The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

withabix

What are your opinions on this one, a HP Pavilion dv5201eu Entertainment Notebook PC , based on a price of £437 including delivery:

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF06b/21675-38187-38191-38191-38191-12435914-77388455.html

barginboyrob

can you get laptops without a operating system on, because that could save me some money...

at the moment the best deals i can find are on ebay (if there are in fact deals and not scams)

smcaul

Ebuyer do one that comes with Linux, that is about £70 cheaper then buying it with XP.

ioscorpio

bargainboybob

I bought a laptop off ebay, it was about 2 years old and it was ok.

I checked the feedback of the seller and went and collected it in person.

Chai_2

Dell are doing a free shipping and double memory (1024mb) deal on at the mo. If you change the support services option it takes the price down to 549 or lower depending on the screen size

withabix

iainkirk wrote:

What are your opinions on this one, a HP Pavilion dv5201eu Entertainment Notebook PC , based on a price of £437 including delivery:

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF06b/21675-38187-38191-38191-38191-12435914-77388455.html

Anyone???????

jazzeeeee5

How come if, in effect, they are the same company, and PC World "wont be beaten on price" I have just bought the same model laptop from Currys as one that is a full £100 dearer at PC World?!

The Packard Bell R1938 has
80GB HD
1024 RAM
1.6O Ghz

£499 in Currys
£599 in PC World

in fact, the model below this, in PC world, with far less specs, is £479!!

Cheek!

PS Just seen that Dixons is also doing it at the cheaper price.
http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/store/dix_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0299068361.1157791072@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccceaddikkjkfhkcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=250372&category_oid=

The 'lesser' model
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1795788743.1157791212@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfladdikkjkfffcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&fm=1&sm=1&tm=undefined&sku=653874&category_oid=-27751

hebangsthedrums

The above is on the pc world site and seems a good buy for someone with basic needs, although it does seem to have a fairly decent graphics card (but I'm no buff). Seems a lot cheaper than elsewhere - is sold out on currys at £499.


Its on the pc world site under clearance, this should be the link

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1543854764.1157915038@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddikkjkfdlcflgceggdhhmdfhm.0&page=Product&sku=492709&fm=17&sm=1&tm=undefined&tabIndex=1

HTH

withabix

hebangsthedrums wrote:

The above is on the pc world site and seems a good buy for someone with basic needs, although it does seem to have a fairly decent graphics card (but I'm no buff). Seems a lot cheaper than elsewhere - is sold out on currys at £499.


Its on the pc world site under clearance, this should be the link

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1543854764.1157915038@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddikkjkfdlcflgceggdhhmdfhm.0&page=Product&sku=492709&fm=17&sm=1&tm=undefined&tabIndex=1

HTH

Errr...they're sold out on PissyWorld site as well.

lesley2004

hi

I am looking for a lap top for general internet use, and to play games such as rome total war/simsunivesity/age of mythology.

I have up to £500 to spend. Any advice would be appreciated