re-new laptop

joe134

Hi Guys, Want to buy daughter a new Laptop for Xmas.
I,ve got Acer Aspire, served me well, but never had any other type of laptop.
Couple questions.
1: Is AMD as good as Intel?
2: Of all the manufactures on the market, which ones to avoid?
Asus seems to be popular, and Sony Viao, but, just want to know other opinions, before I look.
Just a normal 15 inch screen, Cd/Dvd drive, used for day to day usage, banking/surfing,/etc.about £300>£400.No gaming /films/etc
Advice appreciated:beer:

Cisco001

Under £400 no gaming = intel.

Which to avoid = Please google laptop malfunction rate.

joe134

Cisco001 wrote: »

Under £400 no gaming = intel.

Which to avoid = Please google laptop malfunction rate.

Hi, Cheers, looks like asus. sony, Tosh.
my Acer,s gone down tp 25% , yet, mines 8 years old, and no trouble, ever:
Shows how things change
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£380 Currys
This looks ok??
Any views welcome.
I notice that there,s a lot of touchscreen laptops now, apart from arm ache, anyone got one, and opinions?
:beer:

james_smitha

Avoid Sony-They do not honour their waranty/ guarantee.

At the time I had a sony vaio, with two built in optical drives.
9 months in to a 12 month w/g one of them stopped working.

CS could not manage a sentance with out the word virus in it
They wanted **THREE WEEKS** to sort the problem, and possibly wipe the hard drive.

Needless to say I told them where to get off, and bought a retail drive from currys to do the job my self in 30 minutes. Yes it was a propper internal one

Cisco001

joe134 wrote: »

I notice that there,s a lot of touchscreen laptops now, apart from arm ache, anyone got one, and opinions?
:beer:

Windows 8/ 8.1 are better with touchscreen. But it is not necessary

link for £380 currys not work

Cisco001

If you want touchscreen, for under £400, you could consider asus vivobook
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/asus-vivobook-s500ca-15-6-touchscreen-laptop-dark-grey-19765625-pdt.html
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/ASUS-VIVOBOOK-S400CA-CA071H_1336282.html