Good laptop for no more than £200

Chino

that wrote: »

Is a bad present better than no present?

What makes you think this is being bought as a present?

hubb wrote: »

My mum just wants a decent laptop for basic internet banking, social media etc. She is willing to pay up to £200

that

Chino wrote: »

What makes you think this is being bought as a present?

Xmas, urgency - need to buy, man (...person) on a mission? Seems desperately motivated to part with cash and swap notes manky scraps - that how it looks to me, and i have been wrong many times

Personally would wait till Jan/feb. People may start selling their older ones, and new refurbs (which will probably be over £200) will com into play.

debitcardmayhem

that wrote: »

Xmas, urgency - need to buy, man (...person) on a mission? Seems desperately motivated to part with cash and swap notes manky scraps - that how it looks to me, and i have been wrong many times

Personally would wait till Jan/feb. People may start selling their older ones, and new refurbs (which will probably be over £200) will com into play.

Which part of

My mum just wants a decent laptop for basic internet banking, social media etc. She is willing to pay up to £200 with no preferences to make or disk capacity, just enough for the average use. A camera on it would be good too. Any deals with cashback would be a bonus too.

Did you miss reading/understanding:rotfl:

EveryWhere

Last contribution to, yet another, potentially time wasting thread...

Bang on the money; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-14S-DQ0000NA-Intel-Pentium-5405U-8GB-RAM-128GB-SSD-14-Silver-892914-/362853404419

If she doesn't mind a 14" screen.
Full HD IPS.

Ok for £200 delivered.

90 day warranty from the vendor, though it may still be under warranty with HP and therefore extendable.

EveryWhere

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Which part of
Did you miss reading/understanding:rotfl:

Actually, I think it is the OP who missed those lessons. They were given excellent choices, but completely ignored them in order to bombard us with nonsensical suggestions.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6081088/good-laptop-for-no-more-than-200#10 was right on budget, but they did nothing until they were sold out. There were quite a few of them at the time. At least ten.

Then; https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6081088/good-laptop-for-no-more-than-200&page=2#23 Did nothing, so someone else bought it.

Maxwhite

I'd suggest you to go for chromebooks as they're cheaper and if your mum wants it i dont think she wants any technical stuff to with it so i guess they'll be fine

EveryWhere

Maxwhite wrote: »

I'd suggest you to go for chromebooks as they're cheaper and if your mum wants it i dont think she wants any technical stuff to with it so i guess they'll be fine

Absolutely not....

GDB2222

hubb wrote: »

it is a full hd screen isnt it ?

No, it’s HD, not Full HD.

hubb

EveryWhere wrote: »

Actually, I think it is the OP who missed those lessons. They were given excellent choices, but completely ignored them in order to bombard us with nonsensical suggestions.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6081088/good-laptop-for-no-more-than-200#10 was right on budget, but they did nothing until they were sold out. There were quite a few of them at the time. At least ten.

Then; https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6081088/good-laptop-for-no-more-than-200&page=2#23 Did nothing, so someone else bought it.

Yes but at the end of the links you posted you said “not that its a recommendation” which spoilt what could have been me going for it. You might be more confident but I am literally in the dark spending someone elses money so if any doubt I am not going to gamble.

This always happens on threads like this. You are just about to make a decision and buy until someone else chimes in and says they are rubbish, don’t buy.

GDB2222

hubb wrote: »

Yes but at the end of the links you posted you said “not that its a recommendation” which spoilt what could have been me going for it. You might be more confident but I am literally in the dark spending someone elses money so if any doubt I am not going to gamble.

This always happens on threads like this. You are just about to make a decision and buy until someone else chimes in and says they are rubbish, don’t buy.

I'll say it in capitals, for emphasis:

YOU CANNOT GET A GOOD LAPTOP FOR £200.

Nor can you buy a good house for £200. Essentially, staying on the house analogy for a bit longer, all these threads have been about what sort of tent or cardboard shelter will do best instead of a house.