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Asus Laptop - Argos vs Currys

RainyDay · 2013-11-24 22:06:52

Folks Any thoughts on the difference between Currys at €399 and Argos at €349 http://www.currys.ie/Product/ASUS-X551CASX024H-156-Laptop/320488/7.36#details http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1224249/Trail/searchtext%3EASUS.htm Argos aren't very clear about the processor. Is their "Intel Celeron dual core" the…

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Folks

Any thoughts on the difference between Currys at €399 and Argos at €349

http://www.currys.ie/Product/ASUS-X551CASX024H-156-Laptop/320488/7.36#details

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1224249/Trail/searchtext%3EASUS.htm

Argos aren't very clear about the processor. Is their "Intel Celeron dual core" the reason for €50 cheaper than Curry's "Intel® Core™ i3-3217U Processor (1.8 GHz, 3 MB cache) "?

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#2 25-11-2013 12:01am
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Yep, the Celeron is considerably slower than the i3. Good €50 to spend there. The Celeron is quite poor.

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