Lenovo G550 laptop €199....

billy few mates

Just been to Tesco in Navan and they're having a 'warehouse clearance sale' selling Lenovo G550 laptops for €199 (down from €349) and
Compaq CQ61-402SA for €249, plus a couple of other models and a whole heap of other things like digital cameras, phones etc etc....

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/laptops-portable-pcs/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-g550-664946/review

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/laptops-portable-pcs/laptops-and-netbooks/hp-compaq-presario-cq61-402sa-680580/review

The computers were fairly flying off the shelves (particularly the Lenovos) so i grabbed one myself for my son who's been looking for a replacement for his netbook.

I was just looking for a laptop for him in PC World yesterday and they didn't have anything at this price.....

Here's the phone number....
046 9028872/9028885

MarkR

Three year old hardware. Fine for surfing the net I suppose...

HungryJoey

Saw these myself. Place was like a warzone. Managed to grab an acer 5734z for 199 brand new. Half tempted not to buy it. Still have it in my shopping basket in the shop!!

Boscoirl

HungryJoey wrote: »

Saw these myself. Place was like a warzone. Managed to grab an acer 5734z for 199 brand new. Half tempted not to buy it. Still have it in my hand in the shop!!

Hide it somewhere in the bog roll aisle, gives you time to think about it

billy few mates

That's what I did, I was trying to use Google on my phone to see what the reviews said about these machines and to compare prices etc but they were going fast so I put one of each into my trolley and took a spin up the personal hygiene aisle (that's always quiet in Navan ) while I conducted my 'research'.
Once I'd satisifed myself that they were indeed a bargain I left the other one back and the shelf was a lot barer than when I'd left it a few minutes earlier.

Now that I've brought it home and set it all up for him I can see its quite a nice machine, although it seems huge to me because I prefer my Samsung Netbook and BB Playbook. Its more than enough for what he wants to do with it, it comes pre installed with a copy of MS Office 2010, which was a surprise.

The box says it comes with 2GB of RAM so I ran a 'Crucial Scan' to see about upgrading it for him and I was again surprised to see it actually has 4GB of RAM already installed, sure enough another look at the specs on the box and there's a little sticker beside it which I hadn't noticed which says "***4GBUPGR" which I assume means 4GB upgrade.

All in all not a bad little machine for a reasonable price I think.....

deckie27

Thanks Billy no mates, Spotted this post and ran

Got a nice Dab radio for 20 euro
staff came back with a couple of laptops while i was there

billy few mates

No problem, I called back there today and there was only one laptop left on the shelf (the Compaq for €249), but there were a load of different microvaves and microwave/grill combos for €45 each, various headphones for between €4.50-€19.99,
and quite a few Sony Bravia (amongst others) 32" LCD TVs for €249, plus an assortment of vacuum cleaners and kettles.

The Sony TVs looked a nice bargain, I was looking for one a while back and couldn't find anything for that price....

shannon82

Any idea of what vacuums?

TheDriver

HungryJoey wrote: »

Saw these myself. Place was like a warzone. Managed to grab an acer 5734z for 199 brand new. Half tempted not to buy it. Still have it in my shopping basket in the shop!!

ah lads, you are posting on boards whilst shopping in tescos???

Absoluvely

TheDriver wrote: »

ah lads, you are posting on boards whilst shopping in tescos???

At least they're not posting while driving on the motorway

degsie

billy few mates wrote: »

and took a spin up the personal hygiene aisle (that's always quiet in Navan )

I hear you mate :P

nitna bitna

GOT A 100 EURO LAWNMOWER IN TESCO LAST WEEK FOR 25 EURO

degsie

nitna bitna wrote: »

GOT A 100 EURO LAWNMOWER IN TESCO LAST WEEK FOR 25 EURO

Can it run Linux?

bennyineire

@degsie , sure linux can run on anything isn't that the point of it!

AlanS181824

The Lenovo G550 was my very first Laptop So that brings back some memories! I still have the thing just without the s,d keys and space bar :rolleyes:

mfceiling

nitna bitna wrote: »

GOT A 100 EURO LAWNMOWER IN TESCO LAST WEEK FOR 25 EURO

WOW.....DID YOU DRIVE OVER THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON WITH IT?

Big Nelly

Any of these left?

mfceiling

nitna bitna wrote: »

no yer ma did

Right.....what happened then?

delthedriver

:)Got an Acer laptop in Tralee this pm for €199.
Staff member told me that they were originally €349, seemingly they sold a huge number including Compaq over the weekend. Looks like a nice machine, I only need it for email and Internet. Reckon for the price and my use it is quite a good deal

arch20000

Big Nelly wrote: »

Any of these left?

Was in the big Tesco in Naas this avo.
Had about 12 of them there.
Guy said they only just arrived and were supposed to arrive last Friday.

Got me the Lenovo one for 199,
nice piece of kit for the price!!!

Snowc

nitna bitna wrote: »

no, yer aul one did

Disgraceful response for a forum like this :mad:

olddantucker

Any Tesco stock checker online or can you buy online

Big Nelly

Anyone see any in Dublin/Cavan?

davidlynchis

Theres a good few of the toshiba's and compaq's on sale in the Tesco in Omni. Was up there yesterday and no shortage. Trying to suss out of the toshiba's are any use!

bmaxi

davidlynchis wrote: »

Theres a good few of the toshiba's and compaq's on sale in the Tesco in Omni. Was up there yesterday and no shortage. Trying to suss out of the toshiba's are any use!

Where in the store are they? Was in Tesco Omni myself yesterday and could only see new model, Toshiba, Packard Bell and Fujitsu, all at E349/389.