New Laptop

[sansnom]

Hey guys

My brother in-law has asked me to find a laptop for him, but I don't know jack about them to be honest. I figured I'd ask here and see what you chaps are going for right now.

He's looking to spend a max of around £800-£1000.

It's mainly for office, web browsing and the occassional multimedia. Maybe the odd game here and there, probably something like C&C so it doesn't need to have a high end GPU.

4GB Ram would be good, also 300+GB HDD, and needs to be rock solid for work. Very reliable etc.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[sansnom]

I'd say thats bad advice if you're looking for something very reliable. Stick with the big names..Dell, HP etc. Their failure rates are pretty low and if you do have a problem then it'll get replaced in a reasonable timeframe. You never quite know what you're getting with the cheap custom resellers whereas the big names sell huge numbers or each model and problems get noticed pretty quick.

Dell Studio might be worth a look...

I agree, he'd be more inclined to go for a big name than a custom maker.

What's generally considered the best of the best right now? It used to be the IBM Thinkpads but as everyone knew you were paying a little more for reliability and your specs always lagged the market a little.