New Laptop Advice

Polly

Can I add my help request to this list too please? I'm looking for a reasonably priced laptop to replace my student son's 4 year old machine which has ground to a halt. Needs to be quick, fairly light as he carries it everywhere & have decent memory space. If I could afford it, I'd splurge on a Macbook but that's way beyond my means right now.

jai247

Does anyone else have anymore advice?

Samsonite1

jai247 wrote: »

Does anyone else have anymore advice?

HPs are solid - my first ever laptop was an HP and I have had many including in the past few years - all well built and a decent spec. Ideally check reviews online and/or get your hands on them in the shops to work out which models are well made.

Samsonite1

Polly wrote: »

Can I add my help request to this list too please? I'm looking for a reasonably priced laptop to replace my student son's 4 year old machine which has ground to a halt. Needs to be quick, fairly light as he carries it everywhere & have decent memory space. If I could afford it, I'd splurge on a Macbook but that's way beyond my means right now.

What is your budget? Macbooks in high street store start at around £750 these days, for the lowest. Probably £1,000 is the price to start getting a reasonable one.

It largely depends on how much you are willing to pay to some extent! Having said that, you should be able to get something reasonable for under £500.

jai247

I was ideally looking to spend around £700 on a windows Laptop but am in two minds to pay the extra to get the Mac Book Air or Mac Book Pro. I suppose the thing stopping me is th £999.00 price tag really.

Just want people opinions if its worth paying the extra for the MacBook. I have seen alot of good reviews for the Asus UX305CA but cant decide what to do.