Advice on laptop for spoilt child!
13 December 2007, 11:07 PM
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Advice on laptop for spoilt child!
My nephew is getting a laptop from santa so as to free up his parents PC which he hogs!
He will be using it for playing games, surfing the web and other msn type activities.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent one around the £300 mark?
Not too clued up on graphics/sound cards etc etc...
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He will be using it for playing games, surfing the web and other msn type activities.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent one around the £300 mark?
Not too clued up on graphics/sound cards etc etc...
Cheers
14 December 2007, 02:09 PM
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14 December 2007, 02:16 PM
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He's 10.
I've seen a few online at around the £300 mark such as this one
Amazon.co.uk: Acer Aspire 5315 Notebook, Celeron M530 1.73GHz, 15.4" TFT, 1024MB RAM, 80GB Hard-drive, DVD±RW, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, WiFi, Vista Home Basic: Electronics & Photo
Just wasn't sure if it was liable to be any good at that price.
Desktop PC isn't really viable due to the space it takes up.
I've seen a few online at around the £300 mark such as this one
Amazon.co.uk: Acer Aspire 5315 Notebook, Celeron M530 1.73GHz, 15.4" TFT, 1024MB RAM, 80GB Hard-drive, DVD±RW, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, WiFi, Vista Home Basic: Electronics & Photo
Just wasn't sure if it was liable to be any good at that price.
Desktop PC isn't really viable due to the space it takes up.
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14 December 2007, 02:31 PM
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I bought my sister (15) one for her Xmas. Had to spend £450 on a Tosh from Comet to get something decent.
If he was really spoiled he'd get a laptop for surfing and an XBox360/PS3 for games
If he was really spoiled he'd get a laptop for surfing and an XBox360/PS3 for games
14 December 2007, 02:36 PM
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He's 10.
I've seen a few online at around the £300 mark such as this one
Amazon.co.uk: Acer Aspire 5315 Notebook, Celeron M530 1.73GHz, 15.4" TFT, 1024MB RAM, 80GB Hard-drive, DVD±RW, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, WiFi, Vista Home Basic: Electronics & Photo
Just wasn't sure if it was liable to be any good at that price.
Desktop PC isn't really viable due to the space it takes up.
I've seen a few online at around the £300 mark such as this one
Amazon.co.uk: Acer Aspire 5315 Notebook, Celeron M530 1.73GHz, 15.4" TFT, 1024MB RAM, 80GB Hard-drive, DVD±RW, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, WiFi, Vista Home Basic: Electronics & Photo
Just wasn't sure if it was liable to be any good at that price.
Desktop PC isn't really viable due to the space it takes up.
Obviously can find cheaper examples but I would buy a laptop for games unless I had the cash to play around with !!
£300 will buy you a medium desktop setup !
14 December 2007, 02:39 PM
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.....or buy a new tower..... transfer the internals of the old tower in the new one and give him that as a gift. and his parents would get a new laptop for themselves.
14 December 2007, 02:53 PM
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He's 10.
I've seen a few online at around the £300 mark such as this one
Amazon.co.uk: Acer Aspire 5315 Notebook, Celeron M530 1.73GHz, 15.4" TFT, 1024MB RAM, 80GB Hard-drive, DVD±RW, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, WiFi, Vista Home Basic: Electronics & Photo
Just wasn't sure if it was liable to be any good at that price.
Desktop PC isn't really viable due to the space it takes up.
I've seen a few online at around the £300 mark such as this one
Amazon.co.uk: Acer Aspire 5315 Notebook, Celeron M530 1.73GHz, 15.4" TFT, 1024MB RAM, 80GB Hard-drive, DVD±RW, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, WiFi, Vista Home Basic: Electronics & Photo
Just wasn't sure if it was liable to be any good at that price.
Desktop PC isn't really viable due to the space it takes up.
14 December 2007, 03:27 PM
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Right, let me start off by saying that you could write what I know about PC/laptop specs on the back of a postage stamp! 
I was told he wanted it for games as well as surfing and msn etc, but he already has a PS2, Xbox 360 and a Wii, so I can safely assume that games won't really be played on it...
Okay, forget the gaming angle then, are there any half decent spec laptops at around the £300 mark at all?
Links please!!!
I was told he wanted it for games as well as surfing and msn etc, but he already has a PS2, Xbox 360 and a Wii, so I can safely assume that games won't really be played on it...
Okay, forget the gaming angle then, are there any half decent spec laptops at around the £300 mark at all?
Links please!!!
14 December 2007, 03:28 PM
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14 December 2007, 03:31 PM
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We have just sold over 300 of these to various schools
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14 December 2007, 07:23 PM
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As for the laptop, I'd get a reasonable one which means it may last a bit longer. A 10 year old will soon learn to use all of it's *functionality* ....
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15 December 2007, 03:54 PM
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With all due respect guys, I'm not after parenting techniques or advice on how my inlaws should bring their child up. 
Cheers Sonic, I'll give them a look
Cheers Sonic, I'll give them a look
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