New laptop for the daughter.

BuckOff · 28 Oct 2008 at 21:23

Hello everyone, as the title says, she's 7yrs old and it will be basically, for school work and internet, possibly to watch movies in SD also, :confused:

your help appreciated.

ninjapilot · 28 Oct 2008 at 22:41

whats your budget?

Ninja

TheVoice · 29 Oct 2008 at 11:06

A cheap Dell Inspiron 1525 would probably fit the bill pretty well. I think they're allowing a free choice of colour on them too at the moment, which would probably appeal to her!

BuckOff · 29 Oct 2008 at 16:17

Cheers for your response, I'm looking between £300-£350, so yes the Dell does look nice, but still open to your opinions

ninjapilot · 29 Oct 2008 at 23:48

BuckOff said:
Cheers for your response, I'm looking between £300-£350, so yes the Dell does look nice, but still open to your opinions

ok just for the extra choice:

Toshiba Satellite Pro L300D-11N - Athlon 64 X2 QL-60
AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-60 / 1.9 GHz ( Dual-Core )
2 GB (installed) / 8 GB (max) - DDR2 SDRAM - 800 MHz ( 1 x 2 GB )
Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
15.4" TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) - TruBrite
DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - integrated
ATI Radeon 3100
£349

or

Acer Aspire 4920 Gemstone
Core 2 Duo T5250 / 1.5 GHz ( Dual-Core )
2 GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR2 SDRAM ( 2 x 1 GB )
120 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
14.1' TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) - 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM - integrated
Graphics - Intel GMA X3100
Camera - Integrated - 0.3 Megapixel
and a multiformat card reader
£349

all nice specs and price

cheers

Ninja

Ross1234 · 29 Oct 2008 at 23:50

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sja360 · 30 Oct 2008 at 08:30

hmm 7 years old, i wouldnt want to give a £300-350 decent laptop to her... i expect to see a thread of "my daughter ruined her laptop" later within a year or two.. i could be wrong and your daughter isn't likely at all to ruin it but 7 years old with a laptop... i cant help but think there may be accidents, so i'd go with something cheaper, single core celeron for example. or even a netbook would be good.

Shadows1990 · 30 Oct 2008 at 18:11

I'd definitely go with a netbook tbh.
I don't think a 7-year old would take advantage of a full-sized laptop, so I'd take a look at the EEE, or something similar.