Help Laptop for my lad...

[Jupitus]

Folks - my lad has saved money and added in his xmas gifts to the handsome tune of about 500 quid, and wants to spend about 400-450 on a new laptop. It won't be for any intensive gaming, just needs to be a good, solid all rounder with a decent sized screen and enough oomph to run most apps to give a bit of a lifespan.

I'm hoping that with the sales and so on he might be able to get a decent deal right now - you tech savvy wonders out there in FH land, what can you find? :wub:

 

[soze]

Depending on your feeling on refurbished gear this could be interesting.

I used this site to check out the grapics cards when buying my new laptop so its worth checking what the card can do.

 

[Jupitus]

Thanks Soze - if it was for me I would probably consider that, but for a lad of 12 buying a refurbed unit won't sit well, as he is after 'new and shiny' etc etc etc... know what I mean? Cheers for the links

 

[Aoami]

thats looks very similair to my HP lappy which i have had nothing but problems with. My advice to your boy - steer well clear of HP

 

[Jupitus]

Cheers fella - I'm open to all comments on this as I'm an intel pc person without much lappy knowledge. I have had several Dell laltops either for me or others and they are ok if you get the right deal, although I would never have a desktop from them again in my life!

 

[Dreamor]

Was playing around with a bunch of laptops at work last week, the Dell Studio 15 and the Acer Aspire Timeline 1810 both looked really good, I think we eventually went with Dell as we bought some storage off them at the same time.

If I was buying for myself, I'd say the Acer. They are both about £450 so given the £50 I'd get a nice carry case/backpack for it as well.

 

[soze]

High budget i know but it might be cheaper elsewhere but the specs seem solid dabs.com - Acer Aspire 5738G C2D T6600 4GB 320GB Windows 7 Home Premium (LX.PEX02.045)

 

[Jupitus]

Well - being male and having money in his pocket the lad couldn't wait and we plumped for a Dell deal... seemed comparable to other deals I could find and he's happy enough so job done

 

[Starman]

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