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Doesn't need to be all singing all dancing but would like something lightweight, good battery, plenty memory, webcam etc and not cost an arm & a leg.
Currently have an HP pavilion dv6000, had it for 4 (or 5) years and it's been great but it's 'wheezing' a bit now, so looking for Santa to provide a replacement!
just bought a fujitsu laptop £299 from comet to replace our 6 year old lap top. brilliant, lightweight 4gb memory says 6 hours battery (more like 4 though but better than our 45 mins on last one ) windows 7 great and easy to navigate no worries we use for mail music internet nothing too taxing why have the big names ?? reccommended !!!!
I have just bought an Asus, 10", it is ideal for mail and autoroute and campsite lists.small lightwieght, battery gives me around 6/8 hours.win 7.has a usb3 and 2 usb2 £230
I admit that it is not the fastest on the block, but I have the desktop for that.
Do yourself a favor and buy a MAC. I did and have never regretted spending e extra dosh.
Yes.....daughter has a MAC and I've had a play about with it........but afraid after buying the new MH' Mr Teuchter may expire with the shock at the expense involved!
Minefield yes but approach it like buying a motorhome What features, size, likely use, brand, reputation, etc. Make a list then go talk to someone who knows - I have always found PC World staff good as long as you go at a non-busy time and hover until you identify the senior sales person and grab them. Say you're not buying today but trying to narrow down the options before spending £x and name your price range. My experience is that they will enjoy taking you through the basic: processor, 'memories', connectivity, graphics etc. and based on probable use (eg internet more important than gaming) narrow the choice down very quickly and zoom in on the current best offer.
I did this recently, not for the first time, and ended up buying two 'laptops' for special family presents. I'm a big fan of netbooks (I'm doing this wirelessly on an Acer Aspire One) and eventually went for a pair of Asus netbooks, like Cabby. Right now Samsung have got great products on offer in PCW too and there is a 10% off deal on everything. Always ask about software specific to laptops/netbooks especially versions of Windows and security packages especially Norton. Some apparently cheap bundles take up a lot of memory and slow things down, this can be avoided with good advice about appropriate products.
I realise that others will have bad experiences with any named multiple and there are alternatives to PCW like John Lewis, Comet, Dixons etc. its just that my own experiences have been positive.
Remember, try to get the top salesperson, they will be the one the others go to when they aren't sure about something
...... and I agree with peaky, don't feel you have to stick to 'big names'.
Following on from the above reply re Samsung at PC World.
We have been using the Samsung NC10 Netbook for about the past 3 years, it has been a great little bit of kit with a fabulous battery life (it really does seem to last about 5 hours with "normal" use).
I don't know what the current models are, or what they are like. But if they are an improvement on the NC10, then I would say they have got to be worth a look.
Without going into too much detail I am responsible for buying laptops on a regular basis - often in volume - and having toyed with many brands the one that always seems to return good value for money, good benchmarking and reliability has been Samsung.
Any Samsung around the £400 mark should give you 3 or 4 years of no problem use.
If price isn't an issue get a Sony Vaio. (But not the entry level one but those that start at a grand).
MAC are OK but like anything to do with Apple - over inflated price for the spec.
A heads up - with the suck on resources that Windows 7 takes make sure you get minimum 3 gig of RAM on it.
Get yourself down PC World and get this bought - what a spec for the dollar! These will be flying out.
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What features, size, likely use, brand, reputation, etc. Make a list then go talk to someone who knows - I have always found PC World staff good as long as you go at a non-busy time and hover until you identify the senior sales person and grab them. Say you're not buying today but trying to narrow down the options before spending £x and name your price range. My experience is that they will enjoy taking you through the basic: processor, 'memories', connectivity, graphics etc. and based on probable use (eg internet more important than gaming) narrow the choice down very quickly and zoom in on the current best offer.
