WANTED laptop for under £200

tsar_nate · 19-06-2008, 12:22

i know this may be a strange request here but im looking for a laptop for my works as they are looking to take there work with them i want nothing fancy just something that can get teh necessary jobs done if possible i/we would like one with all the office programs installed such as powerpoint and word as we go out to meetings and make presentations on what we do if you would like to come and see us we are based at unit 1a fairfield street and the company is called Hyndburn Used Furniture Store

any help or sudgestions would be appreciated

kind regards

nate

entwisi · 19-06-2008, 12:40

If you keep an eye on hotukdeals.com you often get new ones for under £250. I would recommend one of them over a second hand one most of teh time( second laptops are notorious for dodgy batteries
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Make sure its XP( or Linux! ) .

Re office, you can download OpenOffice for nothing that will do what you want ( word processing/presentations ) and acan read and write MS Office formats.

onlyme · 19-06-2008, 15:18

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Originally Posted by tsar_nate

i know this may be a strange request here but im looking for a laptop for my works as they are looking to take there work with them i want nothing fancy just something that can get teh necessary jobs done if possible i/we would like one with all the office programs installed such as powerpoint and word as we go out to meetings and make presentations on what we do if you would like to come and see us we are based at unit 1a fairfield street and the company is called Hyndburn Used Furniture Store

any help or sudgestions would be appreciated

kind regards

nate

Hiya

Cant really help, but I know a lot of people you have helped get back on their feet with stuff so hope you get sorted soon!

fernhurstaccountancy · 19-06-2008, 15:26

http://www.pcwb.com/catalogue/item/ACNB8089

I know it's over £200, but only just!

onlyme · 19-06-2008, 17:51

www.ebuyer.com

Or, just a thought, if you are a registered charity, you are entitled to a special discounted price from the major IT resellers (ie ebuyer, dabs, pcwb). I know this is the case for Hewlett Packard and they have a low spec basic laptop (53 series) that may be close to your price range with the special bid. Not sure about the other manufacturers

PM me, and I'll let you know what you need to ask for

tsar_nate · 19-06-2008, 18:23

thats great thanks for the support guys we do a lot for the community so i wanted to help do something for them i/we can stretch just over there budget so ill take a look at all the gives sites and im already a member of hotukdeals but there site was not permissed on the internet at work

regards

nate

tsar_nate · 19-06-2008, 18:24

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Originally Posted by fernhurstaccountancy

http://www.pcwb.com/catalogue/item/ACNB8089

I know it's over £200, but only just!

eek lol £280 after vat

thanks for helping tho

emzy · 19-06-2008, 19:46

Cant help with the laptop (i need mine) but hope you get sorted soon

Tin Monkey · 19-06-2008, 20:00

This looks a decent refurb for £199 (I can get an extra £10 off the stated price)

http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product....roduct=SOLV006

I bought a refurbished desktop from this lot 2 years ago and it's still going strong. IBM Thinkpad's are decent machines too.

WillowTheWhisp · 19-06-2008, 21:21

That one looks like a good deal TM.