Help choosing a laptop please

[supamansuper]

A female freind has asked for my help to buy a laptop problem is I dont know very much about computer.Was wanting some suggestions as to what specs to buy

She will only be using it for internet browsing and wants to pay no more than £300.

cheers

[LipolyGone]

Thats a very low budget for a laptop which leaves her with not much choice
at all. My only advice would be try ebuyer or Tesco Direct.

[supamansuper]

Are any of these any good?

[url=http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5083077/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7C14418968%7CLaptops+and+Netbooks%7C16164797/c_3/4%7Ccat_16164797%7CLaptops%7C16164800.htm]Buy Fujitsu LI3710 Amilo 15.6in Laptop. at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for .[/url]


[url=http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5083046/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7C14418968%7CLaptops+and+Netbooks%7C16164797/c_3/4%7Ccat_16164797%7CLaptops%7C16164800.htm]Buy Asus X5DIJ 250GB 15.6in Laptop. at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for .[/url]

[Eckchaz]

Hmm thats a really low budget as mentioned by rcslopesurfer :( In this kind of price catorgory.. you are looking at low spec Dell, eMachines, acer or the little turdy netbooks... I wouldnt touch any off these TBH.

As we all say with our heli gear, buy once by right.. I know Laptops get outdated every 6 months but the same still applies :)

For good prices.. try ebuyer, savastore or laptops direct.. they are the better priced companies out there for laptops, just dont bother with the high street shops.. or just use them to see what they are like before ordering them ;)

[joe.lel]

If its only for browsing the internet, get a Netbook.
Thats what i use, and its fine. I can even run Phoenix on it . LOL.

Its a Samsung NC10

[joe.lel]

Or something like this.


[url=http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-057-TS&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat=]Toshiba Satellite Pro L450-17L 15.6" TFT Intel Celeron-M 900, 2GB DDR3, 250GB HDD - Win7 Home Premium [] Notebooks[/url]

[inferno]

I'm just looking myself, what the hell is i3, i5, i7 ect compared say to a pentium dual core 2ghz CPU ?

[choppaholic]

try one of these is not a netbook or a laptop but the new breed of portable laptops (11.6" screens and more powerful processors than netbooks) that are the next gens really. they performance 80% as good as full size laptops of the same price and far far better than netbooks. you can run Photoshop and HD movies easy which is next to a pain in netbooks
1. Acer Ferrari One
[url=http://www.simplyacer.com/Acer_Ferrari_One_200_667575.html]ACER Ferrari One 200[/url]
this one might excite here, no bluetooth but is power full enough to run 4 screens at once and can play games like call of duty 4 modern warfare, which i can guarantee many full blown laptops wont in the same price.

2. IBM lenovo Thinkpaf X100e
[url]https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X100E_910105.html[/url]

next up try this this has the lot plus inbuilt 3G HSDPA

oh and dont worry about the AMD processers in this size laptop segment (this size only) AMD is currently better than intel on performance benchmarks and low battery consumption. as far as all the reviews i have read so far.

for a lady these should be more than sufficient in performance for the price range she is after and have lot of style, unless ofcourse she is a hard core game then no....

[Kozmyk]

I got the missus one of these last year :-[SIZE=2]

Acer Aspire 5738Z (15.6-inch LED, Intel Pentium Dual Core, 2.0 GHz, 3 GB RAM, 160 GB, DVD-RW, Vista Home Premium, Dolby Sound, WiFi)

It's going strong, cost about £340. If I'd waited a couple of months she'd have got Windows 7 and a bigger HD but birthday's don't wait do they?

Acer is a budget make but this one is fine. I know they've had problems with overheating over the years, especially the AMD Sempron chipped ones and more recently the Ferrari.

You can't go far wrong with a Toshiba laptop and my old Fujitsu Siemens is 6 years old now and still working. (3 GHz Prescott chip, very hot).

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[Hangar-7]

I'd go for Toshiba as already suggested here. 15.5 inch screen is excellent and Toshiba has superb reliability. I'm on my second Toshiba - never had any problem - changed it coz technology and my need changed. The Toshiba laptop suggested above would have cost ~£600 3 or 4 years ago.

EDIT : May be worth checking this site (they're out of stock unfortunately but worth a phone call):
[url]http://www.jrlinton.co.uk/computing-c24/laptops-c6/satellite-pro-l450-13q-celeron-900-22ghz-156-laptop-1gb-160gb-hdmi-windows-7-64-bit-psly1e-009006en-p1202[/url]

Amazon price for the same is ~£400!!

[Ewan]

+ 1 for Toshiba, bought a Equium two years ago for just under £300 and it is solidly built and has not given any trouble even though it does get a lot of use.

I know others have mentioned Acer, however my experience of Acer kit is that it is very unreliable and not well built, I know plenty of others and for every one that has had a good Acer experience I know at least half a dozen that have not.

Another option would be a Dell, I have been using Dell kit for years professionaly and their Laptops for at about 15 and have had few problems.

[WOODSTER]

[quote=inferno;538119]I'm just looking myself, what the hell is i3, i5, i7 ect compared say to a pentium dual core 2ghz CPU ?[/quote]


the i7 is a intel Quad core a lot faster than the duel core if your doing more than one thing on the pc.