Laptop not netbook

cailineile

Afternoon all,
Hopefully you guys can help, am in the market for a new laptop, something small, (Have a 15in and my back is broken, lugging it through airports)

Will be used for business so would be buying ex VAT

so critieria:
longish batterlife
choppy processor
decent size keybad,
bluetooth
4 gb ram if possibly can always upgrade

portability--not a 15'' but not as small as netbook

not a Dell, have had one and whilst ok would not go again

Was thinking along the likes of lenovo, asus, toshiba, etc

anybody got any recommendations...

TIA

Cailin;)


Ps, price point sub 600 if possible... can't believe I forgot that part, would like to get best that I can for money....

Catsmokinpot

Lenovo thinkpad x121e

Lenovo ideapad s205


asus eee 1215B theres also a 1215n version with the N570 atom processor the keyboards on the asus 12inch models aren't supposed to be the best but the unit itself seems pretty good value for money

cailineile

Okay, just looked at the two lenovos, they are netbook ie 11.6'', not quite what I had in mind, something around the 13'' mark I was thinking...


Do I need to add anyother critieria?


Is there a template I can fill in , ie need this this and this and not x y z

Tks
Rgds

Cailine

Catsmokinpot

cailineile wrote: »

Okay, just looked at the two lenovos, they are netbook ie 11.6'', not quite what I had in mind, something around the 13'' mark I was thinking...


Do I need to add anyother critieria?


Is there a template I can fill in , ie need this this and this and not x y z

Tks
Rgds

Cailine

dabs.ie has a great template system, go to computing at the top of the dabs webpage, select laptops & netbooks and you can choose your criteria there.

also if you go to cnet reviews you can view reviews of different laptops on the market based on the specs you want.

marco_polo

You could do alot worse than the 13.3" z370 from Lennovo (they used to have a black and silver i3 version doesn't seem to be there at the moment, not too keen on the old blue myself . The i5 version is what it the regular colurs look like)

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_IdeaPad_Blue_Z370_1116270.html


The 14" TimelimeX would be a decent bet as well, better battery life, but not as much RAM or HDD space and slightly heavier than the z370 (2.2 vs 2 KG)

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_TimelineX_4830T_1091458.html


This 13.3" Toshiba Satellite is an option too and a decent enough price, but you would probably need to stick another 1 or 2 GB RAM in there yourself (Ram is v cheap nowadays and easy to install)

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_L730-10U_1102637.html

cailineile

Evening all, only getting back to you now, have been on holidays for past 2 months ( and now back to work ) but all good things must come to an end.
So in the end opted for the:


Lenovo IdeaPad Z370

• Intel® Core™ i5-2430M Dual Core Processor
• 13.3" HD Screen
• Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
• 4GB DDR3 RAM
• 750GB HDD
• DVD Rewriter
• Dedicated Graphics
• M565GUK

Am fairly happy with it, its fairly zippy if there is one complaint, i think its a little heavy other than that its all good and would recommend.

Thanks marco-polo( i got the brownish type one- the pink and blue were a little too out there..)