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Laptops for £200-£500 for Media
Advent - Advent 9517
Price: £319
The Advent 9517 laptop is a great value workbook and storage centre. The Intel Core 2 Duo processor is more than suitable for all your office application and media needs especially with the large 2GB memory.
Media: 160Gb hard disk and 17" screen for all your photo and video needs
Computer Informationread more...The 160GB hard drive included within this system will be enough storage space for loads of music, video and photo files. Combined with the 17 inch screen you will be able to watch all your video files and view photos in excellent quality.
The onboard Intel graphics card is adequate for windows and video but will struggle with anything more complex so this machine is not ideal for any gaming. This laptop also comes with an integrated webcam so you can video call your friends and family with ease.
In all we would recommend this laptop to be used for work or media and is very good value considering the amount of memory and hard drive space you get for the price.
Usage:
Office, Internet & E-mail 
Good Media 
Reasonable Media Edit 
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Back to the topVideo Intel Onboard Processor Type Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 Processor Speed 1.50Ghz Memory 2GB Hard Drive Size 160GB Screen Size 17inch Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Recommended Upgrade HP - HP Pavilion G6060EA
Price: £399
The HP Pavilion G6060EA is a great laptop for any types of use at an incredible price. This laptop will suite anyone looking for a powerful portable computer that will be great for office and media tasks.
Powerful AMD X2 processor, 2GB of memory and Geforce graphics card will ensure great performance
Computer Informationread more...Inside there is a AMD 64 X2 processor running at 1.9GHz with 2GB of memory which means that this laptop is packed full of raw processing power making it more than capable of running any media, internet, office applications. For gaming there is a Nvidia Geforce graphics card which is suitable to play most computer games at a good level of detail but it will eventually struggle when used for very graphical intensive games. The 15.4 inch screen will show all your video, photos and games in excellent clarity and there is plenty of storage space for all your media files on the large 160GB hard disk.
The Pavilion G6060 is an excellent all round laptop for a very good price. It would be ideal for anyone looking for a home or work laptop which boasts lots of power.
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Back to the topVideo NVIDIA GeForce 7000M Processor Type AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK57 Processor Speed 1.9GHz Memory 2GB Hard Drive Size 160GB Screen Size 15.4 inch Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Recommended Upgrade Compaq - Presario A935 Laptop
Price: £449
The Compaq Presario A935 is a large laptop designed to be used primarily at home thanks to the large 17 inch widescreen which makes it a good multi media machine.
A Dual Core 1.73GHz processor and 2Gb of memory are more than adequate for any office or multi media applications
Computer Informationread more...The Presario A935 boasts a good Intel Dual Core processor running at 1.73GHz and 2GB of memory making it suitable for all types of office and media application. The graphics card is a standard Intel integrated card that will cope well with normal tasks but it is definitely not suitable for any type of computer gaming or video editing.
For media there is a decent size 160GB hard disk drive that provides plenty of space for all your media and office storage needs. The screen that comes with the Compaq Presario A935 is a large 17 inch BriteView widescreen which will be excellent for viewing any types of media.
This laptop is ideal for anyone wishing to find a home computer that is portable and easy to use. It has enough power to deal with most applications and the 17 inch widescreen is definitely a big plus.
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Back to the topVideo Processor Type Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor Type T Processor Speed 1.73GHz Memory 2GB Hard Drive Size 160GB Screen Size 17 inch BriteView Widescren Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Recommended Upgrade Toshiba - Toshiba A300D-13X
Price: £449
The Toshiba A300D-13X is a stylish looking laptop that boasts a lot of power and well proportioned components for an exceptionally low price. This laptop also sports some good additions like a webcam which supports face recognition for secure logons and video conferencing facilities.
The powerful 2.0GHz dual core processor and 2Gb of memory will power through applications
Computer Informationread more...The Toshiba A300D-13X runs on an AMD Turion X2 processor running at 2.0GHz which will be more than ample to run any office or media applications. The 2GB of memory is ideal to take advantage of the dual core processor as it will be able to keep a constant stream of data flowing to the processor ensuring you get great performance.
200GB of storage space for all your music and video files
The graphics card is the sacrafice made in this laptop as it is just an Intel integrated card which will be adequate for any operating system, office and media functions but it will not be suitable for any type of video editing or new computer games. The 200GB of hard disk space is a very good size disk in a laptop for under £500 and it will be more than enough for most users as it will store thousands of photo, music and office files. For media use there are also external touch sensitive controls so that you can play, pause and stop any media without the moue or keyboard.
The Toshiba A300D-13X also sports a 15.4 inch Trubrite widescreen which is renowned for being a very high quality screen which will display any media and office applications in exceptionally good detail. There is also a built in webcam which provides easy to use video calling as well as the new face recognition software so you can set up secure logons.
The Toshiba A300D-13X will be a great laptop for anyone who wants a low priced computer that is fairly portable. It boasts easily enough power to run all types of office, internet and media applications. The webcam and touch sensitive media controls are excellent additions. This is a great looking laptop and for this price we would highly recommend it.
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Back to the topVideo Intel Integrated Processor Type TURION64 X2 TL60 Processor Speed 2.0GHz Memory 2GB Hard Drive Size 200GB Screen Size 15.4 inch TruBrite Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Recommended Upgrade Mesh - VR601 T2
Price: £459
The Mesh VR601 T2 laptop is an ideal portable laptop for work and multimedia uses.
1.6GHz dual processor, 2GB of memory and 250GB of storage space are ample for most users needs
Computer Informationread more...The laptop contains a powerful Intel dual core processor and a very generous 2GB of memory inside. Together the processor and memory ensures that this laptop will be able to run windows, office and multimedia applications to a very acceptable level. For media the VR601 comes with a large 250GB hard disk that will be able to store all your work, music and photo files. It is an especially good size for a laptop under £500.
The integrated graphics card is not suitable for any gaming but it will handle all other tasks well. The 15.4inch screen will be big enough for all types of use and means that the laptop is easy to carry. In all the VR601 will be an excellent laptop for anyone looking to use a computer which is very portable and ideal for office work and multimedia.
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Back to the topVideo 128mb Intel GMA X3100 Processor Type Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T2330 Processor Speed 1.6GHz Memory 2GB Hard Drive Size 250GB Screen Size 15.4 inch Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium Recommended Upgrade None
