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07-10-2008, 09:29 PM   #1

Throwing the gauntlet down


Okay people I am throwing the gauntlet down for whoever wants to pick it up.
I want a laptop (see made that choice) and need it to just surf the net (ie come on catsey/dogsey) send emails and thats about it really. As I will have the main computer for that sort of stuff.....oh it must hav sound too (see I noted that Angie )
Top price about £450 see what you can find me.



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07-10-2008, 09:34 PM   #2

Re: Throwing the gauntlet down


Have a look at the PC World site Kazz, they start from 249pounds...



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07-10-2008, 09:57 PM   #3

Re: Throwing the gauntlet down


I'd have a look at Dell website too Kazz.



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07-10-2008, 10:02 PM   #4

Re: Throwing the gauntlet down


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Originally Posted by angieh
I'd have a look at Dell website too Kazz.
A friend has a Dell laptop and loves it! He also says tech support is super...'course that's here.



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07-10-2008, 10:50 PM   #5

Re: Throwing the gauntlet down


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000VZZ70C/

I noticed this one on Amazon, Kazz, and Acer are meant to be a good make .....there is a really good discount on it at the moment but it is just slightly over your budget.

Acer Aspire 7720G Notebook Laptop
Core 2 Duo
T7300 2.0GHz
17" TFT
2048MB RAM
2x160GB Hard-drive
DVD±RW with HD Capability
GeForce 8400M Graphics
Integrated Webcam
WiFi
Windows Vista Home Premium

Was £799.99, now £499.99



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08-10-2008, 12:55 PM   #6

Re: Throwing the gauntlet down


Asda have some laptops in stock at the moment, think the Toshiba ones about £349



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08-10-2008, 02:01 PM   #7

Re: Throwing the gauntlet down


http://www.pc-order.co.uk/uk/dell-of...NPMAodAlh d5w

There are offers!



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08-10-2008, 02:08 PM   #8

Re: Throwing the gauntlet down


plenty of bargins to be had

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/de...&~ck=betafrbsd



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08-10-2008, 03:28 PM   #9

Re: Throwing the gauntlet down


Mags, I had an Acer and it was seriously underpowered and not at all reliable. I might have just been unlucky though. This was in the days when I just used the home PCs for surfing the web, listening to music and sending emails.

With laptops it's all about getting the highest-specced one you can afford. We also bought a Compaq for a member of staff several years ago and it ended up being a bit of a rubbish machine; I suspect due to spec rather than build.

I had a work DELL PC and I found it to be excellent. They will build it to your needs so you don't end up paying for things you don't really need.



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08-10-2008, 03:58 PM   #10

Re: Throwing the gauntlet down


OH gave me a surprise pressie of this laptop for Christmas. He went with friend of his who is very computer savvy. this is a Toshiba ad to be honest it does more than I allow it to coz I'm a bit timid to experiment. I surf the web, email and Skype my sister in the States and thats about it. But this can download anything , youtubes, etc. movies if I want, but I don't. I have burned CDs on it, copied files etc. I dn't need to store a lot of music but it can do. I had it 2 years ago this Xmas, so its come down in price. It cost £500 then . It's a Toshiba Equium with Windows xp.
It suits me, so there ya go



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