I need to buy a new basic laptop - what should I get or look for?

Question

basically want to use it for the following:

- check my email

- check face book

- download songs onto my itunes

- play DVDs

So I don't need it for much - just would be good to have my own. I have a external hard drive that will hold all my photo's and music, so I'm not too worried about memory. I have looked at the £399.00 Dell that seems to be ok.

Also my budget is between £300 - £450, but would preferably like to spend below £400.

Any help would be appreciated, as I'm not the most technological of people.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Minimum Specs I would recommend:

1.5Ghz processor (preferrably dual core)

512RAM

80gig hard drive - depending on how much music you have, maybe more

Wifi enabled

and most importantly - a GOOD BATTERY

You should always get the best you can afford. You'll find the more you use it, the more you need it and a basic spec will outgrow you quickly.

I recommend www.morgancomputers.co.uk who specialise in end-of-line computers, and they tend to be dirt cheap.

Answer 2

OMG if you want a basic laptop save your 400 quid and jsut sign up to AOL broadband and get a free one, or carphone warehouse do a number of free laptop deals with contract phones and mobile broadband

Answer 3

dell do cheap but good laptops. check them. for £369 you can get the dell inspiron 1525. also you get free colour choice they are great laptops too ive got one.  

Answer 4

Hmm... lets see. You could think of having window vista. But i suggest you have the normal windows computer. i think thats cheep

Answer 5

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/produc...

Check this out. Its an Inspiron 1720 for £382, bargain. WEill do all you want and has some gaming capability.

Answer 6

Dell Inspiron 1525 T2390 2GB 15.4" Laptop

£339.00

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-4105.asp...

quite ample for your needs

Dell Inspiron 1525 T5750 2GB 15.4" Laptop

£369.00

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-7508.asp...

above is even better, with a very strong T5750 processor

but unfortunately, "Sorry, this is temporarily out of stock"

Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Li 2735 T5750 3GB 15.4" Laptop

£379.00

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-9855.asp...

would be very very nice ^

now suit yourself, and should you have further querries > please feel free