Advice on a lap top purchase please

tallulah

Hi folks, hope i have come to the right place - i have heard great things about you lo! :j

Looking to purchase a lap top for personal internet use mainly. I use my work computer but want to start ebaying etc and this is a big no no from the work computer!

Anyways, i want basic lap top with dvd & cd re-writer, enough space to store music, pics etc and also wireless for around £300 - £400 mark (really don;t want to spend over £350!). So have found a potential 2 i would consider buying. I is a make i have never heard of and the other is a reconidition one (it does come with 12 month warranty) however i am a bit unsure what to do

COMPAQ C504EA Recon laptop, with 80GB, 1024MB and loads of other stuff i don't understand - not 100% too sure if this is wireless tho

Lenovo 3000 C200 - with 80GB, 512 MB (however can pay $40 to double this) and loads of ither stuff , this is defo wireless

Both have DVD & CD re-writers

And are around the same price give or take a few quid

What do you guys think? Which would be the best buy

Any help would be great - thanks very much

Edit - just rany COMPAQ and that mobile defo is wireless

MercilessKiller

rofl... $40? $$$? U mean £?

Anyway whats the FIRST thread on the techie section about This post would do better there.

tallulah

ooopppssss :embarasse consider myself told off :rotfl: - i'll have a look - soz

computerwoman

try
https://www.ebuyer.com
I use them all the time and they are really good.
cw.
also look at the first thread as mercilesskiller suggested.
if you can't find what you are looking for get back to us and
welcome to mse.
cw.

everythingblogcast

Even Play.com and use quidco and get some money back.

MercilessKiller

tallulah wrote: »

ooopppssss :embarasse consider myself told off :rotfl: - i'll have a look - soz

Heh sorry I wasnt "telling you off"! Its just because its a common subject there's an entire thread/section for it :P especially for you ^-^

tallulah

i knew you weren't MercilessKiler - have had a wee look in there and posted me question too - thanks for the tip

Thanks computerwoman & everythingblogcast i shall check those both out!

Lot of money to spend on 1 thing so want to make sure i get the right one!

Thanks folks xx :cool:

computerwoman

tallulah wrote: »

i knew you weren't MercilessKiler - have had a wee look in there and posted me question too - thanks for the tip

Thanks computerwoman & everythingblogcast i shall check those both out!

Lot of money to spend on 1 thing so want to make sure i get the right one!

Thanks folks xx :cool:

don't forget to sign-up for quidco,
https://www.quidco.com
to get some cashback.
cw.

ksrao

tallulah wrote: »

Hi folks, hope i have come to the right place - i have heard great things about you lo! :j

Looking to purchase a lap top for personal internet use mainly. I use my work computer but want to start ebaying etc and this is a big no no from the work computer!

Anyways, i want basic lap top with dvd & cd re-writer, enough space to store music, pics etc and also wireless for around £300 - £400 mark (really don;t want to spend over £350!). So have found a potential 2 i would consider buying. I is a make i have never heard of and the other is a reconidition one (it does come with 12 month warranty) however i am a bit unsure what to do

COMPAQ C504EA Recon laptop, with 80GB, 1024MB and loads of other stuff i don't understand - not 100% too sure if this is wireless tho

Lenovo 3000 C200 - with 80GB, 512 MB (however can pay $40 to double this) and loads of ither stuff , this is defo wireless

Both have DVD & CD re-writers

And are around the same price give or take a few quid

What do you guys think? Which would be the best buy

Any help would be great - thanks very much

Edit - just rany COMPAQ and that mobile defo is wireless

Hi, LANOVA is actually IBM and a good one too.

motorguy

How about a Dell?

Dell 1501, AMD Turion TL50, 15.4 inch screen, 1Gb RAM, 120Gb HDD, DVD+/-RW, wireless, Vista (or XP) for £327 delivered?

Check out www.dmxdimension.com for the link to the dell site, or go via quidco for a further 4.5% cashback.

tallulah

pgilc1 wrote: »

How about a Dell?

Dell 1501, AMD Turion TL50, 15.4 inch screen, 1Gb RAM, 120Gb HDD, DVD+/-RW, wireless, Vista (or XP) for £327 delivered?

Check out www.dmxdimension.com for the link to the dell site, or go via quidco for a further 4.5% cashback.

Thanks paul - that sounds like a great deal - shall check it out

thanks ksrao too - didn;t know that was an IBM, makes me feel a bit more confident about it!

Decisions decisions x