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Ebay deal of the day £219 HP 550 Laptop Celeron 550 2.0GHz 160GB HDD 1GB RAM

egyptiangirl
egyptiangirl Posts: 425 Forumite
in It's gone, but was it any good?
Don't know if this really is a good deal?
But might help someone :D
Always on the hunt for a bargain.
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  • chedder789
    chedder789 Posts: 90 Forumite
    Looks very good, if you upgraded the RAM to 2GB it would run quite smoothly. If I hadn't got one I probally would have bought it.
  • jweb2k
    jweb2k Posts: 360 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Low chipset, low ram, no graphics card, for an extra £100 there's some lovely dual core's out there as discussed in other threads :)
  • thepearce
    thepearce Posts: 2,287 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    It looks like £50 off their price on the website http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159081
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    That looks like a decent machine to me: speed is OK, disk is adequate, memory is OK, DVD writer, Wi-Fi, SD card slot(!).
    For £219 delivered, it's hard to beat.
  • Rhyburgh
    Rhyburgh Posts: 423 Forumite
    Not that this is hugely relevant (!!) but my husband bought the same model with the core 2 duo processor and is loving it!!
    Heard the Shaggy Taxi Wind Up Phone Call?
    Visit my Shaggy videos on Youtube - search for Rhyburgh1 - now over 700,00 views - bring on the million!! Enjoy.
  • Roger_Rampant
    Roger_Rampant Posts: 3,282 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    jweb2k wrote: »
    Low chipset, low ram, no graphics card, for an extra £100 there's some lovely dual core's out there as discussed in other threads :)
    £100 extra is quite a high percentage price hike on an item that is only £219. :)
    Thanks to all who post constructively.
    H    ave an A1 day!
  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    Roger_Rampant wrote: »
    £100 extra is quite a high percentage price hike on an item that is only £219. :)

    There are always some who miss the very important point of someone's budget being limited.
    Notwithstanding the fact that a 'high powered' laptop may not even be required.
  • 1carminestocky
    1carminestocky Posts: 5,256 Forumite
    Cashback Cashier
    Holds hands up - I got involved in the 'other' laptop thread but that was a £170 refurbished machine with 512k RAM, 40GB HDD and 30 days warranty! Could have proved a very expensive mistake (and that isn't money saving no matter how little the initial purchase price). This, however, is a cracking deal. £20 tops for another gig of RAM (if you really want to) and this is all set up for low cost laptop computing.
    Call me Carmine....

    HAVE YOU SEEN QUENTIN'S CASHBACK CARD??
  • Sid_Harper
    Sid_Harper Posts: 1,891 Forumite
    1carminestocky wrote: »
    Holds hands up - I got involved in the 'other' laptop thread but that was a £170 refurbished machine with 512k RAM, 40GB HDD and 30 days warranty! Could have proved a very expensive mistake (and that isn't money saving no matter how little the initial purchase price). This, however, is a cracking deal. £20 tops for another gig of RAM (if you really want to) and this is all set up for low cost laptop computing.
    I was there too... and I agree - this is a good deal. Way better than the other - and that extra gig won't be necessary to most looking at a laptop at this end of the scale.
    The thanks button is here to the right. If you find a post saves you money, gives you useful information, or you agree with it, take a second to thank the poster! :)
    >>>
  • 1-0totheArsenal
    1-0totheArsenal Posts: 290 Forumite
    missed it. anywhere else for the same deal.
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