More and more people may be accessing the internet and performing various tasks on their smartphones or tablets, but for productivity and portability there is nothing quite like having the full keyboard on a laptop. The January sales are in full swing now here in the UK and as such we’ve put together a buying guide to some of the best laptops available in the sales right now. If you are in the market for a new laptop – look no further.
If you are looking for portability and a long battery life, then take a look at the netbooks on offer, but if you would prefer a full sized keyboard and the laptop will be mostly used at home or in the office then a full sized laptop may be more useful for you. If gaming is what you are craving, then look for the best gaming laptop under 1500. As ever you get what you pay for, but all the laptop we’ve listed below will work perfectly well for using Office, watching videos, browsing the web, and listening to music – it might be worth looking at the mid-range laptops if you are working with/editing photos, music or video though!
Budget Laptops (Up to £399)
COMPAQ CQ57-371SA – £279 @ Pixmania
– 15.6″ Screen / AMD E450 / 4GB RAM / 500GB HDD / DVDRW / Windows 7
Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 – £349 @ Ebuyer
– 15.6″ Screen / Core i3 370m / 4GB RAM / 500GB HDD / DVDRW / Windows 7
HP Pavilion G6-1240SA – £399 @ PC World
– 15.6″ Screen / Core i5 2430 / 6GB RAM / 750GB HDD / DVDRW / Windows 7 / Choice of colours
Mid-range Laptops (£399 – £699)
HP Pavilion G6-1240SA – £399 @ PC World
– 15.6″ Screen / Core i5 2430 / 6GB RAM / 750GB HDD / DVDRW / Windows 7 / Choice of colours
Sony Vaio VPCEH2N1E – £499 @ Pixmania
– 15.6″ Screen / Core i5 2430 / 4GB RAM / 500GB HDD / DVDRW / Windows 7
Netbooks (Under 11″ screen)
ASUS X101H-BLACK057S – £199 @ Pixmania
– 10.1″ Screen / ATOM N570 / 1GB RAM / 250GB HDD / Windows 7
Samsung NF110 – £229 @ Pixmania
– 10.1″ Screen / ATOM N455 / 1GB RAM / 320GB HDD / Windows 7
If you are buying a new laptop then make sure to protect yourself with internet security and antivirus software such as BitDefender.
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