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    Question Looking for Laptop

    Am looking for a laptop???

    Budget is around £300-£450

    Anyone suggest a decent one for that kind of price.?

    Not worried whether it is AMD or Intel
    Must have Wireless.
    At least 256MB RAM (preferably 512MB)

    Thanks In Advance
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    Ebay toshiba, they're the best brand of laptop IMO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SolidLogix
    Ebay toshiba, they're the best brand of laptop IMO.

    I would agree. For the money, Toshiba has really nice laptops. And they last a good long time too.

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    For the past 6 months we've been using HP NX6110 notebooks with all of our clients (they come in many different specs), and I have to say they are some of, if not the best notebooks I have ever used. Incredibly stable, stylish, comfortable to use, durable, and quite small too. I know that I have personally deployed about 30 of them and not a single problem yet, so...

    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=94788 << comes in at just under &#163;450, and you can easily throw a memory upgrade in there (they are 1x256mb stick as standard).

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    HP/Compaq certainly has some laptops within your budget.

    Good luck

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    I recommend surfing slickdeals.net. There are some great dell deals. only about $600 usd for a pretty fast laptop.

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    Try ebuyer:
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...stock&offset=0

    I bought a HP NX6110:http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=94788
    And a new netgear router:
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52244

    And it worked out at around &#163;517. If your low on budget id buy a laptop with 256mb of memory and just upgrade it too 512 yourself- thats what i did. If your not sure what will match use the crucial/kingston memory configuration on eBuyer.

    I paid about &#163;23 or so for a 256mb stick of some cheapo crucial stuff. Not a bad deal if you were like me - in two minds whether to buy a lappy and dont have a bulging bank balance. Good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Napster
    Try ebuyer:
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...stock&offset=0

    I bought a HP NX6110:http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=94788
    And a new netgear router:
    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52244

    And it worked out at around £517. If your low on budget id buy a laptop with 256mb of memory and just upgrade it too 512 yourself- thats what i did. If your not sure what will match use the crucial/kingston memory configuration on eBuyer.

    I paid about £23 or so for a 256mb stick of some cheapo crucial stuff. Not a bad deal if you were like me - in two minds whether to buy a lappy and dont have a bulging bank balance. Good luck!

    Edit: Didnt see RazorBlue - Dans post but still the HP NX6110's are great cheap notebooks

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    Google for Dell inspiron coupons.

    Or look here: http://www.xpbargains.com/dell_coupons/

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    Another vote for Toshiba, they make great laptops. Ram and wireless card should be inexpensive if not included.

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    Many thanks for that - will certainly look into the Toshiba laptops!!!

    Was looking at an ACER laptop!

    Anyone had any experience of these?
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    I would find a coupon and get a Dell XPS M140.
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    Quote Originally Posted by g2webhosting
    Am looking for a laptop???
    Why are you questioning yourself?

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    I would get Toshiba over Acer any day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard H
    Why are you questioning yourself?
    No idea!!!!!

    Thanks for your comments so far!!

    Suprised no-one has mentioned IBM/Lenovo though!
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    My sister recently purchased an Acer laptop to replace her aging Dell laptop. From what I see, Acer makes some nice laptops with an even nicer price tag. The only worry I have is that if size matters for you, it would be best to see a display model in shop first; there are some Acer laptops that are larger then normal and some that are made to be mobile.

    Thumbs up for Acer here.

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