Good Laptop

[doddsredoubt]

Can anyone on theanswerbank give me advise on what new make of laptop to buy please,in the region of £600 to £800 but not a Dell .

Thankyou for any help.

[VHG]

Why do you need to spend £600 to £800, that is a lot for a laptop.

What features makes you think you need to spend that much?

[alavahalf]

What are you hoping to do with a laptop costing £600-£800 ..?

[gingejbee]

More important than the manufacturer is the use you are putting it to, and the specification needed for that use.
There is a very good report in the latest Which? (April2012) on all-in-one PCs and larger laptops. (The three top laptops were one Samsung and two Acers, btw.)

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou, VHG,alavahalf & gingejbee,I need at least 500 gb hard drive I need it to be fast and wi-fi

[Zacs-Master]

Don't let the size of the hard drive be a factor. External drives are so cheap these days and a good way of keeping your 'machine' clean and fast.

[DTCwordfan]

Asus here - very few moving parts, durable as designed for engineers, built with big keys and, to date (15 months) proven very reliable. Price £550 fully loaded.

[VHG]

All laptops are wi fi nowadays.

Fast is a relative thing. Any laptop you buy today will probably be 10 times faster than one 10 years ago.

Depending on what you are doing with the laptop you may not need it fast. If all you are doing is internet, email and office type work then none of that needs a "fast" laptop.

You only need a fast laptop for gaming, video editing and that sort of thing.

A fast broadband connection is probably more important.

You can get a laptop for £300 to £400 that will be perfectly adequate for most normal office type work, and with laptops lasting only 3 years or so (due to dropping them, breaking down etc) it is not really worth spending £800.

You may as well spend between £300 and £400 and buy another in 3 years.

[sfby]

I went to John Lewis last week - told the guy I wanted to spend about £700, then told him what it was going to be used for, & walked out with one costing £450 - the HP Pavilion G6-1362. I3 2.2gHz processor, 6gB RAM, 500gB hard drive.

http://www.johnlewis....31497005/Product.aspx

Can't fault it so far!

[gingejbee]

My Acer (now two and a half years old and no problems) came from John Lewis, as well. Very good advice, two years warranty included , good price- an excellent place to purchase.

[Gavmacp]

Looked at buying a toshiba satelite which looked good. Friend bought one and he is happy with it.

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou Zacs-Master,DTcrosswordfan,VHG,sfby,Gingejbee & Gavmacp,you have all given me something to think about,especially Zacs-Master about the Hard drive, does a large Hard Drive on the laptop slow the laptop speed down???

Thankyou to to all much appreciated.

[VHG]

>>>does a large Hard Drive on the laptop slow the laptop speed down???

No, not at all.

But most people dont need to store hundreds of gigabytes of data on a laptop, so you dont normnally NEED a 500Gb drive.

However it is becoming more the norm to fir these huge hard drives.

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou VHG,I have a lot of favourites on my computer and a few photographs .

Thankyou for your help much appreciated.