£400 laptop/netbook

[Tanto]

Hey guys was wondering if anyone knew any decent spec'ed laptops/netbooks in the £400 range.

My step brother basically wants something that he can do work and listen to music on, probably about a 14-16" screen.

Obviously theres some googling to be done however when it comes to laptops im never sure what processors are the good ones and if 1.6ghz is actually good as im used to beastier pc's.

So if something pops to mind let me know.

Thanks ^^

[frymaster]

a 1.6GHz atom is a netbook processor, and a bit weedy (you won't find one driving a 14-16" screen)

if it's a 1.6GHz Core2Duo / Pentium Dual Core* on the other hand...

PDC is the "budget" marketing name for low-end core2duos with less cache... some very-low-end ones are still called Celerons

for under 400 inc VAT you can get a nice laptop:
http://www.samsunglaptop.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=NP-R530-JA0DUK

for 400 ex VAT you can get a pretty kick-ass one:
http://www.samsunglaptop.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=NP-R530-JB01UK

both me and Ryan can reccomend Samsung laptops... other sites might have better prices

[Peacekeeper]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-5542G-304G50MN.23959.0.html

got mine for 500 euro with a few modifications (bit better graphics + processor), maybe you can find it somewhere?
pretty good thing that

[Tanto]

Thanks for the quick replies gives me something to think about, on my searches i found.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189888 - seemed to get some good reviews too.

[Humbug]

http://search.laptopsdirect.co.uk/nav/pb/02/type/laptops/type/netbooks/0?isort=price%20rev


http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk

[frymaster]

Thanks for the quick replies gives me something to think about, on my searches i found.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189888 - seemed to get some good reviews too.

same processor as the one I reccomended, slightly smaller hard drive (still 250 gig though!), 4 gigs of memory instead of 3, and it explicitly says 64-bit which is what you want...

pretty much equivalent to the one I linked, if you don't need the extra HDD space it's definately better, but I know nowt about that model personallly

[Zofo]

Thanks for the quick replies gives me something to think about, on my searches i found.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189888 - seemed to get some good reviews too.

Can't go wrong these days with an Asus, they are a strong little unit. 



Humbug I heard some people had terrible problems with laptopdirect

[Humbug]

i've not had a problem with them zofo after ordering 7 laptops they were all fine and all arrived when they should.    Suppose it's like most places though, i know people who have had problems with ebuyer, overclockers, aria, tescos , asda, morrisons, the local paper shop

[Zofo]

i've not had a problem with them zofo after ordering 7 laptops they were all fine and all arrived when they should.    Suppose it's like most places though, i know people who have had problems with ebuyer, overclockers, aria, tescos , asda, morrisons, the local paper shop

Its possible i was thinking of another company or it was them and they have sorted themselves out, dunno tbh

[frymaster]

I think like a lot of places, it's fine until something goes wrong, and then the customer service turns out to be poo

I've just noticed that the Asus has a proper numeric keyboard - something more are doing these days - so it definately has my vote (though if the budget is 450, that i3-based samsung would be better)

[Tanto]

Thanks for all the help guys,

Gave my brother the advice but he went and bought a random toshiba while I was off at the dakka bbq

Im sure it can do the business anyway.