Cheap sub £500 laptop

evilmonkeyz · 29 May 2012 at 10:43

Hi all,

Usually my favorite part of getting a new computer is the weeks of research and choosing before I finally make up my mind, however, I am in need of a cheap laptop asap for writing my thesis. After a brief search, I have come across what appears to be a fairly decent Samsung laptop for the price:

Anyone know of a better deal anywhere please? Mostly it'l be used for browsing essay, writing and watching videos, nothing too taxing. Anything extra it can do for no more than £500 will be a nice bonus.

Cheers.

Clav · 29 May 2012 at 10:53

You can't link to competitors..

mp260767 · 29 May 2012 at 11:59

have a look at the 15" dell's, mine does what i need it to, with a bit of light gaming (left4dead, left4dead2).

Smoogels · 1 Jun 2012 at 19:25

Well for £500 its a bit overkill for writing and watching videos. I had a i3 dual core laptop which cost me £400 and I only used it for a lot of word processing and watching films. I wished I got something cheaper. It may be a good idea to grab a Pentium or a AMD APU based laptop, since they are around the £200-£300 mark. They would do everything you listed easily, and the AMD APU could do more graphic wise.