Laptop for a budget of 430 euro

krustydoyle

Well folks,

Need a new laptop for college and my budget is about 430 euro..

Can the wise heads on here recommend me a few models please.

Thanks

darren2368

I'd recommend using saveonlaptops.co.uk

Bought a laptop off them over a week ago for a great price! Haven't been able to find cheaper laptops anywhere else

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G580_1296595.html

Lenovo are meant to be a pretty reliable brand. Was going to get one myself but went for an Asus instead.
What do you plan on using the laptop for?

krustydoyle

I just need something with decent speed and plenty of memory..
Ill be mainly using it for typing up assignments in college and storing
music on.

krustydoyle

http://www.currys.ie/Product/LENOVO-G580-156andquot-Laptop-Blue/315745/148

Would this be as good?

darren2368

krustydoyle wrote: »

http://www.currys.ie/Product/LENOVO-G580-156andquot-Laptop-Blue/315745/148

Would this be as good?

As the one I linked you to? They're the same laptop but no, definitely not.

The curry's one has a Celeron processor which I've heard are not meant to be great. The one I linked you to has a 3rd gen core i3 which is one of the newest CPU's to come out so it'll have much better performance than the Celeron. Once you convert the price it comes out to around the same so there's really no reason to go for the curry's one.

Buying online means more hassle returning etc. so it's up to you. But as long as you take care of it and don't get a faulty one (unlikely) then you shouldn't need to return it anyway

yomamasflavour

Same laptop but the currys one only has a single core Celeron processor where as the saveonlaptops.co.uk one has a dual core i3 processor for essentially the same money.

If it's that you'd prefer to buy from a bricks and mortar shop rather than from online, Argos have a Lenovo g585 for €399 with a dual core processor.

krustydoyle

yomamasflavour wrote: »

Same laptop but the currys one only has a single core Celeron processor where as the saveonlaptops.co.uk one has a dual core i3 processor for essentially the same money.

If it's that you'd prefer to buy from a bricks and mortar shop rather than from online, Argos have a Lenovo g585 for €399 with a dual core processor.

Is it a good machine? im just nervous because of the investment.. i want value for money and something ill get a few years out of.

My other choice was the HP G6 in currys too.

http://www.currys.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-g62219sa-Laptop-Red/316199/148

But is the processor as good?

darren2368

krustydoyle wrote: »

Is it a good machine? im just nervous because of the investment.. i want value for money and something ill get a few years out of.

My other choice was the HP G6 in currys too.

http://www.currys.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-g62219sa-Laptop-Red/316199/148

But is the processor as good?

Intel processors generally offer better performance than AMD. If you look up some images also, the plastic looks quite cheap, not so sure how good the build would be on it

krustydoyle

so the lenovo would be better than the HP?

darren2368

Well i reckon it would yes. Lenovo have always had a pretty good reputation. Would you consider buying online? Or are you set on going to bricks and mortar shop

krustydoyle

I dunno what to do.. that lenovo in argos seems to be the best bet. and its in stock in carlow.

Alanstrainor

+1 for the lenovo

darren2368

krustydoyle wrote: »

I dunno what to do.. that lenovo in argos seems to be the best bet. and its in stock in carlow.

Go for it. It is a pretty decent price

krustydoyle

Bought the Lenovo. So im hoping it runs ok for me but my god windows 8 is a disaster. Thanks for your help

darren2368

krustydoyle wrote: »

Bought the Lenovo. So im hoping it runs ok for me but my god windows 8 is a disaster. Thanks for your help

Give it a chance. Just takes some getting use to. What problems you having with it?

krustydoyle

darren2368 wrote: »

Give it a chance. Just takes some getting use to. What problems you having with it?

Just the general running of it.. theres just too much on the screen and its hard to find anything quickly.

Ill give it a while but im not sure im gonna be a fan of it

unkel

krustydoyle wrote: »

my god windows 8 is a disaster

If you can't live with the apps and without the start menu, just install vistart / start8 / classic shell

darren2368

Once you learn all the shortcuts and stuff you can get around way quicker than previous systems. Make use of the multi touch gestures too, they're really useful. I've been using it near 2 weeks now and I'm flyin around lol.

But yeah if you really can't get use too it do what Unkel suggested. There's loads of different ones available and most of them are free.

krustydoyle

unkel wrote: »

If you can't live with the apps and without the start menu, just install vistart / start8 / classic shell

Can you point me in the right direction for it without getting into trouble on here.
Thanks