Sub-£350 powerful laptops discussion

stilltheone

grumpycrab wrote: »

A bit off topic but a new Dell Inspiron 15 laptop for about £214 (after code and Quidco.) http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-inspiron-15-230-59-after-code/955247

Why is that 'off topic'??

spakkker

Maybe because it was a dell ploy just to get the unwary onto their website - reading the linked page the laptop didn't seem to be available for quoted price .

stilltheone

spakkker wrote: »

Maybe because it was a dell ploy just to get the unwary onto their website - reading the linked page the laptop didn't seem to be available for quoted price .

Perhaps it was a 'daily deal'. Seriously, the link is here

Just use the code on the HUKD website.

spakkker

The dell deal was 'expired' earlier which didn't help as I didn't even try it.
Worked just now £230.60 delivered.

stilltheone

spakkker wrote: »

The dell deal was 'expired' earlier which didn't help as I didn't even try it.
Worked just now £230.60 delivered.

Didn't Quidco/TopCashback work for you on this deal? That would be a further 7%, taking to around £214.

grumpycrab

A bit off-topic because its hardly powerful, pretty good though. But for the price was good. Deal now expired (the pre-voucher price is £329). Must have been a misprice?

stilltheone

grumpycrab wrote: »

A bit off-topic because its hardly powerful, pretty good though. But for the price was good. Deal now expired (the pre-voucher price is £329). Must have been a misprice?

What are you talking? Most of the laptops on here are not 'powerful'.

What has happened is that specification has gone up and prices have come down since the topic began.

That laptop would have qualified as powerful not so long ago.

It's fine, it's just ugly. Not a fan of DELL, especially their cheap stuff.

asahab

Hi all,
I am looking to buy my first laptop and wondered if anyone could advise if this is any good please? -
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-g6-1010sa-15-6-laptop-luminous-rose-09797940-pdt.html
It will mostly be used for photography stuff, photoshop, internet, movies, and some games (Sims etc)
Any advice would be a huge help! Thank you!

grumpycrab

asahab wrote: »

Hi all,
I am looking to buy my first laptop and wondered if anyone could advise if this is any good please? -
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-g6-1010sa-15-6-laptop-luminous-rose-09797940-pdt.html
It will mostly be used for photography stuff, photoshop, internet, movies, and some games (Sims etc)
Any advice would be a huge help! Thank you!

That's too expensive for a. an HP and b. an Athlon processor. For similar money this would be good, especially as you can get 3 years add-on warranty for £50 (look under Popular Extras) total £400. Not sure how long the warranty price reduction will be on for.
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Samsung_R540_1055339.html

I don't know if anything special is needed for your "photography stuff , photoshop" (e.g. graphics card) but I doubt it. This laptop wont play very modern action games very well either but Sims should be fine. (NB. I've assumed your budget is about £400)

gwynant

I think it can be hit and miss with whatever you buy really.