Best laptop for £350

[Basil Fawlty]

I'm going halves on a laptop with my other half on new years day and we've got about £350 to spend on one. Anyone know what the best out there is for that price. Looking for 3-4gb RAM. Dual core processor and a decent sized hard drive. Mainly for poker, kids homework etc, missus Facebook etc. Cheers in advance.

 

[Hayee]

Go on the Dell website, you can make your own!

 

[fozzy]

Go on the Dell website, you can make your own!

this!

 

[McBain]

Get one with sparkles and/or racing stripes.

 

[chicoazul]

Amazon or play.com or something.

 

[maddison]

Clearly i'm not a PC user, but a friend of mine who is and so far wont be swayed, was telling me a few weeks ago that Dell's build quality is shocking. He had a lappy off them and it basically fell apart, I can't remember exactly what he said at the time. He was harping on about another company he purchased from and the build quality being better, i'm not sure if it was samsung, I could be totally wrong. I was too busy ignoring him at the time

Anyway, have a read about on the forums and find out which company has a good/ decent build quality. After all you do want these things to last

For that price though, wouldn't you be better off with one of those netbook things?

 

[Hayee]

eMachines are top, i've had one for years and its fantastic still

 

[Hayee]

May i also add i've a Dell laptop at my mums and its cracking for the money paid

 

[McBain]

Clearly i'm not a PC user, but a friend of mine who is and so far wont be swayed, was telling me a few weeks ago that Dell's build quality is shocking. He had a lappy off them and it basically fell apart, I can't remember exactly what he said at the time. He was harping on about another company he purchased from and the build quality being better, i'm not sure if it was samsung, I could be totally wrong. I was too busy ignoring him at the time

Anyway, have a read about on the forums and find out which company has a good/ decent build quality. After all you do want these things to last

For that price though, wouldn't you be better off with one of those netbook things?

Some great advice there Mac-man.

All about 'the look' with your crowd isn't it.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

i'm using a netbook at the mo, itv was reduced for an offer from cuurys from £350 to £200, it's the daughters xmas pressie, seems ok and very portable

Currys - Shop for Netbooks - ACER 531 Black Great value with Windows 7 Starter & up to 7 hours battery life

think thats the one although the label on the box says "acer zg8"

 

[maddison]

Some great advice there Mac-man.

All about 'the look' with your crowd isn't it.

It is all about the look mate, I won't disagree with that b)

 

[Hayee]

Dell do different colours...

 

[a2b chris]

i had my dell pc for 10 years, so i would say very reliable

 

[Hayee]

Maybe your mate's just had a bad experience. Dell, from my knowledge, are sound machines

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Cheers for the advice guys, just ended up ordering this for £369 with a 5% discount at currys. 3gig RAM, 500gig HD, Windows 7 and dual core processor. Looks a decent lappy to me and glad someone mentioned Samsung build quality is good as well.

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