Do we need a gaming laptop?

capital0ne

Try Morgan for refurbed machines https://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/

For example £200 buys this - HP Elitebook 2560P 12.5" Laptop i7-2620M Dual Core 2.70GHz 4GB 320GB DVD+RW - Windows 7 Professional

EveryWhere

capital0ne wrote: »

Try Morgan for refurbed machines https://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/

For example £200 buys this - HP Elitebook 2560P 12.5" Laptop i7-2620M Dual Core 2.70GHz 4GB 320GB DVD+RW - Windows 7 Professional

Not good value. One might have recommended them a loooooong time ago. These days, there is much better value to be had.

stragglebod

I remember being astonished to see a mono laser printer in Morgan on High Holborn for less than £1000. A laser! For under a grand!


I think the lasers in Morgans these days are still just under a grand.

EveryWhere

stragglebod wrote: »

I remember being astonished to see a mono laser printer in Morgan on High Holborn for less than £1000. A laser! For under a grand!


I think the lasers in Morgans these days are still just under a grand.

Was it High Holborn or New Oxford Street? I used to live around there. Bloomsbury. Though it has changed quite a bit since then.

stragglebod

Actually yes, now you mention it, New Oxford St, just East of Centrepoint on the North side of the road I think..

EveryWhere

stragglebod wrote: »

Actually yes, now you mention it, New Oxford St, just East of Centrepoint on the North side of the road I think..

That's the one. Visited it at least once.

rybennet

You don't need a gaming laptop for that. It feels like a bonus for him if you will give him one.

JamoLew

GunJack wrote: »

The kid's 9 fgs!! How's a 9-y-o going to come up with half the money for a laptop???

He'll be washing up for many years past the life of the lappy :rotfl:

And therein lies the problem - giving children expensive items that they have no concept of the real cost of which they then abuse and usually end up wrecking.

Many 9 year olds will have some cash stashed away in savings accounts - make him financially invested in it and he will take much better care of it.

First computer I had (Commodore 64) took me 3 years to pay off my Dad for so I don't think the suggestion is too outrageous.

Everyone wants everything nowadays here and now without the willingness to wait and save or work for it.

Teach the child a valuable life lesson now - it will make the rest of his life and yours MUCH easier

Legette

He already has to ‘work’ to pay off his season ticket. He mows the lawns, washes cars etc.

He’s a good kid, been through the mill and doesn’t get much throughout the year. Just at Christmas and birthdays.

Thanks for the info everyone. Much appreciated.

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JamoLew wrote: »

And therein lies the problem - giving children expensive items that they have no concept of the real cost of which they then abuse and usually end up wrecking.

Many 9 year olds will have some cash stashed away in savings accounts - make him financially invested in it and he will take much better care of it.

First computer I had (Commodore 64) took me 3 years to pay off my Dad for so I don't think the suggestion is too outrageous.

Everyone wants everything nowadays here and now without the willingness to wait and save or work for it.

Teach the child a valuable life lesson now - it will make the rest of his life and yours MUCH easier

My friends child is turning 7 in two months, she had never treated the tablet or laptop, or her father's phone like a like a battering ram, or missile, or boomerang, not does she drop it on the floor, and it has never been a victim of tantrums. The ipad did get a bit grubby and smeared with food at one stage though, some years back.