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Laptop advice
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 10:11 pm
by M.Steiner
Been asked to look around at laptops for someone and need a bit of advice myself so thought I'd ask here!
She's looking for something that's:
- Light and portable
- For use with Word, Excel, PowerPoint & the internet
- Storage for photos
- Not too small a screen
Pretty basic needs really. Cheap as possible, but not something that's going to fall apart or be unreliable.
Buying in the UK so links from
Ebuyer,
Scan,
Amazon UK etc would be appreciated.
Any particular models you guys would recommend?
Re: Laptop advice
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:22 am
by NF
I've always been happy with the gear I got from PC Specialist who let you customise your laptop build. Not the cheapest but the components and build are top notch.
If its just for general internet/office work then perhaps something like this:.
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebook ... III-14-LE/
Re: Laptop advice
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 12:10 pm
by M.Steiner
I've actually gotten my last few custom desktop builds from them
Re: Laptop advice
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:03 am
by amyacker
I bought my friend an Asus x551m for $200 from walmart about an year ago for work. The thing has a large screen, keyboard with number pad, optical drive and a 500gb hard drive. It doesn't have any fancy graphics processor or anything but it is fantastic for an affordable functional laptop for work and streaming entertainment.
Re: Laptop advice
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 3:54 am
by katty
what's the budget?
Re: Laptop advice
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 3:55 am
by katty
How about
Lenovo Y700
15.6-Inch 1920 x 1080
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz
GeForce GTX 960M
4GB DDR5
1TB 5400 RPM or
256GB SSD
8GB DDR4
Re: Laptop advice
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 2:38 am
by M.Steiner
She was thinking around £300 max iirc, though I recommended looking around at Black Friday deals too