need help buying a laptop for 500-600 quid?

breadbin · 12-11-2010 08:09PM #1

im not sure about the new range of processors and such. how come celerons and pentiums are still on sale? should i stay away from these? i need to help a friend buy a laptop and she is even more clueless than me. she needs it for college, photo editing, video editing and music, movies etc. she will be encoding videos too i think. no games and a budget of 5-600 euro. windows 7 probably best i think and she has been looking at dell and likes them:) but can change her mind i think if i get a better offer. thanks in advance:) oh yeah dont care about buying online either

waterboy15 · 13-11-2010 12:09AM

New core range from intel yet another big step forward, best performance vs value seems to be i5 which will come in handy for photo/video editing this has gpu on processor so no dedicated chip needed but prob recommended,but also u prob need 4 gig ram and 15+ inch screen with as high resolution as u can afford. Look at websites such as saveonlaptops.co.uk or laptopsdirect.ie, ebuyer.com, some nice dells on ebay.ie at minute too.

breadbin · 13-11-2010 12:45PM

thanks think it was a case of asking a question before reading up on it cos there's loads of stuff about this on the net:) i have been looking at an i3 acer which is 540 in argos. think she prefers to buy off a shop she can go into but i'll have a look at some of them shops you listed and let her know. i would have advised her to get an i5 but on dell and komplett they up near the 700 mark:( too dear

need help buying a laptop for 500-600 quid?

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