PC World 20% off all Windows Vista Laptops and Desktops

Gavin "shels"

PC World doing an addition 20% off Vista laptops and desktops aswell as other discounts on them, got the laptop below for €400 reduced from over €600 with the 20% deal along with 2 other discounts on it. Majority of the laptops were Vista and had already been reduced twice before that, so some major bargains to be had. Crimbo pressie from the parents all sorted now.:D

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2078518884.1256953527@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccddadeijlkejfjcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=805907&category_oid=

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free upgrade to win 7 ?

Zonda999

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free upgrade to win 7 ?

Well if there was i dont think think they'd be on offer:)

If you know a student, you can get Windows HP for about 35€

See: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/studentoffer/

And this thread in the windows forum

kaizersoze

Zonda999 wrote: »

Well if there was i dont think think they'd be on offer:)

According to the Acer website that model is eligible for free upgrade.

http://www.acer.com/windows7upgrade/eligible.html

Zonda999

kaizersoze wrote: »

According to the Acer website that model is eligible for free upgrade.

http://www.acer.com/windows7upgrade/eligible.html

Thats odd then, why wouldnt PCWorld just upgrade it to win 7 and not have it on offer:P

kaizersoze

Zonda999 wrote: »

Thats odd then, why wouldnt PCWorld just upgrade it to win 7 and not have it on offer:P

They'd probably have to send them back to acer to do that.

Dell have several Vista models on their site with free Win7 upgrades.

celticfc

Most Windows Vista machines bought since July 2009 (IIRC) qualify for a free Windows 7 upgrade via the manufacturers.

The copy of Vista on the PC/lappy has to be registered first and then you can apply for the free upgrade through the manufacturer. (P&P charges will apply though)

The likes of PC World can't just put Windows 7 on them.

TBF there's some real bargains to be had if you dont mind waiting to get the win 7 discs and upgrading.

Capt'n Midnight

small print said it didn't apply to netbooks

was also a trade in deal on old working laptops for up to 100 depending on spec, you'd make more selling the old laptop on adverts though and I'm guessing they will just destroy the trade in rather than give it a new lease of life.

celticfc

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

small print said it didn't apply to netbooks

was also a trade in deal on old working laptops for up to 100 depending on spec, you'd make more selling the old laptop on adverts though and I'm guessing they will just destroy the trade in rather than give it a new lease of life.

The netbooks are generally all Windows XP.

Trade-in applys only to Windows 7 machines bought, not Vista, so you can't get the benefit of 20% off and a trade-in. It's very unlikely you'd get the full €110 unless it's nearly new and very high spec'd.

Apparantly the trade-in computers are getting an upgrade and going to "emerging" countries. The max you will get in trade-in is €110.

floydmoon1

Was in there today and thinking of picking up something for the parents.
Once it has Vista Home premium you can get the free windows 7 upgrade.

Publin

Gavin shels wrote: »

PC World doing an addition 20% off Vista laptops and desktops aswell as other discounts on them, got the laptop below for €400 reduced from over €600 with the 20% deal along with 2 other discounts on it. Majority of the laptops were Vista and had already been reduced twice before that, so some major bargains to be had. Crimbo pressie from the parents all sorted now.:D

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2078518884.1256953527@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccddadeijlkejfjcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=805907&category_oid=

What PC World was this in? The one in Liffey Valley has this laptop for a "clearance" price of €480.

Gavin "shels"

Publin wrote: »

What PC World was this in? The one in Liffey Valley has this laptop for a "clearance" price of €480.

Was out in Blanch, I didn't get Norton with it so that could be the price with Nortan. BTW most of the acers are available to upgrade to Windows 7 for a €15 delivery charge, applied for it yesterday myself.

marrm

Bought the wife an emachines e525 in PCW Airside for €279.99 - 3MB, 500GB HD, 15.6" screen etc - incredible price, better spec than same, more expensive machine in Harvey Normans next door. :):)

Actually thought it was a misprint, or a bait & switch ("sorry, we w';re sold out of that one, here's a more expensive one"), but the deal was real.

Of course they tried to give me the hard sell - buy extra warranty for only €150, buy a bag, buy Norton Security, but I resisted - AVG Free will do me fine! :D:D

lindtee

marrm wrote: »

Bought the wife an emachines e525 in PCW Airside for €279.99 - 3MB, 500GB HD, 15.6" screen etc - incredible price, better spec than same, more expensive machine in Harvey Normans next door. :):)

Actually thought it was a misprint, or a bait & switch ("sorry, we w';re sold out of that one, here's a more expensive one"), but the deal was real.

Of course they tried to give me the hard sell - buy extra warranty for only €150, buy a bag, buy Norton Security, but I resisted - AVG Free will do me fine! :D:D

I'd very very interested if they had this in the Cork Store, do you think it was only in the store you bought from or nationwide? Would be perfect for my son for christmas:)

marrm

lindtee wrote: »

I'd very very interested if they had this in the Cork Store, do you think it was only in the store you bought from or nationwide? Would be perfect for my son for christmas:)

advertised in the Irish Times yesterday, so it should be nationwide. But salesman said it (20% off, reducing price from €350 to €280) was only for this (20% off all Vista machines) weekend.

Gavin "shels"

For the few asking at the start, yes there is a free upgrade to Windows 7, which I just found out about.:D

coldfire1x

marrm wrote: »

Bought the wife an emachines e525 in PCW Airside for €279.99 - 3MB, 500GB HD, 15.6" screen etc - incredible price, better spec than same, more expensive machine in Harvey Normans next door. :):)

Actually thought it was a misprint, or a bait & switch ("sorry, we w';re sold out of that one, here's a more expensive one"), but the deal was real.

Of course they tried to give me the hard sell - buy extra warranty for only €150, buy a bag, buy Norton Security, but I resisted - AVG Free will do me fine! :D:D

Whats the processor like?

floydmoon1

Was in there today.Good offer.Remember if the unit has Vista Basic you wont get free Windows 7 upgrade.
They were trying to sell me the insurance.
I think he started at 180.He then gave me 20 % off.I said no.He then asked me to name my price for the insurance.I said 80.He brought it down to 100 but wouldnt go further.
They really try to sell this stuff hard.

HungryJoey

On sale until tomorrow lads so I was told. Emachines e525 Core Solo 2.2Ghz, 3GB DDR2, 500GB HDD, 15.6" glossy screen. €279! Can't go wrong at all.

eMachines are now made by acer too so they aren't any cheaper built than HP, Toshiba equivelants.. They just dont look as fancy

LightningBolt

If anybody can confirm that offer is on Monday could they post up. Thanks:)
Can't get opening times for any of their stores either:mad: I'm guessing 6/7 latest?

HungryJoey

Yeah on until tomorrow afaik, closing at 7. (it helps when you know someone )

Brimmy

LightningBolt wrote: »

If anybody can confirm that offer is on Monday could they post up. Thanks:)
Can't get opening times for any of their stores either:mad: I'm guessing 6/7 latest?

I work in a PC World. On till 6pm tomorrow when the stores close

Aquos76

There were 31 of the e525 in stock in Waterford on friday evening, No idea how many they have now, but I know of atleast 5 people that I sent in to pick one of these up. @€;280 they are excellent value.

donmeister

HungryJoey wrote: »

On sale until tomorrow lads so I was told. Emachines e525 Core Solo 2.2Ghz, 3GB DDR2, 500GB HDD, 15.6" glossy screen. €279! Can't go wrong at all.

Are you 100% about the specs? Because if so that is one serious bargain!

Santa Claus

Brimmy wrote: »

I work in a PC World. On till 6pm tomorrow when the stores close

any Sony Vaios included in it Brimmy ?

HungryJoey

donmeister wrote: »

Are you 100% about the specs? Because if so that is one serious bargain!

100% www.pcworld.co.uk can confirm.


7pm in blanch.

Brimmy

Santa Claus wrote: »

any Sony Vaios included in it Brimmy ?

There's a few in the store I'm in. Between around 550 to 750 after the 20% has been off. Can't remember the model numbers off the top of my head though and can't seem to see them on the website either but it's late and I'm half asleep so worth popping in and having a look yourself

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a link to the 279 laptop on pc world uk site :

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0719579292.1257133404@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfcadeikegdlidcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=026406&category_oid=

comes with vista basic so you wont get a free upgrade to win 7

lindtee

Do pc world open at 9? I have my work placement at 9.30 and could just about make it there on time if they open at 9.

lindtee

Thanks again Marrm, and to Hungryjoey who said the offer for the e-machine was continuing today:) Picked one up about an hour and a half ago in Mahon. Son will be over the moon this Christmas thanks to ye!! Great offer:)

quenching

My thanks too, got one of the eMachines e525 laptops for €279. Perfectly good machine unless you want to do serious gaming, no webcam but that was another €20 for an external USB one. Laptop was a great deal!

Rooy

quenching wrote: »

My thanks too, got one of the eMachines e525 laptops for €279. Perfectly good machine unless you want to do serious gaming, no webcam but that was another €20 for an external USB one. Laptop was a great deal!

Is this deal now finished ? ,I was going to look for one in Mahon Point today if not, I was going to get an Dell Inspirion 17 for e429 but as that is also Vista ,then I think this is prob better value when the laptop is really only for surfing.

norbert64

Rooy wrote: »

Is this deal now finished ? ,I was going to look for one in Mahon Point today if not, I was going to get an Dell Inspirion 17 for e429 but as that is also Vista ,then I think this is prob better value when the laptop is really only for surfing.

the earlier posts in this thread suggest it ends today 03/11/09 when the various stores close.
although that is of course putting aside the whole issue about stock levels.

mind you, Harvey seem to stock the e525 too. Tis slightly more expensive with them. They do have an e525 Vista Home Premium version though, which would give you free Windows7.
If you trust em better than PCW, you could always chance your arm for price matching.

johnnyboy08

Popped in to PCW in Waterford during lunch to have a look at the eMachines e525 and a sales guy told me the offer ended yesterday and price was now what it was before the weekend.

Can someone please confirm that this offer is still running until the end of today (preferably a PCW employee) ?

kendragon

I was looking at the emachine in Harvey's in Limerick today. Its priced at 299.00 I wonder how suceptible they would be to haggling? Anyone know?

thund3rbird_

johnnyboy08 wrote: »

Popped in to PCW in Waterford during lunch to have a look at the eMachines e525 and a sales guy told me the offer ended yesterday and price was now what it was before the weekend.

Can someone please confirm that this offer is still running until the end of today (preferably a PCW employee) ?

did they say they had them in stock at the old pre-offer price?

I was in there Mon after 5pm & told they had none left

wud be strange to suddenly have them back in stock when the offer is over :mad:

mailrewop

thund3rbird_ wrote: »

did they say they had them in stock at the old pre-offer price?

I was in there Mon after 5pm & told they had none left

wud be strange to suddenly have them back in stock when the offer is over :mad:

they were instock on monday in waterford, i got one at around 2.30. one fella working there told me he thought they were all gone and that he would come back to me in a minute but he never came back, so after standing there waiting for awhile i got fed up and when i went to walk out another person working there walked passed me and i asked him and he told they had a few left. in the end got one and really pleased with it so far.

johnnyboy08

thund3rbird_ wrote: »

did they say they had them in stock at the old pre-offer price?

I was in there Mon after 5pm & told they had none left

wud be strange to suddenly have them back in stock when the offer is over :mad:

Said they had some alright but they were up to pre-stock price. Mind you, saying that, I didn't see one when browsing through the laptops they had on display.

norbert64

they've now bumped it up to 30% off Vista Desktops and Laptops.

not sure they have any of those bargain basement machines like the e525 left though, so you'll have to deal with there so called mid -> high end catalogue.

Aquos76

That's 30% of desktops and 20% of laptops

norbert64

flip, you're right.

AlmightyCushion

norbert64 wrote: »

they've now bumped it up to 30% off Vista Desktops and Laptops.

not sure they have any of those bargain basement machines like the e525 left though, so you'll have to deal with there so called mid -> high end catalogue.

Like aquos said it's only 30% off desktops. Laptops are still 20%.

pancake_tuesday

Wait these offers are still one? Thought it was only on for the weekend...

AlmightyCushion

pancake_tuesday wrote: »

Wait these offers are still one? Thought it was only on for the weekend...

They were but they were brought back in for this weekend.

PeteK*

Zonda999 wrote: »

Well if there was i dont think think they'd be on offer:)

If you know a student, you can get Windows HP for about 35€

See: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/studentoffer/

And this thread in the windows forum

You can get it for the price of P&P from Microsoft.

Harvey Norman is 21% off Vista machines.

Gavin "shels"

Anyone know if it's still 20% Vista laptops, think they mate wants me to get her a laptop tomorrow.

Brimmy

Gavin shels wrote: »

Anyone know if it's still 20% Vista laptops, think they mate wants me to get her a laptop tomorrow.

Nope. Was only for 2 weekends. Offer's gone now and whatever Vista laptops are left in any of the stores are going for regular price as far as I'm aware.