$700 Notebook

[JohnBu]

Need to buy a notebook for a family member for household (no gaming) use.

I was thinking of the LENOVO G560 i5-450M 2.4GHz, 4GB, 500GB, 15.6" WXGA http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?sort=2a&products_id=49492

Anything bad about it or any recommendation for around the $7-800 mark?

[poita]

these are great value

http://www.harveynorman.com.au/product/1256973679459/hp-pavilion-dv-tx-laptop

[Calibrated]

Need to buy a notebook for a family member for household (no gaming) use.

I was thinking of the LENOVO G560 i5-450M 2.4GHz, 4GB, 500GB, 15.6" WXGA http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?sort=2a&products_id=49492

Anything bad about it or any recommendation for around the $7-800 mark?

how on earth can centrecom be selling at that price :yikes: thats below cost!

wish i could sell you one, but they are very good, and for that price you arent going to beat it.

[JohnBu]

Thanks Peter,

it is certainly good value... it has an HDMI port also..

I will check it out.

[JohnBu]

hmmmm, Lenovo vs HP?

Some reviews say this HP has poor build quality...

HP has HDMI,

but I haven't seen either in the flesh..

so Calibrated you recommend the Lenovo?

[poita]

bought this HP for the MIL

its a top machine, handle photoshop no worries even.

pretty quick and awesome battery life, getting close to 4 hours out of it she is

[Calibrated]

lenovo is top shelf for build quality and durability. the HP is definitely the more "aesthetically pleasing" of the two.

my pick would be the lenovo (and i own an HP DV2, and had a DV9).

[JohnBu]

I think I may select the Lenovo as they are known to be more durable compared to the consumer spec HP (I have a business spec HP).

I suppose the $75 saving is also good, but at the expense of a HDMI port.

Both should have similar performance being i5s and 6 cell batteries..

I'll ask the person if they need HDMI.

[JohnBu]

Ended up with the LENOVO 067989M $739 http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?sort=2a&products_id=49494

Same CPU has the HP and also has HDMI.

[Ice]

Was going to say they are much of a muchness in terms of build quality. both arent as good as they used to be. HP are just not the same and since IBM sold off the lenovo name they havent been the same either. But for $739.....your laughin.

[JohnBu]

I've got an older business HP notebook and it seems much better made than today's ones..., however it was certainly much much more than $739..... that buys you quite a bit today, except for a 1080P screen.

[Ice]

I've got an older business HP notebook and it seems much better made than today's ones..., however it was certainly much much more than $739..... that buys you quite a bit today, except for a 1080P screen.

Yeah when i compare the older HP's at work, they are just so much better than the plasticy new ones but then that may also have something to do with the price.

[glider]

Am I wrong or is lenovo IBM?

[poita]

nah your right toby, same mob now

[Ice]

Lenovo used to be IBM but is now seperate or has some kind of affiliation still.

[JohnBu]

Actually I didn't buy it but got my brother to buy it.

I saw it last night.

The build quality of it seem poor compared to the Lenovo/IBM of yester year.

I suppose you that what you pay for.

[Calibrated]

Its their entry level notebooks. you'd see a significant quality improvement moving up to the ThinkPad range.

[chrissn89]

Is the Lenovo G560 i5 notebook still the best for value notebook around the $750 mark, as i may be in the market to buy one soon and my PC is starting to play up, fingers crossed it keeps on going.

http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?sort=2a&products_id=49494