Basic Laptop for my mother

beecee

Hi,

I'm sure there's loads of threads asking this kind of thing, so apologies in advance. I think my spec requirements are a bit lower than most though.

I'm looking to find a cheap, basic, but reliable laptop for my mother. It'll just be for internet, pictures, docs... that kinda thing.

The only requirements are at least 15.6" monitor (preferably with the possibility to display at lower than HD resolution for easier viewing - is this even an option?); Wireless connectivity (I assume this is basic to all laptops these days?); and with a built in webcam for skyping.

It would be good (but not essential) to get it from a bricks and mortar so they have someone to go to if they have problems. It seems wrong to buy from powercity, but this could fit the bill:
http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-30-097626
some others:
http://www.currys.ie/Product/DELL-In...030/305169/148
http://www.currys.ie/Product/COMPAQ-...4SA/305316/148

Or is it mad to be spending this much for such minimal requirements?

Thanks for any advice!

Timmaay

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/236678 Works out abit cheaper then the powercity samsung, and it has slightly better spec. (more ram is always good with windows 7!)

scuby

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/p...er/5084760.htm

link taken from post on bargain alerts
€419

whore

try dell maybe? handy to customise to the specific specs you want. go to www.dmxdimension.co.uk (i think, if you google dmxdimension you'll get it) they have all the laptops on deals and they also have a page for discount codes for ireland, i know the codes on dmxdimension link to the .co.uk site but if you replace the first half of the code with npie5 and put it into the irish dell site you'll get the same deal. might be a lot of effort to go to if you can get the same thing somewhere else for the same price.

dr.bollocko

Try here:
http://www.europc.co.uk/laptop-laptops?sort=price&pricerangemin=250&pricerangemax=5000
Or ebuyer as mentioned above. Dealt with both and both give good service.