Sprog wants one for Xmas & as we use Child Benefit to finance things for her education etc then that will pay but £650 max

Prefer a known brand & want XP Pro & Wireless but otherwise really open to suggestions.

Thanks

 

keep an eye out for the dell offers ( www.dell.com/weboffer ) they are updated at 10am each day they start and last for sometimes only a few mins.

There was an intel core duo , decent spec (though could have lived with a memory upgrade)incl XP for under 500 quid about 10 days back.

Steve

 

Fujitsu Siemens Amilo....

Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pa1510 AMDX2 64 1GB 120GB DVD±RW Media Center Edition (BAT:UK-NXM06PA1)

Dave

 

James

just purchased an Acer from techfever
Notebooks and PDAs > Notebooks. very nice laptop and a 2 year warranty as well

Simon

 

One of the Acer ones would get my vote. Work ones have been very stable, as has the one I recommended for my cousin. Myriad of configs though and search the web for best prices

 

Another vote for Dell here. Been using mine every day for about 8-9 hours a day for nearly 2 years now, and it's still going as good as it did when new...

 

As Advertised

Click on the Notebooks tab just below where it reads Dell Products As seen on TV

Darren

 

would defo recommend dell, I use one of the cheapest they do at work for ECUTek mapping, bit clunky but never gone wrong and gets used every day.
Was cheap too, only about 299 quid. lol
No style to it though.


Andy

 

IMHO it would be DELL (Find a Notebook, Desktop, Server, Printer, Software, Service, Monitor or TV at Dell.) all the way - been using them for years for work and push them hard (lots of graphic and video work). Always reliable, in fact the only thing that's gone wrong with any of the ones I've had was a DVD drive failure which they replaced within 24 hours so I can recommend the support you get from them too.

If you'd rather not go for a Dell, HP do some pretty good kit.

Don't go for anything by Acer, Packard Bell or the like - there's a reason they're cheap.

Sony Viaos are good but you pay a premium for the Sony name. I've also had some nightmares with Toshibas and I certainly wouldn't buy another one.

Cheers

Gigs

Oh, and avoid PC World like the plague!

 

dell latitude 505 / 510, there always a good few on ebay

d520 is the new one but might be pushing your limmit

never the fastest laptops but ulta reliable

 

Dell Latitude 131 arrived today

Good price via our company rep

Thanks for help peeps

 

I went and ordered the samsung Q35 in the end..

 

I ended up with a HP6310 . Brand new , centrino duo 1.6, dvdrw , 15" screen 512mb ram, XP Pro.... £395 to you sir