New Laptop needed budget £500

[psd99]

Hi everyone

I am looking for a laptop for my sister.

She wants something that is quick has a decent screen.
It will mainly be used for surfing the internet and not take up a lot of memory power. She is not a gamer but stresses she wants something with good storage.

Also another point worth noting is that size is not that much of an issue nor is weight.
The budget this time is £500.

I had a look on Dell but was not so far impressed.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

The idea would be to shortlist a few laptops and then go in stores to physically inspect them.
As you can imagine this is a big investment and it's always nice to have a look at them before you spend this money.

Look forward to your suggestions.

psd99

 

[Anon_F]

Novatech or even PCWorld.

 

[psd99]

novatech as in the webiste right?

 

[psd99]

do u have a specific model?

 

[Ian]

If you want to go into a store and view it, then PCW will be one of the easy options - it isn't as bad as it used to be for the price.

Something like the FUJITSU SIEMENS LI 1818 on PCW (search : 837884 for £499) seems ok, it has a 17" LCD, 2GB Ram, 160GB storage (good for a laptop) and a DVD Rewriter. The graphics card isn't for any gaming though, but it should be a good little internet/office machine. The CPU is a dual core T5300 (1.73Ghz), which isn't too bad for a laptop.

 

[psd99]

If you want to go into a store and view it, then PCW will be one of the easy options - it isn't as bad as it used to be for the price.

Something like the FUJITSU SIEMENS LI 1818 on PCW (search : 837884 for £499) seems ok, it has a 17" LCD, 2GB Ram, 160GB storage (good for a laptop) and a DVD Rewriter. The graphics card isn't for any gaming though, but it should be a good little internet/office machine. The CPU is a dual core T5300 (1.73Ghz), which isn't too bad for a laptop.

thanks admin I think you mean this one:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/837884

looks good
ive taken a note and will put it down as an option

 

[psd99]

also seen this one its similar

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4MY9&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1&InMerch=1

major difference is 17 inch to 15.4

do you think there will be a notable difference in size with these two models?

 

[psd99]

the other question that is making me wonder.

How much of a difference will I notice between a core 2 duo and a core duo
i am struggling to understand where they would come in to effect.

looks like i will start reading more!

 

[psd99]

Here is the one I was about to get in Jan:

http://www.johnlewis.com/Technology/Computers/Computers/Laptops/398/230424127/Product.aspx

damn choices choices choices