Laptop for under £400

Xassy · 12/09/12 - 17:37

My Dell has died and I'm trying to find a good deal on a laptop. I mainly use it for itunes, downloading and watching youtube videos, general internet use, uploading digital camera pics and that's about it. I definitley want a 15 inch screen. I really can't afford more than £380ish. I don't want another Dell, this one has been nothing but trouble. I have a fair amount of picture, videos and music so I need a decent amount of space on the hard drive. And that's all really!

Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!

Quackers · 12/09/12 - 17:46

Well within your budget. http://www.simplyacer.com/Acer_Aspire_5733_1194143.html

Xassy · 12/09/12 - 19:41

Are ACERs any good? I've heard they're on par with Dell.

Quackers · 12/09/12 - 20:11

We have hundreds of them at work, do what we want fine. Your local Tesco Extra will more than likely have some Acers on display if you want to go play with one first.

Was it the actual Dell hardware causing your issues or a software problem? ie Windows....

Markjuk · 13/09/12 - 09:13

You can get a 2nd Gen Core i3 Laptop for less than £400 and in some cases a Core i5

A good one here, at Sainsbury's of all places:

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/technology/computing/laptops_and_netbooks/123195995_dell_inspiron_n5050_intel_core_i5_4gb500gb_156_laptop_black.html?med=aff&esrc=aw&aid=73276

£399

2nd Gen Core i5 2450M (2.5Ghz) , 500GB HDD and 4GB Ram.

Also bare in mind for under £400 you are not going to find a Laptop with a dedicated graphics card from the likes of NVidia or AMD, therefore you need to look for the most powerful integrated graphics.

The model I linked for you includes HD3000 graphics which is considerably better than the graphics capabilities of the i3-380M

Markjuk · 13/09/12 - 09:17

Also bare in mind that 2nd Gen chips (Sandy Bridge) have now been superseded by the latest 3rd Gen (Ivy Bridge) models. Therefore retailers will be keen to get rid of stocks of 2nd Gen models and you may be able to pick up a bargain in the process.

[Deleted User] · 13/09/12 - 11:41

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G580_1256836.html

flynn · 13/09/12 - 11:48

Xassy, you might find this roundup of sub-£400 laptops useful.

Xassy · 13/09/12 - 17:19

Thank you for the helpfui replies.

flynn wrote: »

Xassy, you might find this roundup of sub-£400 laptops useful.

This was particularly helpful, thank you!

[Deleted User] · 13/09/12 - 17:51

If you don't want to mess about with cashback

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_V3-571_1194052.html

Stilian · 13/09/12 - 21:07

Here is the one for you, the Fujitsu Lifebook AH531 http://sveyo.com/2012/06/fujitsu-lifebook-ah531-laptop-review/ . This is probably one of the most popular affordable laptops these days. There are few different configurations of the AH531 laptop offered at eBay for around £320. For around 360 you will get 2.1 GHz Core i3-2310M processor, 6GB DDR3 RAM, HD LED display and Intel HD 3000 graphics accelerator. You should definitely consider this model if you are in the £400 budget. Good luck

Gormond · 13/09/12 - 21:24

Smudged wrote: »

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenovo_G580_1256836.html

I have one of these and couldn't recommend it more.

Hey there!

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