Best laptop available for under £450

[stuartw101]

I am looking to buy a laptop for no more than £450 maybe stretch to £500 if its really worth it.

I will be using the laptop for internet, word processing etc. Im not really bothered about playing games on it. I also want to be able to connect to the internet wirelessly aswell.

I hope you guys can help me.

Thanks

 

[Sckitty]

That does not look to be the best for under 500.

 

[kingnathski88]

If you have £500 to spare, i might have found the laptop you desire. It's from Comet, and before anything is said i bought my laptop from them, and so far so good.


Processor speed: 1.8 GHz
Processor: AMD Sempron
Screen size: 15.4 brightwidescreen
Storage: 60 GB
RAM: 512 Mb
Records DVDs: 8x
Built in wireless 802.11g
Maybe what lets it down is its on XP Home? Also battery life is low, easily rectified with a new longer lasting special typwe of battery, up to £100

No firewire, 3 usb

Here is the link, hope this helps

 

[kingnathski88]

If you have another £60 or so, they do a package with a nice laptop bag and 512mb memory stick,


click here

 

[ChristopherP]

XP home is fine...thats all i ever use!

 

[kingnathski88]

Thats what i have at present, that laptop seems pretty god though, mines was £450 several months ago, and has 40gb, 512mb, 1.4 or 1.6 celeron m and same 15.4" wideglare thingy

 

[Quadophile]

What about after sales service and support? It virtually an unknown brand. Toshiba does look good on the other hand.

 

[kingnathski88]

An acer, i think they do like a 3 year warranty, either from acer or comet themselves

 

[PotGuy]

i accidently deleted my post instead of edited - this is the link to to toshiba

i dont think its the best, not much ram, but something to compare to

http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...igationKey=11105,4294959538,41481,41392,50540

 

[JewellSnail]

PotGuy, having a look at that link, personally I don't think that's a great system :/

Here's one I bought a few weeks back. Not a bad deal at all, the site has all the specs on it. Not a bad little laptop at all

I got it from scan.co.uk, here's the link.

 

[kingnathski88]

I would honestly pay the little extra for the extra 256mb ram, and that extra 0.4 of an inch screen, also it doesnt have a dvd-rw.


Jewell, thats a nice spec, except out of stuarts laptop by around £100, still both can be compared to, and if he doesnt have enough or can spare the money needed, he can choose from a multiple of laptops

 

[stuartw101]

what do you think of this laptop?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=99084

Do you think is the best for the price? It comes with wireless card + carry case for £430.

 

[JewellSnail]

That eBuyer one doesn't seem to bad, only diss I'd have on it would be the lack of RAM, and possibly the size of the HDD (I have a lot of movies n music on my laptop, so I need a lot of space). Obviously this depends on your usage and needs tho...

Still, a good price.

 

[stuartw101]

The laptop doesnt have wireless internet but you can but a wireless card for it, but if you buy the wireless card how would u install this? And by installing it would you void the warranty?

Thanks for your help.

 

[JewellSnail]

Shouldn't void the warranty in any way.

To make life easier, I'd simply buy a laptop with an integrated wireless card, so you don't have to faff about with all that installation. Most of them do now (I believe) and it shouldn't add too much to the final price of the laptop itself.

 

[stuartw101]

Well if someone can find me a laptop for under £450 with a integrated wireless card equal or better than the ebuyer one then i would be very happy

Thanks again

 

[kingnathski88]

good luck, expect £450-£500 inc deliv

 

[stuartw101]

I will probaly get the ebuyer one although how do i install the wireless card, just slot it in?

 

[kingnathski88]

pretty much, just a little to set up i think

 

[JewellSnail]

Doubt very much if it'll be anything too difficult

Defeats the purpose otherwise...