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anybody got any ideas where i can get one from? its only really for my kid and wife, so ain`t got to be anything special, its just so i can stay on my desktop pc then they can use the laptop for surfin and emailin.

cheers
neil

how cheap is cheap?

There was a bloody good sony on hotukdeals the other day at £299...i`m sure you`ll find it with a quick search :)

Neil,
excallent name, i`ve had many friends called neil.
I would either send to the local recycleing center with £50 for a tower or so then allow some of your discresion for upgrades such as memory, or even cheaper the local library. wifi cards do exist cheaply for towers
Who paid for the pc that you use

jemma

You could try Bigpockets, they have some good stuff at the moment but it`s going fast. I recently found a laptop for our friends for £300. Gateway, 17 TFT, Core 2 Duo T5300 1.73GHz, 2GB Ram, 120GB HDD, DVD-RW drive and Vista Home Premium. That one was a steal, but it`s now sold out (if I`d been working I`d have bought one myself). They have some similarly priced 15.4" TFT models though,albeit slightly worse specs..

This item was edited on Thursday, 7th August 2008, 20:20

Is this any good for your needs?


http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/225218/toshiba-l40-14n-pentium-duo-laptop-/

when i say cheap i mean max £200, is was biddin on one off ebay, went up to £132 but it went for 134.
only really basic 20gb h/drive, xp, 512ram etc small screen just basic of basic really.
i brought my desktop pc but i said i would go halfs with the wife, cuz it will need to be wifi etc so thats going to cost to get that all set up, thanks so far 4 everyones help.

neil.

i also am not workin, buildin trade is dead so every penny counts at the moment but i do really need a lap top for the wife and kid, i suppose it could be called an early xmas present.

cheers

well i got one off ebay for £112, hope its o.k? no cd/dvd drive but don`t really need one off them heres the spec: Item Specifics - PC Laptops
Brand:
Lenovo IBM
Condition:
Used

Processor Speed:
1.2 GHz
Processor Type:
Intel Pentium III - M

Hard Drive Capacity:
30 GB
Memory (RAM):
512 MB

Screen Size:
12 inches
Primary Drive:
--

Features:
10/100 LAN Card, USB, Firewire, Operating System, WiFi Enabled, Modem, Carrying Case

so wot do you think guys is it o.k for the price?

cheers,
neil.