can anyone recommend a decent laptop?

[Argyll]

Can anyone recommend a decent laptop please. I plan to spend about £400 but might go to £500 at a push.

[GTI]

IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad without a doubt, for £400-500 you might get a lightly used T60. Everything about them oozes class and they are built to last.

[Argyll]

IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad without a doubt, for £400-500 you might get a lightly used T60. Everything about them oozes class and they are built to last.

Cheers mate but which one should I go for at that price? I thought there was only one kind but there's shitloads!

[criminalben]

Have a look at the Acer Extensa 5513WLMi, Core2Duo, 120GB, 1GB, DVDRW, Vista Home Premium. I think it's quite good for the money, you'll probably find it for about £420. (Well that's what I sell them for.)

[GTI]

Cheers mate but which one should I go for at that price? I thought there was only one kind but there's shitloads!

Something like this for about £500 would do you very well and it should be warrantied upto 2010.

Edit: Here's one that went for £500

[Argyll]

Cheaper here mate.

http://www.technoworld.com/productdi...ce=pricerunner

[Argyll]

Something like this for about £500 would do you very well and it should be warrantied upto 2010.

Edit: Here's one that went for £500

Cheers GTI but the ram and hard drive seem very small in comparison to others.

[stevie2001]

I`ve got a couple of ACER`s & they are ok.

But Lenovo/IBMs are nice machines.

Have a look on the link below.

http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/c...2&n=1000572+10

[whatnow]

have u considered a dell vostro? they're cheap, customised and affordable to the spec you need.

[Gherkin]

Just to add a little more food for thought I got one of these:

http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...id=gb161ea#abu

Was told how good they were and to be honest I am very impressed with it so far

[Argyll]

I haven't a clue about what to get.

[Waka]

1. Get a core 2 duo.
2. if you're running Microsoft Fista you need a minimum of 1GB ram, preferably 2GB
3. hard disk, well 80GB will do but it's such a piss easy upgrade, get any size and you can shove 300GB in next year :-)

This is about on the money:
http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/p....do?sku=405140

Although as above, the Vostros are good. Hope you don't want to play games on it for a 500 quid budget tho!

W.

[Argyll]

4% off with quidco too don't forget

[Argyll]

Just been in to Comet and as usual they didn't have a clue! They wouldn't budge off the price so I walked out. I'll take my time with this one and keep looking.

[whatnow]

honestly, if noone can say anything bad about a dell laptop then go for a dell laptop. My ONLY drawback of my inspiron 6000 is that it weighs a bit (about 3.5kg) but in replacement of this it pushes 1600x1200 (or so) resolution on dedicated graphics card, has a 5 hour battery (9 cell), and all the other crap you'd expect from a laptop of good spec. I got it a year ago for 500, now it's much less. the Vostro ones look smart, are customisable to the nth degree, cheap and build to last.

u wont regret it. I've just recommended one to a friend and I know she'll love it.

[Argyll]

Thanks mate. tried to call them this morning but they had me on hold for ages so I hung up. Which one would you recommend?

[Waka]

This one:
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...N0915002&s=bsd

take the warranty down to 1 year - maybe up the battery to 9 cell and defo up the graphics card to the 8600.

Wait a couple of days and they might give free shipping again (that saves 60 quid!)

W.

[Argyll]

This one:
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...N0915002&s=bsd

take the warranty down to 1 year - maybe up the battery to 9 cell and defo up the graphics card to the 8600.

Wait a couple of days and they might give free shipping again (that saves 60 quid!)

W.

Right Waka I've picked this.





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I added a few extra's like bluetooth etc. I'll sleep on it and buy it tomorrow as sometimes I'm too impulsive and premature

Should I add anything else on or take anything away?

[blaggard]

Any particular reason why you went for the business edition of vista?

[blaggard]

I'll sleep on it and buy it tomorrow as sometimes I'm too impulsive and premature

Should I add anything else on or take anything away?

You think you're impulsive?? Christ, you should talk to my bank manager!!