Laptop Under £200

NiftyDigits

sillygoose wrote: »

I am kind of in the same market as the op as next child needs one now.

A couple of years ago I was able to get my older child an HP 255 G3 brand new for £200 and its been/still is absolutely fine, the AMD A4-5000 CPU (despite sniffy reviews) has proven perfectly capable and even plays moderate gaming easily. It came with Windows 8 but I wiped it and put Win7 on, a few quid for a recycled licence off Amazon.

The current replacement is the G4 and G5 which is pricier for not much improvement and I may not be able to get Win7 drivers for them.

I am perfectly open to buying used, although many seem overpriced to me. But I am reluctant to buy unseen over the internet, I don't want anything with a worn track pad, cheesy keyboard and too many scuffs. Its impossible to tell real condition from sellers rating systems and descriptions. Anywhere that sells 'as new' graded with worn parts like tracker pads replaced?

Ebuyer used to sell bare laptops with no OS and you could load what you want yourself but I don't think they do now.

The HP G5 is only £30 more, at £230. http://www.ebuyer.com/749382-hp-255-g5-laptop-x0p44es-abu
Why would you need Windows 7 drivers?

Otherwise, this Dell Inspiron 15 5558 may be worthy of consideration at £228. i3 processor, 8GB of RAM and Touch screen. Check the additional info for the caveat.