Laptop Required

Trojan · 17 Jun 2007 at 20:28

I've been asked by my cousin to look into sorting her out with a laptop but alas, my knowledge of them has fallen by the wayside in recent months. She will be using the laptop mainly for office apps, internet browsing, along with maybe a few kids games. Certainly nothing graphics intensive at any rate. She has a budget of up to £600, so what kind of spec should she be looking at?

Thanks

TheBarkerFamily · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:05

Have a look at Dell , u can get some good deals

Energize · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:11

Yeah dell are good for non-gaming laptops.

Dell Inspiron 1501 £525

AMD® Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL52 1.6Ghz
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
15.4" Wide Screen XGA TFT Display: 1280x800
2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
256MB ATI ® Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory™
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
6 cell Lithium-Ion Battery
Dell™ Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini-PCI Card

Dell Inspiron 6400 £547

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5300 Processor 1.73GHz
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display
1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]
160GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Intel® Media Accelerator 950 256MB
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW
9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card

HP dv6330ea £599

# Processor: Intel Core Duo T2350 - 1.86GHz (x2), 2MB L2 Cache
# RAM: 1024MB DDR2-667MHz
# Hard Drive: 120GB Serial ATA 5400rpm
# Screen: 15.4" Widescreen BrightView TFT (1280x800 - 16:10)
# Optical Drive: Lightscribe DVD±RW Super Multi Double Layer
# Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce Go7400 supporting 256MB TurboCache Memory (128MB Dedicated)
# Wireless LAN: 802.11a/b/g - Call for advice on Wireless Networking
# Bluetooth: Bluetooth Enabled
# Weight: 2.9kg
# Warranty: 1 Year Collect and Return
# Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium

TheBarkerFamily · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:16

I have the top Inspiron 9400 fully loaded , great machine , u can still buy a great laptop around £600 from Dell , best to ring them , i found the sales people are easy to get a great deal from

TheBarkerFamily · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:25

I think it would be a good idea if the overclockers forum would have a section just for Laptop question ?

kingy666 · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:47

I would go for the DELL Inspirion 6400 as mentioned above. You could allways have a look at at WWW.whatlaptop.co.uk forums for some advice.

Trojan · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:52

Brilliant, I'll have a look at that Dell Inspiron 6400, sounds like just the ticket. Thanks very much

carlazai · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:55

Sony and Toshiba ones come recommended from me. Have a sony for my personal use and a Toshiba satellite for work. The Toshiba is built like a tank and the touch pad is 'almost' as good as a mouse. The sony one is good but the extra expense of a toshiba is worth it

TheNuju · 17 Jun 2007 at 23:09

Hey

Some of the non budget Acer series are great laptops, some amazing second hand deals around on the acer ferrari laptops which would suit perfectly unless you was specifically after a dual core or similar. But I will also second the peeps on here, dell do some great non gaming machines and their support is often really helpful for non computer literate people.

Mike