Need A Cheap Laptop For A Student (1 Viewer)

[Umfufu]

My sister's looking for a cheap laptop for college.
Probably needs to be Windows machine with MS Office for compatibility's sake.

Her birthday's coming up so we might all chip in & get her one.
Where should I be looking?

 

[Umfufu]

Probably looking for a netbook, really.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Acer or samsung do a good netbook,had both and was happy with them.
pc world has stacks of them,was only in looking earlier,seemed a bit pricier than i expected though.

 

[Umfufu]

Yeah, can't find much in the laptop department below €350 on any of the Irish shops' websites.

Found Office for €65 though, which is good although I'm not sure if it would work on Windows 7 Starter which a netbook would be running?

http://www.software4students.ie/

 

[pete]

avoid windows 7 starter. AVOID.

it's fucking terrible.

 

[Theseus Mock]

I'd say avoid a netbook as well, screens are way too small to be usable especially if she's going to be typing out essays and whatnot. Go for a 13" laptop.

 

[Ferox13]

avoid windows 7 starter. AVOID.

it's fucking terrible.

Whys that Pete?

 

[pete]

got it on a netbook in work for someone & it lasted about 3 hours before it was replaced with XP

when your OS won't even let you change the desktop background you know you're in trouble.

 

[washingcattle]

Steal one from the Revenue Commissioners office.

 

[Umfufu]

What about this then?

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5083455/c_1/1|category_root|Office%2C+PCs+and+phones|14418968/c_2/3|15701344|Laptops+and+netbooks|14419039/c_3/4|cat_14419039|Netbooks+and+mini+laptops|14419042.htm

 

[ann post]

I'd say avoid a netbook as well, screens are way too small to be usable especially if she's going to be typing out essays and whatnot. Go for a 13" laptop.

Agree - defo need a respectable screen and key size if she needs to do typing work. my own sis cant work on her netbook, she had to opt for a ten year old pc cos the keys were too fiddly.

 

[Napalm]

350 cash in a shop in Tallaght, brand new in the box...
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name AIDO-PC
System Manufacturer LENOVO
System Model 444624G
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16GHz, 2166 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date LENOVO 6GET17WW(V1.08), 4/1/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005"
User Name 8888-PC\Aido
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 3.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.96 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.84 GB
Total Virtual Memory 6.15 GB
Available Virtual Memory 4.90 GB
Page File Space 3.25 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

[Ferox13]

That seems like a good deal..Can't see the HD size listed there (or I'm blind)

I'm not mad about the GMT Standard Time machines though....

 

[Ferox13]

Just saw an ad for this in my Inbox. its a bit dearer but has a better processor and comes with Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit). Its €346.14 ex vat...

Toshiba C660-115 - PDC t4500 - 3GB RAM - 320GB HDD - 15.6" Display - Win 7 Home Premium 64bit laptop

 

[Goodbye]

If all you're doing is typing a few essays and a bit of onliniing is all this extra twaddle really necessary?

My first Laptop had 512mb of RAM & a 10gb hard drive & I was fucking video editing on it(!)

If you need a cheap laptop, just get a cheap laptop.

 

[Napalm]

350 cash in a shop in Tallaght, brand new in the box...
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name AIDO-PC
System Manufacturer LENOVO
System Model 444624G
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16GHz, 2166 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date LENOVO 6GET17WW(V1.08), 4/1/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005"
User Name 8888-PC\Aido
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 3.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.96 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.84 GB
Total Virtual Memory 6.15 GB
Available Virtual Memory 4.90 GB
Page File Space 3.25 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

250 HD

 

[Umfufu]

I told my sister about all the concerns raised here about how shit netbooks are.
From what I can tell she basically wants a netbook, will probably rarely use it for anything other than checking Facebook.
She's doing nursing & only has about 6 months left so the amount of college work is probably negligible.
I've decided to just give her money towards it & let her buy whatever piece of crap she wants cos I don't want to get the blame when it breaks!

She can also get MS Office cheaper than I can cos she's a student.

 

[Napalm]

This is the one I have
http://www.maplin.co.uk/15.4-inch-l...cts&utm_content=511954&utm_campaign=Frontpage