Laptop 350-400??

[Crantinope]

Boring I know, but can anyone recommend something in this price range?

Only (i say only) need it to do the following:
Surf the Net
Have as large a screen as possible
Play music/maybe movies
Have Windows7

Come on geeks, I know you're out there.

 

[barry2017]

Anything made by IBM (Lenovo) will be the best thing going.

Failing that, Acer or Dell. But Lenovo is where life should be at.

Avoid HP, Compaq Fujitsu Siemens or Sony. It's a bugger to get bits for them when they pack up.

 

[REKIBorter]

Dell Inspiron 15

Nuff said

 

[drcarlos]

Anything made by IBM (Lenovo) will be the best thing going.

Not anymore i'm afraid :cry: . They were undoubtedly the best you could buy but IBM haven't had any design input into Thinkpads now for about 4 years.

Dell is probably the best option.

Carl.

 

[gibbleking]

my third lappie is an ibm levano thinkpad,512mg ram(not vmuch i know)xp pro ,p3 1.3ghz psr 15inch screen,plays dvds nicely,battery life is 3 hours and the whole thing cost 100 quid.parts are dirt cheap and spare batts are easy and cheap to get .plus its built like a brick outhouse....oh its got a titanium chassis too.speakers are fantastic quality.this was built better than my 800 quid acer i had(now dead)

 

[stew-b]

some superb value units on ebuyer by asus and acer

 

[drcarlos]

my third lappie is an ibm levano thinkpad,512mg ram(not vmuch i know)xp pro ,p3 1.3ghz psr 15inch screen,plays dvds nicely,battery life is 3 hours and the whole thing cost 100 quid.parts are dirt cheap and spare batts are easy and cheap to get .plus its built like a brick outhouse....oh its got a titanium chassis too.speakers are fantastic quality.this was built better than my 800 quid acer i had(now dead)

That's a proper Thinkpad, it's a pre-lenovo one.

No experiecne of Asus and Acer lappies but I have heard that they are quite variable.

Carl.

 

[fingers]

I have a toshiba equium, seems to work well, big screen, 2 y/o and not one fault/crash.

 

[zigzag]

These days, they're all pretty much manufactured by the same small group of contract manufacturers (Foxconn, Quanta, Flextronics, etc) regardless of the badge.

Buy one, use it till it dies. Repeat.

 

[thel33ter]

I got a Packard Bell TJ67 a while ago and seems really good for the money, dual core processor, windows 7, 3gb ram and it boots in about 2 mins (for now)

Found this a while ago, same computer but with higher spec at the same price :?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Packard-Easynot ... B002MRRVBA