Help me find a laptop

[raptorSE]

Im after a laptop its mainly gonna be for internet email etc possibly the odd game but not very important.

Got £1000 to spend im not that well clued up on specs etc so any help on what would be the best to go for would be much appreciated

Thanks Ben

[justalex81]

firstly if all you use it for is emailing and internet etc then you don't need to spend more than £500 if that. secondly don't buy a mac!

[The Mighty Elvi]

Im after a laptop its mainly gonna be for internet email etc possibly the odd game but not very important.

Got £1000 to spend im not that well clued up on specs etc so any help on what would be the best to go for would be much appreciated

Thanks Ben

Why waste a  £1000 then.

Sub £500 laptop will be more than adequate. 

[The Mighty Elvi]

I have one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-notebook-i3-370M-Windows-Premium/dp/B00440D5PO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1320928709&sr=8-2


But you can't get them new any-more. 


Closest is one of these:


http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/samsung-series-3-np300e5a-a03dx-15-6-laptop-silver-11296553-pdt.html

[sprout99]

http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-FUJITSU-AH530-EG-Laptop/685739

we bought this one - been spot on

i've even got solidworks and CATIA V5 loaded for work and it handles them no bother

[justalex81]

no matter what laptop you buy, budget for ripping the hard drive out and replacing it with a solid state.

[raptorSE]

I was just thinking may aswell get a decent one our work does computer loans no interest up to a £1000. So if I spend money on a decnt money at least if I do wanna do more with it then I can. Can also use it for programming the ecu on my motorcross bike.

[Scottydog89]

I was just thinking may aswell get a decent one our work does computer loans no interest up to a £1000. So if I spend money on a decnt money at least if I do wanna do more with it then I can. Can also use it for programming the ecu on my motorcross bike.

As said, you really don't need to spend £1000. I bought a £700 Acer 6930G 3 years ago and the specs still stack up today (has Blu-Ray, 3GB RAM etc)

I work in IT at a big High School and we just bought 30 Acer 5742Z laptops for around £300/£400 and the specs are very good.

But if you insist, then this is more than enough spec and you have change. http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Samsung_RF711_Core_i7_Bluray_Laptop__NP-RF711-S06UK/version.asp

[Steve30]

firstly if all you use it for is emailing and internet etc then you don't need to spend more than £500 if that. secondly don't buy a mac!

!000 on a mac and you won't look back at Microsoft  , I just spent 1250 quid on MBP i7 and its awesome piece of kit 

[Cory]

if you dont want to buy another one for another 5 - 10 years depending on how you look after it
buy a mac - mine has never skipped a beat

battery life is excellent
no antivirus bullsh*t
no need for maintanence
push the power button and your online in 10 seconds
machined aluminium construction, not cheap sh*t plastic
wont start to overheat 12-18 months down the line
apple are very easy to deal with and super helpful
if you know a student, you can get a 20% discount via their uni portal
operating system is alot easier to navigate than windows

dont listen to the haters, i used to hate them with a passion untill i bought myself one