hour 20, but its a small mains transformer so easy to run from mains if need be. A friend has an old P3 laptop, and gets 6 hours battery life! It might be worth getting a bag at the same time.

Pete.g

Just ordered and oh about the battery at £100 I'm not that desperate!

Still for £300 although I'm not very technologically minded I think it's a decent price.

Thanks,

Pete.

Pete.g

I suppose I could always charge it off the car battery if I'm out for the night.

Thanks guys.

Little_John

buy a mains inverter for the car, loads of places sell them they convert the 12v accessory socket to a 3 pin mains plug. I use my laptop on one as the battery is goosed.

Pete.g

Thanks for the tip little john, ebay here I come!