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My daughter is looking for a Laptop ready for university later this year and she has about £500 to spend, do you folks know of any good deals. She'll mainly want it for college work, watching DVD's and playing Warcraft :)
 
neonpollen said:
My daughter is looking for a Laptop ready for university later this year and she has about £500 to spend, do you folks know of any good deals. She'll mainly want it for college work, watching DVD's and playing Warcraft :)
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Hi - I'm not sure how much processor power etc you need to play Warcraft but I bought a Dell for that sort of money 18mths ago and its never let me down - I'd just find the best you can for £500 from one of the big names like Dell HP Toshiba Sony etc & make sure you get some warranty with it (3yrs minimum if you want it to last thru Uni)
Regards ... Paul ;)
 
we got a flyer in today from Dell , XP3500+, DVDR, 1GB ram, onboard graphics (which might be an issue), 15" widescreen for £299 + Vat
 
CCL have some great bargains on brand new laptops Andy complete with 12 month warranty..;)

Look here to start with....:)
 
I bought a Refurbed Packard Bell off ebay 6 months go, £500. 3.2GHz P4, with 1 GB ram, 256mb Graphics, 60gb hard drive, wireless 17 inch screen etc. Been absolutley superb.
 
Let me check what I can get my hands on tomorrow - had some quite good deals pop in to my Inbox from various suppliers recently.
 
Thanks guys that gives me a start, I was warned off Dell by a friend so haven't really looked at the but I will do.

mark did you get yours from an ebay shop or a private sale ?
 
neonpollen said:
Thanks guys that gives me a start, I was warned off Dell by a friend so haven't really looked at the but I will do.

mark did you get yours from an ebay shop or a private sale ?
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There will always be people who have bad experiences with any brand whether its laptops desktops cameras cars blah blah blah - I went for Dell as my employers have thousands of the things so they must be doing something right! That said I would buy any of the main brands if the deal was right in terms of the spec you want & in your case the warranty - sounds like markp might be able to source something for you from what he said ... Paul ;)
 
Try looking at the Apple refurb store. You can pick up a MacBook for £600, a bit over budget maybe, but it would be ideal for uni :)

Sometimes they have them for under £550, but not just now! Though the one at £600 does look good.
 
i just bought an acer aspire 5633WLMI, it has 120gig harddrive 1 gig of memory and intel core 2 duo, i got it from ebuyer for £527, only had it a week but am well pleased with it, they are also doing a buy now pay november 07 if thats any help, infact they do that with everything they sell over £350.
 
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i just bought an acer aspire 5633, it has 120gig harddrive 1 gig of memory and intel core 2 duo, i got it from ebuyer for £527, only had it a week but am well pleased with it, they are also doing a buy now pay november 07 if thats any help, infact they do that with everything they sell over £350.
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Sounds a good deal I shall head over there and take a look, thanks.
 
neonpollen said:
Thanks guys that gives me a start, I was warned off Dell by a friend so haven't really looked at the but I will do.

mark did you get yours from an ebay shop or a private sale ?
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Ebay shop, so got warranty with it too.

On the subject of Dell, the company i used to work for always bought them, but they aren't as good as people say they are, we were always having problems with them.
 
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