Ebuyer website discrepancy (Asus E402MA Laptop)

Kernel_Sanders

Can anyone work out what's going on here http://www.ebuyer.com/721896-asus-e402ma-laptop-e402ma-wx0055t
In case it's corrected by the time you view, it was showing this: (note price of same model in bottom left)

pappa_golf

they are also able to sell you cd/dvd copies of Norton or even m/soft office , could be fun as the unit has not got an optical drive

Mr.Generous

the cheaper one is win 8.1, free upgrade to win 10 anyway. got to be worth a punt if you want a lap top.
just read full spec, it won't upgrade to win 10

spud17

Believe it or not, sometimes websites have mistakes.
Imagine what it's like trying to keep track of ebuyer's constantly changing product line.

Jivesinger

Mr.Generous wrote: »

just read full spec, it won't upgrade to win 10

Why would it not upgrade to Windows 10?

pappa_golf

it can be , but its not an easy job , there is not enough room to run the installer for win 10 (thus making it legit)


read some of those comments


http://www.ebuyer.com/711779-asus-e402ma-laptop-e402ma-wx0055h

ChiefGrasscutter

pappa_golf wrote: »

they are also able to sell you cd/dvd copies of Norton or even m/soft office , could be fun as the unit has not got an optical drive

The latest versions of Norton from whatever source you buy now only comes as a download - you just get a card with a licence key number on it.
They do not supply it on CD/DVD anymore.

Jivesinger

pappa_golf wrote: »

it can be , but its not an easy job , there is not enough room to run the installer for win 10 (thus making it legit)

I ran the Win10 upgrade on a Win8.1 tablet which only has 32GB, after downloading the ISO and running from there.

It worked fine - admittedly it was only 32-bit but I reckon I still had plenty space for the slightly larger 64-bit version.

Edit: or you could clean install using this technique. (Although I'd take a backup image first.)
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/23354-clean-install-windows-10-directly-without-having-upgrade-first.html

buglawton

spud17 wrote: »

Believe it or not, sometimes websites have mistakes.
Imagine what it's like trying to keep track of ebuyer's constantly changing product line.

There are even companies - I think Brandview is one - where humans sit in front of screens all day correcting them or filling in missing bits for shopping websites. Seems computers can't do everything, who would've thought it?

tronator

Mfr part code: E402MA-WX0055T
vs.
Mfr part code: E402MA-WX0055H


It might be the same hardware, but these are different products as others already pointed out. Both products can have different software, accessories etc. Ebuyer buys product1 for price "a" and sells it for price "b" and buys product2 for price "x" and sells it for price "y". I don't see your problem. If you think product 2 is a better deal, buy it.

Kernel_Sanders

I decided not to buy this because the RAM is non upgradable, but it has now dropped to £129.99 and I couldn't resist! The link is http://www.ebuyer.com/711779-asus-e402ma-laptop-e402ma-wx0055h or go via TCB for an extra 1.6% off.
I've downloaded Avast and Opera browser at the library onto a stick in readiness, so is there anything else I should be doing? I plan to run 8.1 for a bit before trying out W10, so is choosing 'Don't set up W Update ' enough to postpone the download? I'd like as little interference as possible from Google and MS, and none at all from Facebook and Ebay which would access my netbook despite me not using those sites.