Do we need a gaming laptop?
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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 Professional0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
Actually yes, now you mention it, New Oxford St, just East of Centrepoint on the North side of the road I think..0
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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.0 -
You don't need a gaming laptop for that. It feels like a bonus for him if you will give him one.0
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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 easier0 -
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.0 -
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 easier0
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