Laptop

Post by **andrew** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:58 pm

Hi All,

My brothers looking for a laptop for christmas, i've had a look at the usual suspects dell aria scan dabs ebuyer, a few sticking points is it must be no more than Â£350 delivered, must have webcam built in, its main use will be skype calls / webcam with the grandparents.
This time last year i got a nice HP for the missus and got an extra stick of ram thrown in for free, this year im struggling to find deals as good.

Other than the option below, all ive seen is own brand ebuyer types..........

<a href="http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Laptops/ ... ctId=37997" target="_blank">Option #1 </a>

Can someone with some clue advise us on any other options i've missed. Thanks in advance, andrew.

vista or w7, amd intel, ahhhhh too much choice.

Post by **Trig** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:07 am

<a href="http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/produ ... l=en&s=dhs" target="_blank">http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/produ ... n&s=dhs</a>

Bit of flexibility with the Dells, check out there deals, should be able to get close to your Â£350 mark probably closer to Â£380 with a camera tho but will most likely come with windows 7, 2/4gb ram, 160gb drive, 15" screen etc etc..

Post by **Dangerous Bob** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:17 am

I'd recommend Dell's. and checkout the factory outlet section as well..

Post by **andrew** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:10 pm

Thanks guys, i specced one up at dell, Â£383 delivered.
I'll leave the decision with the money man, but i've said i'd tend towards Dell.

Post by **madman045** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:41 pm

just to throw something in the mix

have a look here

<a href="http://www.dmxdimension.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dmxdimension.com/</a>

Post by **andrew** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:57 pm

Thanks madman.
He's all settled on the HPCompaq option, ordering it tommorrow for him.

Post by **madman045** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:57 pm

Out of interest Andrew, what final spec did he settle on then?

Post by **andrew** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:04 pm

He's gone for <a href="http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Laptops/ ... ctId=37997" target="_blank">this</a>, on the basis that he's had HP before and wasn't overly fussed about getting a Dell.

Post by **andrew** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:14 pm

Ok in the end he got the same laptop but with windows 7, hes a happy bunny ! The new windows doesn't seem to have caused any problems, im yet to have a go (read: break it).