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I just wanted to know if there is anyone who can help me out I am after a laptop, nowt fancy just for Office app's and internet thats all.

So I wanted to know if anyone had one for sale or knew where I can get my hands on one, I am only looking to spend a couple of hundred £250 - £300 max.

The thing is I don't fancy buying from E-bay due to the fact I dont trust them due to the fact you never know just who your dealing with and don't want to get ripped off.

Any help would be great.
 
pie sandwich said:
I just wanted to know if there is anyone who can help me out I am after a laptop, nowt fancy just for Office app's and internet thats all.

So I wanted to know if anyone had one for sale or knew where I can get my hands on one, I am only looking to spend a couple of hundred £250 - £300 max.

The thing is I don't fancy buying from E-bay due to the fact I dont trust them due to the fact you never know just who your dealing with and don't want to get ripped off.

Any help would be great.
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Go and buy a new one (Dell or any outlet). they will all do what you want and are selling for about £320ish. You cannot go wrong with a new one cos it will have guarantees of at least a year. (I don't bother with the additional sh*te, thats what home insurance is for!). Inserted Dells link, but try all the other outlets.

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/notebooks?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
 
gray said:
This one is slightly over but got good spec:
http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product...1235&session=df86bf853357988df9742ddae29ce63e

As the others have said, dell is selling one for £329 if you remove the cover to basic.

Gray
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Wouldn't touch an IBM as far as I could throw it. Got that stupid red mouse button still in the middle like the 21 and 31. RAF uses them for LITS IRW and they are a pain(Yes I know the RAF and IBM fcuked up the software and with all the protection stuff on them, they are a worse nightmare that a civvy one would be with normal windows) , I wouldn't go and buy a civvy one.:PDT_Xtremez_42:
 
I got a decent laptop fr tesco for 300. does what I want but can't get the wireless stuff to work yet as AOL and vista don't agree.
 
Can I own to to buying a laptop from PC World please?? :PDT_Xtremez_09:

It cost me £350 and does everything you ecpext it to. The only downside is that it came with Microsoft Works, but I've just bought a copy of Office 2003 from the MoD home use programme for £19, problem solved.
 
The FOMz said:
Can I own to to buying a laptop from PC World please?? :PDT_Xtremez_09:

It cost me £350 and does everything you ecpext it to. The only downside is that it came with Microsoft Works, but I've just bought a copy of Office 2003 from the MoD home use programme for £19, problem solved.
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If you want decent office software, try OpenOffice.org, its completely free and does more than MS office does it gives you the option to save your files in several different formats so that they are compatible with all other office programs. Have a look at the minimum requirements for Open Office compared to MS Office 03 and you will also see that you will save a lot of space and computer resources using it as well.
 
I Look Like Kevin Cosner said:
Wouldn't touch an IBM as far as I could throw it. Got that stupid red mouse button still in the middle like the 21 and 31. RAF uses them for LITS IRW and they are a pain(Yes I know the RAF and IBM fcuked up the software and with all the protection stuff on them, they are a worse nightmare that a civvy one would be with normal windows) , I wouldn't go and buy a civvy one.:PDT_Xtremez_42:
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They are OK when you get used to them, I prefer them to the little pad that will randomly double click for you
 
Acer do nice lappys, the lower spec ones are in your price range.

As someone else said, Acer machines often crop up in Tesco and are well worth a look.
 
The FOMz said:
Can I own to to buying a laptop from PC World please?? :PDT_Xtremez_09:

It cost me £350 and does everything you ecpext it to. The only downside is that it came with Microsoft Works, but I've just bought a copy of Office 2003 from the MoD home use programme for £19, problem solved.
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Any details of this please fomz
 
Metal Monkey just posted the link for you above.

Its an intranet only link.

Once registered make sure you click on the Home use program at the bottom of the page (its £19) otherwise if you click on the one above its a couple of hundred quid.


Its only valid for one computer, but for £19 who's moaning. Even if you've got 3 computers that need it,£57 is still cheaper than a couple of hundred.
 
Olovv said:
They are OK when you get used to them, I prefer them to the little pad that will randomly double click for you
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However, there is better looking and user friendly models from other manufacturers and how many times have you wanted to launch an A31 out of the window in Oman and Jordan!!:PDT_Xtremez_31:
 
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