spec laptop for fiancee for work

utajoker · 26 Nov 2011 at 20:50

im after getting my fiancee a laptop for christmas to replace her pc that is read for the dump.

im budgeting around £450

needs to be able to handle her work software (Not sure what this is called)

500GB HD+

14-15"+ screen.

the most important thing is for it to run her work software smoothly so i was thinking mem and cpu most important.

gfx dont matter as she wont game at all.

any makes i should avoid or any i should look for?

any suggestions please?

thanks.

utajoker · 27 Nov 2011 at 14:27

bump.

radderfire · 27 Nov 2011 at 14:29

My current Dell laptop has been reliable. Dell represents good value and my own laptops have had few problems. Lenovo may also be worth looking at.

Rgds

radderfire · 27 Nov 2011 at 14:29

... and yes, I would have 4GB of RAM in a laptop for smooth running.

Rgds

utajoker · 28 Nov 2011 at 20:20

ok thanks, i shall make that top priority.

this dell inspiron 15R is £490 which is pushing my budget and speced at:

Inspiron N5110 (FCG38) - i3-2310 (2.10GHz, 3MB cache, Dual Core)

4GB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [1x4096]

2nd generation Intel® Core™ i3-2310M processor 2.10 GHz

500GB hdd

1 GB nVidia GeForce GT 525M

is that a decent spec for the price?

Skyboat · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:55

You can buy that laptop without the dedicated GPU and a 640GB HDD for £450 not direct from Dell. There is also a couple of Lenovo Z570 laptops about for between £400-450 too.

radderfire · 29 Nov 2011 at 19:03

If you don't mind reconditioned, you can also look at Dell Outlet for extra value.

Rgds

utajoker · 30 Nov 2011 at 18:47

would like it to be brand new tbh.

i hate having 2nd hand or anything like that

think ive narrowed it down to a couple so i will post the specs later to see which is the best to go for.

utajoker · 5 Dec 2011 at 18:12

got some time alone and have done some browsing and found 3, opinions on these?

1/ cheap

£408 MSI CR640-020UK

15.6" screen

Intel Core i3 2310M 2.1GHZ

4GB mem

320GB hdd

Intel GMA 3000 GFX

2/ middle

£435 Asus K53E-SX087V

15.6" screen

Intel Core i3 2310M 2.13GHZ

4GB mem

640GB hdd

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD GFX

3/ expensive

£479 MSI CX623-203UK

ntel Core i3 370M 2.4GHZ

15.6" screen

4GB mem

640GB hdd

1GB NVIDIA GeForce 310M GFX

all have home premium.

so

if the 3rd is really worth the price i will go over the budget slightly for it.

edit*

just found this on the purple shirt place

£430 DELL Inspiron Q17R 17.3"

Intel Core i3-2310M 2.10GHz

4GB, DDR3
Integrated Media Accelerator HD
640GB

hate to give them my moneys but it seems good for the price to me.

utajoker · 6 Dec 2011 at 18:05

bump please

POB · 7 Dec 2011 at 10:22

Have you checked Dells small business line Vostro.

I tend to rate them higher then the home Inspiron lines.

utajoker · 9 Dec 2011 at 18:33

im wanting to buy from a shop so i no i will have it for xmas. its a main present so dont want to not recieve it on time.

the above are all from either purple shirts ( the last one) or ocuk competitor near me.

thx.