Best Laptop £400

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Vostro 1500

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.10 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day Included - No Upgrade Selected
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
Matte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel camera
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
160 GB (7.200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with Free Fall Sensor
128MB nVidia® GeForce® 8400M GS
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Services & SoftwareDeclined CompleteCare
No Bluetooth Upgrade
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe

£419

or

Dell insiron 1525
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5450 (1.66 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
1 Year Base Warranty
2.0 Mega pixel web camera
Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
160GB (7200RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100
8x DVD+/-RW Optical drive, including SW
6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion primary battery

£453

For my dad to browse the net word docs etc, or is there any better deals for the money?
 
they are as good as youll get for 400 , infact i never even realised you could get that good for 400!

top one has better spec and is cheaper

both will do what he wants flawlessly

remember to factor in the price of office if you need it. i probably wouldnt spend 400quid for word proccesing and internet though but thats just me
 
"andy" said:
they are as good as youll get for 400 , infact i never even realised you could get that good for 400!

top one has better spec and is cheaper

both will do what he wants flawlessly

remember to factor in the price of office if you need it. i probably wouldnt spend 400quid for word proccesing and internet though but thats just me
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Sorry they ae without VAT so just over £500 :(
 
Depending on what you want to do with it, the TOSHIBA P200D-139 looks quite respectable.
It's got the Athlon 64X2 TK-55 CPU (1.8, 1600MHz FSB, 1MB Cache)

It's got 2.0GB RAM and the ATI Radeon X1200 graphics card, 319 MB total memory.
Bad news: it runs Vista but fdisk can sort that out ! And it 'only' has an 80GB HDD.

Upsides: 17" Widescreen - Firewire - 6 x USB and a 5 in 1 card reader.

£400 inc Vat on the street. £390 inc VAT but + delivery online.

I'm probably buying one at the end of next month unless I find a more suitable laptop for my needs at that price.
Notebookcheck is quite useful for checking notebook features but the market is vast and deliberately confusing.

AFAIK, notebook check are a reference only site and don't sell laptops.
 
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TheVoice said:
You can't post links to or mention names of competitors here mate. :)
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Ah, ok, I've removed the links but how can one recommend a laptop without mentioning the brand or where you can get it from ?

Serious question, I don't want to fall foul of the rules. Just trying to help someone in the same laptop buying position as me.
 
Just a few deals I found:

Vostro 1500

Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Business
SUPPORT SERVICES 1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day Included
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Matte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel camera
MEMORY 3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x1024 + 1x2048 MB)
HARD DRIVE 250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD 256MB nVidia® GeForce® 8600M GT
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)

£527.58 Inc. VAT & Delivery - This is the one my friend has just bought.

But for his needs there really is no need for such powerful spec tbh.


Vostro 1000

Vostro 1000 NB(N0310007)
AMD® Athlon 64 X2 Mobile Technology TK57
Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
2048 MB 667MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x 1024 MB)
ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory (integrated)
120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Logitech V220 Cordless Mouse
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
Dell Wireless 1395 Mini-Card (802.11 b/g)
Primary Battery 4 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (29 Whr)
Accessories Logitech® QuickCam Pro 5000
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife

£305.14 Inc. VAT & Delivery - Comes with free logitech webcam and wireless mouse as well


Vostro 1700 - Good 17" lappy if he doesn't need mobility

Vostro 1700 NB(N0317004)
Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T5270 (1.40 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache), Genuine Windows Vista® Business - English
Memory 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
Video Card Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Hard Drive 120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - UK
Optical Devices Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
Wireless Networking Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe
Standard Warranty 1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day
Primary Battery Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
LCD 17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display

£351.33 Inc. VAT & Delivery - has options for 8400GS and 8600GT as well.

Not sure if this is allowed but there are lots of threads around quoting dell specs and prices.
 
Update in the end got him the follwing

V1500 CORE 2 DUO T7250 2.00GHz,800,2M
Vostro 1500 15.4 WXGA True Life
Free Memory upgrade from 1024GB to 2048GB 667MHZ
2048 MB 667 MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x 1024 MB)
Hard Drive 120GB Serial ATA (5400RPM)

£420, not bad imo
 
Not bad, I ordered a 1525 yesterday

T7700
2GB
2mp webcam + street design
wxga truelife
200gb 7200rpm
intel agn
6+ 9 cell
bluetooth

£320, daylight robbery.
 
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