Buying a Laptop for university..

[Jahee]

I need to buy a laptop for university this year, and i have about £400 to spend which is about $800, a midrange system i'm hoping for..
Just looking for some recommendations for this price range from different manufacturers. I'd also consider getting a Mac, i don't know much about them but i do like the UI, more so than Vista.. I'd mostly be writing up work, browsing the internet etc on it, nothing intensive.

Regards.

 

[Blain]

Acer, HP or Fujitsu... take your pick.

 

[modoheo]

If you can find this one for a similar price, it looks like a great deal to me:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16834110312

 

[KeithTalent]

Whoops, wrong thread.

KT

 

[Rockinacoustic]

For your needs you could spend $600 and get a laptop that will more than please. Check out Dell's Vostro Line, they might still offer XP.

Edited for spelling.

 

[Jahee]

Originally posted by: modoheo
If you can find this one for a similar price, it looks like a great deal to me:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16834110312

That one looks decent, i was also looking at this one.

http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk....ABM0X.159/version.asp

 

[Net]

core 2 duo. i like dell. if you want to game with it then go for hp. hp has non integrated video card options (meaning your video card memory won't be shared with you system ram which is a good thing).

 

[modoheo]

Originally posted by: Jahee

Originally posted by: modoheo
If you can find this one for a similar price, it looks like a great deal to me:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16834110312

That one looks decent, i was also looking at this one.

http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk....ABM0X.159/version.asp

Doesn't look bad, but the Fujitsu will definitely outperform it since the Core 2 CPU will be significantly faster than the AMD Turion.

 

[Jahee]

Originally posted by: modoheo

Originally posted by: Jahee

Originally posted by: modoheo
If you can find this one for a similar price, it looks like a great deal to me:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16834110312

That one looks decent, i was also looking at this one.

http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk....ABM0X.159/version.asp

Doesn't look bad, but the Fujitsu will definitely outperform it since the Core 2 CPU will be significantly faster than the AMD Turion.

The difference is that big huh?