Laptop advice please

shazjack

Hi any advice please on this laptop found earlier today at HotdealsUK. Seems Comet are reducing this laptop online tomorrow from £499 to £379 looks quite good spec for the money. Do you think this is a good deal??

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/598445/SAMSUNG-NP-R519-JA02UK (link only to laptop at comet not Hotdeals)

Millionaire

£499 seems overpriced for the spec, basically the usual sales trick to overprice a product then drop it so it looks like your saving alot more, than what it is actually worth.

However £379 seems a good price for it though.

You can use quidco to get another 3% discount

http://www.quidco.com/comet/

geewhiz

It's a decent enough laptop but don't get carried away thinking it's a fantastic saving, they've just been charging too much for it just now !

If you compare it to a similar Acer, this one for example which has a similar spec but has 4GB ram and a smaller hard drive this is already at £399.

I don't think the Samsung looks very nice either but that's just my opinion !

Think about what you will be using it for and buy the best laptop for that.

shazjack

geewhiz wrote: »

It's a decent enough laptop but don't get carried away thinking it's a fantastic saving, they've just been charging too much for it just now !

If you compare it to a similar Acer, this one for example which has a similar spec but has 4GB ram and a smaller hard drive this is already at £399.

I don't think the Samsung looks very nice either but that's just my opinion !

Think about what you will be using it for and buy the best laptop for that.

Thanx I agree it does looks similar spec but the Acer doesn't have Windows 7 installed on it. Won't it just be another hassle getting it upgraded? - think I might prefer looking for one that has Windows7.

shazjack

Millionaire wrote: »

£499 seems overpriced for the spec, basically the usual sales trick to overprice a product then drop it so it looks like your saving alot more, than what it is actually worth.

However £379 seems a good price for it though.

You can use quidco to get another 3% discount

http://www.quidco.com/comet/

Thanx yes i've noticed there's also a comet 5% off voucher for purchases over £300 - every little helps!

Donnie

The Samsung is ok. geewhiz isn't suggesting that you don't buy it, more indicating that it was never worth £499. £379 is ok.

shazjack

Also just found this one for £379 (only £20 off) and why is it called a value laptop - spec doesn't seem much different?
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172314

Any advice appreciated I really need another laptop quickly but beginning to wonder if I would now be best waiting til after xmas - prices are bound to come down! Thanx

Donnie

Samsung is better, but.....Comet. :eek: Hope you don't have any aftersales issues.

Millionaire

Donnie wrote: »

Samsung is better, but.....Comet. :eek: Hope you don't have any aftersales issues.

I agree, Comet are a pain in the backside.

Upgrading from Vista can cost upto £27.80 (Toshiba) for the 'free' upgrade. I would personally be looking at a Windows 7 machine unless the offer is not to be missed.