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gasdoctor

gasdoctor

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Found this for 280 quid

Ideapad U350
Processor Intel® Celeron® (ULV 743, 1.3Ghz processor, 1MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
Screen 13.3" (Lenovo WXGA, 1366x768 HD)
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition
RAM 2GB (DDR3 1066MHZ)
Hard Drive 160GB
Graphics Integrated (Intel® GMA X4500 3D Graphics with up to 384MB Shared Memory)
Wireless LAN Wireless (802.11b/g Wireless)
Network Card 10/100/1000 Gigabit Fast Ethernet
Integrated Webcam Yes (This model 1.3 megapixel CMOS camera)
Card Reader 4-in-1 card reader (MS, MS Pro, MMC, SD)
USB Ports 3x USB 2.0 ports
Speakers Intergrated Stereo Speakers
VGA Port 1 External VGA Port
Kensington Lock Kensington lock slot
Charge Time 2.5 Hours
HDMI 1 HDMI Connector
Battery Life 5-6 Hours (6 Cell Battery - up to 5 hours with power management)
Weight 1-2 Kg (This Model 1.6 Kg)
Warranty 12 Months Warranty - Direct with Lenovo


Its for my daughters, they only use low power stuff.
I have an ideapad with an i3 and its great but I want cheap with decent battery life.

Bit lost when it comes to laptop cpus

Any good?
 
Personally, I think thats underpowered, even for low power stuff. It's not going to be too long before it's on its knees. I've just bought a dual core Celeron, 4 GB RAM, Win 7 64, 320GB HDD for only £80 more than that for my daughter. I know that's more but the outlay for the £280 you are proposing would appear to be false economy.
 
Cheers, thats my concern is that buting at the very bottom end will result in a short life.

What have you just bought (i know you cant directly link).
 
Take a look at this thread....

For this excellent buy, at £350 :

Acer TravelMate 8371

Intel® ULV Core 2 Duo (ULV SU9400, 3 MB L2 cache, 1.4GHz, 800MHz FSB)
13.3" (Acer CineCrystal, 1366x768 HD, High Brightness, LED Backlit)
Win Vista Business
4GB (DDR3 1066MHZ)
320GB
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 with 512MB Dedicated RAM
5-in-1 card reader (SD//MS/MS-Pro/MMC/xD-Picture card™)
3x USB 2.0 ports
Kensington lock slot
8 Hrs+ Battery Life
1.6Kg


Shame about Vista, not W7, but that can easily be remedied......otherwise excellent VFM and top spec :-)
 
As mentioned the spec is quite low.

I would personally look around as a well known online only site had the following on offer yesterday for £320.

Acer Aspire 5732Z - 444G32MN / Pentium Dual Core T4400 2.2GHz / 4GB / 320GB / DVD-SM / 15.6 inch / Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit / Laptop / Notebook
 
gasdoctor said:
Thanks, Ive looked at that but unfortunately vista puts me off. I really want win7, so when thats factored in the price goes up.
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Fair comment :) There is also the 'consumer' version of that laptop - 3810TZG floating around for about £20 more.....that comes with very similar spec, but W7....details in the same thread
 
laptop prices are so volatile.

If only it had a 13 inch screen (tempted by another 15 inch but a lot heavier and less battery time)

Thanks for all your comments..the hunt continues.:)
 
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