New Laptop needed

[Barry Scott]

I'll just blag the old one and rip any parts which i think could be any good. Although it is a Dell so it'll only be full of cheap tat, so maybe i'll replace the screen and bosh it on eBay.

[The Grim Reaper]

I too need a decentish laptop around the £350 mark. Not required for gaming, just internet usage is all thats required for me. Is this a good deal?

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-2269.aspx

Thoughts appreciated especially if someone knows of a better deal!

[Barry Scott]

That's got a Celeron, which isn't a nice processor. My sister just got the one below, as mentioned earlier in the thread. It's cheaper, comes with a better spec and Windows 7. Win, win. I really do think this is about as good as you can get, because as you'll notice, i was chasing a similarly priced lapper to yourself.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1854431386.1258828848@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccladeiljljdeecflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&category_oid=-34460&sku=852262&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null#productInformationSection

Edit: Cheaper? What the fuck am i on. Sorry, it's £20 more.

Edit 2: It is refurbed as well, which i forgot to mention, but my sister's one may as well have been new. You also get Win 7 on disk, so you have to install the upgrade yourself, which is a piece of piss anyway. Although it does take some time.

[PHIL!!!!]

BUMP

Could one of you techy types help me with finding a good laptop please? I'm not a complete newbie on the laptop specification front, but i wanna make sure i'm gettin value for money un'all.

Basically, i have £600 to spend ona laptop (Well it's not actually my money, it's for my birthday), which is a fair wedge to blow on a laptop i guess.

Anyway, i guess i don't specifically need it for gaming as that's what the ol' 360 is for, but i'd obv like to play FM10 at a fast speed with plenty of leagues open etc etc. I watch movies/videos and all that crap on the current laptop, as well as store plenty of music and pictures, so i'm guessing i need a fairly good graphics card, processor speed etc.

So any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

I was lookin at the following:

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&source=hp&q=Acer+Aspire+5536&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=2490624610302662976&ei=6KxQS626MsnRjAfl79CmCg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCcQ8wIwBA&os=tech-specs

Any good?

Cheers guys

[PHIL!!!!]

Or:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-6920G-Laptop-Premium/dp/B00284C9A0

?

[Samdy Gray]

I've got that exact laptop (the 5536).

Can't complain for the cost. Does everything I want it to. Can be a bit sluggish for FM2010 if you're running a lot of leagues.

[PHIL!!!!]

I've got that exact laptop (the 5536).

Can't complain for the cost. Does everything I want it to. Can be a bit sluggish for FM2010 if you're running a lot of leagues.

Fair enough. The price is bloody good to be fair. Any idea whether the graphics card is integrated or dedicated? This is where my computer knowledge fails....

[Samdy Gray]

Integrated.

[jayohaitchenn]

On a laptop it's (pretty much) always integrated.

[Peter Venkman]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/188587

T6500 processor very good for a laptop, FSB800 and 2.1ghz speed, 2mb of L2 cache, 3gb ram, X4500 graphics, Windows 7.

£488.53, a very good spec lappy for the money.

[PHIL!!!!]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/188587

T6500 processor very good for a laptop, FSB800 and 2.1ghz speed, 2mb of L2 cache, 3gb ram, X4500 graphics, Windows 7.

£488.53, a very good spec lappy for the money.

Ah i'm liking the sound of that Laptop. Seems very good value for money.

What about these two:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-6920G-Laptop-Premium/dp/tech-data/B00284C9A0/ref=de_a_smtd

or

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173591

Would they be able to play FM10 and be able to cope with a lot of internet usage, for instance?

Cheers for the help so far guys!

[Peter Venkman]

Personally I wouldnt touch the Acer 7535G as it uses a slow (real world performance) Turion processor, but the 6920G is a better processor much faster in applications than the Turion, the only disadvantage being Vista compaired to Win 7 on the Samsung.

[Peter Venkman]

As for FM2010 they can all run it if you only run 1 league and set the graphics at lower settings.

Well all the £450+ lappys can, the lower spec ones will struggle e.g. Athlon/Celeron processor based systems.

[stfcinbmth]

Just for info

http://tinyurl.com/ykytfgq

I'll be after a new lappie soon and have decided on the Samsung R720, reasonable spec for the money

http://tinyurl.com/yl2sb7u