Tesco PC & printer offer - €749

Anemone

Just got an email from Tesco that the following deal will be available in some stores. No mention of a monitor. I wonder what the included 'Computer Workstation' is?


Computer System:
* Intel Celeron D330 Processor
* 80GB Hard Disk Drive
* 256mb DDR RAM
* Philips 52xCDRW Drive
* Philips DVD Rom Drive

* Includes Computer Workstation (Packaged separately)
* Includes Printer - Lexmark Z615 inkjet printer
* Educational Software Pack Includes Microsoft Works Package
* Includes Child Protection Software
* Includes 1 Year Warranty
* Includes 7 Day Low Call Technical Support (Irish-based)

All this for only EUR749.00

Available to purchase in store only

Only available in the following stores:
Ardkeen, Arklow, Artaine, Ashbourne, Ballina, Ballybrack, Bloomfields,
Bray, Carlow, Castlebar, Cavan, Clarehall, Dooradoyle, Douglas, Dundalk,
Dundalk Longwalk, Finglas, Galway, Golden Island, Gorey, Greystones,
Killarney Park, Letterkenny, Longford, Lucan, Maynooth, Mitchelstown,
Monaghan, Mullingar, Navan, Newbridge, Nutgrove, Portlaoise, Roscommon,
Santry, Sligo, Tralee manor, Wicklow, Wilton, Youghal.

zAbbo

Workstation is prolly a desk, for that price its quite expensive / rip off

Stephen

Celeron, *spit*

no mention of a graphics card either, so its probably got some poxy integrated intel extreme sh1tness.

mad m

think i seen same sorta deal in Herald lastnight but cheaper from one of the Big name stores like DixSon etc

woody

Dude

It is an IQON form Dundalk they have bad tech support,a bad name in Dundalk and sell inferior rubbish...

You'd be better of with dell if that was the case pure dung...

Xterminator

I too have had awful experience with Iqon.

Sorry to say i wouldnt touch em with a bargepole! Ita a pity cause i like to support Irish industry where possible.

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egan007

for €749 you could definately build youself a better system, if you can't give me 749 and i will

WillieDH

I bought an iqon from ESB its muck, next time I'm buying in a proper computer store.

Y.B.Sober

the pcs that the likes of tesco sell are geared towards families with young kids in school.

Even Dell aren't competitive once you look outside of the Republic. There are lots of UK and continent based retailers that offer high spec pcs and notebooks at knockdown prices. Buy a well known brand and you can normally choose a standard keyboard and english o.s. As long as you're confident that you can fix most problems yourself, theres no reason to buy Irish (you don't want to have to pay for returns, when the only problem is a dud driver). I'm not proud of saying don't buy Irish, but the savings are huge - mainly because of population size, but also because of tax rates eg. Germany 16%.

okidoki987

I'm nearly sure the monitor is a 17in CRT which if it is, makes it way more expensive then the offer Dunnes are doing as they have a 17in TFT Monitor
but without the "workstation".
The Tesco "workstation" is just a basic cheap looking computer table.