I wanna laptop cheap and chearful for teanagers homework.

itsalldrivingmemad

My daughter wanst a lap top for christmas so thought I'd think about it now so I can look out for bargains, I also obvioulsy want to be able to monitor the sites she goes on etc to keep her safe.

Any advice re deals bargains etc would be great and any advice on her the technical side of thisgs would be good too. We already have a computer at home so would need to change to wireless access I guess.

Anything I haven't thoought of??

Skint_Catt

PC World from £299 which isn't bad although their after sales service leaves a lot to be desired in my opinion/experience.

Can't help on the wirelessness unfort - I'm still on dial-up!

C xx

Butlers1982

want to be able to monitor the sites she goes on

So you can check her spelling! ! sorry couldnt help it!

mpython

Asda have (had) a laptop for £275 with 15" screen, 512Mb Ram, 80Gb HD, DVD player, Vista & wireless. Worth spending another £25 adding another 512RAM to make Vista run smoother.

Alternatively, you may find this thread helpful, http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=554420

Or this sub -forum http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=29

People on there can advise you much better than I about wireless but you don't have to go wireless if you don't want to, you can connect multiple PCs to a broadband internet service via a router with cables to each pc/laptop.

leem_3

Just bought my daughter a laptop from www.laptopsdirect.com the service was great, hers was not the cheapest, as she got it for uni, but they are offering 100 pounds cashback till end of October. May be worth you having a peek.

theowl_2

Butlers1982 wrote: »

So you can check her spelling! ! sorry couldnt help it!

The section you quoted didn't have a spelling mistake! And you forgot to use an apostrophe.

itsalldrivingmemad

Thanks all I'll have a good read of the links you suggested.

itsalldrivingmemad

leem wrote: »

Just bought my daughter a laptop from www.laptopsdirect.com the service was great, hers was not the cheapest, as she got it for uni, but they are offering 100 pounds cashback till end of October. May be worth you having a peek.

just tried this but it goes straight to geek.com with all american prices??

cmrule

I think poster meant https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk

cmrule

Acer have laptops from £330 including VAT and delivery
http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5300_Laptops/prod.asp

Edit: Or this one for £300 http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_3600_Laptops/prod.asp

All new laptops will come with wireless network cards, and usually with network cards if you want the wired approach. |In theory you dont have to go wireless if you want both computers on the internet, but it will mean trailing cables, unless you network over the mains as shown here: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=46494&criteria=network%20over%20mains&doy=20m9

sandrahall02

cmrule wrote: »

I think poster meant www.laptopsdirect.co.uk

Terrible after sales :mad: