Re: laptop is it worth it?
I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole persoanlly.
There's loads of deals around the £300 mark at the moment.
Personally I only buy dell and sony and since sony are out of budget I'd start here
Compare All UK Dell Vostro Deals and E-Value Codes | dmXdimension
or here for refurbs
MCS Technology Ltd > Dell Latitude - 1 Yr Warranty.
Other good places are ebuyer. Just look in the laptops section and order by price, there are some very good brands with prices in the £300's, I put a few of them in this thread
http://forums.hexus.net/find-me-barg...00-laptop.html
Re: laptop is it worth it?
hmm cheers for that!
that MCS is a really good site
i like this one
MCS Technology Ltd > (129) Dell Latitude D620 Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0ghz 2048mb/120gb/14" Wide XGA Screen/DVD-RW Drive/Wireless Network
Warranty............... 1yr MCS Return-to-Base Warranty
MCS Code............... 129
Model.................... Latitude D620
CPU...................... Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz
Memory (MB)........... 2048
Hard Disk (GB).......... 120
Optical Drive/s.......... DVD-RW
Screen Details.......... 14" Wide XGA Screen (1280 by 800)
Video .................... Intel Onboard
USB Ports................ Yes
Wireless Network Card Dell Wireless Network Adapter
PC Card Slot............ Yes
SmartCard Slot.......... Yes
im not 100% if its worth me payin a lil more for a better video card.. its not gonna b a hardcore gaming lappy...
Re: laptop is it worth it?
I would personally be looking at a dell :)
Compare All UK Dell Vostro Deals and E-Value Codes | dmXdimension
The Vostro 1500 has some good deals on atm :)
Re: laptop is it worth it?
Without wishing to have a go - can I suggest that you get a laptop with a caps key and a spell check - particularly if you are going to do web design! Writing in 'texdt speak' and with a lack of capitalisation and sentence construction makes your posts a bit of a turn off, and will do the same for web sites you design,. :)
As I sais, I'm not having a go, but I hope help you to get a better response to your posts (and eventually) web sites.
As for the laptop, you really looking at something that will last for a while withg good support. Agent has mentioned Dell and they are very good value for maney, and come with a good warranty - and can be customised to some extent when you buy it.
All that of course is true for something you buy from a local retailer if they are any good and you can return it easily if you do have a problem - provided you remain living nearby!
But generally, you get what you pay for - and cheaper laptops tend to be of a flimsier build quality, which may be an issue if you are using it as a portabl(As an example - some years ago I had an Acer laptop. It worked OK until I dropped it - in its padded case - and all the catches on the battery and hard drive holders broke. It kept on going with the aid of sellotape etc over the ports but... After that I had a Panasonic toughbook, which was bounced off aircraft, luggage racks, baggage handling stuff without complaint - although it might not have survived Terminal 5!
Now I'm not suggesting that you will be doing anything like that, but laptops built down to a price have to sacrifice something - it might be build quality, it might be support but you need to look very carefully at the package as a whole, not just at the technical specification and the cost - although it is difficult if you are on a tight budget.
You might find some student deals too - HP occasionally have discounts for students.
Good luck in your search - I hope you can find what you need within your budget! (You will - but might take a bit of time!)