what is the best laptop to buy under 400?

Question

what make etc is the best to go for? ive seen a packard bell for 400, is this a good make? i want it as cheap as possible but not a crap one!!

Answer 1

For £400

and e-bay is the cheapest place for

Dell inspiron 1300

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?sofocus=unknown&sbrftog=1&catref=C6&fcl=3&from=R10&satitle=1300&sacat=177%26catref%3DC6&bs=Search&a14=-24&a26443=-24&a26444=-24&a25710=-24&a12=-24&a26446=-24&a10244=-24&alist=a14%2Ca26443%2Ca26444%2Ca25710%2Ca12%2Ca26446%2Ca10244%2Ca3801&pfmode=1&reqtype=1&gcs=1505&pfid=1830&pf_query=1501&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D3&sadis=200&fpos=G64+3LH&ga10244=10425&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search

Inspiron 6000

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inspiron 1501

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the higher the Price the better the Specs (CPU, HD, Better graphics Card, and Screen).....but for general stuff, The basic spec ones do the job (internet office, music ,dvd watching recording)

Answer 2

Packard Bell is a good make and that might have everything you want. However my partner and I bought a new laptop last week and we think it's great. It's an Advent 8109 and it cost £399 from Dixons online. It's also available from PC World at the same price and Currys at £50 more. Curry's and PC World are instore prices. It's a Media Centre PC, which means it's particularly good with music, videos, photos, etc. It has a 60gb HDD hard drive, 1 gb ram, 1.6 celeron processor. For more information about this laptop, have a look on any of the store's websites. They'll have all the information you need. I hope this helps, and happy computing!

Answer 3

Hi would just like to warn Charlene T some of theese free giveaways are not just free giveaways and a ctually con you ito making big payments. Also i do not know if you have Mcafee site advisor but when i went on that link it repoted that it had "phishing and other scams 4 times" and "bad shopping experience 3 times"
I do not know if this means any thing to you but this is not a good sign and would strongly advise you to read through there terms and conditions very thoroughly.
I would recommend IBM as a top laptop as i have a IBM tinkpad and could not fault it.
Hope this helps
TipsyTom

Answer 4

Go for IBM - they are superb and last for ever
I bought 3 T40's for my family and they are working like a dream and the best thing about it is that they cost £300 each (specs: 1GB Ram, 40GB Hard drive, Pentium Centrino, WiFi, etc)
If you want to stretch to nearer 400 pounds, go for a slightly higher model, like the T41 or T42.
You won't be disappointed - check out reviews by searching in Google!
If you are going to buy a laptop which is best for the money, then without a doubt use eBay.
Good luck

Answer 5

Hi. packard bell is well known as good computer to buy. i have it for 2 years and it works just fine.

Answer 6

the in hardship-free words laptops that you will be ready to get less than $400 can be a netbook. they gained't be ready to run Vista properly. it really is the reason they run XP or Linux. And,some structures contain a gadget restore discs, others do not.

Answer 7

please tell me what you need it for

but this is a laptop with ok specs

plus new premuim vista pack

this is a good laptop for £399.99

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0091744329.1170529060@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccciaddkdfeimflcflgceggdhhmdfhm.0&page=Product&sku=773711&tabIndex=1


Features for this ADVENT 8109

- Intel Celeron M 420 Processor 1.6GHz
- 533MHz FSB
- 1MB Cache
- 1024MB RAM
- 60GB Hard Drive
- DVD ReWriter MultiDrive
- 15.4" Widescreen Display
- Microsoft Windows Media Center
- 128MB UMA Shared Graphics
- 1 year FREE warranty

Specification for this ADVENT 8109

Processor Type CELERON M 420
Processor speed 1.6 mhz
Memory Size 1024 mb
Memory Type DDR II
Hard Drive Capacity 60 Gb
Optical Drives DVD +/- RW
CD-ROM Speed 48 x
CD-RW Speed. 24 x
DVD-ROM Speed 8 x
DVD-RW Speed 8 x
Floppy Disk Drive No
Screen Size/Type 15.4" WXGA
Graphics Card Type Intel Shared Graphics
Graphics Memory 128mb UMA mb
TV-out No
Sound Type ALC 861
Modem Type 56k
Wireless Enabled Yes
No. of USB Connections 4
No. of Firewire Connections 0
Infrared Port Included No
Other Interfaces 10/100 LAN Ethernet
Battery Type LI-ION
Battery life (up to) 2.5 hours
Software Titles Included Works 8.5
Operating system MCE 2005
Weight 2.85 kg
Height 40 mm
Width 355 mm
Depth 273 mm
Colour SILVER

good overall if you are'nt using it for gaming just for documents the hardrive is the only thing but if your only using it for words its a good buy.

Answer 8

I think it is the dell inspiron 1501. It only cost £350 and you always get good costurmer support with Dell

Answer 9

Try checking some websites like
www.ebuyer.com

Answer 10

only acer