Best 400euro laptop

petethebrick

Hi,

I'm gonna buy a laptop but only have about 400 euro to spend. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for a laptop in this price range.
I'll use it mostly for internet, music and movies as well as college work etc

Thanks in advance

petethebrick

What about these ones?

http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Samsung_R719_NP-R719-JA02UK/version.asp?PID=749

http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Samsung_R519-JA09UK_Laptop_NP-R519-JA09UK/version.asp?PID=749

me1724

Posted this in another thread few days ago but today is the last day of the offer.

at dell for 399 euro...

Intel® Celeron® Processor 900 (2.20 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English
15.6" Widescreen WXGA WLED (1366 x 768) TFT Display with TrueLife™
Intel Integrated GMA 4500MHD
2048MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
160GB (5,400rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with DVD Burn software
1 year of coverage included with your PC
McAfee® Security Centre - 15 Month Protection - English

http://ireland.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/specials/most_popular_laptops?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn

I rang them up and because I was a previous customer got an upgrade on the processor and RAM, so it cost 418 euro.

Intel® Celeron Dual Core T3100 (1.90 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 1 MB L2 Cache)
3072MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [1x2048 + 1x1024]

Alanstrainor

I really wouldn't touch either of the above dells, purely beause they have rubbish processors, i've seen core i3's going cheap(500ish) which would be far superior to celeron processors imo.

Alanstrainor

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I really wouldn't touch either of the above dells, purely beause they have rubbish processors, i've seen core i3's going cheap(500ish) which would be far superior to celeron processors imo.

I agree. About 500 is the sweet spot for a nice laptop that will suit your needs and that will have a fast and power efficient processor.
Id be looking to stretch the budget to 500 and pick up something like this http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/minicat/new/upsell/inspiron-1564-N0056401?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs

HDD isnt huge but you can whip that out and add a 500gb on the cheap if needed.

Alanstrainor

david7536 wrote: »

I agree. About 500 is the sweet spot for a nice laptop that will suit your needs and that will have a fast and power efficient processor.
Id be looking to stretch the budget to 500 and pick up something like this http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/minicat/new/upsell/inspiron-1564-N0056401?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs

HDD isnt huge but you can whip that out and add a 500gb on the cheap if needed.

Yeah that looks like a much better deal alright, even a 250GB drive is more than enough for most.