Buying a new laptop advice

Hi guys my dad is buying a new laptop for storing music on itunes, work spreadsheets and storing photos that he takes. We are looking for some advice on what to buy, he's found a deal through pcworld and we were wondering if it's as good a deal as it seems. Were not 100% computer literate and therefore are looking for some advice or if there are any others worth considering...

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshib...02375-pdt.html that is the link to the current laptop were considering. Any advice much appriciated, cheers Matt.

That looks like a decent price and the spec should be adequate for the sort of thing you list him wanting to do.

yeah, or if he has one that is working fine, get an external hdd to store all the other stuff on. much cheaper

Any new laptops will do the basics. Just dont wanna spend too much

Might be guilty of not reading the ad too well, but remember that this might not include Windows software, which could add a good bit to the the offer price.

Guilty as charged, ignore the above. Looks a reasonable deal for a light user.

personally with laptops in particular i would suggest look at the build quality over the spec. For what you are using it for, as already said they will all do the job, what you don't want however is to need to purchase a new one too soon because it has broken due to bad build quality.

I have always been a fan of HP laptops because of this fact. and we purchased a new one in January and after a good period of time looking at what is around these days still went for a HP as they are noticeable better quality.

I would say go into the shop and pick up the different laptops, open and close the lid a couple of times, and generally see how it feels in hand, i would bet that you would notice the HP having a better feel to it.

Then it is a case of looking what deals they have on at the moment. You will probably find that the HP's are a little more expensive, but will almost certainly last you longer.

That tosh one you have seen though, it is a good laptop, you wont have any issues with it, and it will do everything you need it to.

Don't get a Dell. Against my advice her parents have gone and got a new Inspiron, and it feels so cheap and flimsy it'sa disgrace. My ten year old Inspiron at least felt robust (even if it wasn't). I know I'm spoiled by having a unibody Macbook but their last laptop was a Compaq and it was built like a tank.

Originally Posted by metalangel

Don't get a Dell. Against my advice her parents have gone and got a new Inspiron, and it feels so cheap and flimsy it'sa disgrace. My ten year old Inspiron at least felt robust (even if it wasn't). I know I'm spoiled by having a unibody Macbook but their last laptop was a Compaq and it was built like a tank.

AGREE!!!

Dell are a discrace! it will break in no time at all!!!!

Originally Posted by metalangel

Don't get a Dell. Against my advice her parents have gone and got a new Inspiron, and it feels so cheap and flimsy it'sa disgrace. My ten year old Inspiron at least felt robust (even if it wasn't). I know I'm spoiled by having a unibody Macbook but their last laptop was a Compaq and it was built like a tank.

SECONDED,

i buy our companies laptops and now only buy HP or Vaio,

my wifes is an entry level HP and is v good for the money.

All the Toshiba machines I have dealt with broke..