Josh

18May/101

New Laptop

I have a job starting in September, for which I will be moving about quite a bit.  I will probably not be in one place for more than 3 months, and I have no idea where I will be for that time.  So the chances are I will be in spare rooms and random places off Gumtree and so on.

I want to travel light so I don't have much to move, much to unpack and then repack.  So I want to replace my desktop.

So, I am after recommendations for a laptop.  I only want to pay £300, hopefully less.  I don't care if it is second hand or refurbished, as long as it is in decent condition.  Because in 18 months time I will probably be back to living in one place again.

I plan to sign up to Love Film or something similar during the year, so it needs to be able to play DVDs and so on, which rules out netbooks.  I would also like it to be slightly larger than a netbook.

So, 13 inch screen or there abouts, optical drive, reasonable HDD storage, reasonable battery life.  To be honest I just want it to be semi decent, so that it works.  I am not going to be doing anything stressful to it, 95% of my computing time is spent browsing or watching media.  So 1Gb - 2Gb RAM probably, 1.2Ghz processor.  I am not that fussy.

Windows 7 compatibility would be a plus, but I will put up with XP for a year if I have to.

So, any suggestions?

  • Ian
    I think you're requirement of an internal DVD and small screen means you won't be able to find much under £400. I would still recommend a Dell d420 off ebay... It doesn't have an internal drive but most come with an external one, which is about the size of a DVD case. Ubunut runs smooth as butter and Jas runs windows 7 on his. With the extended life battery, I can get 5-6 hours with the wifi turned off.
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