Help me choose a laptop (€500 budget)

gtg60 · 06-07-2010 1:38pm #1

Hi all, never had a laptop before but I think it's time to take the plunge, I already have loads of storage at home (6TB) and some decent processing power so I don't need anything that powerful, my budget is €500 (+/- €50). I also have a good deal of Sterling in my Paypal account so if there was something on eBay or an English site that takes Paypal then that'd be great!
I would only want this laptop for mostly light tasks like browsing, email etc and the occasional watching of HD TV and Blu Ray/ HD DVD (these are streamed from my server so no need for drives or TV tuners), and will never be used for gaming.
I'm also not bothered about included software.
Processor, RAM, Graphics not bothered about as long as they're up to task.

Must have
Win 7 Home Premium
15.6 Inch screen
Wireless (B/G acceptable, N nice)
Ethernet (10/100 acceptable, Gigabit nice)
Min 250 GB HDD

Would like to have
Bluetooth (and if not included can be upgaded to later on without relying on a USB one)
HDMI out
Expansion slot or whatever they're called nowadays.
And suppose it would be nice if it were pretty and not industrial looking!

Thanks for any and all help!:D

John2009 · 06-07-2010 2:05pm

Hi gtg60, maybe you might be interested in my laptop here, http://www.adverts.ie/235684/laptops/acer-aspire-5935g-multimedia-notebook/

Has absolutely everything minus the Windows 7, i have the original Vista 64bit installed, well worth the asking price of €450.

Its genuinely a cracking laptop, i have it a few weeks now and its never giving me an ounce of trouble and it flys along with the Core 2 Duo CPU and 4GB ddr3 RAM,

Cheers