cheap laptop advice

[Spike]

To be mainly used for web browsing, Office, storing pictures etc

 

budget undetermined at the moment

 

any advice? good online suppliers?

[shanklyn]

You can get some good deals on refurbished laptops at PcWorld. Got a decent Vista laptop with 1gb memory and 80gb hard drive for about £220.

[oakie bob]

I would go for the Acer Aspire one I got the other day, if your not keen on eitehr using the Linux OS or taking it off yourself, there is an XP Version out there

[shaq]

I've ordered from laptopsdirect.co.uk on a number of occasions and I've not had any problems with them. If you are not looking for a netbook (see thread earlier), then this has very good reviews and looks good too:

 

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/F8VR-4P014C...14C/version.asp

 

battery life is a bit of a concern though.

[Phil M (ET Crew)]

Probably off topic slightly in that this would not usually affect the cheaper end of the market, but avoid any laptop with a dedicated Nvidia 8000 series graphics chip. (E.g 8400m, 8600m etc) And maybe even the newer 9000 series.

 

Practically ALL 8000 series mobile chips are defective. Some fail very quickly others after some time whilst some will continue to work, but its a complete random timebomb due to substandard substrate packaging.

 

If you currently own such a laptop then avoid repeat power on / off cycles. The issues arise mainly out of heat cycles on the chip, so the more you do this, potentially the quicker it will fail.

 

Nvidia are having to cough up $200m to vendors such as HP and Dell to help with cost of repairs and repalcements.

[Tosh]

How about PC world - free with a vodafone contract or something

[McBain]

i think the deal is if you go with 3 broadband. Saw it advertised in the shop window

[Duncan Disorderly]

Ask some no-marks on a completely unrelated forum.

 

That'll be £5.00 please.

[Guest Ant]

Do not get an ACER Laptop....They look good but their failure ratio is probably worse than that of the Xbox 360, My advice is to go for a Dell Laptop

[johngibo YPC]

A guy who i do business with runs this website

http://getpc.co.uk/

 

Prices are very very good, and if you have any problems i'll give you his mobile number!!

[Tetti]

I am after a netbook and mobile dongle thingy ( I think)

 

So net book choices seem to be:

Dell Inspiron Mini 9

Acer Aspire One

EEE something or other

 

and for mobile acces where wifi is not available - what do i need - am I better to get a contract or a pay as you go ( no heavy downloading needed just mail and net access).

 

Any recommendations?

[Dee]

I want one of those tiny little comps

[shaq]

I want one of those tiny little comps

 

These netbooks are something I've been interested in over the last year, and am currently on my third - the Asus eee 901.

 

I would wholeheartedly recommend it - in fact, I don't use my desktop at home anymore.

 

Best bit of advice would be to find a shop that has them on display. Check out the two common sizes, 9" and 10". If you prefer the smaller size of the 901, and won't have any problems with the keyboard, then I don't think there is anything that can touch it in that class. If you think you can handle 10" (oo-errr missus!), I would recommend the eee 1000. The Samsung NC10 may be worth considering too - it has had some very positive reviews, and the keyboard on it looks very good.

 

All of the others, from what I've seen, are flawed in some way or other.

 

 

Finally, if you're feeling flush, the Asus eee S101 is probably the best looking of all the netbooks out there and is very lightweight and slim.

[Dee]

These netbooks are something I've been interested in over the last year, and am currently on my third - the Asus eee 901.

 

I would wholeheartedly recommend it - in fact, I don't use my desktop at home anymore.

 

Best bit of advice would be to find a shop that has them on display. Check out the two common sizes, 9" and 10". If you prefer the smaller size of the 901, and won't have any problems with the keyboard, then I don't think there is anything that can touch it in that class. If you think you can handle 10" (oo-errr missus!), I would recommend the eee 1000. The Samsung NC10 may be worth considering too - it has had some very positive reviews, and the keyboard on it looks very good.

 

All of the others, from what I've seen, are flawed in some way or other.

Finally, if you're feeling flush, the Asus eee S101 is probably the best looking of all the netbooks out there and is very lightweight and slim.

Thanks

[Stevie H]

Do not get an ACER Laptop....They look good but their failure ratio is probably worse than that of the Xbox 360, My advice is to go for a Dell Laptop

have had an acer aspire laptop for about two and a half years now and never had one spot of bother with it, it's been fantastic value for money. nothing like the numerous dells, toshibas and compaqs that i had for work which had everything possible go wrong with them.

[SkippyjonJones]

all of our laptop advice is cheap.

[Hassony]

You can get some good deals on refurbished laptops at PcWorld. Got a decent Vista laptop with 1gb memory and 80gb hard drive for about £220.

 

 

Just bought one from there for £249

 

Advent 9115

 

 

Good deal?

[Ibby]

check out morgan computers (morgancomputers.co.uk) they usually have some pretty good deals on for notebooks

[liveabiglife]

Only a deal if you fancy mobile broadband, but if you do this may be worth a look:

 

http://www.myvouchercodes.co.uk/codes/2268...EE-DELL-NETBOOK