Laptop for school.

[rads]

Going to get a laptop for my younger daughter.

Thought this looked reasonable price and spec, but no experience of Fujitsu lappies.

Any thoughts?

Misco.co.uk - Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Pro V2035 Intel Celeron M 370 1.5GHz / 15.4 WXGA / 256MB / 40GB / Combo / WLAN / XP Home / Laptop

[Narked@50]

Somthing like this is fine, but kids tend to break laptops, one drop and it's history, they are so expensive to repair, typicaly £200+, that most people don't bother.

It's odd to note that it does not have a DVD RW, these are now standard on most models, even the entry level ones. Staples are doing a very similar, but slightly better one with the DVD RW for £399, you can go into a store and have a look, you will also save the shipping cost.

Whatever you do, seriously think about some sort of accedental damage cover if it's for kids, or buy a desktop for home, at lease if they spill a can of coke on that you just throw away the keyboard, you can't do that with a laptop.

James

[Leni]

DELL are really good! I got a DELL laptop for my 6th form, and its still going strong. I think i need to format it before i go to uni though. I warn ye though, most of the disk space will be used on music and pictures!
get a case for it too, but one shes not embarrased to use! I have a pretty funky one, its made out of what seems to be...a wet suit

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[NotDeadYet]

There was a guy selling ex-military laptops on e-bay in armoured cases. Might be worth a look.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Leni

DELL are really good! I got a DELL laptop for my 6th form, and its still going strong. I think i need to format it before i go to uni though. I warn ye though, most of the disk space will be used on music and pictures!
get a case for it too, but one shes not embarrased to use! I have a pretty funky one, its made out of what seems to be...a wet suit

- Laptop 14" Laptop Folders & Sleeves

Hmm...Dell are really crap!

Ian (written on dog of a D600 Latitude)

[Leni]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Hmm...Dell are really crap!

Ian (written on dog of a D600 Latitude)

*gasp* *covers ears of laptop* shhhh!

meh, i don't think so!

[sidthejedi]

The new dell laptops are awful and since they shifted their call centre to india the customer service has gone south as well. Too big, too heavy and given the specs decidely unimpressive performance. Oh and you don't get a copy of windows, you get a recovery cd which restores you PC to the settings that it shipped with.

Could carry on this rant but will pass. Lets say when I buy a new one it won't be from Dell.

[Robin Jones]

Try Stirlingxs.co.uk for some good reconditioned ones. The Panasonic toughbook at £169 is good for kicking around the playground.

[Shark Bait]

$100, is the cheapest NEW laptop ive seen, sure enough it's probably not got windows XP (that may be a good thing) but it does have a 1Mhz processor and it doesnt need a power supply, that can come in the form of your arm because it is also the worlds first wind up p.c. I dont know the rest of its details because i only seen it in a magazine.

But if your interested the magazine is BBC's focus magazine. I tried looking for the article in it but couldnt find it online. I doubt it's a serious contender though unless your on a budget

[Dave Sydenham]

I have a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro myself but an older model. I've had it (and abused it) for 3 years and it is still going strong. It has been on hard boats in Orkney, been hauled along to numerous courses, etc and never been too much of a problem. I did swap out the Hard Drive when it became a little noisy however I would be happy to buy another one again. Great budget laptop.

Cheers!

Dave