Kimberley
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I'll be honest, I'm a bit useless when it comes to technology. I need a new laptop, it'll only be used for university assignments, storing photos and videos and the internet. So I don't need anything too fancy.
I currently have an ACER ASPIRE 5738Z. Intel pentium processor t4200 (2.0ghz) 4GB & 320GB HDD. It's about 3 years old.
Budget is around 400, preferably better spec than my current laptop, and ideally.. white 
any suggestions?
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Russ
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http://www.ebuyer.com/337144-asus-x53e-laptop-x53e-sx1136v
http://www.ebuyer.com/288874-toshiba-satellite-pro-c660-2f8-laptop-psc1me-01g00ken
bottom one has bigger hdd and more ram, top one has slightly better cpu
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Sam
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There's a few I can get you:
Toshiba Satellite C660D-1EN
15.6" widescreen, AMD E-450 dual core CPU with AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics, 6GB RAM, 320GB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium
£365 inc. VAT
HP 630
15.6" widescreen, Intel Core i3 370M dual core CPU, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium
£375 inc. VAT
Samsung NP-RV520-A07UK
15.6" widescreen, Intel Core i3 2330M dual core CPU, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium
£400 inc. VAT
Next day delivery on any of the above is £6 inc. VAT
(p.s. none of them are white, sorry - can't get hold of any white laptops, certainly not in that price range anyway)
[Edited on 21-03-2012 by Sam]
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Kimberley
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Thanks sam. I think I'm going to go with the Toshiba Russ posted. If I change my mind I'll get back to you.
Out of curiosity, what's the price range on a decent white one? I'm not after a Mac btw.
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Russ
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if you want a white one then you definitely aren't after a mac 
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Kimberley
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
if you want a white one then you definitely aren't after a mac
Did the older ones not tend to be white? Maybe I'm more useless with this stuff than I originally thought.
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Sam
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About £600, similar spec to that Toshiba one you are buying.
There was also another one (Sony Vaio) which was cheaper but I can't get hold of them any more.
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Russ
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yeah they used to sell laptops called MacBooks that were white, they have now discontinues that and sell silver macbook pro's/air's.
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Sam
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Older ones (in particular a lot of the Acer laptops funnily enough) were indeed white, nowadays they mainly come in just black or silver.
Edit - and the MacBooks that Russ just mentioned, forgot about those
[Edited on 21-03-2012 by Sam]
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Kimberley
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Thank you both for your help lads.
I've ordered a Toshiba, Should be here tomorrow. 
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Sam
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Hopefully you won't suffer this problem - but some Toshiba laptops don't actually charge properly the first time you use them!
Trick is to just leave it to charge for a few hours and it'll mysteriously start charging properly.
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andy_mk3
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Check out the Dell outlet store, some amazing deals to be had there
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Sam
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Mate she's just said she's already bought the laptop
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