HP Dual Core, 4GB, 500 GB @ € 479, i3 @ 569 - PC World Sale

Currys PC World: Declan

A couple of the key deals for the PC World Sale, starting Stephen's Day at 09.00 . Revealed to the world on TV and online from 8 o'clock tonight but boardies get the first look.

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/156-home-computing-laptop-HP/298475/301

Going down in price from € 699 to € 479 from Stephen's Day. This is not a one day special, this lasts for as long as ( very plentiful ) stock lasts. Same applies to all deals. See that the specs aren't loading ( gremlins !! ) so I've pulled them from the HP site.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02540068&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=uk&lang=en&product=4326263&key=null&site=null

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/156-home-computing-laptop-HP/297577/301

This is the i3 version. Superior looking product with colour. Priced at € 569. Down from € 799. Same again on my specs.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02540066&cc=uk&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_UKEN

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-dv63130sa/301272/301

This is the heavy duty option, i5 down from € 949 to € 729. And the sleekest of the lot
So it's a HP Sale in PC World. A few others worth mentioning

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/APPLE-MacBook-Pro-Z0J72BA/298989/302

Exclusive to us. Down from € 1399 to € 1199

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/Desktop-PC-with-20-HP-monitor-HP/296392/307

ITB Desktop with 20 " Monitor down from € 699 to € 499

There's plenty more on pcworld.ie. I'll be taking Christmas Day off or I'll be shot but will be online for most of Stephen's Day and beyond for any questions

Zero-Cool

Excellent, Thanks Declan! I was looking to get a laptop for approx 500 in the new year sale. Already spotted one in yer shop but will be checking the website tonight for deals.

Currys PC World: Declan

sheehy83 wrote: »

Excellent, Thanks Declan! I was looking to get a laptop for approx 500 in the new year sale. Already spotted one in yer shop but will be checking the website tonight for deals.

Just click on the Sale banner and that brings up the press ad for all the key deals that'll run in the press on the 26th. Just to note, the Sale prices will all download to the individual product pages on the pcworld.ie tomorrow morning. I think that i3 deal is a stunner if you can stretch to it.

rameire

Thanks Declan, much appreciate the info, they are great prices... was going to go elsewhere to get one, but I will go with one of the HP models here!

Fancy adding in a free notebook bag or sleeve for Boardsies? (hehe...cant help but ask, seen as its Christmas!)

Currys PC World: Declan

rameire wrote: »

Thanks Declan, much appreciate the info, they are great prices... was going to go elsewhere to get one, but I will go with one of the HP models here!

Fancy adding in a free notebook bag or sleeve for Boardsies? (hehe...cant help but ask, seen as its Christmas!)

What I love about boards is the very demanding audience !

I'm like Santa without the beard and the costume at this stage. Bled dry I am.... and not a pretty sight

rameire

Currys: Declan wrote: »

What I love about boards is the very demanding audience !

I'm like Santa without the beard and the costume at this stage. Bled dry I am.... and not a pretty sight

Jusy trying to be enterprising...if you dont ask, you dont get! Merry Christmas!

Currys PC World: Declan

rameire wrote: »

Jusy trying to be enterprising...if you dont ask, you dont get! Merry Christmas!

And to you too. Looking forward to seeing you once we get the turkey digested

Striker10

Thanks Declan, great! HP G62 Intel core I3 is 569, includes VAT ? are there many stock available? Merry Christmas to you!

Currys PC World: Declan

Striker10 wrote: »

Thanks Declan, great! HP G62 Intel core I3 is 569, includes VAT ? are there many stock available? Merry Christmas to you!

Includes Vat. We've absolutely loads of stock, no problem there. I'd have a look at the i5 too, a bit more expensive to be sure, but a beautiful looking product if that's what floats your boat. The Acer timeline is another stunning looking product too.

randomchild

Hey the HP G62-b50SA looks quite tasty. What does "Video Memory up to 1696 MB total available graphics memory" mean though? Merry Christmas btw!

Currys PC World: Declan

randomchild wrote: »

Hey the HP G62-b50SA looks quite tasty. What does "Video Memory up to 1696 MB total available graphics memory" mean though? Merry Christmas btw!

You've gone above my competence with that question, I'm afraid. Can anyone translate ?

Trevor451

randomchild wrote: »

Hey the HP G62-b50SA looks quite tasty. What does "Video Memory up to 1696 MB total available graphics memory" mean though? Merry Christmas btw!

There is no proper video card on that machine rather a integrated graphics card that is meant for office/web browsing only.

Simi

randomchild wrote: »

Hey the HP G62-b50SA looks quite tasty. What does "Video Memory up to 1696 MB total available graphics memory" mean though? Merry Christmas btw!

It means the on-board graphics chip utilises the system memory for it's operations & can use up to 1.5Gb of it.

In reality it means nothing. Just that the on-board graphics chip doesn't have its own memory & thus won't be the best for gaming.

Sgt Pepper 64

If you can wait, then the new sandybridge laptops are coming out in Jan\Feb. Better power, graphics and battery life

http://www.techeye.net/hardware/next...tebook-netbook

skyhighflyer

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

If you can wait, then the new sandybridge laptops are coming out in Jan\Feb. Better power, graphics and battery life

http://www.techeye.net/hardware/next...tebook-netbook

Fair play for the info - always the same story with computer hardware though, if you wait another few months there'll be something better along. :pac:
I just like me a good deal right now :cool:

Although the i3 system is a hell of a deal and probably the best in terms of price / €, I've had an i5 since October and it's a screamer: the turbo boost really kicks in when I'm converting video and it doesn't break a sweat no matter how much I throw at it.

rameire

Well, went to Currys Carlow this morning at 9am and purchased the €479 laptop, its a beauty...great deal, just to let you know Declan (although I'd say its changed now) but the pricing was not up and the staff didnt have a clue about the offers available even though the stock was stacked up at the tills?!...only unfortunate thing is that on my way back, the car crashed! :mad:

Ah well, at least a have a new toy to play with whilst I'm stuck in waiting for it to be fixed in the new year!

Currys PC World: Declan

rameire wrote: »

Well, went to Currys Carlow this morning at 9am and purchased the €479 laptop, its a beauty...great deal, just to let you know Declan (although I'd say its changed now) but the pricing was not up and the staff didnt have a clue about the offers available even though the stock was stacked up at the tills?!...only unfortunate thing is that on my way back, the car crashed! :mad:

Ah well, at least a have a new toy to play with whilst I'm stuck in waiting for it to be fixed in the new year!

Thanks for both the business and the feedback. We keep the Sale deals extraordinarily hush hush until the very last moment on Christmas Eve and then release it to staff. But they should have had a full briefing this morning about the key offers. Hopefully fixed now.

Sorry to hear about the car though

Ebbs

"This laptop also comes with 3GB of RAM to seamlessly run all your programmes"

Might want to fix that on the i5 model's description.

I expect my free one is in the post? :P

Currys PC World: Declan

Ebbs wrote: »

"This laptop also comes with 3GB of RAM to seamlessly run all your programmes"

Might want to fix that on the i5 model's description.

I expect my free one is in the post? :P

You are a kind and generous person. Underselling ourselves here. Is that online or in one of our press ads ? Haven't ( obviously ! ) picked it up.

Ebbs

Currys: Declan wrote: »

You are a kind and generous person. Underselling ourselves here. Is that online or in one of our press ads ? Haven't ( obviously ! ) picked it up.

Oh stop, you're too kind :P

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-dv63130sa/301272/301

From that link there. The spec sheet is correct but the description is wrong.

Dont worry, I'll be buying one tomorrow despite this gross underselling :P Thats if all my free vouchers come before then for spotting this heinous marketing scam :P

Ricky91t

The HP laptop is cheaper here... http://www.shockeronics.com/Products/G56-130sa__08849067.aspx

Has anyone heard of this place? :pac:

omerin

Ricky91t wrote: »

The HP laptop is cheaper here... http://www.shockeronics.com/Products/G56-130sa__08849067.aspx

Has anyone heard of this place? :pac:

Never heard of them but according to their site they are in Laois.

Just bought the €479 laptop in PC World in Cork. Declan, you may want to alert customers that the battery life on this model is only 2 hours, your Curry's shop in Cork are advertising them at 5.5 hours. Go next door to PC World and they have it at 2. Didn't bother the person I bought it for as she will be using it at home most of the time.

RasTa

How old are these? Strange seeing laptops coming without HDMI ports now a days

Johnboy1951

Ricky91t wrote: »

The HP laptop is cheaper here... http://www.shockeronics.com/Products/G56-130sa__08849067.aspx

Has anyone heard of this place? :pac:

From their Terms & Conditions ......

We recommend that you read and accept the general terms and conditions of membership of commercial partners Pixmania Pro before you make a purchase from a trader other than Try A Go Ltd T/A Shockeronics.

Pixmania Pro?

Currys PC World: Declan

RasTa wrote: »

How old are these? Strange seeing laptops coming without HDMI ports now a days

They're latest range.

Foxtrol

Currys: Declan wrote: »

They're latest range.

I've searched the i3 version (HP G62-b50SA) on other retailers websites and a few are advertising it with a HDMI port. Are these selling a slightly different model or was the HDMI port left out of the description in the link? I'll be heading into PC World in the morning and that deal would be perfect for me if it had that port.

Currys PC World: Declan

I don't know tbh but it doesn't look like the model is exclusive to us if the product decription is available elsewhere.

Foxtrol

Currys: Declan wrote: »

I don't know tbh but it doesn't look like the model is exclusive to us if the product decription is available elsewhere.

Cheers, sure I'll just check it out when I head in tomorrow.

joefromireland

Still good value 3 years guarantee at 509 but was 479 before xmass

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Currys PC World: Declan

Fair dues to them, they're having a go.

This wasn't on our promotions list for Sale, but it is now! Will be € 509 from tomorrow.

Stock won't be enormous but there should still be some about

dambarude

I'm posting from my brand new i3 HP model (the one @€;569)!

Thanks for the heads up on here Declan, wouldn't have known about it otherwise.

I dealt with a lovely salesperson in the Galway PC World store, and in general they were very well prepared for us.

Let's hope I'm as happy with the purchase in a few months/years time!

Ricky91t

My Sister picked up a HP with a P6100 processor, 500GB HD and 4GB of ram. A bit of an upgrade from the P4500 but a downgrade from the i3.

Was 519.99 though.

Thanks Currys/PC World

Markjsca1

Got the 479 HP in Sligo earlier. Just typing away on it now. Took a while to uninstall all the bloatware but I'm happy with the purchase

Shockeronics

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

From their Terms & Conditions ......



Pixmania Pro?

I would be very greatfull if someone can point out to me where this is on our website. Pixmania.ie is a direct competitor of shockeronics. Thanks all.

Joe

jahalpin

I picked up one of the HP dv6-3130sa laptops in Jervis today and am very impressed with it.

It is a very powerful laptop for the price (730euro) and seems to have quite a high Windows Performance Index rating for a general (non-gaming) laptop

Declan, do you know if this model is eligible for the HP upgrade program?

Currys PC World: Declan

jahalpin wrote: »

I picked up one of the HP dv6-3130sa laptops in Jervis today and am very impressed with it.

It is a very powerful laptop for the price (730euro) and seems to have quite a high Windows Performance Index rating for a general (non-gaming) laptop

Declan, do you know if this model is eligible for the HP upgrade program?

I don't but I'll ask my category manager. May take while being the time of year that it is but I'll pm you an update

wil

Shockeronics wrote: »

I would be very greatfull if someone can point out to me where this is on our website. Pixmania.ie is a direct competitor of shockeronics. Thanks all.

Joe

Google ("Pixmania Pro " shockeronics) and it shows that in the preview.
No cache is currently showing.
Could have been in your alt tags or were you associated with P!x.. in the past and Google picked up on this, or was this copied from P!x.. T&cs and Google scanned it before it was changed? Have a word with your site designers.

Also note in your general conditions "This contract shall come under French law. Try A Go Ltd T/A Shockeronics will not be held responsible should our contract with you fail, for example, because of an Act of God, such as defined by French courts....."

Sounds odd for a Portlaois based company.

eoinf

Hi declan

Just wondering if you have any cheaper deals (Celeron based maybe) laptops , not netbooks.

Need to replace the rarely used folks laptop that liiterly melted over the christmas.

Cheers

Eoin

Currys PC World: Declan

eoinf wrote: »

Hi declan

Just wondering if you have any cheaper deals (Celeron based maybe) laptops , not netbooks.

Need to replace the rarely used folks laptop that liiterly melted over the christmas.

Cheers

Eoin

This is as basic as we'd have http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/ADVENT-Quantum-Q100/303924/301 but with 1GB of RAM it really has to be very basic in use.

I'd go the additional few quid for the 2GB version. http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/ADVENT-Quantum-Q200/300771/301

nevaeh-2die-4

I was in carrick mines today and was going to pick up the Hp laptop for 479 i currently have the hp pavillon dv6700. so im happy to stick with hp as i have had no problems with this one.

What I didn’t like on your display it had the spec & it had a 5.5 hour battery time which I was chuffed with.

I asked your agent to get the laptop, by the time he got back I noticed on the specs on the laptop it had 2hous batter time!!!!! False advertising.


I said it to your agent and he just scribbled out the 5.5 battery time and said it’s a mistake.

I told the agent I would pass on it, the guy beside who was getting one 2 also passed.

Glad i noticed that prior to purchasing , I would have been really pissed off getting home finding I had a 2 hour battery , as 5.5 was the main selling point for me,.

AdMMM

wil wrote: »

Google ("Pixmania Pro " shockeronics) and it shows that in the preview.
No cache is currently showing.
Could have been in your alt tags or were you associated with P!x.. in the past and Google picked up on this, or was this copied from P!x.. T&cs and Google scanned it before it was changed? Have a word with your site designers.

Also note in your general conditions "This contract shall come under French law. Try A Go Ltd T/A Shockeronics will not be held responsible should our contract with you fail, for example, because of an Act of God, such as defined by French courts....."

Sounds odd for a Portlaois based company.

Sounds as if they are just a reseller for Pixmania rather than being in direct competition.

milltown

I've had a look last night, with a few glasses of vino on board, and tonight, with no vino on board and I can't see anything different in the specs of the two 13" Macbook Pros on the PC World site. Unless I'm missing something, the "sale offer" looks to be €50 extra for the same spec as the base 13" MBP, which is still €1149.

Can Declan, or anyone else, tell me how this one was ever €1399? And if so, how recently?

Currys PC World: Declan

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

I was in carrick mines today and was going to pick up the Hp laptop for 479 i currently have the hp pavillon dv6700. so im happy to stick with hp as i have had no problems with this one.

What I didn’t like on your display it had the spec & it had a 5.5 hour battery time which I was chuffed with.

I asked your agent to get the laptop, by the time he got back I noticed on the specs on the laptop it had 2hous batter time!!!!! False advertising.


I said it to your agent and he just scribbled out the 5.5 battery time and said it’s a mistake.

I told the agent I would pass on it, the guy beside who was getting one 2 also passed.

Glad i noticed that prior to purchasing , I would have been really pissed off getting home finding I had a 2 hour battery , as 5.5 was the main selling point for me,.

This was brought up with me early on in the thread by another customer. We're back in the office today so can fix this. Please be assured that it's a mistake at a time of the year when we're going flat out and not an attempt to pull the wool over anyone's eyes. Will be fixed

Burt Russ

Does anyone know have any of the PC World laptops a built in web cam?

mandarin

Re the HP G56-130SA reduced from 699 to 479 in PC World;

1 - Is this offer really all it is made out to be? Is priced at 419, reduced from 499, on Pixmania, and at 433, reduced from 515, on Shockeronics.
http://www.shockeronics.com/Products/G56-130sa__08849067.aspx
http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/7984278/art/hp/g56-130sa.html#pix-review

2 - Seems to be one difference between models listed on above sites - both pixmania and shockeronics say processor is an Intel Celeron T3500, clocked at 2.10 GHz. PC World say it is a 2.3 GHz Intel Pentium Processor T4500 (Declan earlier linked to HP site specifications at http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02540068&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=uk&site=null&lang=en&key=null&product=4326263

Seeing as all sites are specifically advertising the G56-130sa, surely the processor should be the same? Or can there be different processors on said laptop, depending on who the seller is? Might this explain the price difference (ie original price of 699 v 499)? My basic research indicates that not huge difference between above processors but am open to correction.

Currys PC World: Declan

mandarin wrote: »

Re the HP G56-130SA reduced from 699 to 479 in PC World;

1 - Is this offer really all it is made out to be? Is priced at 419, reduced from 499, on Pixmania, and at 433, reduced from 515, on Shockeronics.
http://www.shockeronics.com/Products/G56-130sa__08849067.aspx
http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/7984278/art/hp/g56-130sa.html#pix-review

2 - Seems to be one difference between models listed on above sites - both pixmania and shockeronics say processor is an Intel Celeron T3500, clocked at 2.10 GHz. PC World say it is a 2.3 GHz Intel Pentium Processor T4500 (Declan earlier linked to HP site specifications at http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02540068&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=uk&site=null&lang=en&key=null&product=4326263

Seeing as all sites are specifically advertising the G56-130sa, surely the processor should be the same? Or can there be different processors on said laptop, depending on who the seller is? Might this explain the price difference (ie original price of 699 v 499)? My basic research indicates that not huge difference between above processors but am open to correction.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g56-130sa-laptop-07908263-pdt.html

Must admit I'm surprised that the same model description can have different specs. You had me terrified there that I had linked to a different spec on the HP site but doesn't look the case thankfully !

Our own site still won't load the full spec so I've loaded the spec from the UK site above.

Currys PC World: Declan

Burt Russ wrote: »

Does anyone know have any of the PC World laptops a built in web cam?

They do indeed

mossyoconnor

Is MS Office Starter 2010 included with G62-b50sa? The salesperson in PC World in Limerick said it wasn't but the UK webiste below says it is

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g62-b50sa-red-laptop-07908246-pdt.html

Also, is there any antivirus deals on purchase of new laptop?

Thanks

Markjsca1

Dunno about the dearer one, but the 479 HP G56-130SA has Office Starter Installed. For anti-virus, just install microsoft security essentials for free.

dambarude

mossyoconnor wrote: »

Is MS Office Starter 2010 included with G62-b50sa? The salesperson in PC World in Limerick said it wasn't but the UK webiste below says it is

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g62-b50sa-red-laptop-07908246-pdt.html

Also, is there any antivirus deals on purchase of new laptop?

Thanks

It is.

Of course I went and downloaded it (all 400MB or thereabouts) before I realised!

The antivirus offer I got was that I got Norton 360 (which can be used on 3 pcs) and the activation code for Microsoft Office Home and Student for €99.

I'm beginning to sound like a Curry's salesman (any job offers?!)

hughes2558

Do you have many/any left particularly in waterford branch.