Laptop recommendations (<€300)

peckerhead

Howdy all, can't find any recent threads and am wondering if anyone has spotted any current bargains. I'm looking for a basic windows laptop suitable for a student starting college. Mostly just for web browsing, email, word processing - nothing too demanding. Reasonably light and portable (11"-13" screen will be plenty, maybe even some kind of netbook would suit). I have access to free OS/software so don't need to pay for that, if there are any barebones offers out there (or any particularly good deals on a chromebook or something).

Looking at these atm:
http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Asus_X102BA_4GB_500GB_10.1_inch_Windows_8_Touchscreen_Netbook__X102BA-DF027H/version.asp
http://www.ebuyer.com/618537-acer-c720-chromebook-nx-sheek-001
http://www.ebuyer.com/645880-lenovo-b50-laptop-mca28uk

Hoping to come in at around (or under) the €300 mark - not much, I know, but this kid breaks or loses phones at an alarming rate so I'm not keen to splash out more than necessary...

TIA

zero19

Was looking into getting one of these for myself for college, 225 with 10% off code and free delivery. Dunno if Dell are any use though.

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-15-3531-laptop/pd?oc=cn53105&model_id=inspiron-15-3531-laptop

heliguyheliguy

I would recommend a good used laptop as being the better deal in that price range.

SJ.

Check out Amazon warehouse deals:

I can't post links put if you paste the following after "amazon dot co dot uk forward slash" you should see it:

Acer-TravelMate-11-6-inch-Integrated-Graphics/dp/B00H5147U6/ref=sr_1_32?m=A2OAJ7377F756P&s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1409905341&sr=1-32

peckerhead

SJ. wrote: »

Check out Amazon warehouse deals:

I can't post links put if you paste the following after "amazon dot co dot uk forward slash" you should see it:

Acer-TravelMate-11-6-inch-Integrated-Graphics/dp/B00H5147U6/ref=sr_1_32?m=A2OAJ7377F756P&s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1409905341&sr=1-32

Cheers, hadn't expected to find those kind of specs for under £300. I might get that for myself and give her my old one!

grimm2005

Tesco have two different models atm, both very similar in spec for €280 each, one is Packard Bell (basically an Acer as they own them now) and a Toshiba. A friend of mine bought the PB one and it seems grand. 15.6' screens though so might be too big for you.

flutered

http://svp.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=84e8bbd170b8cffc2106f9ae3&id=2691e1984b&e=fc0f5406fe

would this suit.

Eph1958

Only for today.....
http://www.ibood.com/ie/en/product_specs/53131/Asus_Vivo_Book_Ultrabook_with_133/

Good Luck

peckerhead

Cheers all. That's a very good price for the refurbed Thinkpad, flutered — about €220 including the Parcel Motel charge. I paid over €400 for an i3 Toshiba not so long ago.

I'd begun to lean towards a Chromebook, for battery life and speed, but I guess a Windows machine would make life a lot simpler in terms of working with MS Office files and connecting to the Uni network.

flutered

they also post direct to ireland, there may be know difference in the cost, the last item i got was the saame price to ireland, so i saved the parcel motel price.

peckerhead

Dammit, sold out now...

The search continues.

tech

zero19 wrote: »

Was looking into getting one of these for myself for college, 225 with 10% off code and free delivery. Dunno if Dell are any use though.

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-15-3531-laptop/pd?oc=cn53105&model_id=inspiron-15-3531-laptop

hi did you get this laptop? where did you get the 10% code?
Thanks

peckerhead

In the end I went for the Inspiron 15 discussed in the other BA thread (on phone so can't link). Happy days; I wasn’t expecting to come in at under €200...!