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honeythorn · 11-06-2010, 07:38 AM

I want a laptop. I've never owned one and now have the cash to get one. I've got £400 to spend .

I have NO idea what to get and know bugger all about computers so please, no waffle about operating systems and all that gibberish, I won't understand a word of it. I don't have the first clue as to how to program anything. I can only just about turn on this old cronk of a desktop and use the internet on it .

I need to be able to get it in the UK and not have to wait 4 million years for it to be shipped from bloody Khatmandu or wherever.

I just want something for my 400 quid that's as fast as possible, has as much memory as possible, and won't break if I look at it.

For the most part it'll be used for internet surfing and buying shit on Ebay and Etsy, storing pictures ( though I do have a photobucket account as well ) and music ( I only know how to use windows media player ) chatting crap on MSN , and watching DVD's in bed.

I didn't want to hear a load of sales pitch and gibberish from some disinterested looking twerp in PC world, so I thought I'd ask around in here as I know some of you like your technical wizardry and so on.

SO, G.NET, Have you any advice as to what laptop I could get for my £400? I can go slightly over that budget but not by much.

Dell? HP? ACER? those are three brands I've seen about, any good machines from those?

11-06-2010, 07:38 AM	#1
honeythorn Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In the broken temple bells, in the ringing... Posts: 5,979	Oy, computer knowledgeable people. I want a laptop. I've never owned one and now have the cash to get one. I've got £400 to spend . I have NO idea what to get and know bugger all about computers so please, no waffle about operating systems and all that gibberish, I won't understand a word of it. I don't have the first clue as to how to program anything. I can only just about turn on this old cronk of a desktop and use the internet on it . I need to be able to get it in the UK and not have to wait 4 million years for it to be shipped from bloody Khatmandu or wherever. I just want something for my 400 quid that's as fast as possible, has as much memory as possible, and won't break if I look at it. For the most part it'll be used for internet surfing and buying shit on Ebay and Etsy, storing pictures ( though I do have a photobucket account as well ) and music ( I only know how to use windows media player ) chatting crap on MSN , and watching DVD's in bed. I didn't want to hear a load of sales pitch and gibberish from some disinterested looking twerp in PC world, so I thought I'd ask around in here as I know some of you like your technical wizardry and so on. SO, G.NET, Have you any advice as to what laptop I could get for my £400? I can go slightly over that budget but not by much. Dell? HP? ACER? those are three brands I've seen about, any good machines from those?