Posted February 26, 2009 I have £200-300 (max) to spend on getting my sis a laptop. She says it must have the ability to be as awesome as possible for office purposes and must not be a mac. No gaming will be done on it as it will be for uni work mostly. I've not really got the time to have a good luck about and wouldn't really know where to start. So...if Anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated. I know you techies are awesome at stuff like this :-D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 26, 2009 http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn Dell Mini 9 with the 16GB hard drive, or if money is a bigger issue than hard drive space just go for the 8GB version. Even better she can get it in pink or a pretty picture on the back (girls lol) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 26, 2009 Seems cool but some customer ratings aren't too good saying it's quite slow with 1GB of RAM. Anyone else? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 26, 2009 Well what about this: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/10-MSI-WIND-U100-White-16GHz-Intel-Atom-N270-1GB-DDR2-120GB-HDD-MS-Windows-XP-Home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 26, 2009 About to go through the door but check out this page: http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/cat.php?search=Laptops&nav=227 might find something to your needs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2009 Seems cool but some customer ratings aren't too good saying it's quite slow with 1GB of RAM. Anyone else? No, it's quite slow because the Intel Atom is the most overrated processor since the Pentium 4 Willamette (that is to say, Atom is shit). All that aside though, the Dell Mini 9 is an absolute favourite among people to turn into a Apple Mac OS X machine: http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/how-to-mac-os-x-dellefi-installation-t3925.html So based on that alone I'd choose it over any other netbook. That said, you don't want a machine you can use OS X on, and to be honest, if you want a machine for general use (not portability) don't get an Atom based netbook. Some bottom of the range regular notebook will be just fine. http://www.ebuyer.com/search?sort=pricelow&store=5&cat=10&limit=10&page=2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 28, 2009 No, it's quite slow because the Intel Atom is the most overrated processor since the Pentium 4 Willamette (that is to say, Atom is shit). He's right, the Atom is good for web browsing... Thats about it. Its incredibly low power though, which is an upside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 28, 2009 Hmmm..she told me she doesn't want "one of those tiny ones". WOMEN!! Why must it all be about size!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 28, 2009 Hey netbooks are pretty convenient... Silly woman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 I love my netbook <3 Sure its not lightning fast, but nothing with a £300 price tag ever will be Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 I love my netbook <3 Sure its not lightning fast, but nothing with a £300 price tag ever will be Wrong, you can build a decent dual core desktop for that much money, but yeah, for a new laptop, that's pretty cheap Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Wrong, you can build a decent dual core desktop for that much money, but yeah, for a new laptop, that's pretty cheap OK... Mr pedantic, a laptop with that price tag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 2, 2009 Posted on HUKD Acer Aspire 5717Z Pentium Dual Core T2370, 2GB, 160GB HDD, 15.4" TFT - £299.96 delivered @ CDiscount! Linkage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 2, 2009 Nice - I've sent her a link. Looks smexy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 3, 2009 I love my samsung nc10 netbook...it does everything I need...it browses the net, plays football manager live and runs itunes...I don't need anything else Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 5, 2009 I love my samsung nc10 netbook...it does everything I need...it browses the net, plays football manager live and runs itunes...I don't need anything else *high five netbook buddy!* I have a Samsung NC10 too! <3 The screen takes getting used to, but tis not really a big issue! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
