Craig855S Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 right guys,due to going to the falklands with work for 4 months in just 5 weeks time (i was told i was going yesterday) i need toa)buy GTA4 and take my PS3 and a cgunk of gamesb)get hold of a laptop need help with b. i want at least 100gig hard drive..DVD drive,and ideally enough spec to play a game like sim city 4.and i dont really wanna pay a lot...so ebay is good with me! unless there are any real good offers.i heard toys-r-us have one under 300 quid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 This seems ok http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/823514 Its a refurbed model cant go wrong with Toshiba imo Spent 3 years working with Toshiba models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonez Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 (edited) try dell mate! they had a laptop on offer for £169 plus postage and VAT, but couldnt grumble for that price! £259 in total Specs of them are: AMD Sempron 3600+1GB Ram 667mhz ddr280GB HDATI Xpress Graphics 1150Windows Vista15.4 inch Screen my gf has this laptop, and im considering one for myself, great bit of kit, well worth it, with wireless etc the Link: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products...;l=en&s=bsd cheers! Edited May 2, 2008 by Simonez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwd Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Go to PC World mate. They always usually have a decent offer on a couple of laptops and especially with the bank holiday weekend too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white_van_man Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 try dell mate! they had a laptop on offer for £169 plus postage and VAT, but couldnt grumble for that price! £259 in total Specs of them are: AMD Sempron 3600+1GB Ram 667mhz ddr280GB HDATI Xpress Graphics 1150Windows Vista15.4 inch Screen my gf has this laptop, and im considering one for myself, great bit of kit, well worth it, with wireless etc the Link: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products...;l=en&s=bsd cheers! i agree there, i bought a new dell last summer never had a single prob with it, great laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwantacosworth Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 The dell one seems cracking - looking for a laptop soon and PcWorld etc seems to have £299.99 offers occasionally but this seems better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 dell one looks good....but i want xp..could i just stick my XP CD in the laptop when i get it adn it'll format it and install XP as the OS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluliz Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 dell one looks good....but i want xp..could i just stick my XP CD in the laptop when i get it adn it'll format it and install XP as the OS? You can do that.....but finding drivers might be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pukkadeal Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 (edited) For me the dell ones are good bought 2 last year never a problem at all ,basically they are samsung anyway Edited May 3, 2008 by 1pukkadeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 dell one looks good....but i want xp..could i just stick my XP CD in the laptop when i get it adn it'll format it and install XP as the OS? You can do that.....but finding drivers might be an issue. yeah drivers tend to be an issue My ex's dad done that then ended up putting vista back on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodison Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 This link gives a code for 5% off at pc world with home delivery. http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/179509/pc-w...or-home-delive/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 gonna go for the dell me thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwantacosworth Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 The Dell one asks for an business email address - daft question - do you have to be registered as a business to get this Dell Laptop?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodison Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 yup, me thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwantacosworth Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Is this quite a good spec for the money?Not very computer savvy myself you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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