'Fun' laptop?

azuli · 20 Apr 2010 at 13:46

I'm under orders to spec a laptop for my girlfriend's mum as a secret birthday pressie.. I don't really have time to do the legwork atm so do any of you have or know of the best combination of performance/price/fun/colour at the low-mid range?

My brief is 'cheap fun ones (e.g. dell colour top etc)'. The other half might want something Fun, but I want something that won't require constant ongoing IT support!

Cheers

dimo · 20 Apr 2010 at 14:09

Budget?

Amp34 · 20 Apr 2010 at 14:16

Looked for something similar for my sister a few months ago and we decided on a Sony. Them, alongside Dell appear to be the only ones that do colourful laptops.

azuli · 20 Apr 2010 at 14:19

I would say ~£500, ideally lower really. How do you rate Asus laptops?

olivier renault · 20 Apr 2010 at 15:53

Acer Ferrari

Asus are pretty good. The UL30A is a nice entry laptop, but 'fun', maybe not!

You also have the Asus EeePC seashell netbooks, very good (pretty much the standard in their category), but they are netbooks (lacks power, but good for normal usage, and great battery life).