retired_kishnata

I did notice they are roughly the same price as dabs. But any specific reason you are recommending laptopsdirect?

retired_edkimbal

No they arent.....

Cant go wrong with a Dell laptop if you can cope with their annoying call centre and customer support :thup:


You will get waaaaaaaaaay more for your money.

retired_jesenia

just cheap and might get that one cheaper. fwiw, my acer wfb, 2 years and perfect.

retired_Siwash

Out of the brands I listed, do you have preference, any companies known to have a better build quality etc? </BLOCKQUOTE>

Not really. Asus have a good reputation as well, don't know much about Toshiba. HP I don't like, but that's based on a laptop I had like 5-6 years ago so not really a rational thing

Ordered myself a Dell XPS M1330 a few days ago. Was originally not looking for that type of laptop (It's a 13.3", very light, very thin but still good performance), but fell in love with it. Didn't hurt to get a 15% student discount though.

retired_eaglepdub

You might want to look at:

A thinkpad - not as stylish, and the quality has gone down since Lenovo took over from IBM, but they are still near the top as far as build quality goes. Not sure if you can use their own online configurator in the UK, but many places carry them.

Asus - Have a great range, google asus uk and you will easily find ASUS online stores. Quality is right up there, you'd have to research customer support if that is important to you, but they don't have a bad reputation to my knowledge.

Dell - The Sony actually has pretty good specs for the price, but if you aren't bothered about blu-ray then you can configure an inspiron 1520 with things like a bigger screen (1280x900 is dated on 15.4"), better graphics card, the GT over GS which will play modern games quite well, and while Dell may have a bad reputation from some quarters, it has alot better support for laptops than Sony (their downfall in regard to laptops). Search for coupons that work in the UK before buying.

HP - Not sure what UK prices are like but their reputation has shot up for some of their laptop models in the past couple of years.

Check http://forums.notebookreview.com before you buy anything or for better reccomendations (people will research for your needs). I'd also reccomend a 3 year warranty and accidental coverage if this is a big financial investment for you. more important than getting a slightly faster processor or larger hard drive. If you don't game (3D or processor intensive games) don't bother going for things like 2.2GHz over 2GHz or slightly better graphics cards over others as primary decision breakers.

retired_bec8643

Get a Lenovo or a Samsung R60

retired_kishnata

I have to admit, i'm pretty clueless with PC brands etc. But. I've just tried to build a similar spec Dell laptop on their website.

The Dell comes out at £819 as opposed to the Sony at £899.

Same processor, same amount of memory, same graphics card. Dell is 250Gb hard drive against the 200Gb of the Sony.

However, the Sony has a Blu-Ray drive, for which Dell want an extra £250, taking the Dell to over a grand?

Am I just doing something wrong? Thanks for your input by the way.

retired_muggles

looking at that spec again its not too bad, i didnt look properly first time and thought it had integrated graphics card.

i still wouldnt pay more than about £700/800 on a laptop though, the more expensive stuff will be out of date just as quickly tbh

retired_bec8643

http://www.shop.bt.com/

Laptop prices on there are pretty reasonable generally btw

retired_muggles

and would you actually use a bluray drive?