€500 - €600 Best Bang for Buck Laptop

pavb2

Hi all,I'm a bit out of it regarding laptop specs so looking for a new one for business, general usage, have external hard drive so what's the best deal I can get for €500 - €600 & where to get it.

Ideally like docking station

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I bought this a week or 2 ago..... http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G570_1072020.html
It came to €575 delivered, and i'm very impressed with it

Yillan

Would you not pay the extra €150 for a Dell? For the known brand and aftersales service?

To hijack the thread, I have an inspiron 9400. It's a great machine and I'd buy another tomorrow if they were still for sale. I got it as a gift, but I'm under the impression that it wasn't a budget laptop when it was first sold nearly 5 years ago. If I stump for an inspiron 17r with corei3, will I be upgrading or downgrading? Considering that I'm happy with this thing's performance, if there is something on the market now that is under €600 but does the same job or better I'd buy it.

I'm looking for something for similarly long-term use. This one is creaking a bit

OMG Its EoinD

BDJW wrote: »

I bought this a week or 2 ago..... http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G570_1072020.html
It came to €575 delivered, and i'm very impressed with it

Very nice specs for the price. And Lenovo's are generally built like tanks. Good choice !

Mike Litoris

BDJW wrote: »

I bought this a week or 2 ago..... http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G570_1072020.html
It came to €575 delivered, and i'm very impressed with it

How much was the delivery charge? They only quote UK mainland on the website.

harry21

Im_EoinD wrote: »

Very nice specs for the price. And Lenovo's are generally built like tanks. Good choice !

I have found that the thinkpad tend to crack at the front. That said the one purchased by BDJW was a bargain.

Yillian, I had a 9400 too. Was a great machine until the screen died. Bought an XPS 1530 then.... even better. Still using it now!!

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Mike Litoris wrote: »

How much was the delivery charge? They only quote UK mainland on the website.

Same price as to mainland Uk, £10

Mike Litoris

BDJW wrote: »

Same price as to mainland Uk, £10

Ah Jaysus, thats deadly! Thanks for the heads up.:)

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Ah Jaysus, thats deadly! Thanks for the heads up.:)

No worries, when you get to the checkout and pick your delivery option, it says something along the lines of 4 - 5 day non mainland delivery. I had mine in 36 hours thought

oraiste

It would be cheaper to buy on Amazon at £474 including delivery:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Notebook-i5-2410M-Windows-Premium/dp/B004TQQFJG/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1308737754&sr=1-2

For an extra £90 (£564), you can get 6GB RAM, extra 250GB hard drive and Blu-ray........

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Notebook-i5-2410M-Blu-ray-Windows/dp/B004TQQGFE/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1308736840&sr=1-1

I am thinking of purchasing laptop aswell but would really like Windows 7 Professional that allows Windows XP mode to run as an emulator (for installing particular software that I have)......

pavb2

The Lenovo g570 2410n does look good is it still the best deal out there. Buying from uk or amazon how reliable is after sales & warranty from either saveon laptops or amazon.

I'm also being told by IT guy that I should upgrade to Office Professional 2010 so where is best to get this.

pavb2

pavb2 wrote: »

The Lenovo g570 2410n does look good is it still the best deal out there. Buying from uk or amazon how reliable is after sales & warranty from either saveon laptops or amazon.

I'm also being told by IT guy that I should upgrade to Office Professional 2010 so where is best to get this.

Probably going to go with the Lenovo in the next few days but any advice with the above?

stephenmario

http://www.dabs.ie/products/toshiba-satellite-pro-c660-1t1-core-i3-380m-6gb-500gb-15-6--windows-7-home-premium-64-bit-laptop-7HMR.html?refs=54950000

Thats a pretty good deal, similar specs to the levono above... but there is 6gb of ram instead of 4gb...

Gman1

Yillan wrote: »

Would you not pay the extra €150 for a Dell? For the known brand and aftersales service?

Lenovo are very well known. In August 2009, Lenovo was the fourth largest vendor of personal computers in the world. They bought the PC sales part of IBM. I think you are just assuming Dell are more known, because Dell is more known to you.

FGR

Yillan wrote: »

Would you not pay the extra €150 for a Dell? For the known brand and aftersales service?

To hijack the thread, I have an inspiron 9400. It's a great machine and I'd buy another tomorrow if they were still for sale. I got it as a gift, but I'm under the impression that it wasn't a budget laptop when it was first sold nearly 5 years ago. If I stump for an inspiron 17r with corei3, will I be upgrading or downgrading? Considering that I'm happy with this thing's performance, if there is something on the market now that is under €600 but does the same job or better I'd buy it.

I'm looking for something for similarly long-term use. This one is creaking a bit

You'll be downgrading as the build quality in the new Inspiron isn't on par with previous generations. That and the 17r lacks a subwoofer so the sound will take a massive hit.

The XPS 17 would be the equivalent of a 9400. The sound has actually taken a step up on that one and I'd suggest taking the lowest spec possible for the best value, imo.

bryaner

Yillan wrote: »

Would you not pay the extra €150 for a Dell? For the known brand and aftersales service?

To hijack the thread, I have an inspiron 9400. It's a great machine and I'd buy another tomorrow if they were still for sale. I got it as a gift, but I'm under the impression that it wasn't a budget laptop when it was first sold nearly 5 years ago. If I stump for an inspiron 17r with corei3, will I be upgrading or downgrading? Considering that I'm happy with this thing's performance, if there is something on the market now that is under €600 but does the same job or better I'd buy it.

I'm looking for something for similarly long-term use. This one is creaking a bit

Good jaysus..:rolleyes:

andywozhere

Bought Lenovo G570 from http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G570_1076389.html yesterday morning. Delivered early this afternoon. Super quick . Amazon were going to take over a month to deliver.

Yillan

bryaner wrote: »

Good jaysus..:rolleyes:

That ****ing emoticon.

What's your point?

Yillan

ForegoneReality wrote: »

You'll be downgrading as the build quality in the new Inspiron isn't on par with previous generations. That and the 17r lacks a subwoofer so the sound will take a massive hit.

The XPS 17 would be the equivalent of a 9400. The sound has actually taken a step up on that one and I'd suggest taking the lowest spec possible for the best value, imo.

Thanks for this, but I don't listen to much through the laptop's speakers. Usually have independent speakers and subwoofer plugged into the headphone jack. The lowest xps has 250gb and 3gb, but there's a cheaper 17r with a dedicated graphics card and 4gb of ram, 500b.

They have the same display. I don't see why I'd go for the xps if sound is the only concern

bryaner

Yillan wrote: »

That ****ing emoticon.

What's your point?

The sh!te that you posted..

Yillan

bryaner wrote: »

The sh!te that you posted..

Good man

Alanstrainor

Yillan wrote: »

That ****ing emoticon.

What's your point?

bryaner wrote: »

The sh!te that you posted..

Yillan wrote: »

Good man

Chill lads. No need for swearing on this forum. Make your points and be civil about it or get banned.

Ta

pavb2

Probably going to leave for about a month and go with a Lenovo will they come down much in price if any?

Thanks for all replies