Best laptop for £400???

Stumble Bum · 27 Apr 2009 at 15:41

Hi, i'm about out of touch with my computer knowledge these days. All i'm looking for is the best laptop to buy for approx £400.

Requirements. 15" ish screen, not one of those tiny laptops. All it will be used for is music, internet, word and champ manager.

The quieter the better aswell. I was thinking you can't really go wrong with dell's and was looking at the Inspiron 15 for £399.

main spec.

Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T4200 (2.0GHz, 800MHz, 1MB cache)
15.6" Widescreen WXGA WLED (1366 x 768) TFT Display with TrueLife™
Intel Integrated GMA 4500MHD
3072MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [1x2048 + 1x1024]
250GB (5,400rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive

Does anyone have any recommendations or thoughts?

thanks in advance!

kidloco · 28 Apr 2009 at 00:50

I bought the same model all be it with 2gig of ram for £350, it was my sons birthday present. Got it from the big supermarket.

Must admit once I uninstalled pretty much everything it's quite a nice little machine. The only poor thing with the one I got is vista basic. But it's fine for him.

I did look at lots of other new laptops for around the £400 mark and nothing looked as nice or had a good a spec.

Stumble Bum · 28 Apr 2009 at 08:14

thanks very much kidloco. can I also ask if it is pretty quiet aswell? I presume it's reasonably quiet.

kidloco · 28 Apr 2009 at 14:25

yeh, seems pretty silent to me mate. I certainly wouldnt say it was noticable.

reflux · 28 Apr 2009 at 14:31

+1 for a 15'' Inspiron. They're good machines. I have a 1520 and my cousin has a 1525.

radderfire · 28 Apr 2009 at 14:54

Stumble Bum said:
The quieter the better aswell. I was thinking you can't really go wrong with dell's and was looking at the Inspiron 15 for £399.

They are pretty good on price, and I have found their laptops to be reasonably reliable so it seems like a good option.

Rgds

Stumble Bum · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:20

thanks for all the help guys

xirokx · 28 Apr 2009 at 19:42

Asus X59GL-AP007C Laptop, Core 2 Duo T5800 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HDD, 15.4" TFT, DVD SM DL, 6 Cell Batt, nVIDIA GeForce 8200 Vista Home Premium

thats £400 its an Asus and has some cracking reviews

dan653 · 29 Apr 2009 at 12:42

inspiron 1545 currently £359