Any laptop deals? Budget ~ £350

silvercar

Replacing a 5 yr old machine that is slowly dying.

Would like i5 processor, 1TB HD, 6G RAM. Needs to be carried round a lot, so lightweight would be good, don't really need a Disc drive as I have an external one, so thinking that one without would be lighter.

I have been happy with Toshiba before, so happy to go that way again.

One more question if I may, I have office 2007 on discs that was bought for windows XP, will it install on a windows 8 machine (as they all seem to be)?

Very grateful for any suggestions.

NiftyDigits

What's wrong with current machine? Mechanical? Five years old can still have good specs.
Microsoft Office 2007 is compatible with Windows 8.

silvercar

NiftyDigits wrote: »

What's wrong with current machine? Mechanical? Five years old can still have good specs.
Microsoft Office 2007 is compatible with Windows 8.

Son's machine, it's been hammered, Very little battery life and I have twice replaced the battery. It is an Dell inspiron 15, needs more RAM and HD space and is heavy. Tracker pad is liquid damaged. It makes an odd noise and fails to start every now and then. I think it has 2GB RAM and 250 GB HDD, but would need to check that.

I have a use for it as a secondary machine, so am happy to get him a new one.

NiftyDigits

silvercar wrote: »

Son's machine, it's been hammered, Very little battery life and I have twice replaced the battery. It is an Dell inspiron 15, needs more RAM and HD space and is heavy. Tracker pad is liquid damaged. It makes an odd noise and fails to start every now and then. I think it has 2GB RAM and 250 GB HDD, but would need to check that.

I have a use for it as a secondary machine, so am happy to get him a new one.

Service Tag? Vista or Windows 7?

silvercar

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Service Tag? Vista or Windows 7?

Sorry don't know. He has gone back to uni, so I can't just look at machine.

just seen that costco.co.uk has this toshiba.

and this acer.

NiftyDigits

silvercar wrote: »

Sorry don't know. He has gone back to uni, so I can't just look at machine.

just seen that costco.co.uk has this toshiba.

and this acer.

What happened to your dreams of an i5?

cloud_dog

Havea look at Hotukdeals...... lots of i5's on offer there, within your budget. I can't comment on individual laptops but there's a few to choose from if that's what you are really after.

EDIT: When I say 'lots', i mean a few

silvercar

NiftyDigits wrote: »

What happened to your dreams of an i5?

Compromised.

I went for this:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2488307.htm

Toshiba L50-B-1NL 15.6 Inch Ci3 Processor 4GB 1TB Laptop.

£349.

NiftyDigits

silvercar wrote: »

Compromised.

I went for this:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2488307.htm

Toshiba L50-B-1NL 15.6 Inch Ci3 Processor 4GB 1TB Laptop.

£349.

I may have suggested this MEDION® AKOYA® S4215 Ultrabook for £360. But as it's a shop return, it may not fit your criteria.

General
System Type Ultrabook

Operating System Windows 8

Processor / Chipset
CPU Intel Core i5 (3rd Gen) 3337U / 1.8 GHz

Max Turbo Speed 2.7 GHz

Cache 3 MB

64-bit Computing Yes

Features Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0

Memory
RAM 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB )

Technology DDR3 SDRAM

Slots Qty 2

Empty Slots 0

Storage
Main Storage 1 TB HDD

Interface SATA 3 Gb/s

Secondary Storage 32 GB SSD

Optical Drive DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM

Display
Type 14"

LCD Backlight Technology LED backlight

Resolution 1366 x 768 ( HD )

Widescreen Yes

Features Anti-glare

Audio & Video
Graphics Processor Intel HD Graphics

Camera Integrated webcam

Sound Stereo speakers , microphone

Compliant Standards High Definition Audio, Dolby Home Theater v4

Input
Type Keyboard, touchpad

Communications
Wireless 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0

Wireless Controller Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230

Network Interface Gigabit Ethernet

Battery
Technology 4-cell Lithium Ion

Connections & Expansion
Interfaces 2 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0
HDMI
VGA
LAN
Microphone input
Audio line-out

Memory Card Reader 4 in 1 ( SD Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, MultiMediaCard )

Software
Software Included Drivers & Utilities, Cyberlink PowerDVD , CyberLink Youcam, Microsoft Windows Essentials, Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 (90 days subscription), Windows 8 recovery DVD

Dimensions & Weight
Width 33.8 cm

Depth 24.18 cm

Height 2.1 cm

Weight 1.9 kg

Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support 1 year warranty

Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year

silvercar

NiftyDigits wrote: »

I may have suggested this MEDION® AKOYA® S4215 Ultrabook for £360. But as it's a shop return, it may not fit your criteria.

I wouldn't do refurbs.

There was also the slight advantage that buying from Argos meant it was instantly available.

I am slightly relieved that you didn't post a scathing reason why that was a terribly bad buy.

NiftyDigits

silvercar wrote: »

I wouldn't do refurbs.

There was also the slight advantage that buying from Argos meant it was instantly available.

I am slightly relieved that you didn't post a scathing reason why that was a terribly bad buy.

I'm not surprised that you wrote that you wouldn't do refurbs.
The laptop that I'm using is also a shop return, from Argos. It had the same warranty conditions as a 'new' machine and still had the original plastic wrapping. More than five years later, I'm still using it.

'Refurb' has nothing to do with it, as long as you have the same condition as new and the warranty conditions as new.

A simple example....if you decided to return your Argos machine and to buy the Medion, the Argos machine can no longer be resold as new. So it will be checked and cleaned and then sold as a 'refurb'.
I'm quite happy to purchase a laptop under those circumstances.
Especially if it fit and surpassed my original criteria.
i5 instead of i3
8GB RAM instead of 4GB
SSD for faster startup
Relatively lightweight @ 1.9kg

Nothing wrong with the Toshiba(I'm using one now), but it's not a bargain.