best laptop for �400

[barb1314]

Anyone have an opinion on this? Thanks

[Ethel]

There are lots of great laptops for that price but it would help if you told us what you want:

Screen - as big as possible or small so the laptop can be carried around easily;

Operating system - Windows or Linux? Linux makes it cheaper

Do you need a dvd/cd burner?

What are you going to use it for? Hard core games and video editing needs much higher spec than surfing the web and word processing

[chazza]

As above it would depend what you want it for but there are good deals on the dell site, it's either www.dell.com/deals, or www.dell.co.uk/deals, can't remember which

[ACtheTROLL]

go stand in tesc or asda etc ... they should have some 'puter mags on the shelves

see what they recommend ....

(this is a bit of a generalisation) most manufacturers will offer pretty much the same options within a price range...
a wider screen results in a smaller HDD or a slower processor .... but ethel is right ... horses for courses ... if widescreen is important ... you'll get less of something else.

online is generally cheaper than from a shop (but the gap is quite small these days)
it's important to go to somewhere you can touch and feel the machine (even if you buy elsewhere)

[Oneeyedvic]

One you know your specs, have a look at this site to give you great prices: http://www.hotukdeals.com/computers/deals/new