Toshiba 17" laptop with Win7 (431 euro)

concubar

got one of these for my brother in law today,

Powercity- Fonthill (liffey valley)

on the shelf for 479.95, down from 529.95,
asked for a better price ( said i was gonna get in amazon uk )
and surprise :eek:
€ 431 inc Vat.

Good price in my opinion

athlon dual core,
2gb ram
250gb hd,
ati hd3200
wireless,
built in webcam

brightkane

its possible to buy online from them for the same price

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-30-350214

Zonda999

Not a bad price at all really, an extra 2GB of RAM would'nt go astray though!

BCawley

Yup, seems pretty good for a bricks and mortar shop. Put in an extra 2gb of ram in 6 months time and it'd be like new again.
Don't particularly like tosh laptops, the trackpad and bumpy buttons always put me off but for that price i wouldn't mind!

cubix

Came across this regarding battery life, does this sound right?. Can you confirm Concubar
"http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/1075977/toshibaShop/false"

Battery technology : lithium-ion
maximum life : up to 1h45min (Mobile Mark™ 2007)

nulabert

I have this laptop with a pentium dual core. How does this athlon dual core compare to a pentium?

I've had a toshiba for the last 2 years, coun't fault it. It is a heavy laptop, not suitable for carrying around but perfect as a desktop replacement.

General Mayhem

In pc world in Liffey Valley, the more expensive price listed is actually including Norton, the smaller one is without Norton which on average knocks €50 off of most laptops.

cojomo2

looking to get a basic laptop, is this the best deal about?

Gillington

I got this as a pressie for my mam on the 23rd for €420 without Norton in PCWorld in carrickmines

cojomo2

Gillington wrote: »

I got this as a pressie for my mam on the 23rd for €420 without Norton in PCWorld in carrickmines

are you sure it the same model as the one the OP is talking about? I rang pc world there , they said they have no such model...

Gavin "shels"

nulabert wrote: »

I have this laptop with a pentium dual core. How does this athlon dual core compare to a pentium?

It just differwent brands afaik, doesn't seem to be much different.

le_dazzler

It's being advertised for € 359.95 online today!

mobpd

le_dazzler wrote: »

It's being advertised for € 359.95 online today!

I just clicked on the link in brighkane's post and it comes up as 399.95 - do the prices online change daily?

green123

that link is showing a price of 479 now :eek:

viking

Welcome to the wonderful world of variable discounting that occurs on Power City's website

brightkane

its seems that prices can change on the hour and then a product disappears completely, i

Zonda999

brightkane wrote: »

its seems that prices can change on the hour and then a product disappears completely, i

Yep, very odd that

A bit OT but maybe its something to do with the fact the website design looks to have come from the 90's :rolleyes: ...

DonJose

brightkane wrote: »

its seems that prices can change on the hour and then a product disappears completely, i

Its like the Aer Lingus website, what a certain flight gets a lot of traffic/hits the price will increase, same probably applies to all the products on powercity.ie, once interest that is shown on an item will probably increase the price thru some clever programming.

Zonda999

DonJose wrote: »

thru some clever programming.

Based on the site, i doubt it!

150€ is an odd shift in one day though!