Question:
Decent Notebook/Laptop On A Tight Budget
General Questions
1) What is your budget?
£500
2) What size notebook would you prefer?
b. Thin and Light; 13" - 14" screen
c. Mainstream; 15" - 16" screen
3) What tasks will you be performing with the notebook?
Word processing, web browsing, some mp3/video encoding
4) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places or leaving it on your desk?
Taking It from room to room in the house
5) Will you be playing games on it; if so, which games?
Football Manager 2007, FIFA 2007
6) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
NO preference
7) How many hours of battery life do you need?
2+
8) Do you mind buying online without seeing the notebook in person?
Would prefer to buy from shop/store, but would buy online from a reputable Company
9) Please select your country's flag as a post icon and tell us what country are you buying this in?
UK!
Screen Specifics
10) Would you prefer standard or widescreen?
Widescreen
11) From the choices below, what screen resolutions would you prefer
Widescreen
d. WXGA or WXGA+ - 1280x768/800 or 1440x900; Wider viewing version of XGA, good for movie viewing or spreadsheets.
12) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen?
Glossy
Build Quality and Design
13) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
Not Really
14) When are you buying this laptop and how long do you want this laptop to last?
Within the next month, and as long as possible
Notebook Components
15) How much hard drive space do you want; 40GB to 160GB?
80gb or more would be a bonus
16) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a DVD-ROM, DVD-CD/RW or DVD-RW drive?
DVD-RW
Also, I woul like to have 1GB RAM and a low-end dual core processor
The best i have found so far is the acer 5102WLMi here...
http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/p....do?sku=363286
Any more help would be much appreciated
Thanks
J.T
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Re: Decent Notebook/Laptop On A Tight Budget
Consider the Dell Inspiron E1505, which can be configured with the ATI X1400 graphics card.
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Re: Decent Notebook/Laptop On A Tight Budget
here in the UK, the dell E1505/6400 with 1gb ram an dual core would be in excess of £600/$1100
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Re: Decent Notebook/Laptop On A Tight Budget
If you can squeeze it, then this should fit the bill very well:
http://uk.zepto.com/Default.aspx?pag...6sgIGFvGvd21VP
EDIT: hmmm on second thoughts I don't think you need such a strong graphics card to play FIFA with as that would drive up the price unnecessarily. Erm I'll see what else there is
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Re: Decent Notebook/Laptop On A Tight Budget
Look at the Asus Laptop A6F and the Asus F3F
Otherwise, your budget is really thin and your Acer is not a decent notebook.
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Re: Decent Notebook/Laptop On A Tight Budget
Thanks for the replies, however the zepto and the asus' are excluding VAT, so when this is added to the total, the price would shoot out of my budget
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Re: Decent Notebook/Laptop On A Tight Budget
Check out the HP DV2104EU. That's really nice notebook.
http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/p...=specification
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Re: Decent Notebook/Laptop On A Tight Budget
thanks for that dreamer, i did not see that. Maybe i could stretch my budget if u would reccomend it. It sounds perfect as i am coming around to the idea of a 14" notebook. Would you say this is better for the extra £50 as the specs are pretty similar?
Cheers
JT
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Re: Decent Notebook/Laptop On A Tight Budget
Yes, a 14" notebook is much more portable. Also, that HP has good build quality while the low-end Acer notebooks are known to have more than questionable quality...and so many problems... I personally would never buy one of those Acers...
You could read the reviews about the HP dv2xxxx
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Re: Decent Notebook/Laptop On A Tight Budget
can you please confirm this: Does the notebook feature a built-in webcam, as there is no sign of it on the comet website, but on Play.com the notebook has a camera. this is one of the things that drew me to the acr because of the webcam which is important http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/325695...p/Product.html