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Osem · 06-07-2011, 19:32

Thinking about buying Osem Jnr a laptop as a little pre 'A' level thankyou for being a terrific lad and doing pretty much all we expect of him. So far 've been looking at Acer, Toshiba, HP and Compaq and it seems you can get quite a good machine for about £350.

I'm not really into these things so can anyone give any general advice re the various brands (reliability etc.) and suggest any decent suppliers. So far as spec is concerned he won't be gaming or anything heavy duty like that so it doesn't need to be super fast or anything. I'd reckon 3-4 gb RAM, 250gb HDD minimum, DVD rewriter, not sure about processors and all the various connections though so perhaps someone could suggest what we should look for as there are so many options.

Cheers as always.

06-07-2011, 19:32	#1
Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	New laptop - advice needed Thinking about buying Osem Jnr a laptop as a little pre 'A' level thankyou for being a terrific lad and doing pretty much all we expect of him. So far 've been looking at Acer, Toshiba, HP and Compaq and it seems you can get quite a good machine for about £350. I'm not really into these things so can anyone give any general advice re the various brands (reliability etc.) and suggest any decent suppliers. So far as spec is concerned he won't be gaming or anything heavy duty like that so it doesn't need to be super fast or anything. I'd reckon 3-4 gb RAM, 250gb HDD minimum, DVD rewriter, not sure about processors and all the various connections though so perhaps someone could suggest what we should look for as there are so many options. Cheers as always.