We're ona laptop hunt....

NiftyDigits

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

ASDA are currently selling the HP 15.6" 15-p228na Pavilion Notebook, for £309.

It comes with 4GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, Windows 8.1 64bit, Intel® Pentium® N3540 Processor, with Intel HD Graphics, BeatsAudio with 2 speakers, HP TrueVision HD Webcam.

Please don't......

Maureen43

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Please don't......

Why not? This is why I need help - that one looked fine to me!

It appears the good HP one is now discontinued.

How about this one?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-g50-15-6-laptop-red-10133114-pdt.html

[Deleted User]

Maureen43 wrote: »

Why not?

Excellent question.

Just saying "Please Don't......" isn't very informative, is it?

Fightsback

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Excellent question.

Just saying "Please Don't......" isn't very informative, is it?

Because you can buy a brand new i5 for that price £329

Toshiba Satellite Pro R50-B-12V

• Intel Core i5-4210U Dual Core Processor
• 15.6" HD Screen
• Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit
• 4GB DDR3 RAM
• 500GB HDD
• DVD Rewriter
• Integrated Graphics
• USB3 | HDMI | Bluetooth
• PSSG0E-023001E

or

HP 250 G4

Intel Core i5-5200U Dual Core Processor
15.6" HD Screen
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB HDD
DVD Rewriter
Integrated Graphics
USB3 | HDMI | Bluetooth
N0Y97ES#ABU

Both can be had from save on laptops at that price

or at ebuyer:

http://www.ebuyer.com/717118-hp-250-g4-laptop-n0y97es-abu

Even this i3 at £249 will dance rings around the Intel® Pentium® N3540 processor.

http://www.ebuyer.com/723452-lenovo-essential-b50-80-laptop-80lt003auk

Intel processors go like this with i7 being the most powerful:

celeron<pentium<i3<i5<i7

Maureen43

Fightsback wrote: »

Because you can buy a brand new i5 for that price £329

Toshiba Satellite Pro R50-B-12V

• Intel Core i5-4210U Dual Core Processor
• 15.6" HD Screen
• Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit
• 4GB DDR3 RAM
• 500GB HDD
• DVD Rewriter
• Integrated Graphics
• USB3 | HDMI | Bluetooth
• PSSG0E-023001E

or

HP 250 G4

Intel Core i5-5200U Dual Core Processor
15.6" HD Screen
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB HDD
DVD Rewriter
Integrated Graphics
USB3 | HDMI | Bluetooth
N0Y97ES#ABU

Both can be had from save on laptops at that price

or at ebuyer:

http://www.ebuyer.com/717118-hp-250-g4-laptop-n0y97es-abu

Even this i3 at £249 will dance rings around the Intel® Pentium® N3540 processor.

http://www.ebuyer.com/723452-lenovo-essential-b50-80-laptop-80lt003auk

Intel processors go like this with i7 being the most powerful:

celeron<pentium<i3<i5<i7

Thanks for those. The RAM and HDD are half the size of the HP one I was looking at. Does the processor outweigh that?

Fightsback

Maureen43 wrote: »

Thanks for those. The RAM and HDD are half the size of the HP one I was looking at. Does the processor outweigh that?

You can always add extra ram or change the HDD (or use external storage) at a later date but you can't change the CPU or graphics.

Besides most laptops that come with 8GB of ram have only a single stick of ram. If you have 2 x 4gb sticks these can be accessed simultaneously which double the memory bandwidth and improve integrated graphics performance by about 25% as an integrated GPU uses the same RAM as the CPU.

Which particular one were you looking at ?

Nada666

Fightsback wrote: »

Intel processors go like this with i7 being the most powerful:

celeron<pentium<i3<i5<i7

Only over a same generation. There are plenty of older i7 processors still being sold that are poorer than a new i3.

Maureen43

Fightsback wrote: »

You can always add extra ram or change the HDD (or use external storage) at a later date but you can't change the CPU or graphics.

Besides most laptops that come with 8GB of ram have only a single stick of ram. If you have 2 x 4gb sticks these can be accessed simultaneously which double the memory bandwidth and improve integrated graphics performance by about 25% as an integrated GPU uses the same RAM as the CPU.

Which particular one were you looking at ?

HP Pavilion 15-p157sa 15.6" Laptop (Purple).

gman955

best advice i can give is that if you want to future proof, I would go for a system with at least i3 processor

Fightsback

Maureen43 wrote: »

HP Pavilion 15-p157sa 15.6" Laptop (Purple).

That particular laptop came with a i5-4288U CPU (28w version) which had iris graphics which are generally only found on Macbooks, you won't find another laptop in that price bracket with those specs, you had yourself a bargain last time. It's quite annoying that there are virtually no Windows based laptops that don't come with Iris

Look at i5 based machines as listed above if your budget is around the £300 mark.

Edit:

just found one with Iris graphics, bit more expensive though at £429

http://www.medion.com/gb/shop/budget-laptops-medion-akoya-e6417-laptop-md99248-30018874a1.html?recommendationId=c59a8bb0-7007-11e5-8033-448a5b88215a&wt_mc=gb.intern.recomm.productDetail.on-ma&wt_cc1=5&wt_cc2=30018874A1&wt_cc3=30018530A1

NB this also comes with a 1920x1080 pixels screen