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Old 11-07-2011, 08:54   #23
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Re: New laptop - advice needed

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Originally Posted by Jameseh View Post
I'd say go for an Acer. If he's not doing gaming (and I doubt he's doing encoding) pretty much any laptop/notebook (ie. not a netbook) will do. aybe save yourself a few £ while the gift is still very much worthwhile and just as much use (to him) as a more expensive model.
Sounds like a plan

I do prefer the Acer keyoard layout with the numeric pad that's missing from many of the other models I've looked at. Having said that I found a rather nice looking Toshiba here @£300:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/258876...edium=products

Intel Core 2 Duo T6670 2.2GHz
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