Laptop recommendations.

Wonder if anybody might be able to give me a good unbiased! recommendation for a replacement laptop.
I inherited a Lenovo Thinkpad from my daughter(fairly ancient) and it was fine for what I needed. Unfortunately I was putting it on a table and it slipped off (it's quite heavy) and fell onto a concrete based floor with no carpet...yup it has died. Won't even switch on. I really don't think it is worth spending maybe a good doze of cash to get it fixed as it is pretty old so need a new laptop.
I liked the size of the Thinkpad (13 ins) screen which is about ideal for me. I don't play games on the computer, don't download music or the likes, need a nice keyboard as send a fair amount of emails. Take some photos which I like to keep on the laptop but apart from browsing the net I don't need anything fancy at all. I do watch the likes of Iplayer a bit. I have been using an Apple Ipad since I bust my laptop. It's ok (great screen quality) but not so keen on the touchscreen as have fairly severe Arthritis in my fingers...not helped by trying to cope with a massive garden! Also find the screen a bit small.
I have access to 2 HP laptops with 15/17 ins screens but they are a bit big for what I want. They sit on tables, I do quite like to actually use a laptop on my lap! I got quite used to not having the full keyboard with numbers at the side as well as at the top and didn't miss them so no need for a big screen to accommodate a full keyboard. Would be handy if the new whatever is lighter than the Thinkpad which is quite chunky weightwise.
Someone mentioned Chromebooks to me but unless you go for an 11 inch screen they come with a fairly hefty price tag which for what I need is a bit of a waste I feel. I tried an 11 inch screen and that is a bit small for me.I was hoping to get something basic for around the £250 mark give or take a bit. Anything more would seem a bit of overkill for my needs.
Don't mind which make, I don't have a preference and don't care what it looks like either. It's a machine to use not a boasting/fashion item as far as I'm concerned, ranked along with the likes of my hoover or to be correct my vacuum cleaner!
Hope someone can give me some ideas if what might be the right 1 for me, many thanks.

 

Silu, I can not give you a specific recommend

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops-315-c.html

I think clicking on the SOCIAL BOX would serve your needs and a good price

Have many
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/comput...328_xx_ba00012406-bv00309973/xx-criteria.html

Regards Jack McH

 

Thanks very much both. I will look at what you have suggested and make a decision over the next couple of days. I'm confident you will have given me very good advice

 

My last laptop was an Acer and so is my other halves. I bought an HP in November when I had to replace mine because Acer have changed the letters on the keyboards. They are now in the corner of the keys which I find off-putting. Apart from that I have no issues with either makes.

I would suggest you don't buy anything from Curry's Silu, their after sales service is abysmal and if anything goes wrong you've got a fight on your hands.

 

Not sure just like to say mine says its Packard bell, but it also says its an Acer?

Spent a bit more than I intended at the time but the screen appears to be on the blink after only three years.
Dont think I'll go down the lap top route again unless they make one where you can replace parts of it easily.
The laptop is only as strong as its weakest link.
In my case the screen, doesn't matter that I have used just a small section of the hard drive, or the other bits like processors.

If I did buy another lap top it would be the cheapest possible and treat it as a disposable item.

 

Aren't all PCs/ laptops made up of parts cobbled together?

Its the assumption I get, bearing in mind nobody seems to make all the parts that go together to make one machine.

 

Never quite trusted labels on products after I saw a warehouse manager guy calming taking off the labels on a shipment of new computer moniters and putting labels of VARIOUS other makes on the moniters which were all identical.My face must have been a study as he was quick to tell me it was all legal and above board.......really?!

 

I got some massive bargains in the HP laptops glitch this afternoon. 4 new laptops for less than 8 quid! Just hope they don't notice they reduced the likes of £3,000+ lappys to around £2, fingers crossed.

Was rather hoping to give our daughter a £3,000+ laptop for her birthday, but she's got her own order in (and I suspect that I'll be getting a 17" i7 16gb ram laptop for Xmas).

 

Think I am sorted with a new PC thanks to @fat controller I now see you know yer onions on TVs as well as computers. WELL,the house has 5 tellies scattered about the place. All those chunky old jobs and not a flat screen amongst them. 1 or 2 will almost be ages with me although they are all colour!
Daughter wants to get 1 of those firestick? thingies and none of the TVs have the slots to put 1 in it. Ok freely admit I am not that interested in the latest wiz bangs.
Perhaps it is time for a new TV as certainly 2 you need to give a hefty thump to get the picture clear.
Perhaps if I bought the laptop and a TV from the same people they might like to give me a wee bit off the price.
I certainly don't want 1 of those cinema size jobs! something up to about 30 ins should be fine.Not sure about high definition, if it makes a huge difference to price I think I can live without it.Price, I like things to last (that's a bit obvious currently using "antique" TVs,) so happy to pay more for something well built and unlikely to be needing replaced quickly.
Hope you don't mind asking, you are probably beginning to feel like a Which magazine!