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[omegod]

Basically I need a laptop for genearal browsing, word processing and the like but I haven't the faintest idea what to look for .

Budget is as little as possible and I am not in the least bothered if it is not the latest snazziest one out so I would welcome suggestions from whats is available or if anyone spots a goodun in the sales give me a pointer please

[TheBoy]

Now isn't a good time to buy...

For a lappy, Intel still rule. Pentium is long in tooth, so looking at Core2 (last generation) or Core i3 (current generation) as the low costs. Unless a Celery will suffice - that would be really light use.

Win7 starter needs 1Gb, anything else needs 2Gb really. No point going more than 3Gb on 32bit, unless you get multichannel speed advantages.

Thats around £500 if you shop around

Netbooks? I have one, don't think they are up to any kind of work to be honest. They have a niche use, no more.

[Mysteryman]

Nick one from one of your neighbours. I'm sure you'll find an open window if you look carefully. I would advise you to do it between 2 am and 4am.

Good luck

[Plomien]

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.210-6889.aspx
this one is a fairly good model for the price, my eighbour bought it for christmas for his daughter and not had an issue with it once a decent antivirus was installed

[Marks DTM Calib]

Bought an MSi one before xmas for 300 quid.

4Gb of ram, windows 7 64bit, AMD dual core micro and its working pretty well. Runs office etc without any issues at all, browsing is good.

[cem_devecioglu]

Nick one from one of your neighbours. I'm sure you'll find an open window if you look carefully. I would advise you to do it between 2 am and 4am.

Good luck

 

[TheBoy]

Asda have an amd v140 lappy for 267 currently...

[omegod]

Cheers for the advice chaps and sorry Ste my neighbours are middle class as am I! theft would upset the croquet club

How does this one look ?

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5083321/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/2%7C14418968%7CLaptops+and+Netbooks%7C16164797/c_3/3%7Ccat_16164797%7CLaptops%7C16164800.htm

[notacarbuff]

Take a look at this. It looks very good for the price and a better bargain than the one you have posted above.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g56-130sa-laptop-07908263-pdt.html?srcid=369&xtor=AL-11

[Entwood]

May I suggest "novatech" ?? Used them lots in the past when I had a computor company, very good quality, excelent after sales service and competitive prices

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/laptop/

[Webby the Bear]

hi mate,

dont know  what prices are like now but all i wanted was fast internet and microsoft office.

i got a packard bell package from comet..... 350 quid in may last year.

also has windows 7

ps  i too hadnt got a clue. just tell the bloke what u want and what you want to spend and youll get something

[Kevin Wood]

May I suggest "novatech" ?? Used them lots in the past when I had a computor company, very good quality, excelent after sales service and competitive prices

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/laptop/

Seconded. I've built a couple of machines using bits from them in the last couple of months and no problems at all.

Kevin

[TheBoy]

hi mate,

dont know  what prices are like now but all i wanted was fast internet and microsoft office.

i got a packard bell package from comet..... 350 quid in may last year.

also has windows 7

ps  i too hadnt got a clue. just tell the bloke what u want and what you want to spend and youll get something

All new PCs will have some varient of Windows 7.  Most 'big brand' will come with Office 2010 Starter Edition (a free, usable version of Word and Excel (only), with some of the more advanced functions disabled).  Sadly, Office 2010 Starter is only available with new PCs.


I was in PC World the other day, saw a nice, small (I don't like massive laptops) i5 based HP for 'only' £614...  ...I was nearly tempted, but then there is nothing wrong with my old laptop (hardware wise - Win7 has spat its dummy out AGAIN on it, so needs another rebuild)

[TheBoy]

Obviously, if anyone is buying a PC from PC World (occasionally their web prices are competitive, but need to do your homework), do a reserve online via a cashback site such as Topcashback, and you will get some cash back after a few weeks

If you are not a member of a cashback site, feel free to sign up via my link (as I then (currently) get a fiver () once you've saved a certain amount. Topcashback is free and is probably the best of all the free ones, so costs you nothing to try .  Quidco is another good one, but they charge £5 per year.

http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/theboy

[Kevin Wood]

I was in PC World the other day, saw a nice, small .....

 

I hope you weren't spotted.

Kevin