Recommend a new laptop...

[Woza]

Apologies, as i know this will have been covered a million times but i couldnt find anything after a search.

Looking for a reasonably cheap laptop to replace the crappy Dell i have.

£300 budget but could stretch a little bit if it makes much of a difference, suggestions please

Thanks,

Woza.

[Tampon]

Dell Outlet ? got two from there recently, cracking value.

That is unless the crappy dell you have now has put you off ?

[twinturboz]

Anymore info in what its needs to have? Are you after a particular screen size?

What are you going to use it for? ... Just general surfing the net and a bit of word processing?

[Woza]

Sorry - should have been a little more specific.

It will be mainly for web browsing and word processing, yes - but still want something relatively powerful (decent processer and ram) monitor size not really an issue - 15" perhaps, decent sized hard drive - no more than 250gb needed.

I am a little put off by Dell as i haven't had the best of luck with them - none that i have ever seem to last very long....

Woza.

[twinturboz]

Argos clearance has this.. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5...

Dabs have a few:
http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung-r519-celeron-...

http://www.dabs.com/products/acer-refurb-aspire-57...


If your not opposed to buying second hand or refurbed there are some right bargains on ebay.

Edited by twinturboz on Thursday 25th February 16:58

[Woza]

anyone else - not keen on refurbs...

[twinturboz]

http://www.microanvika.com/computing/product.asp?P...

or true pistonheads style:

http://www.microanvika.com/computing/product.asp?P...

I give up, your right not that much out there unless you start looking at netbooks but they will lack the punch your after

Edited by twinturboz on Thursday 25th February 18:26

[Chrisgr31]

Also have a look at Carphone Warehouse (believe it or not) I got a Samsung ultraportable from there at the weekend, £399, its £499 in PCWorld and arounfd £450 online.

[hornetrider]

I'm no expert but saw a nice looking one in Aldi last week, it was a Medion. Was brand spankers and only £349.99.

In fact, the only link I can find on the Medion website is on this page where the RRP is £500.

[CO2000]

Look at Toshiba's from Tescos.

[ndtman]

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/ID72/16164797...

Just bought two of these and they are nicely put together and well specced.

[Rooster]

I scoured the net recently because my 5 year old Toshiba had failed. I finally settled upon a Toshiba R530, excellent value at £479 with 4GB of memory and 500GB on the hard drive, it has a 17" screen, its a notebook and has a built in digital Livecam plus it is the easiest thing I have ever used, the writeable capabilities are awesome.
HTH