Best laptop for €400 - €450

ciano1

Hey,

I'm just wondering what's the best laptop I can get for around €450.
It's been years since I've bought a laptop so I'm a bit out of the loop with regards to what sites to avoid etc.

I'm basically looking for the best bang for my buck.
Will be used mainly for arsing around online, college work, (MS Excel, Word, Powerpoint mainly) and light gaming (Football manager, few last gen games).

Are there any particular brands to avoid? Last time I bought an Acer from amazon and am still happy with it apart from the screen f*cking up!

mcw92

Heres a good laptop for that price range.
Works out at around 445€ including delivery(10£)

Good spec for the money.

Heres another from Amazon, works out about 385€ delivered.

Its has a better processor but less ram.

I myself would definitely prefer a Asus to a Fujitsu but thats choice.

ciano1

What are SaveOnLaptops and LaptopsDirect like to use? A few years ago I was always warned to avoid them like the plague!

Have they improved?

mcw92

Ya they are good these days.
There where you will find the best value.
Not sure about delivery times, but last time from laptopsdirect, was less than a week.

You'll see most people linking to laptops from their sites on here.

ciano1

Im really tempted to get that ASUS laptop, cracking spec for the price.
Are asus still as reliable as they used to be ?

SureYWouldntYa

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5089514.htm

Got this myself last week, for the exact same things you want them for. Runs like a dream, once you get used to Windows 8 that is. Worth the extra money i you want to spend that bit extra

rebeve

ciano1 wrote: »

What are SaveOnLaptops and LaptopsDirect like to use? A few years ago I was always warned to avoid them like the plague!

Have they improved?

Good prices ,but if your laptop gives a bit of trouble you are on your own .

ciano1

What do you mean 'on your own'? Surely there's a manufacturers warranty?

Courteous Addison

Well I think the HP and the DELL are the leading brands in laptops and you should find something in those brands. Because their products are good in quality and also in features I have a Dell laptop from one year and its working like new..

looking_around

Stay away from HP.. cheap crap imo! They just don't last. ..Dell isn't bad..but can be slightly expensive.

I have no experience with the sites posted earlier..but have a look for the same kind of laptops in amazon, they have excellent customer service.

ciano1

Courteous Addison wrote: »

Well I think the HP and the DELL are the leading brands in laptops and you should find something in those brands. Because their products are good in quality and also in features I have a Dell laptop from one year and its working like new..

Thing I find about dell is that their cheaper laptops have an utterly sh*te build quality while the higher end ones are decent. I'm still keeping clear though as I've had 2 dells in the past and both died after 18 months.

femur61

I bought a Toshiba Satellite 850 recently €400 and is so slow. Really annoying:mad: I have brought it back once and complained, still slow. Mouse freezes, jumps from one program to another, when i use word I am suddenly in Kindle etc. Slow to open programs. Complete waste of money