Looks like I,m going to need one pretty soon as its getting very hot battery does not charge and iys working very slowly.
Laptop is just for surfing watching TV/iplayer storing lots of pics and down loading Garmin stuff prefer big srcreens and I would prefer not to use a mouse!
any ideas
Rich
I've just got one of these
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Samsung_RV520_1087517.html
Only just arrived so too early to offer an informed opinion but for the money seems to tick a lot of boxes.
That should get you a nice 15" i3 laptop.
Personally I would avoid Acer, HP, Packard Bell, and a few others and go for Lenovo, Dell, Sony, Samsung (not the cheapest ones though), maybe Asus at a push.
What I look for isn't necessarily what you look for though.
I go for great keyboards, high res screens (which are difficult to get in 15" size), long battery life and potability.
YMMV
I'm currently umming and ahhing over this - maybe 11.6" is just tooo small.
http://www.cclonline.com/product/63489/M632KUK/Laptops/Lenovo-IdeaPad-S205-11-6-inch-Ultra-Portable-Notebook-PC/NOT2530/
http://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdfh1&l=en&s=dfh&brandid=7&fid=2222
17 inch £325 all the bits.
I went the budget route and got a Packard bell at pc world Google found me a voucher code got an i5 500gb 15" and then upgraded RAM from 3 g to 8g for a few quid myself, all in under 400 quid
the machine itself seems great screens ok keyboard is good only criticism is the mousepad buttons are a bit naff
Personally I would avoid Acer, HP, Packard Bell, and a few others
Have you tried them all then?
Got a cheap HPG61 from Tesco last year and it has been very good. Can't fault it for the money.
The machine Crag has linked to is very good spec for the money. You could save another £50 going for a machine with half the RAM and HD space but the same processor if you shop about though. You want a core i3 processor though whatever you go for...
Harry_the_Spider
I did say "personally, I..."
I've tried a lot of them in shops and owned some (Sony, IBM, Lenovo, Dell). The first thing to put me off a laptop is the keyboard, then the screen, then the general feel/build/etc.
If you're looking for the best spec for the cheapest price, then those brands often come up. But with £400 to spend for general use (i.e. not games or video production, etc), then I personally would put the money into the contact points and the general build, etc.
One idea would be to go to PC world/john lewis and get a general feel for what you like the feel of, then look online to get it under your budget.
Another brand whose laptops I've never got on with is Compaq.
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