[BNM] Cheap laptops

[james]

I was looking at the Inspiron 1300 a while back. It's worth noting it 
*doesn't* have wifi as standard. Also it has no PCMCIA which I needed..

Otherwise, cool machine at a good price and I would have got it.

Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Tong - TalkWebSolutions.co.uk" <nicktong at gmail.com>
To: <alex.studd at moving-edge.net>; "Brighton New Media" 
<bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [BNM] Cheap laptops


Alex - not sure what you came up with but i've just looked at some laptop
for my girlfriends Mother for about £400 and this is what i came up with:

in no particular order

Acer Aspire 3633WLMi
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/asp/product.asp?recorprod=1&product=456&cat=148#LX.A7405.261
# Intel Celeron-M Processor 370 1.5GHz
# 40GB Hard Drive
# DVD Dual Layer Drive
# 15.4" XGA Widescreen TFT Screen
# Intel 910GML - up to 128 MB of shared memory
# Integrated wireless 802.11g
# Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Pre Loaded

£399.        96
ex vat

Toshiba Satellite Pro L20
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/asp/product.asp?recorprod=1&product=594&cat=159#PSL25E-00K00CEN
# Intel(r) Centrino(r) Processor Technology
# 15&#65533; TFT Display
# DDR SDRAM Memory upgradeable to 2GB
# Integrated LAN and 56k v.90 data fax modem
# 3 USB 2.0 Sockets
# Integrated wireless LAN
# 3.5-hour Maximum Battery Life
# Weight approx. 2.8kg

£399.        96
ex vat
# Includes 1 Year Warranty

Dell Inspiron 1300
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/notebooks_Q2_W4_inspn_1300_N06136?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

Processor
#Intel(r) Centrino(r) Mobile Technology with Intel(r) Pentium(r) M Processor 
725
(1.6Ghz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533Mhz FSB).
#Memory
256MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM
#Monitor
14.1" Wide XGA screen
#Harddrive
40GB (5400rpm) Harddrive
#Optical Drive
Integrated 24xCDRW/8x DVD Combo Drive
#Graphic Card
Integrated Direct AGP Graphics

£399
Includes VAT & Shipping

HTH

On 24/05/06, Alex Studd <alex.studd at moving-edge.net> wrote:
>
> I want to spend around £500, apart from the dell 6400 does anyone have
> any other suggestions?
>
> Toshibas look nice but work out more expensive unless every other team
> in the world cup has lasagne before playing us.
>
> I guess there is now the option of MAC hardware but i'm still a bit
> reluctant and they are still out of the price range really
>
> --
> Alex Studd
> www.moving-edge.net
> 0845 345 5763
>
>
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