£199.99 Toshiba refurbished laptop from Argos clearance!

sirbrainy

madelaine wrote: »

Just checked out this laptop HP G56-100SA Refurbished 15.6" Laptop

price is now £239.99

You get a further 20% discount at checkout

madelaine

Hi
Can you explain how to get the further 20% off at checkout. Thanks

TakeThis

The 20% link.

Rich44_2

k599rag wrote: »

True, not that bad, but nobody in their right mind would recommend a laptop with only 1Gb RAM when it runs Windows 7. Espeically when it's running an awful Celeron Processor!

The AV may well run along doing nothing at a low rate of burn on the memory, but you run a scan and see what happens then.

I still stand by my quote, if you are buying a laptop (even paying £200) you should ensure it's future proofed and buy something that will not cause issues in 2 years time.

Any computer running a full scan will run like a pig it's nothing to do with RAM it's thrashing the hard drive and taking CPU time up. Most people (with any sense) kick off a full scan then walk away it's not something you would start then try to keep going as normal during the scan and the memory footprint of AV software in day to day terms is measured by the footprint of the on access/realtime scanner not running a full system scan which is largely unrepresentative of day to day use

What was posted wasn't not recommending a machine with 1GB it was saying it wasn't fit for anything other than the internet which is absolutely absurd.

Who says buying this laptop would cause issues in 2 years time (other than the fact it will probably have fallen to bits as it's cheap) if user x is using it for their online shopping in 2 years time what's going to have changed?

If you read my previous posts about it you would see that I said the deal for trade in and cashback make the HP 620 I posted earlier a much much better deal, almost the same money once trade in and cashback come through for a brand new laptop with 4GB RAM, 500GB HD and a decent Intel chip (which neither of the two previously mentioned have). In fact a 2nd hand Thinkpad T60,T60p(has an FireGL video card in it, very good!!),T42,T61 would be about the same money or less even if you got a 1GB one and paid for another 1GB DIMM to go in it AND would have the advantage of having much much better build quality than bottom end cheap plastic tat. This one on the bay if it goes for about what it's at now is a steal number 320764760167 (not mine nor anything to do with me just a quick search found it)

I agree with you that even at £200 it isn't a great deal BUT that isn't what your previous quote made out at all

rachmc

I have owned 2 Toshiba Laptops- The one my boyfriend currently uses and this exact C660 model that he bought me for my birthday. The other model we have is 3 years old and works perfectly as if it was new. The C660 is dreadful. It comes up with a message every now and then saying there's a problem with the cooling device and says to turn it off and return it to the manufacturer. I've spoken to Toshiba who have said this is a known issue. The laptop is also quite slow at times and the speakers aren't the best. At the minute, I'm having an issue with the touchpad. After the laptop being on for about 5 to 10 minutes, the touchpad stops working- it sort of doesn't go where you want the cursor to go! I have had to put the laptop in to hibernation and take it out again for it to work.. I've now resorted to using a USB mouse.

I'm sorry to slate this offer guys- it is a great offer for a short term replacement or for a seldom used laptop but for constant use the laptop is dreadful. I'm going to be replacing it after christmas.

lisac3179

sirbrainy wrote: »

Or £192 this HP one

The HP G56-100SA Refurbished 15.6" Laptop is powered by the AMD V Series Processor V140 and is pre-installed with the 64-bit version of the Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium operating system from Microsoft. It also has 3GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive to store all your digital content.

Equipped with a beautiful 15.6" LED backlit display, an integrated SuperMulti DVD drive, and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 graphics processor for smooth-playing HD entertainment and light gaming, the HP G56-100SA Refurbished 15.6" Laptop is perfect for your everyday computing needs.

In terms of connectivity, the HP G56-100SA Refurbished 15.6" Laptop sports three USB ports, an Ethernet port, and wireless 802.11b/g/n WiFi technology. The integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam is ideal for video chats and conferences with friends and family! Listen to your music on the stereo speakers or on your headphones through the headphone-microphone combo jack. This laptopalso boasts a 6-cell lithium ion battery with an impressive battery life of up to 4 hours.

An enticing balance of affordability and high performance, the HP G56-100SA Refurbished 15.6" Laptop is a reliable notebook for both work and play!

Lovely job - just ordered one - thanks for pointing this out. Missed out on the ludicrous Tesco prices so this is a nice deal.:T