£300 Laptop budget

[stuartw101]

I am looking to buy a laptop for £300 but will stretch to £350 if need be. The laptop will be used for college work and browsing the internet wirelessly, so nothing too demanding.

All suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

[NightshadowUK]

£300's not gonna buy you much I'm afraid...

- Asus EEE 4G ~ £218.55
- EI SYSTEMS 3213 ~ £300
- HP 530 ~ £330
- Acer Aspire 5051AWXMi ~ £340
- EI SYSTEMS 3115 ~ £350
- HP 530 ~ £360

Personally I'd go with the Acer Aspire but don't rush into it cos I'm sure the others will have suggestions.

[kungpo]

Either 2nd hand or one of the freebies if you go for AOL or Orange Broadband. Anything else at that price point will be cr@p.

[stuartw101]

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

Like i say its only going to be used for college work and wireless internet, so very basic things. I know im not going to get an amazing laptop for my budget but im sure i could get something that meets my requirements?

If need be i may possibly stretch to £400

[staffsMike]

£400 is a much better budget for a laptop.

you will get into the dual core / 2gb of ram region with that budget.

Take a look at the dell vostro 1000. Not a bad bit of kit for the money.

[amjedm]

£400 is a much better budget for a laptop.

you will get into the dual core / 2gb of ram region with that budget.

Take a look at the dell vostro 1000. Not a bad bit of kit for the money.

As advised by staffsMike, £400 is a better budget if you can stretch to it.

I advised a colleague to get the following from ebuyer (ebuyer claim it's exclusive to them) - he ordered one after doing some research

Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile V5515 Laptop Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T2130 1.86GHz 2048MB 120GB DVDRW 15.4" WXGA TFT Windows Vista Home Premium Edition - Ebuyer

Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile V5515 Laptop
Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T2130 1.86GHz
2048MB
120GB
DVDRW
15.4" WXGA TFT
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
Cost: £400

[alsenior]

you can probably pick up a second hand ibm t42 for that price there tuogh and do pack quite a bit of power into a small case

[NightshadowUK]

I advised a colleague to get the following from ebuyer (ebuyer claim it's exclusive to them) - he ordered one after doing some research

Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile V5515 Laptop Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T2130 1.86GHz 2048MB 120GB DVDRW 15.4" WXGA TFT Windows Vista Home Premium Edition - Ebuyer

Looks amazing but a lot of the reviews seem to think the battery life is awful.

[Rishi]

Dell Vostro 1000 is £299 at the minute with 2GB of RAM, has a AMD mobile processor (not my fav I have to say) but from what you need it for it should more then suffice.

Weren't Big Pockets selling some cheap laptops recently? Might be a plan to see if they got any left.