Laptop for £300 - £400? Help!

[James28]

I'm looking into buying a Laptop, mainly to internet, things like skype, facebook, iplayer etc, as well as the usual office jobbies.

Ideally I'd like one sub £500, with decent specs for that price, and am looking at models between 13" and 15.6".
I've been looking on a few websites like PC world, Comet, John Lewis etc but am a bit lost to be honest, so thought I might wack a post up here!

I used to be quite clued up on all the PC spec's and stuff, and have built my own PC's, but now all the different Laptop processors out there are now baffling me to be honest!

So Any recommendations/advice if anyone has a particular model they could recommend that would be great,
Thanks

 

[Gally]

Contact Phuzion on here mate he sometimes has some for sale!

Highly recommended and cheap.

 

[Malachi]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/227402
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/199196

Cheapest I've seen to be fair (for the spec)... will be buying the one in the first link once I've finished messing with the car.

 

[James28]

Ah cheers, those two look good.
What about this one from PC world:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-5734z-06539249-pdt.html ?

Edit:
Or this Dell: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/dell-inspiron-m5030-06684341-pdt.html looks slightly better?

 

[Edit]

I bought one about a month ago. Got it from Argos of all places.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5083383.htm

Was the cheapest I could find one with 3gb DDR3 ram, and an Intel i3 processor. May be able to find cheaper elsewhere now though.

I have absolutely no complaints at all, and would highly recommend it.

 

[Alex_gregory_uk]

I'd def get the new i3 processor. The one I'd get is...

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g72-110sa-04897035-pdt.html

It's got the 17" LED screen. You can also get £20 off using code ltop20

 

[BRUN]

Dell !!!

 

[Malachi]

That Dell is pretty nice actually. I'd be inclined to go for a laptop with a dedicated graphics card, purely for that little bit of "oomph" you lack with integrated graphics.

Edit: http://www.comeuro.net/webshop/product.php?productid=115066 - that Dell, cheaper too, inc. p+p. Dispatch seems to be slow though.