Sorry.....laptops

[johnboywalton]

My laptop and one of my daughters notebooks need re-placing! There does seem some good offers out there at the moment, I am ok with computers but certainly not a wizard!! , has anyone bought one recently on a good deal?

Tbh I am not fussed on make!
My nephew normally finds me a "good deal", but he is off travelling for a year (selfish git)

I do not really want to pay more than £350 on the Laptop!


Any help will be appreciated!

 

[gripitripit]

How about for the laptop
http://www.ebuyer.com/322115-asus-x54h-laptop-x54h-sx168v
and for the notebook
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/packard-bell-dot-se-r-111uk-refurbished-netbook-red-10683234-pdt.html

 

[johnboywalton]

How about for the laptop
http://www.ebuyer.com/322115-asus-x54h-laptop-x54h-sx168v
and for the notebook
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/packard-bell-dot-se-r-111uk-refurbished-netbook-red-10683234-pdt.html

Thanks for these, my daughter is trying to talk me into an I-Pad for her!!

 

[gripitripit]

Thanks for these, my daughter is trying to talk me into an I-Pad for her!!

Good luck with that...LOL.....will you relent?

 

[sawtooth]

Buy a Dell, you can pick one up for udner £350 new. Order direct from their website.

 

[johnboywalton]

Good luck with that...LOL.....will you relent?

Probably..........

 

[johnboywalton]

Buy a Dell, you can pick one up for udner £350 new. Order direct from their website.

Never had Dell, any good?

 

[gripitripit]

Dell are pretty decent. Compare the dell you can get for 380 and the Asus for 360 and see what difference in spec.

 

[fundy]

if buying dell always worth looking at their outlet, can often get some great deals

 

[Dodger]

I wouldn't touch Dell.......bag of turd,slow turd at that.

Acer.

 

[thecraw]

I just bought a Dell inspiron, £400 with a £50 trade in on my old HP laptop taking it down to £350. Dodger its not the laptop thats slow and if you have a decent operating system it'll run fine.

 

[Dodger]

I just bought a Dell inspiron, £400 with a £50 trade in on my old HP laptop taking it down to £350. Dodger its not the laptop thats slow and if you have a decent operating system it'll run fine.

incorrect.,.ask the experts and get the correct answer.

 

[thecraw]

incorrect.,.ask the experts and get the correct answer.

yer hole!

 

[timchump]

i have a dell laptop, its far from slow, has an intel i7 processor, 4gb of ddr3 ram, etc..

i'd recommend ebay, you can get refurbished laptops at really good prices
with the buyer protection its as good as buying from a known retailer

 

[Dodger]

yer hole!

no my hole,my experts hole.:smirk:

 

[connor]

ask fragger hes the man in the know

 

[sawtooth]

Never had Dell, any good?

Yep Dell are good. The thing I like about them is that they are sturdy and well built. I have 2 laptops that must be over 8 years old running XP and they are still fine now. Anything I've had to change through wear and tear I've changed myself, thats another good thing, spares are readily available.

I dont know about Acer, only ever heard great things about Dell laptops.

 

[hamshanker]

Not the greatest of puter geeks but know a little bit,bought this http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/10751766/art/advent/monza-e1-a15rv03-15-6-lap.html for 15 yr daughter for xmas...

Ive had a go of it and only thing i dont like about it is the key board...keys are slightly more raised than ive been use to and feel cheapish..but apart from that it does what it needs to do and quick...

 

[HomerJSimpson]

On a slight tangent and apologies for the hijack but HID wants to go wireless and get a laptop rather than me using our old base unit in the spare room. Does anyone know a) what I need to do to install wireless in the house and b) how I'd set a lap top up to connect to the internet.

 

[sawtooth]

PM offline if you want to but for starters buy a laptop with built in wireless 802.11n

Your internet provider should really provide you with a wireless router. If you've had it installed for a while and its not wireless then first port of call is to ask them to send you one. Hopefully this should be FOC but I think I probably have something lying around that will be suitable if not. Then its a doddle to set up.

I'm a certified WLAN engineer which helps.