Reply to: Which Laptop - Advice Please

[Platypus]

Thanks all for your help. Topic closed. She got an HP (with HDD boo hiss) for £699.

[Platypus]

One here £606 all in

Not any more

[eek]

Not really. My comment was:



Even minus an SSD prices seem higher than I remember. The Dell Latitude 15" with a 256GB SSD came in at £1100 excl. VAT and Delivery. I have bought i5 machines for both my kids and advised many others and each time they were around £500 inc. VAT although to be fair they were 4GB RAM not 8GB.

Well the GF has gone shopping to see what she can find. My Mac Air seems good value compared to current Windows laptop prices.

EDIT: P.S. have looked and will continue to look at the Dell outlet site. Thanks for the reminder.

One here £606 all in

[Platypus]

Indeed, I can't help but think the OP's question is effectively,
"I want a £1000 laptop, but I only want to spend £500".

Not really. My comment was:

Am I missing something? Have laptop prices gone up? I seem to remember being able to get an i5 for around £500 a few years ago.

Even minus an SSD prices seem higher than I remember. The Dell Latitude 15" with a 256GB SSD came in at £1100 excl. VAT and Delivery. I have bought i5 machines for both my kids and advised many others and each time they were around £500 inc. VAT although to be fair they were 4GB RAM not 8GB.

Well the GF has gone shopping to see what she can find. My Mac Air seems good value compared to current Windows laptop prices.

EDIT: P.S. have looked and will continue to look at the Dell outlet site. Thanks for the reminder.

[billybiro]

And we are back to post 2 of this thread. For a laptop on a budget when you don't care about brand but do care about quality the best option is dell outlet's business machines...

Indeed, I can't help but think the OP's question is effectively,
"I want a £1000 laptop, but I only want to spend £500".

[eek]

^This, also my biggest beef with cheapo laptops is the screen resolution. 1366 x 768 is absolute tulip and lower than most high end phones.

s/h and outlet stores are probably your best bet for the price band mentioned.

And we are back to post 2 of this thread.

For a laptop on a budget when you don't care about brand but do care about quality the best option is dell outlet's business machines...

There were 14 and 15 inch models over the weekend with a 1920x1080 screen i5 processor and an ssd for less than £500 ex vat...

[sal]

It all depends on usage of course, but for an i5 with 8gb ram SSD is the most important upgrade, not processor or memory. It also saves battery life.

^This, also my biggest beef with cheapo laptops is the screen resolution. 1366 x 768 is absolute tulip and lower than most high end phones.

s/h and outlet stores are probably your best bet for the price band mentioned.

[VectraMan]

Outlet store?

Being a cheapskate I have a s/h M3800 I bought off Ebay; essentially a £2K laptop for £750 with half the warranty left. I was able to sell my old i7 XPS15 for £250.

[BigRed]

It all depends on usage of course, but for an i5 with 8gb ram SSD is the most important upgrade, not processor or memory. It also saves battery life.

[SueEllen]

Thanks, but that in the zone she doesn't want to pay

Then no SSD.

[AtW]

Thanks, but that in the zone she doesn't want to pay

She wants you to buy her laptop for more than she'd spend herself...

[Platypus]

around 750 ex VAT

Thanks, but that in the zone she doesn't want to pay

[AtW]

Asus is very close to anus....


Got Fujitsu (?) laptop livebook - 8 Gb RAM, SSD,15" screen - battery life is excellent, spent couole of hours in taverna and still 7-8 hours left

Check it out on ebuyer - around 750 ex VAT

[DimPrawn]

I've had three Asus laptops, including current one with i7 and 16GB RAM. Super stable, never failed or crashed.

I only buy ASUS now.

[Platypus]

Have had a couple of Acers with no problem at all.

Well perhaps I should consider Acer then. I'm afraid I've always thought of them as being a bit shoddy but I'm happy to admit I'm wrong. Tx.