Hello all, I'm looking for recommendations for a good reliable Windows laptop £3/400 range.
I've had a few HP's and they've all suffered from touch pad failures so HP is out.
It does have to be Windows as well (unfortunately).
What's a good reliable bet, are Lenovo still a good make?.
I'm interested in a new laptop, too - anyone know any suppliers who can supply one without all the free stuff - like30 days of Norton, and a month of Microsoft 365 and so on? Always annoys me because I can never quite get rid of such things fully. Ideally I'd like a DVD drive built in, too, because I'm old fashioned.
Afraid I'm a bit LATE getting in here, this thread, what with being a "forum newb" - (but not a 'newb' to forums)
I have an EXCELLENT suggestion, assuming you can (still) find one, brand-new, as in "brand-new/old-stock"
It's a superb laptop which fits the o.p's parameters, to a tee - £300 to £400 range & Windows compliant.
It's the outstanding
"Fujitsu / Siemens" AH-530 series - both 'that' & it's subsequent derivitives & offspring.
(They're Japanese/German BTW)
Both myself AND my elderly Father use an 'AH-530', on a very daily basis & I'm typing this out on one, now !
"Reliable as F$6% (unprintable !)", they have NEVER once let us down !!!!!!
Quality of 'build/manufacter' is FAR higher than most I've ever seen - Frankly, I wouldn't use anything else !!!!
My Dad's one has been in daily useage since 2012 & altho' that sounds "old", they WERE cutting-edge, back then.
You can get them with either the "i-3" or "i-5" core processor - Mine is still super-fast, or I wouldn't still be using it, otherwise.
Handles everything you can (metaphorically) "throw at it", task-wise & like I say, the build-quality is SUPERB - (2nd to none)
Yes, they DO have an excellent already built-in top-end (for it's class), "D.V.D" player which "burns/rips/records" too.
I use a mouse in conjunction with mine (just my personal preference), but my Dad has been using the touchpad, since 2012
That'll be TEN YEARS USE later this year, ALL with a touchpad, used daily - still going strong, no-issues !
Honestly, I cannot recommend these machines highly enough - They're outstanding - (& no, I don't work for "Fujitsu / Siemens" either !
Yes, I "know" they went out of production - (being 'lesser-known' & outsold by cheaper, crappier makes)
But you still CAN get them, off of E-bay UK (or elsewhere) - You'll just be buying "New / Old-Stock" that remained unsold.
We rate them that much, that we've bought yet another, newer pair, as yet, unopened.
It's an "A.357" which is a later version of the "AH.530" used here - Label says "Country of Origin - Germany"
This (unopened) one has an "i-3" processor, same as I'm using now, with 4Gb storage & was bought, tail-end of 2021
Like I say, you WILL have to fish-about, but, my (strong) advice is - GO FOR A NEW ONE - as in brand-new, unused.
They are still about, albeit, getting much rarer now - But it's worth hunting one down, before they become extinct.
So my recommendation is, "Fujitsu / Siemens" AH.530, or AH.357 - I'll fish-about later, to find any 'new' ones online...
Fujitsu / Seimens 8gb Laptop, Brand New (UK seller)
- BTW , am not affiliated with seller in any way - just came across it, via search.
POST EDIT - Found this one, above - UK seller (warehouse/firm), in Nottinghamshire - It's £459.00 post-free & 8Gb RAM
That's assuming of course that you want 'brand new' - it's worth paying the £60 extra, to avoid being saddled with junk.
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