Any sub-£500 laptop better than Samsung NP300E5A-S01UK?

[Old Greg]

In your considered opinions?

Ta

[Gentile]

In your considered opinions?

Ta

Your chosen lappy seems a pretty decent spec to me. This Acer is the model I presently use. It comes with a slightly larger hard drive than yours (640 vs 500 GB), with the same 6GB RAM and a 2.4GHz Core i3 processor vs your lappy's more impressive 2.5GHz i5. I've swapped the hard drive on mine out for a 250GB SSD, which is quieter and quicker for most development tasks. All things being equal, I think I'd buy your spec if I was choosing now, and do the same swap out for the hard drive, since space isn't as much of an issue as speed for me.

In summary: good choice you.

[Platypus]

I saw this one today and thought it was an impressive spec

Buy HP Pavilion G6-2082SA Laptop, Intel Core i5, 2.5GHz, 6GB RAM, 750GB, 15.6'' Display, Black online at JohnLewis.com

[BoredBloke]

I got my laptop from the dell outlet.

Dell Factory Outlet: Error

That one has an i7quad core processor. They come with a 12 month warranty.

[Spacecadet]

I saw this one today and thought it was an impressive spec

Buy HP Pavilion G6-2082SA Laptop, Intel Core i5, 2.5GHz, 6GB RAM, 750GB, 15.6'' Display, Black online at JohnLewis.com

screen res is a bit tulip

[Old Greg]

Thanks all. Will go with the Samsung as I have a couple of their products already and am impressed with their design and quality. £479 from pixmania. I'm a simple soul - no coding, just office work and browsing.

Cheers

OG

[mudskipper]

Got a samsung RV511 about a year ago - been very happy with it, and fine for coding, running sql server as well as browsing CUK and playing scrabble on facebook.

[Pondlife]

Thanks all. Will go with the Samsung as I have a couple of their products already and am impressed with their design and quality. £479 from pixmania. I'm a simple soul - no coding, just office work and browsing.

Cheers

OG

Pixmania, really? Found them to be expensive in the past and they tend to spam your inbox daily. Sure you can't find it cheaper elsewhere?

[FiveTimes]

Thanks all. Will go with the Samsung as I have a couple of their products already and am impressed with their design and quality. £479 from pixmania. I'm a simple soul - no coding, just office work and browsing.

Cheers

OG

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[VectraMan]

I got my laptop from the dell outlet.

Dell Factory Outlet: Error

That one has an i7quad core processor. They come with a 12 month warranty.

I bought an XPS15 for £500 a couple of months ago, and that's a quad core i7, 6GB RAM, 750GB HDD. And I've since spent another £100 on an SSD.

I was dreading the shiny screen, but to be honest now I've had it a while I don't mind at all.