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Thanks - didn't know that. Really interesting. I was surprised to read that they do not put MIMO wireless cards into many of their expensive laptops which just seems cheap and results in potentially slower connectivity. Well, Lenovo are on the not buying list now. All laptop makes have their negatives but Lenovo's negatives are piling up.

If you want to replace certain components in a Lenovo laptops - typically Wifi cards, batteries etc - it has to be on approved list of components from a prescribed manufacturer or it won't work. Some components they specifically block (it's written into the BIOS) even though it would otherwise be compatible.

Thanks - I also almost suggested the Acer 3 dela as the better buy also. What do you mean by hardware whitelists?

Lenovo used to have something called Lenovo Energy Manager on their laptops which allowed you to set different power profiles including the base clock etc. Although there was no direct fan control, a base clock of 0.98GHz wouldn't usually cause the fan to ramp on most normal laptops. Not sure whether it would work on this but it's a thought. That's one reason I wouldn't buy any Lenovo again having owned a Y series gaming laptop and seen some of their other stuff. Quality has seriously gone downhill since the IBM days and there's alot of corner cutting, bugs (numerous BIOS revisions to sort them out, if at all), silly hardware whitelists etc. The Acer Swift 3 for £450 in the other thread is a much better laptop than this.

Does the 720 model have the same fan issue?

I have this machine with SSD and it is rapid for the light use I require it for. From start-up to having Chrome up and ready to go is 20 secs. I'm not sure what its like with the listed HDD but it may be worth finding one with SSD for rapid speed. Its definitely worth it.

So the one posted before with the 120 ssd is better?

Ordered thanks. Will be fine for daughter. :-)

Cant find it at all, link?

link pleases

Keep checking Dell Outlet everyday. When u see the specs for a good price,Make use of the 15% student discount(ask a student to get code) or if u cant,get the new customer 10% discount.

Note, this has one of those weird us style enter buttons.

Acer aspire 5 and 7 series, has the same chassis and IPS display as standard. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-A515-51-50Y5-15-6-Inch-Notebook/dp/B078KG7B62/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1529267655&sr=8-6&keywords=acer+aspire+5

How do you know this model here in this deal is IPS display? The tesco link doesn't give any mention that it's IPS

Could I get the link please?

Does R5 mean dedicated graphics?

Looks decent at that price - thanks OP!

UK version of this can easily be software modded to be dual SIM. Guide on xda developers. UK version also has 6GB RAM and 128GB storage.

Bigger than the Dell Streak and the original galaxy Note.

5.5" is not a phablet, surely?

Price the same now on main site email only price £294.75

You can change the currency in app, see screenshot above, mines in GBP.

Got this recently.Using mostly for karaoke and backing up files and streaming.Great NAS!

https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/235083/thoughts-on-qnap-ts-251 Doesn't look like it.

Thats a good price. I got the 253A 2 years back and its served me well since then- though i've been having some issues over the last month or so that i'm trying to sort out. (Recently discovered a bitcoin miner hogging all the resources so that might have been the cause)

Sorry, yes I got the 253a, I blame being tired. Carry on as you were.

are you on about the QNAP TS-251A-8G or the QNAP TS-253A-8G as the 251 + only has one hdmi or the

Maybe I do, maybe I don't. (strong) (worldcup)

That reminds me. Mrswitch do you wear a pointy hat during your day to day?

Cold. Got this for £100 brand new last Xmas. Admittedly it was by using a Top Cash Back deal but still. That was a steal and this isn't really a deal....

I csnt comprehend why this would go cold, and the appliances direct one went hot... Hukd is an utterly weird place.

Both the same p-diddy..

Bought the first one last year for 15.99 :)

What's so extreme? Good card for Nintendo Switch or shall I go for more storage?

It looks like base is always the best with micro SD's because most of the deals here are from that website

Bought two...One for my Gopro Hero and the other for my Maxtec rear light/Camera. Man (on fast bike) vs Car .... car wins but Man captures the footage for Youtube!

you've been waiting for a GBP 1.60 drop? oh my.

Fastest reply, ever! Cheers Guv'ner. ;)

Screen on time.

What is SOT?

I paid £162 for the Redmi note 5 (4gb) I'm loving it so far. The camera is excellent even in low light compared to my mi max 2. The processor is extremely fast and the sound quality both for calls and the music player is great. Also it's the first time I've used the Mi-move app to transfer everything from my old phone, worked perfectly and saved a lot of time and hassle. All in all I'm happy (y)

Ordered been waiting on a sensible price, thanks op

Of course not. If you need service, just do a System Restore via iTunes before taking it in. Jailbreaking isn't permanent, you know. > In reference to the updates, yes you can get apple updates which will slow down your ipad making it useless or you could just download a decent antivirus app on android, I know which I'd prefer. Please. I know someone running the current iOS11 on a 5-year-old iPad Air with 1Gb RAM and it's no powerhouse but it's still more responsive than some of the jerky, laggy garbage on current Android tablets. And antivirus? Don't need it on iOS so that's one less system resource hogging up the background. > As for steaming, can you just stream from your ipad to a smart TV, or does it have to be an apple TV, or your ipad requires another dongle (which is an extra cost) Uhhh...yes you can. I stream from my iPad to a Samsung Smart TV as well as a Chromecast and Roku. I don't own an Apple TV as I don't need or want one. As for dongles - don't need one, but handy for when you want to hardwire HDMI to a TV in, say, a hotel room. Can't do that on the MediaPad or most Android tablets as almost all of them have no HDMI-out or MHL support. Off the top of my head: iPad - Chromecast, Roku, AirPlay, HDMI and VGA (via adapter) MediaPad - Chromecast, Roku So the iPad offers more connectivity options - who knew? > for around £25 I can add 128 gb card nice and neat inside the tablet, how much would it cost for you to add that to an ipad Cheapest decent quality (SanDisk, Samsung) Class 10 128gb card on Amazon right now is £30 - great for media, can't be used (officially) for apps (which would be slow as molasses off a microSD anyway - been there, done that). It costs £90 more to bump up to 128gb internal storage on the iPad - so, yes, your solution is cheaper but it's also restricted. The iPad storage can be used to add apps, games etc and is much faster. If all you want is more storage without anything "hanging off your tablet" as you put it, get a Verbatim MediaShare Wireless for around £35 which allows you to add SD cards, hard drives - terabytes worth if you must - over WiFi. > I'm not doubting that apple make good quality devices, but their limited restrictive software is their downfall Apple currently has 66% of the entire worldwide tablet market. Some downfall. http://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/tablet/worldwide

So you have to give up your manufacturer warranty to get the apps you want, rather than simply downloading them? In reference to the updates, yes you can get apple updates which will slow down your ipad making it useless or you could just download a decent antivirus app on android, I know which I'd prefer. As for steaming, can you just stream from your ipad to a smart TV, or does it have to be an apple TV, or your ipad requires another dongle (which is an extra cost) and who wants something hanging off your tablet. Same with the memory, for around £25 I can add 128 gb card nice and neat inside the tablet, how much would it cost for you to add that to an ipad and you'll have an ugly device hanging off your tablet, it's a bit like chavs who add stick on spoilers to their Nissan micra, it just looks crap. The 32gb is plenty for app storage, photos/music/films can easily go on your MicroSD card, and if you're desperate for extra app storage use an app called apps2SD. I'm not doubting that apple make good quality devices, but their limited restrictive software is their downfall, I know plenty of apple fans owners of their phones, whom buy an android phone/tablet for the benefits that android offer, but I don't know any people with android devices that buy apple phone/tablet as well, why would you need to?

Couldn't agree more, apple get rinsed for being poor value for money compared to their android counterparts in the phone space. I would say the same was true in reverse in the tablet space

This is a fantastic tablet, especially the sound quality. Only thing worth noting is there is no multi user support, which is strange given that it's stock Android

My bad. Is it really necessary nowadays. Yes I think so. This trend has introduced by apple and all other manufacturers has start to follow. I have no clue (fierce)

A "deal" that isn't posted isn't a deal and when no information is given as to what or where this "deal" was, it's little more than trolling. And, as with financial products, past performance is no indicator of future performance. In other words, lightning strikes in the same place over and over again. Deals aren't as predictable.

at the same time, if there was a deal a near few days ago that provided better, it doesn’t hurt for this poster to at least highlight the fact, that recently X item was available, it’s likely something similar could be available again soon.

Looks like switching from Windows 10 S to regular Windows is now free for everyone since Win 10 April update: eg, https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/switching-from-windows-10-s-to-regular-windows-will-be-free-for-everyone/

Well spotted this is the real deal breaker here, not a full usable copy of windows, Yuk ! Windows S = windows sh*t

Looked at these myself but it seems to be running Windows 10 S which means you cant install normal "non-store" apps on it, wont affect everyone but may stop you installing some key apps you may use.

Might need to be reformatted on the tablet, I get this problem when I upgrade my cards and want to use them in another device.

For recording and playing back video, good enough for a phone?

Perfect 👌

any good for a switch?

Thanks got the 20% discount too! (angel)

Well I wouldn't say 2 years is "old", but agree that it's a mid-low end chip personally as there are plenty of lesser chips out there, especially from mediatek. I'd say that the 625 is perfect for this price point, being still fairly fast, and a very good chip for battery life. I previously had a mediatek octa-core 1.7Ghz, and the difference between them is night and day, for both performance and battery life. Yeah, if I had a choice of better CPU I would take it, but can't name anything where I have actually seen it acting "slow" either. It'd be nice if they suddenly dropped the price on the 835 to mid-range, now that the 845 is around, but that's not likely. I can't justify the expense personally of a higher end model, even a mi mix2 or something when this phone does everything I ask of it and still get 3-4 days battery life on moderate use days.

It's worse. The SD625 is old now, and while not slow it's def. not fast. At this point it's a low end chip/budget chip.

:) Probably blasted out of their minds for 10 days before they look at it never mind post ! (flirt)

They have a smoke and a pancake before they post it.

What's "slow" about an octacore 2.0Ghz phone? just interested as my phone with a 625 in is anything but slow?