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Thread ID: 135484 2013-11-09 04:32:00 Cheapest student laptop darkoverlord123 (16996) PC World Chat
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1359244 2013-11-09 04:32:00 Hi,

My son will be in Year 11/5th form next year and I was thinking of a getting him a laptop for school work.
Whats the cheapest option? Don't mind if it is off leased, but preferably at least dual core above 2ghz

Thanks
darkoverlord123 (16996)
1359245 2013-11-09 04:50:00 Hi,

My son will be in Year 11/5th form next year and I was thinking of a getting him a laptop for school work.
Whats the cheapest option? Don't mind if it is off leased, but preferably at least dual core above 2ghz

Thanks Most of the toaster shops ( Harvey Normans etc) are getting close to have sales before xmas, sometimes they have some good deals.

If you go this option, Just make sure they dont try to sell you a lot of items you dont really need or want. Dont fall for their extended warranties either, they are a waste of time and you're covered by the CGA anyway.
wainuitech (129)
1359246 2013-11-09 05:59:00 Most of the toaster shops ( Harvey Normans etc) are getting close to have sales before xmas, sometimes they have some good deals.

If you go this option, Just make sure they dont try to sell you a lot of items you dont really need or want. Dont fall for their extended warranties either, they are a waste of time and you're covered by the CGA anyway.
Thanks really appreciate it
darkoverlord123 (16996)
1359247 2013-11-09 06:08:00 Harvey Normans are currently playing the ad with the storm noise on it, that's usually a sign of a big sale plod (107)
1359248 2013-11-09 07:23:00 PB tech will have a black friday sale in a couple of weeks. Buy one from them.

do make sure you don't completely cheap out on it though. Acers and such aren't that fantastic quality wise, which for a school kid is probably going to be quite important.
8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1359249 2013-11-09 21:04:00 Thanks, maybe will go for the PB Tech one. darkoverlord123 (16996)
1359250 2013-11-09 21:42:00 We got the sons laptop from HN last year during a sale, Nobody at the time could beat that price. $600 off a $1400 laptop plod (107)
1359251 2013-11-09 22:45:00 Lenovo do 20-30% sales quiet often: shopap.lenovo.com keep an eye out.

Their current sale doesn't seem to be that great though.
icow (15313)
1359252 2013-11-10 08:10:00 You can have my

www.notebookcheck.net for $500, I see I paid $1800 for in in 6/09, never missed a beat, 4 gig ram.
Cicero (40)
1359253 2013-11-10 08:31:00 Promotions or used laptops for like $250 .. Meets the clerical nature work ... fine. I don't like Netbooks due to size of the keyboard I cannot touch type and the screen size but many students do use them ... Nomad (952)
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