Buying a laptop [Archive]

joema

30/08/2006, 7:00 PM

Im going to buy a laptop - I have a budget of around 650eur. Anyone here know of any good sites to buy from? - was looking at the dell site but its not the easiest to use and one or two of my friends have had problems with them in the past.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

soccerc

30/08/2006, 7:18 PM

I'd go with Dell.

Have had problems with some of the stuff I've bought from them over the years but am a good customer of theirs since 1992.

You won't get better for your money.

One word of advice if you want to save a few bob - wait until the next bank holiday weekend and buy a standard model as you'll get more for your money

joeSoap

30/08/2006, 7:21 PM

not bad for 750 euro (http://www.pcworld.ie/productDetails.aspx?productRID=1595&image=Toshiba)

You could get really lucky and visit one of the 'Cash Converters' outlets....

jorge

31/08/2006, 1:03 PM

Peadar

31/08/2006, 1:30 PM

You're limited by your budget, you'll have to take what you can get.
Even Acer (http://www.acer.ie/acereuro/page74.do?UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=17&CountryISOCtxParam=UK&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&crc=2553782219) would struggle to give you a laptop for that price.

Risteard

31/08/2006, 1:35 PM

Don't know much bout laptops but i hear you can save a lot by buying off a rep in a college.

pete

31/08/2006, 1:46 PM

650 euro won't get you much in laptop land.

I have a Dell one for personal use & no real problems although it gets dirty easy. When i bought mine i thought Dell were much better value than the retail shops. Toshiba probably one of the better brands you can buy in shops though. Get the biggest HD you can afford but then again your budget is limited.

I have IBM one for work & is top notch but way out of your budget.

Peadar

31/08/2006, 1:51 PM

I have IBM one for work & is top notch but way out of your budget.

There's a difference between business machines and laptops for personal use. My work laptop cost €2,850 but you couldn't buy it if you walked into a shop on the high street.

There's going to be a big shift in spec when Windows Vista launches so you'll find it hard to get one without wireless adaptors and Intel Centrino type processors.

It would be worth your while expanding your budget a little and buying a decent machine which will last your 3 years.

The Stars

31/08/2006, 7:03 PM

there is a gypo in Sligo selling them for €100....dont think he has a website though...or a catalogue,he does have a hi ace full of them though.
Thinking of buying one,€100 for portable Championship Manager,not bad.

joema

31/08/2006, 8:38 PM

Cheers for the info lads. I suppose I am fairly limited by my buget but Im not looking for anything great. As long as I have a dvd rw drive I'll be happy.

John83

31/08/2006, 8:46 PM

I've found elara.ie to be pretty good.
e.g.
http://elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1166317
http://elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1256369
http://elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1189270

A face

31/08/2006, 11:03 PM

www.ankermann-pc.com (http://www.ankermann-pc.com/)

James

01/09/2006, 1:09 AM

There's a difference between business machines and laptops for personal use. My work laptop cost €2,850 but you couldn't buy it if you walked into a shop on the high street.

There's going to be a big shift in spec when Windows Vista launches so you'll find it hard to get one without wireless adaptors and Intel Centrino type processors.

It would be worth your while expanding your budget a little and buying a decent machine which will last your 3 years.

Just actually got a new MacBook Pro, I got 2 gigs of RAM, 2gig Intel Dual Core processor, its the business :)
after using mac laptops for the last 3 years now way would i go back to PC. Gave my sister my old clunky, chunky dell machine and not missing it 1 iota

oh and we're gona beat the ****e out vista too, just wait and see ;)

Jaime

01/09/2006, 4:07 PM

I ordered e-value code NPIE5 - N09137 yesterday from Dell, and I reckon it's fairly powerful for €650 quid. Unless you are using it for serious professional software which requires serious power, 1024MB RAM and 80GB on the HD look more than enough for most people.

Ringo

02/09/2006, 6:39 AM

we get stuff from these , not too sure if they'll supply just one. Maybe you know someone with a company?

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