Looking to get a laptop after xmas

[Beav]

Im looking to get a laptop after christmas. Maybe have to wait till Febuary.

I will have upto £400. I will not be using the laptop to game on, just forums etc.

 

Could anyone recommend a good laptop for £400 and im not bothered on the size but a 17" would be nice :)

 

~Thanks

[The Queen]

Well, if I was going to get a laptop I would probably go for an Acer, hence my choice below.

 

I reckon, seeing as your price range is about £400, this or something slightly better is a great deal. It has a proper dual core, not sure about the graphics card though.

 

--> http://www.simplyacer.com/Product/id/645488

[Beav]

Looking good mate, hate to be a tart but I dont like the blue. The graphics is "Integrated (Intel® GMA X4500MHD Graphics with up to 1277MB Shared Memory)". Should be ok as I have an xbox for gaming :)

[EW]

havent you just upgraded you pc?

just remeber you'll get alot less for your money with a laptop so spend as little as possiable at the end of the day laptops are slow it really desnt make much difference if you spend more. :D

[GTAMADDOG]

havent you just upgraded you pc?

just remeber you'll get alot less for your money with a laptop so spend as little as possiable at the end of the day laptops are slow it really desnt make much difference if you spend more. :D

 

Tell that to my mum who's forcing me to choose a laptop for her using relatively the same budget. Please. Now.

 

Hate. Laptops. Must. Persuade. To. Buy. Desktop. PC.

 

The Queens suggestion looks pretty good. I've been looking at a Packard Bell TJ65 and a HP DV6-2010sa.

[Beav]

My mum will be putting £100ish towards it aswell as she wants one so its not to bad for me then :)

 

Yes I did upgrade a desktop by putting a 9800GT GPU in it :P

 

Tempting:

http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5536G_Laptop_LX.PAZ0X.002/version.asp?PID=

[iLLGT3]

Dell has some pretty low priced laptops... That's where I got mine and I love it.

[Beav]

Oki matey. You think ide be able to get a laptop which would run TDU nicely for £450?

[Jazzi]

I'd go for anything Toshiba or Acer to be honest. You can't really get a decent gaming laptop for £450 these days as quite a large number of them have integrated graphics and useless processors. I've got a 4 year old Toshiba A-100 Satellite and I love it. Its really slow and useless but I cant bare to be without it. It hardly runs The Sims 2 but it just won't die. So there's my recommendations lol. Hope you find a good one!

[Beav]

Thank you! :) I have seen some with dedicated GPU's for under £500. Whats the "AMD Turion™ X2 Ultra Dual-Core" processor like?

 

Im quite liking Acer's:

 

http://www.simplyacer.com/Products/cat/Consumer%20Laptops/page/3