Curious about a laptop

AndrewJ · 26-05-2006, 19:43

Hi all.

I am thinking of suprising the gf with a laptop for her 21sts which I know she is after one.

She wants to be able to use the net on wireless, play dvd's, and use msn/yahoo with webcam no problem. gaming is a side issue as she just uses my pc for that.

I am looking for one under the ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£400 mark with a centrino cpu if possible although I bet I could get her to have a celeron M if it would help costs.

I know I am pushing it, also those laptops with the shiny screens would be prefered she really seems to like those.

I dont mind buying it online for the maker to be honest but online would be best as it would be a good suprise for her.

Graham M · 26-05-2006, 20:54

Those "Shiney" screens are called Brightview and push the price up quite a lot. For ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£400 I recommend you check Dell and possibly Aria or Novatech and as a last resort, Woolworths do some Celeron M Laptops that are very capable. Made by Medion I think - my girlfriend has one.

AndrewJ · 26-05-2006, 21:02

Thank You Zeph, I have thought about a Dell but I know she has spotted a Packard Bell laptop for ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£599 she likes, but it's a touch out of my reach

Graham M · 26-05-2006, 21:04

What about credit?

26-05-2006, 21:15

I got mine from aria for a grand price of 294 quid with a 2,2 gig p4 in it

AndrewJ · 26-05-2006, 21:18

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Originally Posted by Zeph

What about credit?

I would prefer to avoid it if possible.

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

I got mine from aria for a grand price of 294 quid with a 2,2 gig p4 in it

Bloody hell one of those would be good for her.

Matthew · 26-05-2006, 23:00

Tesco have an Acer in at the moment for around ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£385 I think, not sure on spec but might be worth a look.

26-05-2006, 23:40

this is what I got for 294 quid inc vat keep your eye on the site it was a special

Graham M · 26-05-2006, 23:42

Thats a good deal even at ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£422 i reckon

26-05-2006, 23:47

Yeah there no wireless though but it does have mini pci so you can add one easy for 15 quid add 256 ram for 13 quid and you have a fair laptop.The viewing angle isnt brilliant but thats all thats wrong with it for the money

fireman328 · 27-05-2006, 00:26

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

this is what I got for 294 quid inc vat keep your eye on the site it was a special

According to the spec. there is no O/S provided, how much does XP Home cost ?

27-05-2006, 00:31

oem is cheap enough if you look in the right places

AndrewJ · 27-05-2006, 02:39

OS ain't a problem to me.

I'd buy 2nd hand if possible but has to be in good conditon ( no cracks etc )

pujro · 28-05-2006, 23:13

Dell's bank holiday "special" has, amongst others a 1.6ghz, 512ram, 80hdd,wireless,15.4widescreen, dvdrw, XP home installed, for about 450? Sounds pretty reasonable to me.

paul11974 · 29-05-2006, 00:39

what about ebuyer http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/searc...maxprice=442.0