New Laptop recommendations

[XTC]

I'm in the market for a new laptop, budget of around £400. I want something with 60gb+ hd, 1gb RAM, DVD burner, wifi, smartcard slot, not too big not too small and a decent brand - any recommendations?

[Sockpuppet]

£400 ex VAT?

At inc vat prices your selection is not going to be huge.

[Clippy]

At the last place I worked at we would use Dell & Insight for our kit.

Although desktops/laptops always came from Dell, my Insight account manager would always give me comparable quotes of HP kit which were suprisingly competitive.

I have no experience of HP laptops, but going on price/specification, they look quite good.

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[wxman]

Keep an eye out here for some good (and cheep) Dell stock - these are actually sold by Dell themselves!

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Outlet

[Moscow Mule]

At the last place I worked at we would use Dell & Insight for our kit.

Although desktops/laptops always came from Dell, my Insight account manager would always give me comparable quotes of HP kit which were suprisingly competitive.

I have no experience of HP laptops, but going on price/specification, they look quite good.

http://tinyurl.com/2wkyun

http://tinyurl.com/377npb

HP laptops are tulipe - we've had 4 and 4 have failed one way or another. I'm currently using one without the battery as it won't boot with it plugged in.

I'd steer clear...

[Moscow Mule]

Keep an eye out here for some good (and cheep) Dell stock - these are actually sold by Dell themselves!

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Outlet

Seconded - you can also do a bit more detailed search on their own site,

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/de...n&s=dfo&~ck=mn

I managed to bag a bargain here - about 2k worth of laptop for 1200 quid.

However, do your research - a guy I know bought quite a recent model for a reasonable price from the outlet store, but on checking the "full" retail price a few days after delivery he realised it wasn't that much of a deal - about 3% discount.

[chef]

try here .. LaptopsDirect <£400

[XTC]

Nice work - thanks guys.

[EqualOpportunities]

I'm in the market for a new laptop, budget of around £400. I want something with 60gb+ hd, 1gb RAM, DVD burner, wifi, smartcard slot, not too big not too small and a decent brand - any recommendations?

Asda do a Gateway one for £400... It seems okay. Nice screen.

[Clippy]

HP laptops are tulipe - we've had 4 and 4 have failed one way or another. I'm currently using one without the battery as it won't boot with it plugged in.

I'd steer clear...

Thanks for the heads up.