Caris Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Whats the best Laptop i could get for about £650 max, i know its not much but all i really want it for is playing music and the internet, a little bit of Photoshop or editing aswell, not really games though. Im not sure what to look out for on laptops, any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 You can get a MacBook for £704 with the Apple Store for Education.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caris Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 Nah, i want a Normall laptop windows etc, and i just cant go above £650 at all, im pushing it as it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Chris Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 if your on a buget, check http://www.ebuyer.com or http://www.novatech.co.uk. theres quite a few places that do cheaping laptops. You can save yourself £50 and install linux instead of windows. give you a bit more to spend on hardware. (using gimp instead of photoshop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura_inthesky Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 little off-topic but where would you recommend I shop for a laptop for about £1000-1500? any websites or stores (such as PC World?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadwayrock Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 little off-topic but where would you recommend I shop for a laptop for about £1000-1500? any websites or stores (such as PC World?) http://computerprices.pricegrabber.co.uk/search_attrib.php/form_keyword=/topcat_id=/page_id=13/lo_p=1000/hi_p=1500/Update_Results=Update%20Results/sortby=priceA Ive set the price range you stated and you can filter what specs/brand you want for your laptop on the left hand side of the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrocasilva Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Nah, i want a Normall laptop windows etc, and i just cant go above £650 at all, im pushing it as it is A Macbook is really good... you can install windows too. best of both worlds You won't get a Pentium M 1,83 GHz lower than that (although it has integrated graphics) Without going on specifics... I wouldn't advise you a laptop without a dual core as that is the new standard. As for graphics card... depending on the use... a GMA 950 is enough for 80% of the users (or more) the other 20% probably need a desktop PC ^_^. Look out for "Samsung NP-R65 C000" it's the cheapest dual core portable on sale here in Portugal, found it at 600£ I can't be of help for finding it there though, as I don't know the UK market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVD Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Get a Dell, I've used mine pretty much every day since I bought it a year ago and had no problems yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePigMarcher Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I would seriously advise against getting a Dell. I may have been unlucky but my old one died after only 14 months. After running various diagnostic tests it was deduced that the motherboard was to blame. I was quoted repair costs of anything up to £475 because I hadn't taken the extended insurance , but after only 14 months of usage there was no way I was going to stump up that amount. What made it worse is that I discovered it was a well known problem with that particular model (Dimension 5150) at the time and yet Dell denied any responsibilty for it , and I will never buy anything from them again. As for your purchasing options , I would have also advised going with the MacBook but you have already stated that that is not an option for you , so no other ideas immediately spring to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conzer16 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Any Dell I have used has been mightily reliable. I intend on investing in one coem September. I am hoping to purchase the Inspiron 9400. 120GB HDD, 1Gig Ram, 2 GHz Dual Core Intel Duo, plus (hopefully) all my college app's too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 A tribute song to all the Dell laptops that have been loading up recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caris Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 Thanks for th advice guys, i just bought a packard bell easynote V, duel core centrino processor, 80gig HDD, subwoofer, 1gig of RAM intergrated 128mb Grpahics, does all i need as the laptop wont be used for games, grabed it with a case for £650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrocasilva Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Thanks for th advice guys, i just bought a packard bell easynote V, duel core centrino processor, 80gig HDD, subwoofer, 1gig of RAM intergrated 128mb Graphics, does all i need as the laptop wont be used for games, grabed it with a case for £650 really good specs for the price... I forgot mentioning Packard Bell since that brand doesn't appear much in here... (like Dell, Compaq, Gateway and others) Did you knew Packard Bell is wholy owned by NEC? You get components like a NEC TFT screen and NEC DVD drive out on the cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caris Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 didnt know that haha, bit off topic your sig is fucking awsome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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