Packard Bell recon laptops at Dixons (merged)

bubbles2007

Dixons are doing Recon Packard Bell laptops at £349.99. With the 10% discount code plus another £10 discount code it's £304, with a little more back with Quidco. A few weeks ago they even put a special code up on google ads when you searched for R1938 (the model number) and it took it to £296, but that code has gone Wish I snapped one up then...

Pros
A brand name laptop, not the rubbish advent make
Huge ram and HD - 1gb - 80gb HD
Wireless, 15.4 screen etc etc

Cons
It's a recon, but should be ok and it's free to return if you don't like...

Rev

None of the codes I have found seem to be working, can you point me in the ones you've used please?

This looks perfect for me, been looking for a good deal, only going to be using it for some college work and surfing.

Coldfinger

Enter RECONDITIONED as the search term at http://www.dixons.co.uk and there is a lot of reconditioned computing stuff including

PACKARD BELL R1938 RECONDITIONED INTEL CELERON M 380 PROCESSOR 1.60GHz LAPTOP £349

PACKARD BELL R0422 RECONDITONED AMD SEMPRON 3100+ LAPTOP £349.99

PACKARD BELL RECONDITIONED EASYNOTE SW51-120 £387

PACKARD BELL RECONDITIONED EASYNOTE MV45-120 £389

ADVENT 7090 RECONDITIONED INTEL PENTIUM M 735 PROCESSOR 1.70GHz LAPTOP £449.99

bubbles2007

i dont think we are are allowed to post codes here, but hotdeals, savemoney are two that got me to the right price tried them after midnight last night.

does anyone know an nhs discount code for dixons?

Rev

Thanks for the reply. I tried the ones from hotdeals to no avail. I found the £10 off one but not the 10%

Eugene's_Pal

I don't want to put this offer down but to say that Packard Bell is a top brand is laughable. The desktop PBs I've experienced have been very poor for both performance and reliability.

Edit: Maybe Packard Bell is being mixed up with Hewlett Packard, which really is a good brand?

nordberg

Eugene's_Pal wrote:

I don't want to put this offer down but to say that Packard Bell is a top brand is laughable. The desktop PBs I've experienced have been very poor for both performance and reliability.

Edit: Maybe Packard Bell is being mixed up with Hewlett Packard, which really is a good brand?

Yeh, Packard Bell are generally pretty poor quality.

bubbles2007

ok, i havent owned a packard bell, just see loads of advertising. i do know advent have a very poor reputation, worse than pb, so if thinking about the much lower spec advent laptop for £299 this should be considered?

jordy32

i had one of these from currys for sub £300 a few weeks ago - took it back for refund as it didn't do it for me.

Build quality seemed OK but the styling is a little iffy once you open the laptop up.

Screen is pretty good but a fair amount of brightness shows through from the bottom on darker screens (DVD viewing etc.)

Found the touchpad a little off compared to other laptops - I bit rubbery on the finger tip.

What really put me off was the battery life 90-100 mins.

Otherwise a good buy if you don't have a laptop already or a decent home pc.

Came brown boxed, some are in as new condition, others (mine included) have a few light scratches to the base plastics etc.

dc

Not top spec by a long way, nor top brand, just a fair price.

:xmassign:

bubbles2007

dc wrote:

Not top spec by a long way, nor top brand, just a fair price.

:xmassign:

1024 ram not top?

compare it to other offerings at the same price and it is.