Best Laptop?

[bantingm]

Hiya, i have am jsut about to start a nwe job and will need a laptop for home, i am looking to buy a dell, and i want a pink one! i will need t use it for powerpoint, and word etc, storing itunes and keeping photos stored, could anyone reccomend a reasonably priced laptop, which will do the job?

Ta very much

[VHG]

Make sure it has a spell checker as well, you seem to need one of those :-)

[VHG]

People post loads of deals on here.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/computers/all/new

There is a guy who posts lots of Dell deals so keeping looking every day and see when he posts a deal.

He does not work for Dell, but he seems to dig out all the Dell bargains.

[Prudentia]

I would not buy a DEL I think they are too expensive by comparison of spec, I have a Fujitsu Semens Amilo and i am extremely happy with it!!

[fo3nix]

Any laptop at all will do.

I wouldn't bother spending more than �300 on it; any laptop these days will do what you want.

The only issue is getting it in pink --- these may be the slightly more expensive ones. But if you're adamant on this, then any pink laptop should do too.

[Ethel]

As already stated, for your needs any �300 laptop will do.
Decide on how you need to use it:

Will you be carrying it around a lot? If so, you need a lighter laptop with a smaller screen. In not, get the biggest screen you can afford
Is the keyboard comfortable?
Does it have enough USB ports?
Must it have a dvd player?
Do you want a built in web cam?
Vista, XP or Linux?

Will it be your only pc, or will you have a desktop as well?

Whatever you decide, don't be guided by the colour - you can buy perfectly good skins for very little money:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=pi nk+laptop+skins&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvad id=3150848713&ref=pd_sl_9a5yjcbmke_e

[ACtheTROLL]

if you get a dell ... make sure you stick to pink ... as ethel says ... you don't need red
but for office don't be tempted to go for lilac just because it's a few quid cheaper.

seriously .. dells are not bad ...

[bantingm]

Thanks everyone for your posts, i know which one i want now (after speaking to IT geek, i say that with affection) and will look in the january sales.

As for the sarcy comment over the spelling... was it really neccessary? no didnt think so....

:-D

[Ethel]

We love to point out spelling errors - mainly because the spell checker should highlight your spelling errors for you as you type.
Mine does, but I don't it to tell me how to spell necessary.

:)

Glad you're sorted

[bantingm]

"Mine does, but I don't it to tell me how to spell "

Now that doesnt make sense.....

[Ethel]

No, you're right.

Sadly my fingers don't always work as they should :)

[bantingm]

Glad its not just me that makes mistakes then...!! after all, we are humans!!

[sqad617]

Welcome back Ethel, I hope that you had a good break, you were missed by many of us.