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Laptops - Best Deals and Advice Please .
alfmurph
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in Techie Stuff
I am just your average laptop user . E-mails , google , playing games . Have an acer at moment .
Looking for advice on what to buy around black friday deals .
Only really want to spend £300 with a bit of wiggle room .
My laptop at moment i bought refurbished on amazon and it has worked for around 7 or 8 years but i am not sure to go for refurbished or new .
I see martin lewis has recommended different types of refurbished laptops on amazon in grades of new , good and used .
Or i could go for new .
Asus and acer in curry's are £500 reduced to £300 and aldi are going to give deal on medion notebook on black friday .
I am retired so will not use it for work .
Any advice appreciated .
Looking for advice on what to buy around black friday deals .
Only really want to spend £300 with a bit of wiggle room .
My laptop at moment i bought refurbished on amazon and it has worked for around 7 or 8 years but i am not sure to go for refurbished or new .
I see martin lewis has recommended different types of refurbished laptops on amazon in grades of new , good and used .
Or i could go for new .
Asus and acer in curry's are £500 reduced to £300 and aldi are going to give deal on medion notebook on black friday .
I am retired so will not use it for work .
Any advice appreciated .
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Acer make/made hundreds of laptops, so you'll have to be a bit more specific. Which Acer model do you have? (usually a model number on the bottom)Might just need more memory and an SSD.0
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Until that day comes, We do not know what the deals are when Friday black sales do arrive. Since you need basic everyday usage makes things a little easy when picking. Picking up a good deal is the first trick and I would go with a new and rather refurbished one.
Check this out - ASUS Vivobook 15 X515JA on amazon for £330 and might be cheaper on sales soon0 -
What about this .
Acer i5 + 16GB RAM + 512 SSD from Currys.
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alfmurph said:What about this .
Acer i5 + 16GB RAM + 512 SSD from Currys.You missed out most of the specs.i5- what number?What sort of windows- pro or home?Screen size and type?Convertible or standard?price?I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
(except air quality and Medical Science
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What game are you paying
Is it the £399 at currys you referring to?
Looks like good price for its spec.0
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