UK ILX, where would you buy a laptop these days?

Obviously online...but where online? I've tried a good few sites and deals look decent but no harm to ask before I buy.

i just got mine from local PC World having checked on their site first

Will be watching this, I could do with one too in the foreseeable future.

Yeah seems the diff between online and real world shops has diminished quite a bit pricewise since I bought this computer 3 years ago.

Lots of mobile/broadband/mobile broadband providers are now offering free laptops with pay monthly deals...

yeah saw some of those, have an iphone tho so prob don't need mobile broadband, or another monthly bill!

i just bought mine from amazon. was an Acer 5739G and was the same from amazon as it was from the acer shop (which is Laptops Direct by any other name)

try:

ebuyer
http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=laptop&x=0&y=0

Also worth remembering that if you buy a laptop from John Lewis you get a two year warranty as standard. You can also get them to match the price of any physical shop that stocks the same item - the process is a bit of a faff, but can be worth it.

Hello this thread. I've got a small amount saved up for a new laptop. I want it primarily to run music software like Ableton and Reason. Is PC World etc still the best place to go? Or somewhere more specialist?

Think you'll get more for your money and probs more choice at somewhere like ebuyer.com than at PC World.

You'll get better value for money online but if there's a PC World near you it may be worth dropping in to give their demo laptops a gentle rattle to see which ones seem noticeably flimsy or with a weird keyboard layout, etc

(then you can order online or at least shop around for deals)

If you're in London and want a Mac, I can DM you a solid 2nd hand mac agency guy

I'd prefer not to get a mac to be honest but cheers.

any reason I should avoid this one? http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/a1-refurbished-hewlett-packard-envy-15-ae107na-intel-core-i7-6500u-2.5ghz-1-a1-n7l09ea/version.asp