Can anyone recommend a laptop for around £400?

Question

I need it mostly for the internet & for storing photos & music. Any recommendations? Are Dell, Acer or Advent any good?

Cheers

Answer 1

Acer aspire laptop from Tesco under £400

Answer 2

Personally i would go for a dell because they are very reliable and they do there job.

Best Dell Laptop that You are looking for which is under £400 is this one here: (If you dont like the specs just customise it)

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_1501?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1

For this laptop:

Processors:
* AMD TurionTM 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-56
* AMD TurionTM 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-50
* Mobile AMD SempronTM 3500+
* AMD TurionTM 64 Mobile Technology MK-36

Operating Systems:
* Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate
* Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
* Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic

Memory:
2GB shared2 Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM provides blazing performance.

DDR2 dual channel4 memory offers excellent performance and bandwidth. This memory architecture is designed to help improve overall system performance and reduce power consumption. As demands from processors, graphics and networking increase, DDR2 is the new standard in notebook memory.

Graphics:
Standard:
14.1" or 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) display with optional TrueLifeTM TM
ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemoryTM (integrated)5

Sound:

High Definition Audio (HDA) bus; 24-bit (analog-to-digital & digital-to-analog)

Microphone-in port, stereo headphones/speakers port

Hard Drives

SATA hard drive
Up to 120GB6 5400 RPM SATA hard drive lets you store and access abundant data on your notebook.


Optical Storage
Fixed bay (configurable at time of purchase only).

Choice of:

* Combo Drive - 24x/10x/24x CD Burner and 8x DVD-ROM
* DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer7 DVD+R write capacity8


Weight & Dimensions:

* Width: 35.6 cm
* Height: 3.7 cm
* Depth: 26.54 cm
* Weight: 2.81 kg. 9


and finally I/O Ports:

* 4 USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) compliant 4-pin connectors
* RJ45 Ethernet port
* RJ11 Modem port
* Video: 15-pin monitor port
* 3-in-1 media card reader
* Audio ports: Microphone-in port, stereo headphones/speakers port


If you want to see that a bit more clearer and easier to customise go to this link:

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_1501?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1

Hope this Helps

Answer 3

Acer aspire 3053wxmi
at tesco £379

Answer 4

I believe you are in the UK... I am not sure the prices and brands avaiable in there. SInce you just need for Internet , music , and so on... Buy the cheapest avaiable... and spend the rest for something else. You do not need any complicated computers for those task to be complete...

Answer 5

Personally would go for Dell. Good support (services and site) and good products. This weekend (until 19th so get in quick) they have deals:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/notebooks_good?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
Even if you don't want to use it for much, you may as well get the best you can afford. Better for selling on, and who knows what you might want it for in the future...

Answer 6

have you considered getting a reconditioned laptop? they had some on the gadget show (channel five) that were really cheap - there was an apple for less than £200. you could see if you have any computer reconditing places in your local area and check them out - it's worth a look x

Answer 7

Try the Advent 8109 from pc world. It has very good specs and I love it, I bought one two weeks ago and I can't see anything wrong with it. You get the vista upgrade free too.
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1975366010.1171843747@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccciaddkeieefeicflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=773711&category_oid=-27751