Where would you go for a £300-£400 laptop with finance options?

[Marcos]

Im looking at Scan, but does anyone have any suggestions?

[david@scan]

I could answer - but it may be seen as a bit biased

[Marcos]

i looked , but i dont like Acer and thats all you have in that price bracket

[jimbouk]

Hmmm, are you in need of mobile broadband as well? If so one of the 'free' laptop deals could be an option, think they're 2 years and fairly pricey though which is pretty harsh.

You could always just talk to the bank about a personal loan and do it that way. Lots of the online shops (Scan, Dabs, others I haven't found) do finance, but read the T&Cs carefully to make sure what you're paying.

Alternatively if you have a credit card they might do you a special deal on purchases for a few months if you've been a good customer (give them a ring) or you could try a new credit card with a 0% purchase period.

Personally I'd either go with a bank loan or just save and do without, I don't like debt I can avoid and I like it to be the most transparent debt (a simple loan) if it must. Keep an eye on the classifieds, you might pic up a good deal on a second hand laptop and save yourself the trouble. Whatever you do I'm no financial advisor so make sure you can keep up the payments.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I agree with what the previous poster said TBH.

In your price bracket this notebook seems to have fairly well balanced specification:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169125