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So my Acer has finally given up the ghost.

Want something to replace it, but not looking to spend more than £400. Seen a few i5 spec'd deals about for around £350, but also seen a lot of comments that first gen i3 and i5's aren't much kop?

Asus make quality stuff

what is i3/i5 :hmmm:

I have played around with several i3 and i5 laptops and they are really good, much much faster in the real world than Athlons and Core2Duos, even the first gen ones, they have much faster memory handling and some of them auto overclock too.

I would recommend you get a core i3/i5 if the budget stretches to one Sam.

The Acer had an Athlon and wasn't noticeably slow, so an i3 or i5 definitely sounds the way to go.

Sainsburys had a cracking deal on an i5 the other day (£299) but it sold out pretty quickly.

Oh and the i5 is vastly superior to the i3's, the i3's are quick but the i5 is very quick in applications.

An i5 compared to an Athlon is noticibly faster opening applications and office files and also quicker in flash applications due to the memory handling of the i5, an i5 for under £300 is a massive deal, very very cheap indeed.

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/10463087/art/packard-bell/easynote-ts11hr-039uk-bla.html

Packard Bell Easynote.

    Processor : Intel Core i5-2410M
    Graphics card : Intel HD Graphics 3000
    Screen size : 15.6"
    Hard drive : 500 GB

£373 plus postage.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-c660-1ld-15-6-laptop-11884708-pdt.html

This one seems alright, although it's an i3 not an i5 you were looking for.

TOSHIBA Satellite C660-1LD 15.6" Laptop
Intel® Core™ i3-380M processor
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Memory: 4GB
Hard drive: 640GB

£349.00

Not really sticking to your budget here but:

ASUS X53E-SX1330V
15.6" LAPTOP

Brand:    ASUS
Colour:    RED
Screen Size (inch):    15.6 inches
Memory (RAM):    4 GB
Storage (hard drive):    500 GB
Processor Name:    Intel Core i7
Processor Model:    i7-2670

£ 539.99

I've been looking for a new laptop too.

I have found this one:
http://h40059.www4.hp.com/uk/homelaptops/product.php?id=A9A80EA&experience=direct

Plus you can get 15% cashback from here (http://www.topcashback.co.uk/hewlett_packard/), but it ends today.

Works out at just over £400.

For the money I would definately go for the i5 not any of the i3's.

I need a new one...my shockwave is continually crashing no matter how many times i install a new Flash Player.

So will be keeping an eye on this thread.

Leefer

http://thetownend.com/index.php/topic,47894.msg1071794/topicseen.html#new

Upgrade the ram, and you're sorted

That's easily fixable. Mine won't even boot.

I will come round and boot yours...if you give me a solution to my crashing Shockwave. :D

I've got an Acer Aspire i3, 4GB, 500GB HDD - Got it at the time all this i3 & i5 was just coming out and i5 was out of my price range, never had a problem with it being slow and I never shut Football Manager... Scary to think how quick i5 would be ???

Well Intel have announced Ivy Bridge this morning, so hopefully the Sandy Bridge chips will come down in price a bit over the next week or so.

Can I have your old laptop please, Sam?

I was going to keep it for spares.

The mobo's toast anyway, I've tried everything and it will not POST.

fair enough.

Bump.

I've chanced my arm on a refurb Samsung Series 3.

i5, 4GB DDR3 RAM and 640GB HDD.

Hope it's ok when it arrives.

Anyone got/had a 17" laptop before? Are they a bit too big/cumbersome?

I've gone for a deal that was too good to refuse, but worried it's going to be a bit big and heavy.

I have had one before... as i don't rellay use it for travel purposes it was fine. I doubt if i had to lug it about on a train commute I'd have been a fan, but for lap or desk-based use at home it was fine.

Cheers. Mine'll mostly be used at home, so should be ok.

I found the 17" Fujitsu Siemens laptop I had very cumbersome to use even at home (although not on a desk) and was pathetic for travelling with.

Although I have the same issues with my 15" Dell laptop when trying to use it on trains or planes.

You should buy an ipad sonic.

BUMP

In need of a new laptop around the £300-£350 region. Any good recommendations or sites I should be looking at ?

http://www.ebuyer.com/388732-packard-bell-easynote-tk87-laptop-nx-bq7ek-004

Packard Bell EasyNote TK87 Laptop
    - Intel Core i3-380M 2.53GHz
    - 4GB RAM + 500GB HDD
    - 15.6" HD LED
    - Webcam
    - Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

£309.00p inc postage.

Thanks JJ

Keep an eye on the Sony outlet. Not much there at the mo, but they've just released a new E series Vaio and are listing the old models on their clearance site every now and again.

https://outlet.sony.co.uk/shop/VAIO-Clearance/E-Series-14-15-17/

They're brand new, not refurbished.

Personally I'd steer clear of anything branded as packard bell, they have a pretty poor reputation. ASUS, Samsung, Sony, Lenovo and Dell are where i'd be looking.

The Dell outlet is very good but the stock is constantly changing so you have to keep your eye out

Ive heard bad things about the Dell and good things about Toshibas

Lappie reliability by brand. Three years on, I do wish they would update it

http://smidgenpc.com/2010/05/07/laptop-reliability-ratings-which-laptop-is-really-most-reliable/

Got a HP Desktop and Laptop never had a problem with either.

Buy a lottery ticket

Right, as my bloody wife and kids have fucked the laptop, lets try again.  Any advice on all in one desktops.  Any good and cheap ones.  I always seem to be buying computers.

What?

As an ASUS owner, this makes me happy. Had mine for a couple of years and never had any problems at all.

he means in his experience you have been lucky to have had no problems with your HPs, you should try to extend this to having a shot at the lottery

Oh i see, i do enough horses to know i dont have much luck in the gambling area. The Hp i have now is the best desktop ive ever had, used to get Dell before which always had problems.

 :nod:


On my Asus netbook at the mo. All of my pc's have Asus motherboards in them. They do make some quality stuff

what did you get in the end Sam? im gonna be looking for a new one soon, ebuyer have some good deals,
dont want to spend more than 500 quid although i could be tempted to strech a bit for this.
http://www.ebuyer.com/279521-acer-aspire-5755g-laptop-lx-rpx02-037
anyone else come across any good deals recently

I got a Vaio. Clearance model, but brand new. i5, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, BluRay drive, dedicated graphics. Paid £450 for it.

Keep an eye out here: https://outlet.sony.co.uk/shop/VAIO-Clearance/E-Series-14-15-17

Look for ones marked 'Clearance' not 'Refurbished'.

I got this one from Dabs for £470, and hopefully i'll get £50 cashback also.

http://www.dabs.com/products/lenovo-ideapad-g580-i5-3210m-6gb-750gb-dvdrw-15-6--w7hp-bronze-85VV.html?refs=54590000&src=2

i5-3210M processor
6GB Memory
750GB hard disk space.

I looked at the Lenovo too. Great spec for the price, but me being a materialistic bugger I didn't like the way it looked.

Happy with it so far, but the keyboard is taking some getting used to, they've added the number pad to the right, which I don't like, but apart from that i'm happy enough with it.

Laptops with numpads are fucking horrible.

(although I need one to write vowels åøæ)

I thought you had a Mac sonic? Alt a, o & ' = åøæ

I'm a PC man. I bought a MacBook in 2008 which is now gathering a shitload of dust upstairs :)

Can I have it please?

Only if you come visit me

Damn.  Next time Im in Oslo, or whichever strange licorice obsessed land of the midnight sun you're currently residing in, Ill pick it up.

Just bitten the bullet and got this

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/lenovo-essential-g570-15-6-laptop-11884781-pdt.html

That's a cracking price for that spec. Lenovo are usually pretty reliable too.

I know there are better laptops out there but an i5 for £330 is a good price me thinks

The i5-2450 is the top spec'd i5 Sandybridge mobile chip. It self overclocks too.

thats a good find that

that is the exact unit i bought last october for £450 - had a problem with the motherboard soon after buying but lenovo were great and sorted it quickly.  been very pleased with it in general - use it for films/tv shows, browsing and FM - i don't do other games on pc.

great find for that price