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Lidl laptop?

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    Charlie19
    Registered Users Posts: 11,745 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    I've a Toshiba laptop and it's been great value.

    I paid just over €300 but it had a lot better specs than the lidl one. 16" screen, i3 processor and 500gb hd. I got this from England so it probably wouldn't be as good value now with the way the euro is.

    I'd say you'd get a cheaper one delivered from the dell website.


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    Ghost Train
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    Might find it a bit under powered. i3 would be noticably faster
    But is light and portable so might be handy if carrying every day

    Price is nothing special


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,366 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    If that isn't a misprint, it has only 32GB for a hard drive, an embedded MMC card - poor man's SSD! They may try to coax you with the 'free' 100GB cloud storage but that doesn't hide the fact that there's sod-all onboard storage.


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    893bet
    Registered Users Posts: 8,830 ✭✭✭893bet


    coylemj wrote: »
    If that isn't a misprint, it has only 32GB for a hard drive, an embedded MMC card - poor man's SSD! They may try to coax you with the 'free' 100GB cloud storage but that doesn't hide the fact that there's sod-all onboard storage.

    That did catch my eye alright. I assume a lot of that would end up being used for operating system etc so very tight storage.


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    Charlie19
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    This one is about €10 more http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/NX.MRTEK.018-Acer-Aspire-ES1-311_1742244.html

    There is also below budget laptops starting at about €230. I bought my current laptop of these around 30 months ago and have had no issues.


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    Trojan
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    Personally I'd steer clear. Better off spending that kind of money on an Android tablet and a bluetooth keyboard. Spend another hundred quid and you're into basic but decent entry-level laptops.

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    Charlie19
    Registered Users Posts: 11,745 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Tablets have nowhere near the lifespan of a laptop. The laptop can be up-graded to double its Ram capacity. I put a €50 SSD into a crappy Medion laptop that was running a celeron chip and it decreased its startup time from just over 3 minutes to under 40 seconds.


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    Tablets have nowhere near the lifespan of a laptop. The laptop can be up-graded to double its Ram capacity. I put a €50 SSD into a crappy Medion laptop that was running a celeron chip and it decreased its startup time from just over 3 minutes to under 40 seconds.

    40 seconds is still pathetic. You should be at 5-8 on solid state.


    For most users tablets are a far better proposition than a cheap laptop. That's why the bottom has fallen out of the markey hugely, especially netbooks.


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,366 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    ED E wrote: »
    For most users tablets are a far better proposition than a cheap laptop. That's why the bottom has fallen out of the markey hugely, especially netbooks.

    I'd agree that tablets killed the netbook but for my money Windows 8 was the major contributor to the crash in laptop sales.


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    moc moc a moc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭moc moc a moc


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    I put a €50 SSD into a crappy Medion laptop that was running a celeron chip and it decreased its startup time from just over 3 minutes to under 40 seconds.

    Tablets have solid-state storage from the get-go. No upgrade required.


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    Wright
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭Wright


    Yeah this I saw, instantly passed over. Specs suck. Search 'iRulu 8.1' should find you an excellent surface rip off, good specs and 30 less than that thing to boot.


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    Asmooh
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    i would not even pay 100 euros for it.


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Asmooh wrote: »
    i would not even pay 100 euros for it.

    Well that's a bit dramatic. It's fine really but the price is just really nothing special at all. You can get better options for the same money. Would be perfectly fine for someone wanting to do a bit of typing, web browsing, netflix, etc. Lack of storage is the main drawback even for casual use.


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    Wright
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭Wright


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    Well that's a bit dramatic. It's fine really but the price is just really nothing special at all. You can get better options for the same money. Would be perfectly fine for someone wanting to do a bit of typing, web browsing, netflix, etc. Lack of storage is the main drawback even for casual use.

    The processor is just as much a drawback to be honest. And the free office should really be a year not a month...


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