New Cheap Laptop - can you beat this?

[Scouse]

What ho.

Family laptop buying time. I'm of the opinion that consumer electronics are much of a muchness nowadays but I have to ask the question:

Can you beat this for the price (or within, say, 30 quid of the price?)

 

[Wij]

What ho.

Family laptop buying time. I'm of the opinion that consumer electronics are much of a muchness nowadays but I have to ask the question:

Can you beat this for the price (or within, say, 30 quid of the price?)

Dunno but too big. 15.6inch laptop? Laptops are supposed to be portable.

 

[Scouse]

Dunno but too big. 15.6inch laptop? Laptops are supposed to be portable.

Nope - definitely right size.

Won't be ported often. But when it does it's not going to be carried around other than in a car and from a car to house.

 

[Wij]

Can't stand them that big. They tend to roll off my lap when reaching for the Kleenex.

 

[dysfunction]

HDD seems a bit small.

 

[Moriath]

HDD seems a bit small.

Not if your not doing games. All our work lappys come with 256 and its plenty

 

[Scouse]

Yeah, standard old people shit. It's a 400-quid laptop, they can't expect the world, but they want a laptop specifically and a big-ish screen.

Only reason I posted that one is because I wonder if some geek can better it for the price.

 

[dysfunction]

Laptop's direct are very good with their pricing so doubt you will get anything better.

 

[Wij]

What ho.

Family laptop buying time. I'm of the opinion that consumer electronics are much of a muchness nowadays but I have to ask the question:

Can you beat this for the price (or within, say, 30 quid of the price?)

And as if by magic:

HP 250 G7 Laptop, Intel Core i5-8265U 1.6GHz, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, 15.6" Full HD, No-DVD, Intel HD, WIFI, Windows 10 Home | Ebuyer.com

£399

 

[dysfunction]

And as if by magic:

HP 250 G7 Laptop, Intel Core i5-8265U 1.6GHz, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, 15.6" Full HD, No-DVD, Intel HD, WIFI, Windows 10 Home | Ebuyer.com

£399

It doesn't have the DVD player...
My personal preference would be Lenovo over HP.

 

[Wij]

It doesn't have the DVD player...
My personal preference would be Lenovo over HP.

Fuck DVD drives tbh :/

 

[Wij]

FIVETECH Flex 11.6" FHD Convertible Laptop Intel Celeron N4000 4GB RAM 32GB eMMC | Laptop Outlet, UK

 

[Moriath]

Fuck DVD drives tbh :/

Not bought a dvd in years. Oldies might. But i guess i am getting into oldie territory.

I do agree lenovo over hp any day of the week tho

 

[Wij]

Fine. Have a £399 Lenovo then:

https://www.ebuyer.com/901659-lenovo-v155-15api-amd-ryzen-5-3500u-8gb-256gb-ssd-15-6-inch-full-hd-81v50008uk

 

[Moriath]

Fine. Have a £399 Lenovo then:

https://www.ebuyer.com/901659-lenovo-v155-15api-amd-ryzen-5-3500u-8gb-256gb-ssd-15-6-inch-full-hd-81v50008uk

But amd.

 

[Wij]

But amd.

But more secure than intel.

 

[Moriath]

But more secure than intel.

Maybe. But i would argue that they found the flaws in intel and fixed them with patches etc. That there maybe flaws in amd that are not know yet.

 

[Wij]

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-aspire-3-156-8gb-ram-256gb-ssd-full-hd-ryzen-3-3298299

 

[Wij]

Lenovo 330s 15.6

 

[DaGaffer]

Lenovo 330s 15.6

That's a really good deal. Site won't take my Irish card though (even though I'd have it delivered to a drop ship place in NI).

 

[BloodOmen]

My only issue with the initial post would be the HDD - some laptops (mine) use Optane memory in them to speed things up thus don't need an SSD, generally they come with bigger HDD's, I get it's a family laptop but 256gb really isn't much after windows and all of its updates.

As for the one @Wij posted - not bad for the price that, really can't complain for under £400

One I use atm is an Acer laptop, bit dated now I guess but it's an I5 8250U (iirc), 8gig ram, 1tb HDD / Optane Memory / GTX 1050 (think its 4gb version, not sure) snagged it on offer for just over £600 awhile back.

 

[Scouse]

Lenovo 330s 15.6

No SSD?

 

[Wij]

Did you ever get this?

If not then this one has SSD AND a DVD Writer Under £300. What more could an old person want?

Lenovo V155 Ryzen 3 3200U 8GB 256GB SSD 15.6" Vega 3 Windows 10 Home Laptop | Ebuyer.com

 

[Scouse]

We didn't - but that's pretty spanky isn't it