Looking for a cheap laptop

[koi]

Looking for a cheap laptop for a friend, for about £300-400. Doesn't need to anything too fancy as it's just for surfing the net.

Seen this Acer which looks pretty decent, any other suggestions?

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4LJ3&CategorySelectedId=11105&NavigationKey=11105,15

Cheers

 

[Mells]

Probably one of the cheapest ways to let a lappy would be to do that deal where you get 300 off one if you sign up to orange broadband for 2yrs. You

 

[jimmy_mac]

I would go with Acer if you want cheap, as far as I know they are pretty reliable.

 

[koi]

Yeah had an Acer a while back and it was pretty decent

 

[koi]

Hows that orange deal work? Anyone tried it??

 

[BenWall]

Hows that orange deal work? Anyone tried it??

Its basically a finance deal where by you sign on contract to stay with them for 2 yrs paying £15/month. So you will end up paying £350 roughly for the 2 years, which isnt bad considering your getting broadband for that aswell.

 

[koi]

Hows that orange deal work? Anyone tried it??

Its basically a finance deal where by you sign on contract to stay with them for 2 yrs paying £15/month. So you will end up paying £350 roughly for the 2 years, which isnt bad considering your getting broadband for that aswell.

anyone with orange broadband? how fast/reliable is it?

 

[dk]

pcworld have a sony one with similar spec but with an intel dc processor for £499.

 

[UncleGrumpy]

Its basically a finance deal where by you sign on contract to stay with them for 2 yrs paying £15/month. So you will end up paying £350 roughly for the 2 years, which isnt bad considering your getting broadband for that aswell.

anyone with orange broadband? how fast/reliable is it?

Orange bought out Wanadoo, i've been using it for 3 years and had no problems at all, we're capped at 2Mbit but thats down to where we live, we're right on the 6km limit from the exchange. Their customer support is worse than useless, took forever to get hold of anyone with a brain but the connection is fast and reliable - cant ask for much more really.