Buying a laptop

[dassey]

My daughter wants a laptop for christmas - in a bloody recession doesn't she know ?
She will use it mainly for MSN / surfing the net and homework. It will need wi-fi to connect to my router . Built in web-cam would be good. Hoping for a bout a gig of memory at least, HDD at least 80GB. Wont be used for heavy gaming, probably Sims. Anyone purchased anything lately they can recommend at decent price ? Or point me to a decent site where I can have a look. Not too trusting of these price comparison sites, always think they have an ulterior motive like a back hander from the shops...Dassey

[jetsada]

It depends how much you're wanting to pay really. I've had my Acer laptop for about 2 years now and never had any problems with it.

This one seems decent [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-15-4-inch-Laptop-Premium/dp/B001HK20ZA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1228582048&sr =8-1]Amazon.co.uk: Acer Aspire 5920 15.4-inch Laptop, Intel Core 2 Duo T5550, Vista Home Premium, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD: Electronics & Photo[/ame] and would handle msn/word processing and sims fine.

If you're wanting to spend less I'd be tempted to look at things like the Asus Eee PC/Acer Aspire One, the mini "netbooks" as they're called, fine for surfing/word processing for homework. I'm not sure about graphics though they'd probably handle a game like Sims but I wouldn't be sure about future releases of it!

[jonno71]

Cheap laptops

Take a look here matey buyit247.com - UK's No1 for Grade2 laptops and computers.
My mate got one for ?219 fujitsu siemens amilo 1gb ram 120 Gb hdd.
If you can't see anything give them a ring , they're very helpful!!

[BLUE242]

i have bought three laptops off ebay for 100.00 each for just that purpose. a second hand compaq with touchpad/ not stick is perfect for what you need

[carbandit]

try OpenDNS .co.uk mate very good and free delivery

[dassey]

Thanks

Thanks for the replies guys, I will have a look at these sites..merry xmas