recommend me a laptop for £600-700

[Alex5]

my little bro wants a laptop for christmas for around £600-700

he has been looking at the hp ultrabook envy 4 but it has some mixed reviews

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...d-netbooks/hp-envy-4-ultrabook-1087367/review

he will be using it for school work / films / youtube etc

anyone have any recommendations?

thanks

 

[Scottydog]

I would recommend one of these: http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer...s_8_Core_i5_-_Silver_NX.M2GEK.004/version.asp

I wouldn't touch a HP product, they are always crap in my experience working in the IT Sector.

We have hundreds of Acer laptops at work and some of them are coming up for 4 years old and haven't missed a beat, despite being used all day every day, in and out of their bag all the time.

Although, you can get a decent Acer laptop for less.. take a look the others on that website.

Cheers

 

[cava83]

Interesting, we have had nothing but issues with Acer (desktops) but all our HP stuff has been solid.

Samsung range are quite descent too.

Thanks,

Gabi.

 

[DrR]

I've always been of the impression Acer stuff is cheap tat, and my HP has been fine, I've had it 4ish years now.

 

[Sam@NP]

Tashiba ultrabook, mine came with 6 years free warranty.

 

[Adam.]

Acer have pulled the finger out in the past few years.

Would still go HP/Sony over Acer though.

 

[Chrisgti6]

Seems a lot to spend on a laptop for schoolwork. The average £300 laptop would be more than capable of dealing with day to day usage!

 

[Matthew]

Are Dell laptops decent?

Mines 8 years old and apart from the battery going its been faultless.

 

[SamP]

I wouldn't touch a HP product, they are always crap in my experience working in the IT Sector.

Well that's quite a statement.

 

[mini_nick]

If you are going to spend that much what about the bit extra and get a Macbook Air or entry level Pro, you can get education discounts on them which make them a bit cheaper. Only laptop i've had with proper build quality.

 

[Sam@NP]

If you are going to spend that much what about the bit extra and get a Macbook Air or entry level Pro, you can get education discounts on them which make them a bit cheaper. Only laptop i've had with proper build quality.

Far too heavy and expensive and break. No thanks.

 

[cava83]

Far too heavy and expensive and break. No thanks.

Macbook air is not heavy.

Breaks? Depending on how you look after it.

Expensive, agree with you there. But you are used to this, you drive a Porsche

 

[mini_nick]

Far too heavy and expensive and break. No thanks.

Mines dropped on the floor a few times, other than that looked after it and its been faultless in the 3 years Ive had it, well worth the purchase price...

 

[MarkCup]

Mines dropped on the floor a few times, other than that looked after it and its been faultless in the 3 years Ive had it, well worth the purchase price...

My Acer has been exactly the same.

Only cheaper.

 

[Hixle]

I wouldn't ever get a HP again after the Pavillion that I bought 2 years ago with that budget. Not a fan. Ridiculously hot, noisy and actaully quite slow.

 

[Sam@NP]

Macbook air is not heavy.

Breaks? Depending on how you look after it.

Expensive, agree with you there. But you are used to this, you drive a Porsche

Air is very heavy when compared to various rivals! I don't waste my money on needlessly expensive computers so I can afford a Porsche

 

[DB.]

Entry level MacBook Air with education discount, all day long!

 

[DB.]

Far too heavy and expensive and break. No thanks.

Lol at far too heavy, behave

 

[McGherkin]

Asus N56 series? I think you can get them with i3's and i5's, as the i7 one is above budget.

 

[DB.]

Macbook air with student discount - £730

http://store.apple.com/uk_edu_5000747/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air

Weighs the grand total of 1.08kg, although if you struggle to pick up a pint, this may be far too heavy for you. :clown:

 

[cava83]

I suppose, if I lived in Birmingham I would rather have and would do, a Nissan GTR

Not a waste of money, I work in IT and I know what stuff is a waste of money (Mac Mini and Marriage )

 

[KDF]

There are plenty of good laptop manufacturers out there, Acer is not one of them. Their CEO even went on record describing their products as "cheap crap".

Sony, Dell, Lenovo.. heck I even came across a really good Samsung laptop recently (750GB, i5 3rd Gen, 6GB Ram for £400) I wouldn't have an Acer if you gave me it for free. Seriously!.