Recommend Laptop

[motley]

Need recommendation for laptop, father in law needs replacement, touchscreen not an advantage but CD drive essential so tablet is out.

Budget £350

 

[chebby]

The last time I looked at laptops (Windows ones) they were all about £350 and all had optical drives. Get one from a decent local retailer like John Lewis (with their extra 3-year cover for accidents).

This looks ok ...

http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-g50-45-laptop-amd-a8-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-black/p1759617

 

[jjbomber]

Need recommendation for laptop, father in law needs replacement, touchscreen not an advantage but CD drive essential so tablet is out.

Budget £350

Try ebuyer. They start from about £170 for a Lenovo, with 2.16GHz clock, 4GB RAM, 500HDD, webcam, bluetooth and will automatically be Windows 10 in about 6 weeks. Work upwards from there as £350 buys a lot these days.

 

[Superaintit]

Asus and Lenovo are pretty good. If you need portability I'd recommend 13 inch, if not so much a priority then I'd recommend 15 inch.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

I bought a Fujitsu Lifebook just over 3 years ago. In the last 6 months, the CD/DVD drive has failed, then the touch pad, then finally the keyboard. I recently bought a 5 year old refurbished Dell Latitude E6410 for £74, and the difference in quality is staggering. My point is, yes you can get a lot of spec for £350 these days, but I doubt the build quality will be that great, so it might be worth considering buying a used, high quality laptop from a trusted seller if a massive hard drive isn't needed, and if it's just going to be used for simple web surfing etc.

 

[motley]

Cheers, will go and pick JLewis's brains