1 New Laptop Rqd.

[Pumaedition]

Right, the Head wants a new laptop, and he has asked for something "as quick as possible" and "as light as possible" and I have a budget of £500.

The computer (obviously) must have XP Pro, but OS isnt strictly needed as we have a few unopened boxes of XP Pro.

Have checked Novatech, Misco, Laptops Direct, but nothing really catches my eye.

Any reccomendations?!

[localzuk]

Our current standard laptop is the HP 6715b, and if you get the one with Vista included you can claim £100 back (if you get your invoice before 31st Jan that is). It isn't overly heavy and if you add a 3 year warranty still comes in under your budget.

Insight have them for £480 + warranty (£110) - £100 cashback so it would be £490. We get them through European Electronique for about £30 or so less than that.

[OutToLunch]

(7a) (corollary). Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two (you can't have all three).

£500 isn't a huge budget to get a fast AND light laptop. You'll be able to either find an average weight one that's pretty nippy, or (if you're lucky) a slower lighter one...

For my money, I'd go with one of two HP's on Misco.

If you can go over budget by £15 to get up to 2GB ram,
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...281404&CatId=0

If not, http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...288208&CatId=0

I'm a big fan of the HP laptops - really nice feel to the keyboards, decent build quality etc.

[button_ripple]

I am so sorry but i am going to have to recommend the RM nBook ultralight

They are brilliant!

Really sorry edugeek users!!

[localzuk]

(7a) (corollary). Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two (you can't have all three).

£500 isn't a huge budget to get a fast AND light laptop. You'll be able to either find an average weight one that's pretty nippy, or (if you're lucky) a slower lighter one...

For my money, I'd go with one of two HP's on Misco.

If you can go over budget by £15 to get up to 2GB ram,
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...281404&CatId=0

If not, http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...288208&CatId=0

I'm a big fan of the HP laptops - really nice feel to the keyboards, decent build quality etc.

The first you link to is the one I mention above but with XP Pro instead of Vista - the only difference is the cashback being double for the Vista model.

[Pumaedition]

thanks for those! Didnt even see the top one when I looked through. Perfect for what he needs.

Thanks!

[flyinghaggis]

It's over your budget by £100 but the Dell XPS1330 is very fast/fully featured and very light. Not to mentioned it looks seriously bling which is generally the main criteria for most of the Headmasters I've met

£599
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...hs1&l=en&s=dhs

[localzuk]

Not to mentioned it looks seriously bling which is generally the main criteria for most of the Headmasters I've met

Lol, our head's last machine cost £1600... A Fujitsu-Seimens Stylistic tablet.

[SYSMAN_MK]

It's over your budget by £100 but the Dell XPS1330 is very fast/fully featured and very light. Not to mentioned it looks seriously bling which is generally the main criteria for most of the Headmasters I've met

£599
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...hs1&l=en&s=dhs

Got to love Dell

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...dt1&l=en&s=bsd

[PEO]

I want never gets thats what my mother always told me