New Laptop

[WillC788]

Can anyone recommend a decent, dependable laptop for around £400 that would do me for Uni and is reliable please? Just for downloading music and word-processing and preferably with Vista - are Dell any good? Good battery life is essential. My Packard Bell has given up after only two and a half years...

Thanks in advance,

Will

 

[JoelDee]

Wrong section

 

[WillC788]

Oops clicked the wrong thing...Mods could you move it please? Sorry!

 

[JoelDee]

Yea i'd look at either dell or hp to be honest

 

[JoelDee]

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/notebooks_good?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

 

[Beef-Mc]

Avoid Acer then, the battery life is rubbish!

 

[GazCB]

I'll probably be selling mine for £300 in the next month or two.

 

[Paul16V]

I got a decent one a few months ago from E buyer.

Mines HP and been spot on last few months and I use it as my business laptop as well so gets some abuse:

This is one Ive got:
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/123094/rb/0

these ones look decent too though for a bit more:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/128684/rb/0
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/128981

I think the Intel ones are prob better though, My old laptop had an AMD processor and used to get really hot, would have a right dab on if i had it on my knee lol.

 

[WillC788]

Thanks - Dell Inspirons any good? They seem well-specced.

 

[MrMark]

i have the insprion 6400 with the uprated battery. it is possible to run for 9 hours in powersave mode.

 

[WillC788]

Oh that sounds good. Mind if I ask how much (or could you PM me please?). Cheers buddy.

 

[MrMark]

it cost me about £750 6 months ago. i belive it is around £500 now. the uprated battery is not standard, btw, you have to choose it while "building you laptop" on the dell website.


edit, i get the 9hours while running vista home premium. It orginally came with XP.

 

[knoxy101]

I've just got a Dell inspiron 1501 for about £380 from the dell website. The battery life is sh*te, only lasts about 1 hour but other than that can't fault it.

 

[MrMark]

1 hour? thats a faulty battery mate.