Which Laptop? around £500 - £600 [Archive]

Boomin33

13-04-2010, 09:17 PM

Hey Guys,

driving out to France next week for about 10 days snowboarding in Val Thorens... :)

laptop died last year and I need one for the journey. My folks came out and had a nifty toshiba netbook... Although cool, small and light, I figure they just get hot and won't last long under the kind of hours I'll put in.

So figure I'll go for ultra compact or evan a standard laptop.

So just starting research now... but need to buy something by thursday.

I don't download movies, play games ( don't need 500+gig) etc..

pretty much live in outlook and surfing the net

I guess I'm asking if anyone has spent hours/days researching this subject already! Any suggestions?

My support guys was saying the
Acer Aspire 5740 Core i5-430M 320GB 3GB DVD-RW 15.6" W7HP

Boomin33

13-04-2010, 10:05 PM

hour later and think I'll just go for the Acer Timeline 1810TZ

http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptops/review/2009/11/25/Acer-Aspire-Timeline-1810TZ---11-6in-Intel-CULV-Laptop/p1

billy no mates answered his own question... wheres the delete Thread button!?

NSX 2000

13-04-2010, 10:12 PM

Hi Rob

Just got a new Dell for £639

its a Vostro 3700 with I5, 17.3" wide screen, 500Gb running windows 7 prof 32bit. DVD-Rw, bluethooth, wi-fi, built in web cam, and only weighs 2.7kg a whole kilo lighter than my present Dell.

Our IT guy loves his Sony Vaio but it's twice the price :(

Senninha

13-04-2010, 10:22 PM

Hey Guys,

driving out to France next week for about 10 days snowboarding in Val Thorens... :)

So you'll be back in time for Japfest then ;) Time to get those tickets ordered buddy!

regards, Paul

Boomin33

13-04-2010, 10:53 PM

*tks - I'll look at the Dell!

*After years of my 300zx sitting around i'm getting it running for japfest.... if all goes well I'll be in a far more lethal ride for a couple track sessions.... will swing by to poach your bbq though ;)

havoc

14-04-2010, 07:29 AM

Do a google for laptop reliability...you'd be surprised at the results.

Can't remember all of it, but do remember Acer were very much mid-table average, as were HP and P-Bell. Toshiba were higher, as were Asus (top or second I think!) and Apple (unsurprisingly also top-2).

NoelWatson

14-04-2010, 07:37 AM

Hi Rob

Just got a new Dell for £639

its a Vostro 3700 with I5, 17.3" wide screen, 500Gb running windows 7 prof 32bit. DVD-Rw, bluethooth, wi-fi, built in web cam, and only weighs 2.7kg a whole kilo lighter than my present Dell.

Our IT guy loves his Sony Vaio but it's twice the price :(

I also have a Dell Vostro