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One of the family has decided that their partner needs a laptop for Xmas and doesnt know what to buy them. I work for an IT firm but we all use Thinkpads and that's it... and all the geeks seem to build their own PCs at home.


Anyone have a recommendation for a cheap laptop that wont see the most use probably Forum use, Facebook and music... unlikley much if any gaming.


Also will prices drop after Xmas and therefore a card with an IOUAPC be more appropriate for Xmas day?


Windows 7 seems to stable enough to bother with from what I have read. Anyone feel otherwise?

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Definitely the card option - silly not to wait for the sales. If you buy online, search for voucher codes or cash back deals too.


Also by doing it that way, recipient can choose what they actually want and take the blame if it's not right!

laptops aren't goods like sofa's. You can wait for the sales if you like but the specs will have moved on by January and you'll be eyeing the next sale. Ad infinitum


From what you say you want you should be able to pick up any old cheap laptop and it will do the job. But people have a habit of starting to use these things for more than they think

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> laptops aren't goods like sofa's. You can wait for

> the sales if you like but the specs will have

> moved on by January and you'll be eyeing the next

> sale. Ad infinitum

>

> From what you say you want you should be able to

> pick up any old cheap laptop and it will do the

> job. But people have a habit of starting to use

> these things for more than they think


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Exactly, mine doubles as a cheese board


With that in mind, I wish I had bough the wooden version



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