I'm new to the minefield of laptops but figure it would be good to get one to run my discos through. The question is...where to start?

It needs to have a pretty large Hard Drive so I can store the music on it.

It needs to only really run one or two programs, but needs enough memory so if I run a search it's not going to slow down the music that's playing and can find the file quickly.

I've had a look at Dell's site and found an Intel Celeron 36, 512 MB memory, 80 GB HDD and a 24 x CDRW/DVD. Thing is that once you add on all the VAT and delivery it takes it to well over £700.

I looked at Ebuyer but nothing seemed to jump out there.

I need this up and running by Saturday night so if you know of a good deal or can help, please get in touch.

I would choose HP.

I took a look at Comet's site and this seems ok:

http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/572_267104.html

Have a look through the laptops on this link. they are all in stock and are new.

You might also want to look into using a portable storage device for storing all your tracks on as well.

http://uk.insight.com/apps/nbs/index.php?C=102&S=1015&4228v=80+GB%3Atext&IS=on&P=&search_type=&K=&M=&200268v=1%3Abucket&AM=

SO how much do you want to spend?

sounds like you basically need a budget laptop, but with a lot of storage.

Have you considered going for a budget laptop (with budget storage) and getting some sort of external drive for storage, thus allowing you to carry your music around in a much smaller package and allowing you to put it safe somewhere when not in use.

Any modern laptop will be able to do a search whilst playing an mp3, it takes very little cpu now.

buy a nice shiny laptop.

Well, I guess I'm pretty naiive. I'd hoped to have spent around £500.

I have an external HDD, but want to cut down on the amount of stuff I carry about, plus at times I run two discos at the same time, so want it all loaded onto the HDD.

To get a Dell laptop £449 for Follow this link to Dell

Link to Dell laptop (http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&kc=305&l=en&oc=N09125&s=dhs&sbc=inspn_1200#bottom_anchor)

Than change the support service to 90 day collect & return which subtracts £35.25.

The spec is as follows:

Intel® Celeron® M Processor 360 (1.4 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
256MB shared2 DDR SDRAM
40GB Hard Drive
8-cell NiMH Battery
DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Microsoft® Works 7.0

If you buy cheap you'll regret it later, spend that bit extra and you'll be happier in the long run.

So what do you recommend I should spend? I really want capacity for storage more than anything and secondary to that needs to be performance.

Originally posted by adlinds
To get a Dell laptop £449 for Follow this link to Dell

Link to Dell laptop (http://http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&kc=305&l=en&oc=N09125&s=dhs&sbc=inspn_1200#bottom_anchor)

Than change the support service to 90 day collect & return which subtracts £35.25.

The spec is as follows:

Intel® Celeron® M Processor 360 (1.4 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
256MB shared2 DDR SDRAM
40GB Hard Drive
8-cell NiMH Battery
DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Microsoft® Works 7.0

Sounds good, apart from the HDD being too small. The link unfortunately is dead.

oops, the link is now edited. My apologies.

I got THIS (http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk/Acer_Travelmate_4150LCi_LX.T7606.018/version-3.asp) from Staples 2 weeks ago for £550. It came with a 60GB HD as well.
That offer isn't on now but they might have something similar on :wink:

Hi there,

here's my thoughts for what they're worth

In my last 2 postions, I only ever rolled out HP/Compaq laptops to users. In my last job, we rolled out 110 and had just 1 faulty laptop!

If you've got any links to the trade, try and find out what models HP have special pricing on this month. If not try dealtime..I just did a look and chose these:


I would go for one of these:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=93587&_LOC=UK

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=93587&_LOC=UK

However I prefer intel so would probably pick this:

http://www.technoworld.com/productdisplay.asp?ProductID=19125&source=dealtime

Hope this helps

M3ckon