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Someone that I know is having his 70th birthday soon. I help him with his computer quite a lot but he is in desperate need of a new one, and a laptop will be the best option for him.

His family want to buy him a laptop for his birthday and want me to find one that will be best suited to his needs. Basically he browses the web a bit, uses Outlook and Word a lot, copies some DVD's, and prints some things.

The laptop needs to be reliable, :), and also be a good price. Not a netbook as the screen is too small.

Your guys help will be awesome, as always.
 
Acer Aspire, otherwise I own a Compaq 615 series. Good performance for the price. Never had troubles with it. Price: R4500 to R5000
 
Toshiba are also quite good in the value for money aspect.. But watch out for one of their series, cant remember the name, but they had heating problems..
 
I don't know much about acer, but the thing I love about our dells... is that if anything goes wrong, they come fix onsite the next day (I don't like the idea of sending my machine away). I've had just about my whole laptop replaced in the last 4 years, all onsite within a business day. You should be able to pick up a pretty good dell for just over 5K that has the 3 year onsite warranty. I usually get them from PCLaptops.co.za, but i'm sure most dell resellers are the same price.

Don't ask me about a particular model, the last one we got in that price range was a Dell studio I think.
 
stroebs said:
Acer Aspire, otherwise I own a Compaq 615 series. Good performance for the price. Never had troubles with it. Price: R4500 to R5000
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+1 on HP 615

-1 on Acer. :D

HP VC402EA 615 series , with built-in webcam - Amd Turion64x2 QL-64 Dual-Core 2.1GHz ( L1 : 2x128k , L2 : 2x512k ), 1Gb DDR2-800, AMD RS780MN chipset, upto 512mb hypermomry ATI Mobility Radeon HD3200 vga , 15.6" Lcd ( 1366x768 WXGA ) , no tv-out, 160gb 7200rpm SATA HDD, DVD+/-RW ( DL ) , built-in card reader+ bluetooth + WiFi + 10/100 lan + 56k modem + express card , with windows 7 Home basic + Office 2007 Ready ( professional with 60 day free trial )

HP WT019ES 625 series , with built-in 2.0mp webcam - Amd Turion64x2 QL-64 Dual-Core 2.1GHz ( L1 : 2x128k , L2 : 2x512k ), 1Gb DDR3-1333, AMD RS880M chipset, upto 512mb hypermomry ATI Mobility Radeon HD4200 vga , 15.6" Lcd ( 1366x768 WXGA ) , Hdmi TV-out , 250gb 7200rpm SATA HDD, DVD+/-RW ( DL ) , built-in sd card reader+ bluetooth + WiFi + 10/100 lan + express card , with windows 7 Home basic + Office 2007 Ready ( professional with 60 day free trial )

Both under R5k.
 
PostmanPot said:
+1 on HP 615

-1 on Acer. :D

HP VC402EA 615 series , with built-in webcam - Amd Turion64x2 QL-64 Dual-Core 2.1GHz ( L1 : 2x128k , L2 : 2x512k ), 1Gb DDR2-800, AMD RS780MN chipset, upto 512mb hypermomry ATI Mobility Radeon HD3200 vga , 15.6" Lcd ( 1366x768 WXGA ) , no tv-out, 160gb 7200rpm SATA HDD, DVD+/-RW ( DL ) , built-in card reader+ bluetooth + WiFi + 10/100 lan + 56k modem + express card , with windows 7 Home basic + Office 2007 Ready ( professional with 60 day free trial )

HP WT019ES 625 series , with built-in 2.0mp webcam - Amd Turion64x2 QL-64 Dual-Core 2.1GHz ( L1 : 2x128k , L2 : 2x512k ), 1Gb DDR3-1333, AMD RS880M chipset, upto 512mb hypermomry ATI Mobility Radeon HD4200 vga , 15.6" Lcd ( 1366x768 WXGA ) , Hdmi TV-out , 250gb 7200rpm SATA HDD, DVD+/-RW ( DL ) , built-in sd card reader+ bluetooth + WiFi + 10/100 lan + express card , with windows 7 Home basic + Office 2007 Ready ( professional with 60 day free trial )

Both under R5k.
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Out of those which would be the better option?
 
Pooky said:
Out of those which would be the better option?
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The 625. You'll have newer technology and you get much better stuff for such a small price difference.

I purchased my 615 about a month before the 625 came out.
 
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