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Family laptop for €500.

  • 03-05-2010 7:07pm
    #1
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey Guys,

    Been given the glorious task of trying to spec a laptop for my sister and her family and have been given 500 euro, absolute max 600 euro to get one.

    Their needs are very basic, but I haven't a clue what's good or bad with laptops (as I'm a mac user so I generally just buy and it suits me :pac:) but when it comes to the 1000's of permutations of windows laptops I'm stumped.

    Their main needs would be:
    • email/web/youtube etc.
    • video (blu ray hdmi out would be nice but not necessary )
    • photo cataloguing
    • kids games (9 and 5 year old no cpu melting crysis...yet :))

    Who are the best manufacturers these days? i've had an acer laptop before i bought my macbook (5 years ago) and it was quite dire as windows laptops went, are they still bad? what's asus, dell, hp, IBM (might be a bit too business-y).


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    They should get a desktop but if it has to be a laptop i recommend a core i3 dell inspiron with the best hd/most ram you can get for your budget.


  • #3
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    thanks, i suggested a desktop but they are a little stuck for space (i put it down to the kids having too much lego which isn't a bad thing in fairness :) )

    are i3's any good? i know intel's current line is i3, i5, i7 with i7 being the best and i3 being the worst. would there be performance issues with an i3?


  • #4
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    HP G62 looks decent for the money (currently £433).

    Sony Vaio VCP-EB1E0E for a little more money (£489) has been a very strong seller.

    Those prices need to be adjusted for Irish vat, but shipping is free. Have a look there at Amazon's best sellers and there is a whole bunch of great laptops in that kind of price range.

    i3 would be fine for their uses.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Ya the i3 will definitely do the job without a breaking a sweat. I like the sony that voodu linked!


  • #6
    patrickk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭patrickk


    Asus are best for netbook or laptop maybe lenovo sometimes ,Dell and HP only spec for to last 3 years


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  • #7
    cable842
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭cable842


    theres a decent laptop in Argos its a samsung 17 inch laptop has a hdmi connection which means you can hook it up too the hdtv.

    600 is good for a laptop with hdmi.

    only thing about samsung is Ive never owned that brand before and never used one.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    patrickk wrote: »
    Asus are best for netbook or laptop maybe lenovo sometimes ,Dell and HP only spec for to last 3 years

    Op, disregard the above.


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