New laptop advice

damul

Hi

I am thinking of getting a new laptop

Ideally no more than €600 but may go as high as €650 or €700

I spotted this Lenovo on Dabs for €640

http://www.dabs.ie/products/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-e520-core-i5-2430m-4gb-500gb-dvd-writer-win-7-pro-64-bit-15-6--widescreen-7WS0.html?refs=22&src=3

All I want it is for basic m/s office work, internet and streaming music and video etc. Oh and one that has a reasonably long battery life would be good.

What does anyone think I should get? Can this laptop or laptops like this in general be gotten cheaper anywhere else other than Dabs

portumnadaz

You might save about 60 euros if you buy direct from lenovo.ie.

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/ieweb/LenovoPortal/en_IE/builder.workflow:Enter?sb=%3A000000F0%3A00000232%3A&smid=443C0BE12B78A92182A45E60446B9086

add these items; Intel Core i5-2450M Processor (3M Cache, 2.50 GHz)
4 GB DDR3 - 1333MHz (1 DIMM)

total comes to €584.60

Lenovo are great machines i had one for years they are very reliable and have great driver support

damul

actually having read some reviews on this it seems audio might not be great

also I am not sure of quality of web cam or built in microphone, Skype is also something I will need to use to the quality of camera and mic is important

James.

some good value laptops here :

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056568471

Dell 2nd gen i5, 4gig ram and a 640 gig hard drive for 494 euro

damul

James. wrote: »

some good value laptops here :

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056568471

Dell 2nd gen i5, 4gig ram and a 640 gig hard drive for 494 euro

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/HP_Pr...s_1189720.html

Its approximately 630 - 120 HP Cash-back. This is probably the cheapest i5 from a good Laptop maker.

This is from Kumar_aq on that thread you posted

Think Ill got for this

Irish trade in can be found here

damul

James. wrote: »

some good value laptops here :

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056568471

Dell 2nd gen i5, 4gig ram and a 640 gig hard drive for 494 euro

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/HP_Pr...s_1189720.html

Its approximately 630 - 120 HP Cash-back. This is probably the cheapest i5 from a good Laptop maker.

from kumar_aq on thread you just posted

I think I will go for this - Irish HP Trade in site is here where up to €175 is given. I will probably get €145 with marks knocked off for my battery been dead.

Bodacious

Guys,

I need to get a laptop as hard drive in 2005 Dell 2500 series home computer is shot,17¨ monitor, speakers etc local shop quoting me E150 to replace hard drive... can i trade in the lot somewhere towards cost of dell laptop?

Sorry not very knowledgeable on computers, any advice much appreciated

Sync

Bodacious wrote: »

Guys,

I need to get a laptop as hard drive in 2005 Dell 2500 series home computer is shot,17¨ monitor, speakers etc local shop quoting me E150 to replace hard drive... can i trade in the lot somewhere towards cost of dell laptop?

Sorry not very knowledgeable on computers, any advice much appreciated

You could try selling it on adverts for parts or something...
Or buy yourself a hard drive from ebay for 50 quid and stick it in, then sell it as a working computer

damul

Got this from Dell for €730 after using the 10% discount code

I added the 750GB Hard Drive and the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 wireless card instead of the standard one

harrywilsoken

Go for the HP or Acer Laptops both provide a backup of 7 to 8 hrs