Laptop Computer £330 Any Good ?

Weymouth_Man

Laptop from woolies
http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50616022

Browntoa

the same spec Dell comes out as £349 with wireless built in

this has no wireless

Features


VIA C7-M Processor
40GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM
256MB up to 1GB of DDR Ram
15" TFT Screen with 768x1024 Resolution
DVD Writer / Re-Writer
16 Bit Soundchip
4x USB 2.0 Ports with Ethernet LAN Port
V.90 56K Modem

Specifications

VIA C7-M754 1.5GHz Processor
265Mb DDR 333MHz RAM Expandable to 1GB
15" TFT Display with 768 x 1024 Resolution
40GB Hard Drive 5400RPM
DVD Writer & Re-Writer
Formats - CD-R , CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM (4.7GB), DVD+R DL
Speeds - CD-R 24X (max), CD-RW 10X (max), DVD-R 8X (max) , DVD-RW 4X (max), DVD+R 8X (max) , DVD+R DL 2.4X (max), DVD+RW 4X (max), DVD-RAM (4.7GB) 5X (max), DVD-R DL2x (max), DVD+R DL 2.4 (max)
Graphics - VIA PN800
V.90 56K Modem
2 Channel 16 Bit Soundchip
2Hr Battery Life
4 USB 2.0 Ports
Ethernet LAN Port
Windows XP Home SP2 Software
Nero Burning ROM + Recode SE, Medion Power Cinema 2 Ch

lellie

short answer: no

long answer: this isn't very good - the ram isn't enough. 256 is far too little - 512minimum really..
Processor - is also cheap and poor quality
battery life - 2 hours is pretty rubbish.
no built in wireless - also quite useful to have and is missing..

overall - don't go for it.

Mr_Warren_2

So which Laptop available on the market is good? My daughter is going to Uni in September and we thought about buying her one....but which one??? She will be reading Geography in Edinburgh.

blinky

The Tesco one is better value

£300, Celeron M, Wifi, DVD-Writer, 40Gb HD, 15.1" Widescreen

Only 256Mb RAM but it's only £25 for another 256Mb from Crucial

bleugh

good god NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


VIA C7-M754 1.5GHz


re-read that as


'performance approaching that of a PIII 600 Mhz with a headwind'

those processors are BAD, real BAD

gazbert_2

A little melodramatic but the point is accurate. VIA Processors are aimed well and truly at the low performance ultra-low budget market. With performance to match.

Mark_Ice

blinky wrote:

The Tesco one is better value

£300, Celeron M, Wifi, DVD-Writer, 40Gb HD, 15.1" Widescreen

Only 256Mb RAM but it's only £25 for another 256Mb from Crucial

I was so !!!!!! I miss that offer. All sold out in my local Tesco's

motorguy

Mr_Warren wrote:

So which Laptop available on the market is good? My daughter is going to Uni in September and we thought about buying her one....but which one??? She will be reading Geography in Edinburgh.

Personally, i'd go for a dell - there is usually one around the £349 mark or maybe less - thursdays are the day for dell deals. i would upgrade the basic warranty of three months on site, to one years on site. if something goes wrong, they will come to her place of residence to sort it, rather than her have to find her local tescos or woolies and have it sent off for repair etc which could take ages.

Also, keep an eye on https://www.dell.co.uk/outlet. they do a 'drop' regularly - you may be able to pick up a laptop there for £300 or less, but the big advantage is that all those 'outlet' machines have a years warranty in the price.

blinky

Mark_Ice wrote:

I was so !!!!!! I miss that offer. All sold out in my local Tesco's

At Hexus somebody posted that it's on to the end of September. They had them in the Back To School section which they were just setting up today at the Kingston Park Tesco Extra (Newcastle)

orangelily8

Mark_Ice wrote:

I was so !!!!!! I miss that offer. All sold out in my local Tesco's

Tesco Extra, St Rollox, Glasgow still have about 6 left, if thats of any use to you