Dell, Toshiba or Pack. Bell laptop?

vote4pedro

Just wondering if anyone who knows about these sorts of things would be able recommend one of these deals?

http://www.pcworld.ie/productDetails.aspx?productRID=629&image=Toshiba

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_6000?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs

http://www.pcworld.ie/products.aspx?range_code=Packard%20Bell&image=Packard%20Bell

I know they are pretty cheap, but still wondering what would be the best value. Only going to be using it for college work, music, DVD's and a bit of gaming (though I'll be using desktop for serious stuff of the likes of Half Life 2 etc.) Of course if anyone knows of any much better deal in the same price bracket, let me know!

Cheers

jetsonx

Go for the Toshiba. Its my theory that Dell just make laptops with a lifespan of 18-months and then they start go give major trouble.

One caveat with the Satellite range...make you get a model where the cooling fans are at the side or back and NOT the base. The c.fans at the base can create big trouble in the long term .

seamus

The only thing is at the moment, dells are coming with 512 or 768MB RAM, without costing any more.

That said, toshiba ram seems to be easy to pick up cheaply.