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[Vamps]

Santa is being very good to Miss Vamps this Christmas and bringing her a lap top.
Any guidance would be appreciated, especially after TB's thoughts about Acer lap tops.

She is 11 years old and wants this for school work, some daft games, may be a bit of face book etc, she tells me it must have a built in web cam.... She pointed out a nice 'Red' one in Tesco
Would like to keep the budget around £350 ish, certainly sub £400........any advice welcome.........

[Plomien]

I got the compaq from Tescos for my daughter and its still running now with no issues

[TheBoy]

Now isn't a good time to buy

[TheBoy]

But, minimum, Core i3, 2G RAM.

Branded, such as Dell, HP/Compaq, Toshiba.

Seem to recall Tosh having a £75 cashback on selected models.

Flick around Ebuyer and Dabs, see whats around.

[Vamps]

Now isn't a good time to buy

Why not? the Sales seem to have started early........

[Ian_D]

Now isn't a good time to buy

Why not? the Sales seem to have started early........

I guess due to a massive increase in hard drive prices over the last couple of months, thus pushing all laptop/pc prices up?

[Vamps]

Now isn't a good time to buy

Why not? the Sales seem to have started early........

I guess due to a massive increase in hard drive prices over the last couple of months, thus pushing all laptop/pc prices up?

Thanks Ian, unfortunately Christmas can't be changed and how long before the prices come down? though I thought they were keenly priced having a quick look around.............going to PC World tomorrow though I swore I would never use them again..............
Looks like I need a new one as well, could wait I guess.....

[Vamps]

But, minimum, Core i3, 2G RAM.

Branded, such as Dell, HP/Compaq, Toshiba.

Seem to recall Tosh having a £75 cashback on selected models.

Flick around Ebuyer and Dabs, see whats around.

Thanks, that gives me some of the tech stuff which I don't understand, was simply thinking that bigger is better.....

[Ian_D]

But, minimum, Core i3, 2G RAM.

Branded, such as Dell, HP/Compaq, Toshiba.

Seem to recall Tosh having a £75 cashback on selected models.

Flick around Ebuyer and Dabs, see whats around.

Thanks, that gives me some of the tech stuff which I don't understand, was simply thinking that bigger is better.....

No not at all with laptops.

Give me a sec and I will see what I can find...

Also, I've no idea when hard drive prices will fall agian - they rocketed due to hard drive factorys been flooded...

[Ian_D]

Right just had a quick look:

http://www.ebuyer.com/287722-hp-630-laptop-a1f77es-abu
HP laptop -  its £389 but with a £75 cash back from HP. So makes it £314. Which is a very good price IMO.

Another which looked good was this

http://www.ebuyer.com/312856-toshiba-satellite-pro-c660-2f5-laptop-psc0re-02001men
Toshiba Laptop - its £412, its better spec than the HP (more ram and bigger hard drive). That said, for the use its going to have, its probably a waste of money IMO. Especially with the 75 quid cash back with the HP.

[tigers_gonads]

For what its worth, I've had a toshiba for 5 years and the only problem its had is the muppet that uses it 

[TheBoy]

I have generally been pleased with HP/Compaq, Dell and Tosh. Most have overcome issues with leadfree etc. And as many know, I give them a hard life.

I tend to get away from those with dedicated graphics, as they tend to cause cooling issues.

[tidla]

if your buying the 15.6 size screen, plenty available at that price