Can someone knowledgeable give this lap the once over...

theblagger

Hi

thinking of getting this , I only need it for office 2013., and some photoshop, mainly cropping small images...

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6745462

if someone knowledgeable can advise, need to get it or one asap

AndyPix

Plasticky consumer grade crap


Terrible processor
Rubbish screen/resolution


Avoid

theblagger

What about

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-14-an010na-Laptop-14-AMD-A6-7310-8GB-RAM-1TB-HDD-Windows-10-DVDRW-Silver-/351986775910?&clk_rvr_id=1292148008782&rmvSB=true#viTabs_0

John_Gray

+1 to AndyPix.

I didn't know you could get hard drives as small as 128 GB any more, unless it was an SSD, and I can't see any reference to that...

Maybe have a look through some of these?

hans_2

http://mcscom.co.uk/product/dell-inspiron-15-3542-i5-4210u-1-70ghz-4gb-500gb-15-6-hd-w10p-1yr-rtb-wty-mln625/

£227.94 inc VAT

theblagger

John_Gray wrote: »

+1 to AndyPix.

I didn't know you could get hard drives as small as 128 GB any more, unless it was an SSD, and I can't see any reference to that...

Maybe have a look through some of these?

Rather get the tesco one, looks ok for everyday tasks what I need it for

theblagger

John_Gray wrote: »

+1 to AndyPix.

I didn't know you could get hard drives as small as 128 GB any more, unless it was an SSD, and I can't see any reference to that...

Maybe have a look through some of these?

It does have SSD

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6745462

if you check the FAQ

Frozen_up_north

A friend recently bought an Acer laptop (Aspire ES 15.6") and I find the touch pad buttons stiff and awkward to use. The screen on the Aspire seemed very glossy, resembling a glass sheet. Earlier ones seemed better. I would try one before buying, perhaps PC World or Tesco?

A 14" screen size is smaller than many these days (usually most are 15.6").

The good news is the battery life. There are suggestions on the Argos site that this particular model may have an SSD (as opposed to spinning disk) hard drive, but one of the Q&As mentions a lower cost type of SSD that may have performance and life expectancy issues.

I would ignore the "buy a professional grade used laptop" type answer, I'm typing this reply on an Asus that cost £249 from Argos and it's lasted longer than the 2 x Toshiba and 1 x Fujitsu-Siemens (all "professional") models I had, and is far better to use than my OHs works Lenovos in her office too...

FWIW, support from Tesco seems excellent. An 0800 number to call for computer support and they talk you through issues that may not be directly related to the hardware, ie Windows issues.

AndyPix

Frozen_up_north wrote: »

. I would ignore the "buy a professional grade used laptop" type answer,.

I would ignore that .


By buying a refurb pro laptop (a good one, not a fujitsu-siemens lol) you get a proper solid computer designed to last.
Yes, you may get lucky and your piece of plastic from argos MIGHT last, but generally they are all rubbish.
If you get the machine linked to by Hans you would be a very happy bunny

keith969

theblagger wrote: »

What about

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-14-an010na-Laptop-14-AMD-A6-7310-8GB-RAM-1TB-HDD-Windows-10-DVDRW-Silver-/351986775910?&clk_rvr_id=1292148008782&rmvSB=true#viTabs_0

crap display again. 1366x768 is just awful these days.