Laptops

whiterose11

im going to university this year and need (well desperatly want lol) a laptop. all i would use it for would be word, excel and a half decent internet(does wifi mean wireless internet??????) . and obviously distracting games lol. obviously being a student i want it as cheap as possible, i found this laptop at tesco

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.202-3880.aspx

for 269

does anybody have this or know weather its good, when i look at the spec its just a load of mumo jumbo to a poor nontechie girl lol

any advice would be well appreaciated thanks inadvance

skylight

Word/excel do not come on machines - you have to pay for that seperately (not cheap!) or get OpenOffice for free (looks and feels like Windows Office)

I am not a techie, but I used to work for Acer. And on that statement alone, I would never buy a system from them. (Customer services are naff etc)

Try Dell. Go to Hotdealsuk.com (i think) and search for dell there - some of the lovely peeps there spend time searching the Dell site for loop holes and you can get better machines with a better spec than the one from Tesco. Plus when you work out the loophole, go back to Dell via your Quidco account for some cashback!

When you mean games, the games you can play on these entry level machines will not be the fantastic PC-CD Rom wonder things. Entry Level is for surfing and typing and reporting and spreadsheeting and general study stuff!


Erm.... The best non-techie info I can give you is get the faster processer and largest Hard drive you can afford - and if you are picking a machine with Vista on it, you need at least 1gb RAM for it to run smoothly.

Red_Man_2

Decent Laptop for the price.

Yes Wi-Fi does means Wireless Internet.

Remember, check the voucher codes thread for even more money off at Tesco.

Good luck! x

ecoelle

I have actually bought this laptop and it's fine, my friend has always had acer computers and she swears by them. I think it's a persoanl thing though, i hate LG phones but others love them so my advice is just go with the best you can afford. The laptop you mention has enough memory and is quick enough for what i do with it, emails, internet and typing reports if you want it for gaming and lots of online downloading then maybe it's not for you.

whiterose11

thx very much
i think im gonna go for it- when i say games just any card games lol sucker for spider solitarie lol
and thanks for the advice about tesco vouchers

snails's_pace

this thread may help you op, good luck
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1993

Nile

Hello whiterose11

Welcome to the MSE site.:wave:

I'll move your thread to the 'I wanna' board.

Hi, Martin’s asked me to post this in these circumstances: I’ve asked Board Guides to move threads if they’ll receive a better response elsewhere(please see this rule) so this post/thread has been moved to another board, where it should get more replies. If you have any questions about this policy please email [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]!!!!!![/EMAIL].

Regards

Nile