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Currys Compaq laptop, 80 GB, 1.66GHz £390

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  • gromituk
    gromituk Posts: 3,087 Forumite
    "a fast 2 megahertz processor speed"

    Coo - not very fast. :rolleyes:
    Time is an illusion - lunch time doubly so.
  • blinky
    blinky Posts: 1,684 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Looks okay - can't really comment on the pricing
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  • Micky
    Micky Posts: 359 Forumite
    gromituk wrote:
    "a fast 2 megahertz processor speed"

    Coo - not very fast. :rolleyes:

    Yes, that confused me ... but not for long ;) Someone did explain to me once why processor speed is not the be all and end all. It made sense at the time.
  • Johntea
    Johntea Posts: 1,205 Forumite
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    The main problem with this laptop is you are getting a Solo core processor when Dual Core processor laptops can be had for around the same price these days
  • Micky
    Micky Posts: 359 Forumite
    Johntea wrote:
    The main problem with this laptop is you are getting a Solo core processor when Dual Core processor laptops can be had for around the same price these days
    Please point me in the right direction ;)
  • Micky
    Micky Posts: 359 Forumite
    Come on Johntea, my mouse is hovering over the Currys buy button but you know where there is a better deal .....
  • Kilty_2
    Kilty_2 Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    If you are getting that down to £390 then buy it, you won't get dual core (with decent RAM etc to match) for less than £470.
  • rdwarr
    rdwarr Posts: 6,159 Forumite
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    gromituk wrote:
    "a fast 2 megahertz processor speed"

    Coo - not very fast. :rolleyes:

    Must be a misprint. My first PC went at 4.77MHz and that was in 1984 :)
    Can I help?
  • Johntea
    Johntea Posts: 1,205 Forumite
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    Kilty wrote:
    If you are getting that down to £390 then buy it, you won't get dual core (with decent RAM etc to match) for less than £470.

    I'll try and pull out some deals tomorrow, the drink is too powerful to concentrate at the moment.

    But my Toshiba dual core only cost £385 or so from Currys the other week, 1.6 Core Duo, 1gb RAM, 60gb HDD, XP MCE etc :).
  • Kilty_2
    Kilty_2 Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    Will be interesting, seems the market has changed a bit since I bought my Celeron-M based machine 6 months ago :eek: :D

    Meh, still happy with what I have.
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