New laptop for under £400

schumi · 30 May 2010 at 21:46

Hi, im after a laptop for under £400 and so far have found these two deals to be pretty good.
What do your guys think is the best deal ??
I will be using the laptop for internet + word processing + HD movie playback (1080p MKVS)

ASUS-UL30A - £349
Processor Intel Celeron Dual Core SU2300
USB Ports 3
Bluetooth No
Hard drive 320GB
Blu-ray drive No
Screen size 13.3 inches
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium
Weight 1.7 kg
HDMI output
Screen resolution 1366 x 768
Memory (RAM) 3 GB Memory
DVD Drive No
Wi-Fi
Card reader
Clock Speed (GHz) 1.2 GHz
Webcam
Battery Life (Up to) 720 mins

OR

Samsung R530 - £399
Processor Intel® Pentium® Processor T4300
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
RAM 3GB
Graphics card Intel® GMA X4500
Screen type Widescreen LCD/TFT
Screen resolution 1366 x 768 pixels
Screen size 15.6"
Screen features LED backlighting
Hard drive 250GB
Optical disk drive DVD Super-Multi Dual Layer
Memory card reader 3 in 1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, MMC)
USB 3 x USB 2.0
FireWire No
Modem/Ethernet RJ-45 Ethernet port
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g WLAN
Bluetooth No
Video interface HDMI, VGA
TV output HDMI, VGA
Webcam Yes
Keyboard & Mouse 17-key numeric keypad
Battery Lithium-ion battery
Additional features Scratch-resistant casing
Accessories included Power cable, AC adapter, battery, documentation
Software included Adobe Acrobat Reader
Easy Battery Manager
Easy Display Manger
Easy Network Manager
Easy SpeedUp Manager
Microsoft Office Professional 2007 (free 60-day trial)
Samsung Support Center
Samsung Update Plus
Size 379.8 x 255.5 x 29.9 - 36.2 mm (W x D x H)
Weight 2.5kg

thanks

joey1211 · 30 May 2010 at 21:59

remove competitor links :-)

MagicBoy · 30 May 2010 at 22:03

I'd remove those links...

joey1211 · 30 May 2010 at 22:07

if i remember, pcpro gave the samsung a good review

gurusan · 30 May 2010 at 22:52

ASUS UL30A!!

schumi · 1 Jun 2010 at 09:54

thx for the advice, is the SU2300 processor in the Asus powerful enough to play 1080p HD content ?

gurusan · 1 Jun 2010 at 10:21

yes. Make sure to use MPC-HC for DVXA. I did a little mini-review on the lappy HERE

schumi · 1 Jun 2010 at 21:00

ok thanks for the help

Raptor · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:23

gurusan said:
yes. Make sure to use MPC-HC for DVXA. I did a little mini-review on the lappy if you just click on my sig

+1.

I was in two minds, but, if you look in the UL30A thread, I am more than pleased with it. Can't be beaten on bang for buck at the moment IMO.

schumi · 3 Jun 2010 at 17:40

quick update, i've just placed an order for the Asus UL30 as you suggested hopefully it will be good.

Raptor said:
+1.

I was in two minds, but, if you look in the UL30A thread, I am more than pleased with it. Can't be beaten on bang for buck at the moment IMO.

gurusan · 3 Jun 2010 at 19:21

good stuff, I'm sure you won't regret it.

KillBoY_UK · 3 Jun 2010 at 20:23

I picked up this laptop for my mother the other day for £399 realy nice lappy good build quality and specs ill get one for myself if i had the spare cash.

HP G62-107SA

Intel® Core™ i3-330M Processor
- 2.13 GHz
- 2.5 GT/s DMI
- 3 MB Smart Cache
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
RAM 2 GB DDR3
Graphics card Intel® HD Graphics
Screen type Widescreen
Screen resolution 1366 x 768 pixels
Screen size 15.6"
Hard drive 250 GB SATA
HDMI port too