Bendee Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 looking for a laptop for the mrs this christmas only really for the net downloading stuff watching dvds on when away ect no serious programs or gaming.looking to spend between 200 and 300 idealy whats about for that price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Mine was £300.It was shite for most things.I wouldn't spend under £400 personally, after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robwalker Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 arn't they advertising one from curries or dixons or something like that for about that price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendee Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 yeah thats what got her wanting one i know its gonna be shit so dont really wana get her one lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy P Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 You'd be surprised. Emily recently got one from PC world. She only uses it as you describe - surfing the net, msn, itunes, the odd dvd maybe. We spent £329 I think it was, a few weeks back so the prices have gone down since.For the money its a pretty good machine and does everything she requires. The was a slightly better deal in Dixions (slightly lower spec processor but double the memory) however they were sold out at the time (and girls being girls wanted it there and then!).True, had I gone to my usual places for getting pc related bits - Novatech, ebuyer etc I probably could have got something even better but really, for the price you can't complain!The price of laptops have dropped dramatically over the past year or two so in that respect what ever you get will be a bit of a bargain.Andy(still looking for an F7P ben!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendee Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 if anyones got any links that would be great im not to sure where to look im not a computer man mines sat in the same place as it was bought 5 years ago lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Wait until January sales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendee Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 unfurtunatly christmas is on the 25th of december lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDoom Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 (edited) http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Edited December 12, 2008 by Full Monty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Yeah but a good Vaio is about £400 over his budget... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 My vaio was bang on £500, its alright. 2gb ram and 250gb hard drive, hd screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Fair enough... When I was looking they were all around £7/800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendee Posted December 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 cant really afford that much as i have other stuff to buy so anyone got any links to anything worth considering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Get her something small and take her shopping in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Winton. Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-One-Ne...ERP4Q255FH91QQEi bought that last night looks mint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr ailsbury Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Take a look at the Dell Inspiron and the Dell Studio laptopspretty good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 I got mine from Tesco, was 349.99, seems pretty good for the money, its a 15.5" fujutsu-siemens amilo thingy, seems well built, light, small, screens really nice and clear and the spec's good for the money, does most things, think its 160gb hd, 2ghz dual core, 3gb ram... don't know any more than that off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 If it's really that light usage, have you looked into netbooks, instead of a full-on laptop?They're quite low specced, but it doesn't sound like you want a high spec.They're REALLY small, cheap, and cool as f**k.http://www.ebuyer.com/search?store=5&c...amp;subcat=2619A friend of mine has one of these (not in pink ) and they really are good.I'd've gotten one myself - but I use it for music production, so need a better spec.The screens ARE small, but they seem big enough... It's bizzarre.No opticals, though. How much is it needed for movies?Either way - have a look - I think they're really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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