HP Laptop for £280 with free £20 bag and free delivery

Highland_Lass_2

Thanks horsepills. I've got a PC but no nothing about laptops. I'll check out Tesco and see what they've got.

horsepills

Highland_Lass - you might have already seen this, but Tesco direct have a great Acer Laptop for just £269.99 at the moment - £30 off its original price. Details here.

Highland_Lass_2

Thanks, did see that one. Was thinking it would be good to have one with a card reader for her digital camera. It hasn't.

gromituk

Easier to leave the card in the camera and connect it to the computer with a USB lead. If the camera has a "mass storage device" mode then it will look to the computer exactly like the card it contains; if not, you'll need to install drivers that come with the camera.

Highland_Lass_2

Thanks for all the help so far. Another question.:embarasse What else will she need to buy to connect to the internet. Don't think it will really be worth signing up for broadband as I don't think she'll use it enough to warrant that.

horsepills

Most laptops come with a wireless card to allow you to connect to the internet, but you will need an internet connection of some kind. If you don't want broadband there are a few dialup providers offering pay as you go for around 4p per minute.

You might wanna post any further techie questions in another forum though

nat2607

You can always see if anybody living near you has an open broadband account. Not that this is strictly legal...

horsepills

nat2607 wrote: »

You can always see if anybody living near you has an open broadband account. Not that this is strictly legal...

I wouldn't advocate stealing someone else's bandwidth! Apart from being illegal, it's unethical too. Would you like a stranger preventing you from accessing the grabbits board cos he's busy downloading movies on the connection you're paying for?!! :rolleyes:

nat2607

with a laptop of that spec I doubt you'd get a connection lol. Seriously it is illegal. Don't do it, it's not nice.

gromituk

I'm sure you meant it as a joke, nat2607, but in case anyone takes you literally, there is unlikely to be any difference between this laptop's wifi performance and any other's.