New laptop wanted

[subseastu]

So I'm now looking out for a new laptop. It doesn't have to be anything flash or have a masive memory as I have external hard drives. Basically something around the 12-15 inch screen and resonably lightwieght (pretty important because of the amount of travel I do). I'll just use it to watch films on, a bit of web surfing and a little bit of word and excel.

Any suggestions?

[imagine]

if thats all you need it for,,, have you thought about a note book instead, they are cheaper and small, ideal for travelling

[Arthur Little]

if thats all you need it for,,, have you thought about a note book instead, they are cheaper and small, ideal for travelling

, Stuart ... so I imagine!

[subseastu]

I find the notebook screen too small to be honest, 13-15 inch screen would be good.

[Englishman2010]

If it's going to be your main PC I'd avoid a netbook as they are under powered (processor and RAM). Decent spec laptops can be picked up for around £400 - £500 these days. It's worth making sure you have at least 4Gb of RAM but ideally 8Gb. I've had Toshiba laptops for the last 18 years and never had a hardware failure, we've bought a few Acer and Dell laptops at work and have suffered a few hard drive failures. We usually get at least 3 years life out of a Tosh, but 18-24 months out of anything else.

[sars_notd_virus]

So I'm now looking out for a new laptop. It doesn't have to be anything flash or have a masive memory as I have external hard drives. Basically something around the 12-15 inch screen and resonably lightwieght (pretty important because of the amount of travel I do). I'll just use it to watch films on, a bit of web surfing and a little bit of word and excel.

Any suggestions?

Acer Aspire 5552 Laptop, AMD Athlon Dual Core P340 2.2GHz, 3GB RAM, 320GB HDD, 15.6" LCD, DVD±RW, ATI HD4250, HDMI,Webcam, Windows 7 Home Premium

£259.99...Great buy!!

[subseastu]

Acer Aspire 5552 Laptop, AMD Athlon Dual Core P340 2.2GHz, 3GB RAM, 320GB HDD, 15.6" LCD, DVD±RW, ATI HD4250, HDMI,Webcam, Windows 7 Home Premium

£259.99...Great buy!!

Where from??

[Dedworth]

Where from??

It could be this one https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer...2_1017509.html

at £259.97 ..............£0.02 cheaper

[sars_notd_virus]

Where from??

We got it from Ebuyer last month..very happy to have it
its not on offer now as i have checked but another one on promo is quite as good as the specs of the 5552..

Acer Aspire 5336 Laptop (£259.89)

Intel Celeron Dual Core T3500 2.1GHz
3GB RAM
320GB HDD
15.6" TFT,Webcam
DVD Writer,HDMI
Free Webroot Internet Security + Free Carry Case
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

[imagine]

my last lap top was a sony,£500 from tesco, done me for about 5 yrs now and is still going strong,its done a lot of work for me, was always on and connected 24/7.despite the fact that i dropped it breaking 1 usb port and broke my cd rom and card slot reader, its still going.
recently from tesco direct again, iv bought a toshiba satellite lap top, very pleased with it cost was about £380, i would highly recomend, but remember you get what you pay for,too cheap wont last