Cheapest Laptops

Cheapest laptops don’t mean used or outdated laptops all the time. In this review, we shall speak about places where you can find “new” cheap laptops and how you can build your own cheap laptop using various parts available from the Internet.

In our opinion, the best place to get cheap laptops in the UK is Morgan Computers. These people have stores in London and Manchester and they also operate online. You can almost always find cheap laptops here. They may not have the latest specs, but they won’t be archaic all the same. For instance, you can find laptops like Compaq, eMachines and Gateway here.

We aren’t even going to speak about netbooks here because they are a different category of portable computers, which compromise on speed and peripherals.

Morgan Computers offer discounts most of the time. To keep yourself updated, you could subscribe to the Morgan Flier, which mentions their latest offers and is sent directly to email ids of subscribers.

Another source for cheap laptops is your local eBay store, for example, eBay.co.uk if you are in the UK. However, if you are using eBay, make sure that you choose well because people who sell laptops here may not know their stuff technically. So, inadvertently, you might be sold something that has a fault. They may also not accept returns, and they mention they sell their laptops as-is. If we were to give a star rating to eBay, it would be 3.5 out of 5 stars.

On almost all used laptops with DVD drive, you can use Windows XP Pro or Home editions. If you see a laptop with just a CD drive on it, it means it does not have enough resources to use Windows XP or Windows 2000 even. These are almost always very old laptops.

You may also consider buying your laptop with your credit card. Then you can spread out the payments over a year so that you don’t feel the pinch much.

Cash Converters in the UK are also a good source for cheap laptops. All items here are checked and many of them are quite new as far as their condition is concerned. On Cash Converters, every item is checked for safety. This is much like eBay, but the quality is better. However, the prices are higher as well.

Classified ads are the third source to get cheap laptops. However, these laptops are almost always used. We have seen a few times that there are sellers from eBay featured in these ads as well, with their new or refurbished laptops. These could be considered as a good place to bargain.

Big retailer websites are another place to get your cheap laptops, especially refurbished ones. In the UK, these could be places like PC world or Curry’s.

Some small retailers in the UK like microdirect.co.uk have quite a few offers with very good prices.

If you have bought a laptop from eBay, the best thing is to test it before you start working on it or install anything on it.

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