555-Shaggy

I need to get a new laptop for a friend with a £350 budget, but I'm lost on the processor specs / ratings etc after taking my eye off the ball for the past few years.

Anyone recommend a good laptop for this budget.. it's gong to be used by a teenager wanting surfing and bits of photo editing etc, plus school and home work...

They have no end of problems with the current Acer so are keen to avoid them. Failing that, how easy is it to replace a motherboard in a laptop? DIY job? (Bearing in mind I've built a few desktop systems in the past.

Tenby

iTrader: (1)

dont get to hung up on specs, the case and chassis quality is very important on a lappy. Sony Vaio gets my vote

555-Shaggy

Can you get a Vaio for that price?

dave247

Iv been looking at getting one of these

Buy COMPAQ CQ60-307EA/SA | 15.6" widescreen laptop - Laptops | Comet

slowbloke

go have a look at refurbished toshiba at laptopandspares good spec and price n delivery

Midlife......

iTrader: (2)

We use Hp / Compaq stuff at work and it's pretty robust, a lot better than the Dell kit I use in Newcastle.

I have 2 HP laptops (one bought new and one second hand) plus an HP desktop...........mix that in with 3 kids (13,11 and 4) they seem to survive.

The one I'm on at the moment is an HP pavillion

Shaun

dave247

This was £329.99 when I posted this, went to comet this morning and was told it had gone back up to £369.99 just today.

Got it for £349.99 in staples