Laptops

[Chris Mac]

I'm in the market for a new one around the £400-500 price range. Don't want anything mega fancy but want a decent one that's relatively quick. A mate at work has recommended Acers as a good laptop but the choice is so big I'm a bit confused. Any help appreciated.

 

[killeen22]

Aria has some good deals usually. If you get one with Vista on it you will need 2GB of RAM at least and maybe a 120GB hard drive. Try to get one without Norton Antivirus which in my experience upto now of Vista slows laptops down way to much. Kaspersky is the best antivirus out there atm and runs fine with Vista.

Vista I have found to have issues with some drivers so if you plan to get extras like printers have to make sure they are compatable.

 

[Chris Mac]

Would I be better going for one with an XP operating system after your views on drivers etc?There are still \plenty out there with XP as the operating system. I doubt I'd be adding any peripherals to it anyway, just generally using it for surfing, gaming, work etc.

 

[Big G]

XP is a better system IMO, too many bugs and issues with vista, so much so that Microsoft are trying to rush on with the next operating system, ME edition ring any bells ;-)

Dell do have some decent offers at times, for what you get with the warranty etc they are a decent purchase.

 

[quiet_riot]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142148


Sold loads of those to customers. No problems.

 

[Chris Mac]

I've read a few reviews about lenovo that the battery life isn't that good. Can you update that for me?

 

[quiet_riot]

I've read a few reviews about lenovo that the battery life isn't that good. Can you update that for me?

I've been using one since Xmas at work, never had any issues about battery life, still, it last about half as long as my MacBook, but it's half the price!