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Toshiba Satellite P100 17" Core 2 Duo Laptop - €168 and Free Deivery

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    #2
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    Cheap as chips laptop. Fine as a basic web browser, seriously lacking in everything else even the HD is only 100Gb.


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    nc6000
    Registered Users Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭nc6000


    Vista Home Premium?


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    #4
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,012 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Catalyst wrote: »
    Vista

    Theres your problem right there


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    #5
    Catalyst
    Registered Users Posts: 624 ✭✭✭Catalyst


    Yeah I'll says web browsing and emails, or as a laptop to play youtube videos for the kids maybe?


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    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    6 year old spec surely?

    That Dell which was posted yesterday in BA is most likely a lot better bang for buck. This must be old (ancient) stock....I don't even know where it would come from with spec like that! I wouldn't touch it.


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    long_b
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    I saw a review for this model from 2006.

    Having said that, it'd probably be OK for very basic stuff.


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    Catalyst
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    It will be handy for people with old DDR2 RAM and Hard Disks/SSDs.


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    fdevine
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    long_b wrote: »
    I saw a review for this model from 2006.

    Having said that, it'd probably be OK for very basic stuff.

    I was using a similar spec Sony laptop for AutoCAD up until recently

    For the price this would be an adequate machine for most tasks, with the exception of 3D gaming or video editing


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    MisterAnarchy
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    Are these new or refurbished ?


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    #11
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    Remove vista and install Ubuntu 14.04 and this would be decent for everyday use.


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    Timmaay
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    Vista couldn't be any worse than windows 8 surely? Just slap xp on it anyways.


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    Catalyst
    Registered Users Posts: 624 ✭✭✭Catalyst


    MisterAnarchy wrote: »
    Are these new or refurbished ?

    They are new


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    mfceiling
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    I use my laptop for the most basic tasks...

    Web Browsing, Youtube and sending invoices (via microsoft word) to clients.

    That is it, apart from putting my photos on to it.

    Would this yoke do a reasonable job for that?


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    kkelly77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭kkelly77


    Stick Linux Mint on it and it'd be grand ;)


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    MisterAnarchy
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    mfceiling wrote: »
    I use my laptop for the most basic tasks...

    Web Browsing, Youtube and sending invoices (via microsoft word) to clients.

    That is it, apart from putting my photos on to it.

    Would this yoke do a reasonable job for that?

    Yeah it would do that easily ,it has a Core 2 Duo processor which is pretty decent.

    For the vast majority of users any decent dual core cpu will be more than adequate for most tasks .
    The idea that you need a top end cpu is a myth .


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    davidm20
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭davidm20


    Doesn't seem to have a webcam but apart from that looks good to me.
    Catalyst wrote: »
    It will be handy for people with old DDR2 RAM and Hard Disks/SSDs.

    Very true IMO.

    This Sata SSD would do wouldn't it?
    http://www.elara.ie/productdetail.aspx?productcode=ECE2615595

    I have this RAM. Any Reason I couldn't use it
    http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.aspx?itemid=1442036661

    Any issues installing WIN7?


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    Heisenberg88
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    MisterAnarchy wrote: »
    Yeah it would do that easily ,it has a Core 2 Duo processor which is pretty decent.

    For the vast majority of users any decent dual core cpu will be more than adequate for most tasks .
    The idea that you need a top end cpu is a myth .

    Core 2 duo processor is not decent, not what soever! It is a horrible horrible laptop for the price to be honest. 1GB of ram will also make your browsing on Vista terrible.

    This laptop is new, has windows 8, a better processor and 4GB of ram with a 500 GB hard drive for 229.

    Laptop is a complete pile of junk and a rip off. You have been warned lol.


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    Heisenberg88
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    Can't post links but its the inspiron 15 inch on the dell website.


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    MisterAnarchy
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    Heisenberg88 wrote: »
    Core 2 duo processor is not decent, not what soever! It is a horrible horrible laptop for the price to be honest. 1GB of ram will also make your browsing on Vista terrible.

    This laptop is new, has windows 8, a better processor and 4GB of ram with a 500 GB hard drive for 229.

    Laptop is a complete pile of junk and a rip off. You have been warned lol.

    Its a perfectly fine cpu for most tasks ,very little between the Core 2 Duo and the Dell one in benchmarks.

    Saying that ,its an old laptop ,a 7 year old spec and not worth 168 euro ,you'd pick up a second hand one up on ebay pretty cheaply.


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    mikeyjames9
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    core2duo is no slouch at all for a cheap laptop

    bit short on ram though


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    dave1982
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    Would this play HD videos from USB etc? 17" screen is good


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    #23
    evostik
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭evostik


    Wouldn't touch this laptop myself. I recently purchased the the Dell Inspiron 15 and it's not a bad piece of kit for basic stuff. It's currently €229, but you can get it for €206.11 with a 10% off VIP code available on www.publicsector.groupscheme.com


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    jca
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    Vista+ a single gig of ram---- Nah life's too short.... Much better deals out there for very little extra money.


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Not a bargain by any stretch of the imagination.

    Yes, Core 2 Duo is still perfectly fine for most things, but this is pretty much the slowest Core 2 available, it would have been on the lower end of the scale...in 2006.

    1GB of ram would need upgrading straight away.

    For a little more the Dell has a better processor, but more importantly, a much bigger hard drive and a lot more RAM.

    People on adverts regularly sell laptops much faster than this for considerably less. (2Ghz+ Core 2's with 2GB ram and 320GB hd, etc for about 150)

    Personally I wouldn't touch this at that price.


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    spongbob
    Registered Users Posts: 667 ✭✭✭spongbob


    evostik wrote: »
    Wouldn't touch this laptop myself. I recently purchased the the Dell Inspiron 15 and it's not a bad piece of kit for basic stuff. It's currently €229, but you can get it for €206.11 with a 10% off VIP code available on www.publicsector.groupscheme.com



    Are you sure its 229€ less 10%
    I am looking on the dell site and cheapest I see is 259€ before discount?


    Any links ?



    Cheers


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    styron
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    davidm20 wrote: »

    I have this RAM. Any Reason I couldn't use it
    http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.aspx?itemid=1442036661

    The Toshiba takes a slower transfer speed (PC2-5300 ie. 667MHz) but faster latency CL5. It might run your PC2-6400 module at that speed but I doubt it. Even unmatched size modules of the same type can be pernickety in these systems.


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    Alanstrainor
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    Heisenberg88 wrote: »
    Core 2 duo processor is not decent, not what soever! It is a horrible horrible laptop for the price to be honest. 1GB of ram will also make your browsing on Vista terrible.

    This laptop is new, has windows 8, a better processor and 4GB of ram with a 500 GB hard drive for 229.

    Laptop is a complete pile of junk and a rip off. You have been warned lol.

    Absolutely. I would wonder how the battery has fared sitting idle all these years, I'd wonder if it even holds much charge at all too.
    dave1982 wrote: »
    Would this play HD videos from USB etc? 17" screen is good

    I honestly think this machine will struggle playing HD movies, I have a feeling it will be able to play them smoothly enough, but it will get very hot and bothered when doing so. Think, fans blaring and hot to touch on the bottom of it.

    Any modern machine, even the cheapest of the cheap will come with at least 2GB RAM(most actually have 4!). 500GB hard disk, and come with CPUs which are designed to handle HD movies and every day(by todays standards) tasks well.

    Anyone looking at this, please avoid, it'd disappointment in a box. Honestly can't believe anyone would even try to sell these.


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    Farnsworth
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭Farnsworth


    I will suggest go for this http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-15-3531-laptop/pd?oc=cn53105&model_id=inspiron-15-3531-laptop
    Use group scheme to get 10% off with 1 year collect & return Dell warranty


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    dodzy
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    Farnsworth wrote: »
    I will strongly suggest go for this http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-15...15-3531-laptop
    Use group scheme to get 10% off, approx €206 with 1 year collect & return Dell warranty
    I will strongly suggest you check your link ;)

    link fixed

    And I'm surprised you have it in for €206 as you have it priced at €225 on the actual thread ( with the discount link ):confused:


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    Farnsworth
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭Farnsworth


    dodzy wrote: »
    I will strongly suggest you check your link ;)

    link fixed

    Sorry, that was copy pasted from previous post, fixed


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