laptop suggestion

theGrinch

I'm looking for my first lap top mainly for net access to browse, watch movies and listen to music, some wordprocessing and excel.

My eyesight isnt great so I would need at least a 17 inch screen.

I dont want to spend more than £350.

Im not sure where to begin so I would be grateful for some ideas to get me started.

grumpycrab

theGrinch wrote: »

some wordprocessing and excel. .

That may be tricky. Have you got an Office license already? Or would you be happy with a free package? (LibreOffice or OpenOffice).
OR may be Office 2010 Starter (basic Word and Excel with adverts) will do http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVt58pP8h0w
Now to look for a 17inch laptop...

macman

Absolutely any modern laptop will do all those tasks with ease, but getting a 17 inch one for your budget (and assuming you use open market software to avoid any more expenditure) is a big ask-you're not going to be able to pick and choose. At that price you're probably looking at a refurb. Personally I'd try and up your budget by another £100.
But I'll happily be proven wrong if someone can find one for £350...

Cisco001

Refurb Toshiba
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/refurbished-laptops/toshiba-c70-a-13d-satellite-refurbished-17-3-laptop-21931910-pdt.html

Anne_Marie_2

This one comes in at £350.40
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-Satellite-C70D-A-111-17-3-inch-Processor/dp/B00G4CBELW/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1394456808&sr=1-2&keywords=17+inch+laptop

If you can up your budget a bit, there are several for around £380-£400 at Argos, Save on laptops, Laptops Direct and no doubt a load of other places.

NiftyDigits

Anne_Marie wrote: »

This one comes in at £350.40
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-Satellite-C70D-A-111-17-3-inch-Processor/dp/B00G4CBELW/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1394456808&sr=1-2&keywords=17+inch+laptop

If you can up your budget a bit, there are several for around £380-£400 at Argos, Save on laptops, Laptops Direct and no doubt a load of other places.

I would leave that one alone, unless you like a Netbook like performance.

shortchanged_2

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toshiba-C70-14M-17-3-inch-laptop-Intel-Pentium-Dual-Core-2020M-4GB-1TB-HDD-DVD-R-/191067777799?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item2c7c86eb07

Very slightly over your budget and a graded one but an A+ at that.

Would be more than capable of doing the things you would want to do.

Probably better for the money would be this....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toshiba-Satellite-C870-198-17-3-inch-Laptop-Core-i3-2328M-4GB-500GB-HDMI-WiFi-W8-/181337782501?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item2a3892f8e5

theGrinch

many thanks. I just want to get a handle on how much I need to put aside. So I would be looking ideally at £450 for something new?

almillar

If you go out and buy a laptop with a high resolution 17" screen, you still won't be able to use it. Try a 15" screen with a low resolution screen - bonus - it'll be cheaper! Go into PC World or whatever and look at the screens to see what resolution and screen size you're comfortable with.

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NiftyDigits wrote: »

I would leave that one alone, unless you like a Netbook like performance.

Oh I don't know.

My new Notebook has an AMD4, 1GHz processor, and it happily plays movies, and that's on only 2GB of RAM.

NiftyDigits

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Oh I don't know.

My new Notebook has an AMD4, 1GHz processor, and it happily plays movies, and that's on only 2GB of RAM.

That because of the GPU. The CPU is weak.

My old ACER Aspire One ZG5 Netbook plays movies. It's not unusual.