Budget Laptops

hobobob · 7 Jan 2007 at 20:34

I've been looking for a Laptop for personal use at home that can do all the normal stuff like word processing but has that something extra that makes it a good deal. i've searched arounf and the best ive found is this:

Dell Inspirion 1300
Components
Intel® Celeron® M Processor 380 (1.60 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2 (incl Operating System Re-Installation CD) - English
Collect & Return, 90 Day Service only
14.1" Wide Screen WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display
1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x512)
60GB (5,400rpm) Hard Drive
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
4 Cell, 29Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery

If anyone has any suggestions please post them

thanks

syke · 7 Jan 2007 at 20:36

What price range you looking at?

davejuk · 7 Jan 2007 at 21:27

I like IBM, Dell, Toshiba, in that order.

I'd avoid Celeron processors too.

I've owned a X series IBM ThinkPad (Pentium 3), which you can pick up for under £100 on eBay. T series Thinkpad (Pentium 3, about £150), same sort of thing but with a slightly beefier spec. And I currently use a Dell X300, this time with a Centrino CPU. I've seen some really nice Toshiba's at sensible prices too.

matt100 · 7 Jan 2007 at 23:40

I have a tosh satellite pro (work laptop) with a celeron M and the standby is rubbish.. I've always had much better from centrinos.. I'd look for one of them.

hobobob · 8 Jan 2007 at 07:24

Price range

I found the dell (see above) for £375. The setup is good for me but somthing jus as good but cheaper would be best. £400 would be the top limit.

davejuk · 8 Jan 2007 at 08:57

hobobob said:
I found the dell (see above) for £375. The setup is good for me but somthing jus as good but cheaper would be best. £400 would be the top limit.

Are you looking at brand new?

I still think you could do a lot better.

For £400 I found a Dell Latitude X300 with a Centrino processor, base station, 2 batteries, and 2 PSU's. These are like the X series ThinkPad's - they're meant to be ultra light and portable, like a laptop should be.