Euro PC - anyone had dealings with them

[Dramaqueen]

considering purchasing laptop from this company, so would like to know if anyone has dealt with them - are they kosher etc

http://www.europc.co.uk/pages/ProductPage.aspx?PID=124172
this is the full list of available Toshibas
http://www.europc.co.uk//pages/filter.aspx?cat=335

are these good prices, is it a good laptop? would go for dual core with 2gb

also came across these Dell laptops on Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss...h-alias=aps&field-keywords=refurbished+laptop

refurbished, but for 11 year old they should be ok - any advice?

thansk

 

[Anon_F]

I bought direct from Toshiba Outlet Centre at Ashford (Kent) & saved £££.
You could also try Morgan Computers HERE

 

[Vernalot]

dont do dell, dell are bad

hi dramaqueen,

i'd avoid those refurb dell on amazaon. for the money they are realy low spec. 20gb hard drive and 256 mb ram for £199. not worth it.

the toshiba dual core isn't bad. reasonable spec especially for 11 yr old. i am using a celeron m 1.6 ghz with 894mb of ram and 80 gb hard drive. it works fine, only i have just filled the hard drive up with mp3s, so the toshiba sounds pretty good in comparison. try a local computer shop aswell, see what they have.

2 questions for you, which you should always have when looking to buy computers:

what is your max budget
what does it need to do

 

[Dramaqueen]

2 questions for you, which you should always have when looking to buy computers:

what is your max budget
what does it need to do

thanks for your comments
my max budget is £300 - but i'd love to find a bargain
it needs to surf wirelessly, general word processor/xl etc.
not a lot of downloading would be required - more use would be for internet

i'd avoid those refurb dell on amazaon. for the money they are realy low spec. 20gb hard drive and 256 mb ram for £199. not worth it.

I thought about the £259 version with 2gb (as that would be within budget) but perhaps the Toshiba IS the better buy.

Thanks FECKIT - i'll check out morgan computers

Cheers
dramaqueen

 

[Vernalot]

hi again.

if you can stretch to £300 go for it. it is always worth getting as much computing power as you can afford. usually it is well worth spending an extra £50 as you will get more value than spending the smae at a later date on upgrades.

good luck