Anyone know any good yet cheap laptops

[morro19]

Im looking to buy a laptop for my little brother jamie, he's just going into a sixth form college... i think its september time.

Anyway, its primary use will proberly be the internet for "research", so i suppose it will have to be wifi enabled and be pretty fast. Sorry about my knowlege on the correct terms.

I'd prefer a small screen laptop as well, as he will be lugging it around so making it compact is sort of essential.

If anybody plays football manager 2008? i know he is a huge fan of that so i dunno how you'd work this out, but it would be great if it could play that game

Thats all i can think of right now... apart from the price. This is a present for him, and im not exactly rich so i guess im looking somewhere below the £500 mark.

I know this might be a big ask but im sure most of you out here have a lot more knowlege on this kind of thing than me.

If you have any suggestions that would be really usefull thanks

[cd02]

ebay, pc world, dell but not exceem

[blokman]

take a look at the asus eee - 7inch screen, very portable, and only about £200. Might not be so great for football manager though

[cd02]

Please ignore my first post, i read it wrong.. anyways, if you want something cheap but good check out >

Advent 9415 Laptops - Cheap Advent Laptops.. Buy the Advent 9415 laptop at PC World.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by blokman

take a look at the asus eee - 7inch screen, very portable, and only about £200. Might not be so great for football manager though

Yer but the 4gb is very hard to get hold of so you'd have to settle for the 2gb, by the time uve installed windows (pretty much necessary if you want to use office/play football manager) your left with pretty much no memory. Also unless your confident with modifcations, like soldering directly onto the mobo expansion is limited to the sd slot and usb drives.

The eee pc will however be more interesting in june/july when the new model eee pc comes out with the 8.9" screen and 16gb/20gb hd with windows/linux available out the box.

Cheap laptops - check out HUKD as theres always lots of good dell laptop offers floating around.

[wolf]

dunno if this is nationwide but the Sony Vaios were only £500 in PC World, i was sure they were normally more expensive.

[leew031]

Put ebuyer in google, That has a good range of laptops that are quiet good prices

[morro19]

well i have ordered a laptop from dell.
I have no idea on if i got a good offer or not and if i got ripped off id rather like to know if any of you know what these numbers mean

Base
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)

Memory
3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x1024 + 1x2048 MB)

Keyboard
Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)

Video Card
128MB nVidia® GeForce® 8400M GS

Hard Drive
250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive

Microsoft Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English

Modem
56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - UK

Optical Devices
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software

Wireless Networking
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe

Shipping Documents
English Documentation with Eng/Ire Power Cord and English Adobe

Gedis Bundle Reference
N0314013

Microsoft Application Software
Microsoft® Works 9.0 - English

Standard Warranty
1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day

Enhanced Service Packs
1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day Included - No Upgrade Selected

CompleteCare
Declined CompleteCare

Protect your new PC
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English

Bluetooth
Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data Rate

Order Information
Vostro Laptop Order - UK

Primary Battery
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)

Carrying Cases
No Carry Case

Dell System Media Kit
Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)

Colour Choice
Matte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel camera

Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs
Dell Internet Order.

LCD
14.1" Wide Screen WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display



Total excl. VAT VAT Rate VAT Total incl. VAT
Sub-total(s): £ 429.00 17.50% £ 75.08 £ 504.08
Delivery Charge: £ 51.06 17.50% £ 8.94 £ 60.00
Delivery Discount: -£ 51.06 17.50% -£ 8.94 -£ 60.00
Total Price: £ 429.00 £ 75.08 £ 504.08

£ 504.08

its a laptop aimed at small buisnesses but the sales rep i spoke to says its very powerfull for its pricing. an should play fooball manager a breeze. only just over my budget too !

[luigibarber]

thats looks a really good deal for just over £500 well done thats a good find

[stubbs]

not too shabby morro, not shabby at all

[morro19]

Yay

[pharmasora]

Whats the name of the laptop you purchased?

I ordered one from dell a few days ago as well, has finger print recognition on it!!

Pretty nifty i thought!

[cd02]

Originally Posted by pharmasora

Whats the name of the laptop you purchased?

I ordered one from dell a few days ago as well, has finger print recognition on it!!

Pretty nifty i thought!

what happens if you cut your finger or something like that ?

[stubbs]

then you're fingered

[pharmasora]

haha hmmm never thought of that ......


but you can actually use each finger to open up a different programme!

Not sure about toes though

:P

[NYCSavage]

Originally Posted by cd02

what happens if you cut your finger or something like that ?

Hehe nothing, you can still use password access