cheap laptop

[monty0703]

I was thinking of buying a cheap laptop for my parents so that they can see photos, avi. files etc. that my brother overseas sends them. Is there a cheaper alternative? e.g. notebook, palm thingie?

[Hymie]

You might be thinking of something like this:-
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/136631
Although cheap, it sacrifices performance for compact size.

For less than �80 more, you get an all singing all dancing laptop with DVD re-writer.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/140709

I know which I would buy.

[ChuckFickens]

get a laptop for them, anything else would only save marginal money for a huge loss in performance and usability.

Tesco, asda and most supermarkets sell good enough laptops for the sort of use you say, you can also get good but very cheap laptops from dell direct, have a look round but don't spend over �300

[monty0703]

Thanks for that Hymie. I wouldn't bother with the first suggestion as, like you said, you can get a laptop with a much better spec. It would be simply for viewing jpegs and avi files so I wonder if a cheapish digi photo frame would do? Although I've heard that they're rubbish..

[monty0703]

Hmm..I never thought about the supermarkets. I'll have a nosey in Asda. Thanks.

[Hymie]

Digital photo frames only display photos � you have to down load the photos to a memory card and then insert the card in the photo frame. I don�t think they are what you want.

Check out a few here:-
http://www.ebuyer.com/search/?sortfilter=ascen d&intStoreID=77&intCatID=267&limit=10&page=1