best lappy to buy

[bigfella]

hi , my pavillion db 9000 is on it s way out ...again!!! paid 60 pounds a cple of months ago to sort the ndvia chip ...worked fine until recently and the old problem of not startin up is beginnin again so instead of throwin more money at it , have decided to purchase a new laptop....got UP to £ 600 to spend ....need it for msn,cam required ...facebook, e bay ,i tunes,you tube, generally surfin the net checkin me forums ...ocasionally download a movie and watch it on lappy...i m not a games player so dont need it for that , tend to use the laptop plugged in .............so was wonderin wat s the best laptop to get ?????? and where s the best place to buy it from ... any ideas ???? pref wants something that lasts longer than the hp ..2.6 yrs grrrrr......cheers .many thanks in advance

[lincsat]

If you don't mind a 10" screen, look at the Samsung netbooks at Ebuyer - 8 Hours battery life too

[FlyerUK]

Originally Posted by bigfella

hi , my pavillion db 9000 is on it s way out ...again!!! paid 60 pounds a cple of months ago to sort the ndvia chip ...worked fine until recently and the old problem of not startin up is beginnin again so instead of throwin more money at it , have decided to purchase a new laptop....got UP to £ 600 to spend ....need it for msn,cam required ...facebook, e bay ,i tunes,you tube, generally surfin the net checkin me forums ...ocasionally download a movie and watch it on lappy...i m not a games player so dont need it for that , tend to use the laptop plugged in .............so was wonderin wat s the best laptop to get ?????? and where s the best place to buy it from ... any ideas ???? pref wants something that lasts longer than the hp ..2.6 yrs grrrrr......cheers .many thanks in advance

Just bought the wife a Dell Inspiron from Tesco, of all places, 4GB of RAM, 500GB harddisk, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, 15.6" display, all for £329

pretty good too, for the money.

[bigfella]

Originally Posted by lincsat

If you don't mind a 10" screen, look at the Samsung netbooks at Ebuyer - 8 Hours battery life too

dont really want a 10 '' screen , was thinkin of 15 to 17 '' screen to watch movies on

[fnr3master]

i would buy something with a intel dual core inside it, as they run a lot quicker and smoother in my opinion, we x3 laptops in our house, one is a sony vaio with intel pentium dual core, the other is a dell with intel centrino dual core, and the last one is a asus with intel celeron, now the asus has more memory than the other 2 laptops but lacks the dual core and does not perform as good.

it might be worth holding back from buyin one for now if u can as the touch screen intergration seems to be moving over to laptops more, so u might get the best of both worlds of both physical keyboard and touch screen interaction, a bit like dells duo but hopefully with a bigger screen etc

[bigfella]

wat do you think of this deal..The Dell Online Store: Build Your System
good deal or over priced ??????

[haza68]

Take a look at this i have not used them but a friend of mine has

ACER LAPTOPS | Best Deals on Acer Aspire Laptop in UK

[nvingo]

Ive just bought one of these.
Bluray drive 6GB RAM and 500GB HDD £500(ish).
Happy so far.

[waqasahmed]

Currys had the Acer Aspire 4820T for £380! It is fantastic for what you're getting really. It is similar in spec to this:
ACER Aspire TimelineX 4820T

except for the fact that it has 2GB or RAM, and 250GB of hard drive. I'd go for the one online tbh, considering you're getting better value for money for the price you're paying but for a bricks and mortar store, that's a good price indeed.

I myself have an Acer Timeline 8371-942G25n from acerdirect (laptopsdirect/buyitdirect) It too has "up to 8 hours" of battery, and I get around 5 hours or so

[fergiz]

Bought one of these a few weeks ago from Amazon but not at the price in the link, got mine for £445

Acer Aspire 5742 15.6" Notebook (Intel Core i5-480M Processor, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium) - Black: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories