Recommendations?

[BeanEgg]

I'm going away soon, and need to work pretty much anywhere in the world.

My budget is £250 (Will jump to £300).

I won't be using it a lot, mainly when I'm away from home.

I will be using it go on the internet, and creating word documents as well has powerpoint presentations.


Could anyone guide me to a decent laptop to use?
A good spec, as well as cheap and reliable (if possible).
I was looking at: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...ory_oid=-35054 but I'm not too sure.
+Rep to good finds

Thanks in advance,
Sam

[Arron]

I'm going away soon, and need to work pretty much anywhere in the world.

My budget is £250 (Will jump to £300).

I won't be using it a lot, mainly when I'm away from home.

I will be using it go on the internet, and creating word documents as well has powerpoint presentations.


Could anyone guide me to a decent laptop to use?
A good spec, as well as cheap and reliable (if possible).
I was looking at: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...ory_oid=-35054 but I'm not too sure.
+Rep to good finds

Thanks in advance,
Sam

PC World is a rip off if you ask me. If you want a great deal for your money, ask a computer wizard to build you a Laptop.

[BeanEgg]

PC World is a rip off if you ask me. If you want a great deal for your money, ask a computer wizard to build you a Laptop.

Could they pick up parts cheaply and build a good one for under £300? Or does that vary.

[Teabags]

PC World is a joke for prices. They don't really know much about Customer Services, they just try and give you bonuses packets to make offers more attractive. e.g. Norton, Symantec; which in my eyes is a virus anyway.

So I had a look around at some sites and thought this might suit you:
• HP 550 NA948EA#ABU
• Intel® Celeron® M 550 Processor / 2.0 GHz
• 1 GB RAM
• 160 GB HDD
• DVDRW
• 15.4 INCH
• Vista® Home Basic
was : £ 405.00 £ 286.35This ends at 31st of July.

http://www.technoworld.com/laptops/hp.htm

Just to help out a little, hope it does!

[Recursion]

You can't really "build" a laptop as such, and they are very expensive.

Get a Dell and customize it, then you have a years support too, or if you can stretch, get a Mac, very solid and reliable.

[BeanEgg]

You can't really "build" a laptop as such, and they are very expensive.

Get a Dell and customize it, then you have a years support too, or if you can stretch, get a Mac, very solid and reliable.

I would but the thing is I wouldn't use it, as I would you my main PC at home.

This would only be used a few months a year.

[The Professor]

Get a netbook, it fits exactly the description you gave. The new EEE PC is supposed to be rated quite highly.

[BeanEgg]

PC World is a joke for prices. They don't really know much about Customer Services, they just try and give you bonuses packets to make offers more attractive. e.g. Norton, Symantec; which in my eyes is a virus anyway.

So I had a look around at some sites and thought this might suit you:
• HP 550 NA948EA#ABU
• Intel® Celeron® M 550 Processor / 2.0 GHz
• 1 GB RAM
• 160 GB HDD
• DVDRW
• 15.4 INCH
• Vista® Home Basic
was : £ 405.00 £ 286.35This ends at 31st of July.

http://www.technoworld.com/laptops/hp.htm

Just to help out a little, hope it does!

Thanks, I'll consider that. +Rep

Any more recommendations?

[BeanEgg]

I have also found these two on eBuyer, but unsure of which is best.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152309
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159081

Which one's better? What's the difference? LOL

Thanks again.

[Mentor]

A little above your budget but well worth it, when your on the move and not likely to always have a power supply, having 9.5 hours of battery life is likely to come in handy

Quickly viewing can only find the white one, also comes in black: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159305

Its 308£, but with that you get a nice light portable laptop, that can do all the spreadsheets, powerpoints, word docs, photos, music and interneting you want (wireless n networking) + it comes with that huge battery . (160gb hdd gives you plenty of disk space too)

For traveling i think its a much better suited bit of kit than a standard bulky laptop with a battery that'll bearly manage 2 hours :p EEEPC 1000HE ftw