Best Laptop for €1,300 or less?

cormie

Hi,
I'm going to be returning my faulty laptop to Aldi and will hopefully get a refund of €1,300. I'm going to need a replacement straight away. Where is the best place to get a new laptop for a maximum of €1,300?

If I can get one of better quality, so be it, but I'll be happy with one of equal quality for the same price.

Here are the specs of my current laptop which I'll be returning:

Intel® Pentium® M processor 735(1.7Ghz)
Multi Format DVD Burner DVD-+ R/RW
Intel PRO/WIRELESS LAN 2200 b/g
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128MB
High resolution 15.1" SXGA+ Display
80 GB Hard disk
512 MB DDR RAM 333MHz
4 in 1 Card Reader
Soundsystem
2 internal speakers, internal
microphone connection
3x USB 2.0,
Firewire IEEE1394
VGA-Out, Mic-In, Line-Out,
TV-Out (s-video)
56k Modem V.90 and fast ethernet 10/100Mbit LAN (includes telephone cable)
Battery: Smart Li-Ion battery (8 cells) *Proved with the "mobile Mark" battery test.
Says 6 hours.

I remember seeing a thread about the laptop shop in Stephens Green and that he would compete with prices. Did he also mention a discount for boards users or am I imagining things?

I just noticed on the gericom site that without XP Pro and Office you get about €300 off :eek: I already have a copy of XP Pro and OpenOffice will do me fine for documents etc. So if you're recommending a laptop, please just price the bare bones, I don't need any software at all.

If somebody could recommend a laptop which matches this spec and where to get it for €1,300 or less I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

ghost26ie

try lidl. they have one for sale on the monday 8th of august. i've bought one of them before and had no problems with it. €1499, good spec.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050808.p.Notebook

roastie

go to the dell outlet store , i got a great deal on a 9300. u have to get there at the right time as the same machine can be valued differently.