New Laptop

Was thinking of buying a Laptop for in the house to save having to sit at the desktop in the office to surf the net. The laptop would really only be used for surfing the net and looking at photos. Any ideas as to what make and where is the best place to buy?

dell . check them out online
might not b the cheapest but best value for money

Try these , look for the toshibas or hp/compaq , etc just got a hp one with a 17" screen and good spec for £300 , really good quality , most are clearance and brand new [dont bother with advent , packard bell , will only last 12 months]

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...&show_all=true

Just posted in another thread. In my experience Dell have drifted on quality a little lately. HP and Toshiba are really good.

See faulty laptop thread for the full text but don't (do not) DO NOT buy a Packard Bell and Acer aren't too clever either. Acer seem to age quickly.

And have a look on Tesco Direct for good deals.

Is that a good deal in PC World, sign up for mobile broadband and get a free laptop , or are they just dumping the crap ones ?

They're stitching you up with an expensive 3g deal with a tight "fair usage" policy. No such thing as a free lunch in my experience.

Iv got a sony vaio bloody good machine with the wireless internet just wander about the house even in the summer can sit in the garden on a nice day and surf the net no probs

Originally Posted by andybk

Try these , look for the toshibas or hp/compaq , etc just got a hp one with a 17" screen and good spec for £300 , really good quality , most are clearance and brand new [dont bother with advent , packard bell , will only last 12 months]

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...&show_all=true

They are all advertised as refurbished - What age will these be? and will they have been faulty ones returned? There is a 12 month guarantee with them and do seem good value.

andybk,I have an old ( very old ) advent 7001 laptop. No 1 son had it a school,then he upgraded and he passed it to me. It has travelled hundreds of thousands of miles in aircraft and Toyota Landcruisers,and has stopped functioning once only. It was repaired in the middle of Central Asia for the princley sum of a bottle of Vodka,and is sending this post to BFF. What more can I say,one day when it decides to cease working I will replace it,but until then .................

Dells good just not alot of consuer support if any problems etc. Using acers at the moment, look for deals anywhere, PC world, etc.

[johnny400]

recently got an ADVENT 4211, same idea as your EEE, great for web browsing and even doing word docs and spread sheets etc.....10.1 inch screen, weighs about a 1kg, only thing dosent have cd drive....go to pc world, got mine in duty free....but recomend

Originally Posted by johnny400

recently got an ADVENT 4211, same idea as your EEE, great for web browsing and even doing word docs and spread sheets etc.....10.1 inch screen, weighs about a 1kg, only thing dosent have cd drive....go to pc world, got mine in duty free....but recomend

Must be an echo in here?

[Benson]

i have being looking for a laptop for months now but just brought a acer aspire 7720 we also have a dell witch is a piece crap compared to the acer have not seen any thing witch comes any where close to the spec for the price at pc world

[Benson]

acer aspire 7720
mirco soft windows vista home
intel core 2duo t5750
3gb system memory
hard drive 1 3gb
cd /dvd drive optiarc 5500
video nvidia geforce 9300m
total available graphics 1535mb
wireless lan card


the bigger the number on the processor (5750) the faster the computor will work but the fastest processor is the iintel core tm2 duo cpu
hope this helps

Sony VAIO NR38 E / Pentium Dual Core T2390 1.86GHz / 2GB / 160GB / 15.4'' / DVD-SM / Vista Home Premium / Laptop / Notebook
£379.99 Free Delivery
In stock | Usually dispatched within 24 hours

BUY
From www.play.com
Seemed cheap for a Sony

[Powershift]

I've got an old(ish) Acer laptop. Bought it secondhand from a friend in the IT business. It was completely wiped and then reloaded with up to date software. Very good machine but now i only use it for farm stuff : Farmworks and Field Track. Got a new iMac in the office now and when the time comes i will probably get an Apple laptop too.

Originally Posted by Benson

i have being looking for a laptop for months now but just brought a acer aspire 7720

I feel sorry for you, the only thing I can recommend is run the tractor wheel over it and claim, other that that you bought a pup

I'm looking for a laptop too, any thoughts on this?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149335

Originally Posted by Richard_S

I'm looking for a laptop too, any thoughts on this?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149335

Looks a good deal that. I did look at a HP one when I bought mine but I went for the Sony Vaio NR38E like the one Orcadian found above.

buy once, buy right

just get an apple and no more problems