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OT - New laptop for my mum ???
mcerd1 - 28/10/10 at 11:27 AM

My mum is after a new laptop

she doesn't run anything to demanding, but does use it alot and tend to have a few things on the go at once - so nothing too fancy required, but it needs a bit of go in it
she says it has to have a DVD drive built in and a decent size screen (we recon a 15" - 15.6" is about spot on) but at the same time as small and light as possible

budget is up to £600

so far this one has cought her eye: linky
but I know there are some slightly thicker heavier ones with newer internals for the same money...

any suggestions ?


[Edited on 28/10/2010 by mcerd1]

jossey - 28/10/10 at 11:38 AM

that seems good just ensure you get the extended warranty.

dave

tegwin - 28/10/10 at 11:56 AM

Not a fan of Asus laptops...

The dell inspiron range is very highly rated... as are some of the tosh laptops of a similar price...

mcerd1 - 28/10/10 at 12:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Not a fan of Asus laptops...

why not ?

Richard Quinn - 28/10/10 at 01:10 PM

OT - New laptop for my mum ???

Could be a fair swap. What does she look like and how's her cooking?

britishtrident - 28/10/10 at 02:43 PM

With laptops for home use only 3 makes to consider Toshiba or Toshiba or Toshiba

tegwin - 28/10/10 at 03:28 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Not a fan of Asus laptops...

why not ?


My previous job I was dealing with a lot of "student laptops"....

When you work with the whole spectrum of laptops and manufacturers you very quickly figure out which are good and which are bad.... Asus dont stack very well compared to Tosh IMHO...

We had some Tosh Tecra M3's that were abused heavily for 4 years and still work.... By heavily I mean always on, always being carried about, not really being cared for... Try doing that with a similar price asus for a month...

mcerd1 - 28/10/10 at 03:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Try doing that with a similar price asus for a month...

well my old ASUS L2000D is still going strong (8 year and counting and that was one of there cheapest ones back then)
and my brothers ones been really good to (2 years old)

my other brother and a few other folk have Toshiba's with no complaints, but I always found them a bit on the basic side....


[Edited on 28/10/2010 by mcerd1]

dhutch - 28/10/10 at 11:26 PM

dell or think pad, imo