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04-15-2006, 03:56 PM #1Newbie
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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)
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04-15-2006, 03:58 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Ebay toshiba, they're the best brand of laptop IMO.
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04-15-2006, 04:01 PM #3Disabled
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Originally Posted by SolidLogix
I would agree. For the money, Toshiba has really nice laptops. And they last a good long time too.
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04-15-2006, 04:21 PM #4Managed Hosting Expert
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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 £450, and you can easily throw a memory upgrade in there (they are 1x256mb stick as standard).
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04-15-2006, 04:22 PM #5Aspiring Evangelist
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HP/Compaq certainly has some laptops within your budget.
Good luck
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04-15-2006, 04:24 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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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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04-15-2006, 04:39 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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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 £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!
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04-15-2006, 05:09 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by The Napster
Edit: Didnt see RazorBlue - Dans post but still the HP NX6110's are great cheap notebooks
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04-15-2006, 06:20 PM #9Web Hosting Evangelist
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Google for Dell inspiron coupons.
Or look here: http://www.xpbargains.com/dell_coupons/
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04-16-2006, 01:35 AM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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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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04-16-2006, 03:13 AM #11Newbie
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Many thanks for that - will certainly look into the Toshiba laptops!!!
Was looking at an ACER laptop!
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04-16-2006, 11:47 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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I would find a coupon and get a Dell XPS M140.
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04-16-2006, 12:06 PM #13Performing Magic in the Cloud
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Originally Posted by g2webhosting
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04-16-2006, 12:43 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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I would get Toshiba over Acer any day.
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04-16-2006, 01:05 PM #15Newbie
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Originally Posted by Richard H
Thanks for your comments so far!!
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04-16-2006, 02:18 PM #16Disabled
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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.