Sub €300 Laptop

Donal94

Looking for a proper laptop with an optical drive for below €300. Spec isnt really important. Thanks

DeadSkin

Your best bet is probably adverts.ie, if you're not fussy about second hand

Donal94

Yeah I've bought a few second hand laptops and they were great for a while but eventually died on me so I'm looking for something new. Thansk though

daftdave

you are gonna really struggle with performance on a laptop thats new for under 300 bucks with an optical drive.... id consider 2nd hand and a ram upgrade in it when you buy it.

Donal94

Thanks Dave, its never really gonna do anything other than go on the internet so spec isnt an issue thanks though

Bonavox

Donal94 wrote: »

Thanks Dave, its never really gonna do anything other than go on the internet so spec isnt an issue thanks though

If its just for internet, then your best bet would probably be a netbook.

You'd get one with XP for 250 with a built in webcam.

daftdave

vflhp wrote: »

If its just for internet, then your best bet would probably be a netbook.

You'd get one with XP for 250 with a built in webcam.

he is looking to have a cd/dvd drive with the machine also ,

OP. even though its only for internet and no high end stuff , vista is pretty resource hungry and is gonna demand a certain amount of ram.
they reccomend that you have at least 2 gig of ram to function properly , it will function on 1 gig but when the pc is a few months old, after you have been using it for a while , they just tend to slow down gradually as they get older, and thats where the extra ram etc. will make the difference.

maybe purchase the €300 laptop and save up for some more ram and install it further down the line , its pretty easy , there are plenty of video's on you tube to show you what to do,

regards,

dave.

jimi_t

daftdave wrote: »

OP. even though its only for internet and no high end stuff , vista is pretty resource hungry and is gonna demand a certain amount of ram.

Why run Vista? It's practically obsolete anyway and anyone looking to buy a basic budget laptop isn't going to give a fiddlers about the limitations of 32-bit architecture or whatever.

old boy

bigpockets.co.uk have an elonex 10in web book,
80 gig sata hd
512 mg ram
win xp
wifi
card reader
hi def audio
2.5 hrs batt life
£139.99.

daftdave

jimi_t wrote: »

Why run Vista? It's practically obsolete anyway and anyone looking to buy a basic budget laptop isn't going to give a fiddlers about the limitations of 32-bit architecture or whatever.

windows 7 is not fully released as of yet so vista is more than likely the operating system that comes with the laptop , either that or a downgrade to xp or linux which most people dont have a clue how to use properly ,

golfball37

old boy wrote: »

bigpockets.co.uk have an elonex 10in web book,
80 gig sata hd
512 mg ram
win xp
wifi
card reader
hi def audio
2.5 hrs batt life
£139.99.

They won't deliver to Ireland though?

leninbenjamin

Donal94 wrote: »

Looking for a proper laptop with an optical drive for below €300. Spec isnt really important. Thanks

practically impossible new. stretch to €400-€450 and you should be able to find something.

otherwise your best bet is something like the EEEPC which can be picked up for 200 in some places, and an external optical drive.

like this http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1622464
and http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1612228

MisterAnarchy

This is a pretty good laptop for the price
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159081
£260 delivered ~ €305 .
Add an extra 2Gb of ram and it is a fine laptop .

golfball37

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

This is a pretty good laptop for the price
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159081
£260 delivered ~ €305 .
Add an extra 2Gb of ram and it is a fine laptop .

Is this new? Some price. Will they deliver to Ireland though?

MisterAnarchy

golfball37 wrote: »

Is this new? Some price. Will they deliver to Ireland though?

Yes it is brand new.
They deliver to Ireland but you have to use Google Checkout ,delivery is ~£10.
I bought one of these a few months ago when it was £299,its a fine laptop.
Same laptop but has some reviews .http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152309

golfball37

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Yes it is brand new.
They deliver to Ireland but you have to use Google Checkout ,delivery is ~£10.
I bought one of these a few months ago when it was £299,its a fine laptop.
Same laptop but has some reviews .http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152309

Thx very much for that, was trying paypal for ages even ended up ringing them but the country kept defaulting to UK, once I used Google it was fine. 10 squid delivery not half bad either.

PeterSweeney

There was a good Compaq one available in Harvey Norman's when I was there recently for about 300. Sorry, can't give you more info than that