Recommend laptop for student

TKK · 2008-12-01 16:16:32

My mother has decided to get the brother a laptop seeing as he's been hinting since starting college. She, of course, turned to me as I know stuff about computers. Thing is I'm not at all sure of what to look for spec wise in a laptop these days. I've had a quick look at Dell, laptopsdirect.ie and komplett.ie but I'm not…

01-12-2008 04:16PM

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My mother has decided to get the brother a laptop seeing as he's been hinting since starting college. She, of course, turned to me as I know stuff about computers. Thing is I'm not at all sure of what to look for spec wise in a laptop these days.

I've had a quick look at Dell, laptopsdirect.ie and komplett.ie but I'm not sure what's a good one and whats not.

Budget would be €500. Can anyone recommend a machine?

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Are Asus laptops any good? I've also used HP and Acer machines in the past and couldn't fault them - are they still up to scratch?

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#3 01-12-2008 05:28PM

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I'm not really up to date with laptops at the moment either but for under 500 euro i think this would could be an option :

HP Dual core 2GHz 3Gb ram

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