Laptop for £250...?

[The Chubby Pirate]

Evening guys!

My old mans 65 on Monday so would like to get him a laptop ideally for £250.

It needs to have a disc drive also!

Anyone recommend anything at that price?

Thanks!

 

[Daniel]

Naw.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Okay excellent, i'll just go f**k myself now.

 

[.Joe]

If you don't mind refurbished the Ibm T430 sits in that price range, add an SSD and you have something that runs like a new machine.
The machines are pretty bullet proof and last years

 

[Cookie]

Newsagent not letting him buy Razzle anymore?

 

[STEVE.M]

On the assumption that if your Dad wanted a laptop, & can afford to buy one, he would have one.
He will probably appreciate you finding time to spend 2 or 3 hours with him more.

 

[Mr Plums]

On the assumption that if your Dad wanted a laptop, & can afford to buy one, he would have one.
He will probably appreciate you finding time to spend 2 or 3 hours with him more.

Same age as his OLD man mate? X

 

[Daniel]

On the assumption that if your Dad wanted a laptop, & can afford to buy one, he would have one.
He will probably appreciate you finding time to spend 2 or 3 hours with him more.

If I said to my dad "happy birthday Dad, I'm going to come to your house for an extra 3 hours a week" he'd escort me off his premises. And rightly so.

 

[STEVE.M]

If I said to my dad "happy birthday Dad, I'm going to come to your house for an extra 3 hours a week" he'd escort me off his premises. And rightly so.

You have read something into that I did not propose.
A few hours spent on the occasion of the birthday & maybe a couple of pints down the pub.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

On the assumption that if your Dad wanted a laptop, & can afford to buy one, he would have one.
He will probably appreciate you finding time to spend 2 or 3 hours with him more.

I work 5 months of the year, he's my best mate. I appreciate the sentiment but Daniel's 'naw' was more helpful.

 

[STEVE.M]

I work 5 months of the year, he's my best mate. I appreciate the sentiment but Daniel's 'naw' was more helpful.

Within reason, my Dad could afford any toys he wanted, which made any material gifts pointless.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

I'm still not sure how this information helps me lol.

 

[Gus]

Ignoring the disc drive an iPad would be a lot easier for an older person.

 

[Daz...]

I would look for a well specced 2nd hand one for that price and as said, stick a SSD in there.

 

[BoatNonce]

Doesn't that Ricardos sell refurbed Lenovos?

 

[iimushroomzii]

Typical CS. Op asks for cheap laptop advice and gets told about ipads and spending more time with his dad.

I can't help either though :up:

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

What's he going to be doing with it?

If it's just browsing the net and watching dvds then pretty much anything from Curry's/ PC world etc that's in your budget will do.
If he's planning on running power hungry software then you'll possibly have to up your budget or look at used (although I wouldn't want to buy anyone a used laptop for a present tbh)

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

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[Ay Ay Ron]

Most printers are now wireless (if it's fairly new) but if he's asked for a CD drive then thats what he wants.
One of these should be more than enough tbh.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compu...sa-15-6-laptop-white-silver-10146524-pdt.html

http://www.ebuyer.com/786174-hp-255-g5-laptop-1tt38es-1tt38es-abu

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

That first one is perfect! I'll get it tomorrow! Cheers lads!

 

[Wilkeh]

One with an SSD here man - http://www.ebuyer.com/780537-hp-255-g5-laptop-1lu04es-1lu04es-abu

 

[Martin_172]

http://www.ebuyer.com/780537-hp-255-g5-laptop-1lu04es-1lu04es-abu

2nd vote for good condition T420/T430 Lenovo with plenty change (from a 420 anyway) ive setup loads for people