HP Laptop / CualCore / 2GB / 160GB / DVD-SM - £429 - maybe cheaper + quidco! £429.99
This is my first bargain post so sorry if I mess it up!
I've been looking around for a new laptop and this is by far the best deal I have found! I ordered one this morning and just got an email to say it's been shipped.
* Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 TK53 Mobile Technology
* Memory: 2GB
* HD Capacity: 160GB
* Display: 15.4" WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen
* Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100
* Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
* Optical Drive: Super Multi DVD Writer with DL support
* Networking: 10/100 Ethernet LAN, Wireless 802.11b/g WLAN
* 1 VGA port
* 3 USB 2.0 ports
* 1 RJ 11 modem connector
* 1 RJ 45 Ethernet connector
* S-video TV out
* 1 Headphone-out, 1 mic-in
Play's price is £429.99, If you have a V-Card you get 5% off which brings it down to £408.49. Plus you get £17.20 Quidco, bringing the total to £391.29!
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Jump to unread Post a CommentCan buy that spec (actually with Intel Dual Core) over the counter at Staples for 400 sheets if you wanna compromise on branding (or you could when I was in there on Saturday)
(1700 poins when paying CC+ card)
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Any advice, has this happened to you before?
Thanks need to order this asap.
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a nice size screen too - not too big not too small
Also, it's a lot lighter than I was expecting!
Please help
there websites a bit gay
I will give Play.com a ring tomorrow if they're open and see if I can get some compensation (I don't really want a refund as I spent an age setting Vista up)!
I will give Play.com a ring tomorrow if they're open and see if I can get some compensation (I don't really want a refund as I spent an age setting Vista up)!
it did say it was a TK-53 though, which is of the Anthlon 64 range?
The Athlon is a cut back version of the Turion.
It eats more power and half the cache of a comparable Turion.
Hope that helps :thumbsup:
So does the fact that it is an Athlon and not a Turion make it not so much of a good deal or is it still a pretty good laptop?
So does the fact that it is an Athlon and not a Turion make it not so much of a good deal or is it still a pretty good laptop?
Yeah, its still a good deal. Sure there is a difference between the processors, the Athlon being a more budget version and you ll get slightly less performance. But to be fair, its still a pretty capable dual core. In everyday task such as web browsing, word etc you ll probably feel no difference.
However, thats not to say you shouldnt give Play.com a call to see if they would give you some compensation! Worth a go if you have already bought it :thumbsup:
She said she'd phone back within the hour, she didn't. I spoke to Rebecca again, the most she would offer was £20 compensation which I've turned down. £20 is a joke seeing I specifically ordered this because it was a Turion.
I told her £20 wouldn't change the fact that it is still a Athlon which is old and slow and that I would settle for the Turion equivalent (basically same specs but with a Turion processor) which they are also selling which she said no because it's £130 more. I said £130 is more like what a Turion processor is worth but I would settle for £50 compensation and asked her to negotiate. She said £20 was max and wouldn't budge.
I told her I'd get back to them after I had spoken to Trading Standards.
At the end of the day, I would have never bought the laptop if it was an Athlon, even if it was £20 less (£50 less, maybe!) but either way, I don't want this laptop for the money I paid, it's just too slow.
She said she'd phone back within the hour, she didn't. I spoke to Rebecca again, the most she would offer was £20 compensation which I've turned down. £20 is a joke seeing I specifically ordered this because it was a Turion.
I told her £20 wouldn't change the fact that it is still a Athlon which is old and slow and that I would settle for the Turion equivalent (basically same specs but with a Turion processor) which they are also selling which she said no because it's £130 more. I said £130 is more like what a Turion processor is worth but I would settle for £50 compensation and asked her to negotiate. She said £20 was max and wouldn't budge.
I told her I'd get back to them after I had spoken to Trading Standards.
At the end of the day, I would have never bought the laptop if it was an Athlon, even if it was £20 less (£50 less, maybe!) but either way, I don't want this laptop for the money I paid, it's just too slow.
I think that you were pushing it a bit with trying to get a laptops thats £130 more.
So are you going to return the laptop back to play.com?
I don't see how the Athlon would have such a significant speed impact as what you have described. The Athlon TK-53 is rated faster than the low end Turion such as the TL-50 and TL-52. Sure it eats a bit more power but a Turion chip is hardly going to make a difference to a laptop this size.
Each to their own, but IMHO £20 is fair making the laptop £409.99 and you ll still have quidco on top of that.
If you find your laptop slow, it is probably due to all the bloatware installed by HP, you should try uninstalling them first. There are loads of software guides on the net about speeding up Vista, such as running TuneXP or switching off certain features. :thumbsup:
Would like to know how others got on if they have spoken to Play about this.
Forgot to mention, it's £100 more if you're comparing RRP's.
I'll wait till I get a response from Play.com and Trading Standard and will then decide.
Fair point, but the fact still remains this Athlon (TK-53) is an inferior processor, albeit not lighting speeds slower and less efficient but inferior all the same.
Each to their own, but IMHO £20 is fair making the laptop £409.99 and you ll still have quidco on top of that.
I'm afraid I have to disagree, I think £20 is an insult and they should be offering me a lot more or the laptop I originally ordered.
If you find your laptop slow, it is probably due to all the bloatware installed by HP, you should try uninstalling them first. There are loads of software guides on the net about speeding up Vista, such as running TuneXP or switching off certain features. :thumbsup:
The first thing I did was remove as much stuff as I could and it still runs slow IMHO. I will have a butchers on the web RE fine tuning Vista, thanks for the heads up :thumbsup:
Would like to know how others got on if they have spoken to Play about this.
Me too.