Spec me £450

Vonsteve · 18 Aug 2010 at 16:00

My brother is after a laptop and this is his price range, primarily it will be used for web browsing, with a little bit of football manager possibly so graphics are not so essential.

Build quality is the most important thing after looking at my Dell Studio 17 falling apart in front of me lol.

15" I feel woulf be more suited and probably get more for the money too.

What brands should I be looking at and what CPU's etc should be avoided? It's been a long time since I looked into laptops so I know next to nothing at the moment lol.

Thanks
Steve

olivier renault · 18 Aug 2010 at 20:25

The usual suspects. Toshiba, Samsung, and I'd take a hard look at the latest HP series (HP G62-105SA), they don't look that bad at all (all things considered). I'd go with a i3, Win 7 64, and 3-4GB ram. For build quality, pop down a local retailer for a quick hands-on on various models.

EchoFox · 19 Aug 2010 at 11:59

Build quality = HP EliteBook or Lenovo ThinkPad.

They can be pricey, but you can get them within your price range if you look around enough.

Daveangle · 19 Aug 2010 at 12:34

olivier renault said:
The usual suspects. Toshiba, Samsung, and I'd take a hard look at the latest HP series (HP G62-105SA), they don't look that bad at all (all things considered). I'd go with a i3, Win 7 64, and 3-4GB ram. For build quality, pop down a local retailer for a quick hands-on on various models.

Bought the HP G62-105SA for my sister the other week, very nice laptop, comes with the usual unnecessary clutter that all laptop manufactures put on there, but one you strip it away its a fine capable machine, only concern would be the graphics card and whether it would cope. I will be buying another next month for my girlfriend as she needs a new one for Uni.

topgazza · 19 Aug 2010 at 16:17

Not hijacking the thread but I have the same requirement...up to £550 for me. Good performance important and intially it will run MS Project, Word, outlook. Handy if its good at films etc....more of a decent office machine but enough grunt to run film etc

Always liked Toshiba for build quality and SAmsung...Sony ?

olivier renault · 19 Aug 2010 at 19:00

Sony's are expensive but good. Any i3 builds and upwards will deal with any home office and movies you can throw at it. 7,200 rpm drive, 4 gigs, high-res screen (1600 x 900, 1920 x 1080) are bonuses.