Asus Laptop on IBOOD

Barr

Hi All

What ye reckon of this laptop from IBOOD. Its priced at €269.

http://www.ibood.com/ie/en/product_specs/45362/_Asus_156_inch_laptop_with_4GB_RAM__500GB_HDD__Bluetooth__HDMI_and_Windows_8_-_refurbished_by_Asus/


sus 15.6 inch laptop with 4GB RAM / 500GB HDD / Bluetooth / HDMI and Windows 8 - refurbished « Back
Brand: Asus
Type: X551CA
Condition: Refurbished
Color: Black
OS: Windows 8 64-bit
Intel® Celeron® processor 1007U with 2MB L3 cache and 1.5GHz processor speed
Unified Memory Architecture shares the total system memory with the processor. Suitable for basic productivity programs, everyday Internet use and movie playback
4GB DDR3 1600 MHz SDRAM memory for multitasking power
15.6" LED-backlit TFT-LCD high-definition widescreen display (1366 x 768)
500GB/5400rpm hard drive for serviceable file storage space
Built-in Altec Lansing stereo speakers
Built-in 1.0MP webcam with microphone
1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0
HDMI output expands your viewing options
Built-in 2 -in-1 card reader ( SD/ MMC) for simple photo transfer
Gigabit Ethernet
Bluetooth
WiFi
SonicMaster
MaxxAudio support
VGA port (mini D-sub 15-pin). 2 audio jacks: audio-out/microphone-in
Island-style keyboard with chiclet keys
Standard touchpad
Battery: 4Cells 2600 mAh
Dimensions: 380 x 251 x 30.9 ~36.59 mm
Weight: 2.15 kg
Warranty: 1 year
The expected shipping date of this product is 24 March 2014

Dutchy

Great price for brand spanking but, alas, it's a refurb

dingding

Dutchy wrote: »

Great price for brand spanking but, alas, it's a refurb

And a celeron

Suitable for basic productivity programs, everyday Internet use and movie playback

Etnies

Dutchy wrote: »

Great price for brand spanking but, alas, it's a refurb

with probably nothing but a few scrapes on it so has to be classed as a refurb

The_Conductor

Under powered for anything other than basic office work or internet use.
Nice price though!

Ps- Windows 8 erghhh.......... You'll have to factor a Windows 7 licence into the price too........

Modern celerons are actually fine. These cpu's got a bad name as the first ones were rubbish.
However better off buying this one for £250 with £10 delivery. Better processor and new. bought one of these laptops for the folks and it's actually a very nice machine (nice looking and not heavy) that performs pretty well. Asus is a quality brand. Imo they make excellent laptops. obviously not a gaming machine for latest games (need core i5 and decent graphics card for that minimum) but will do web browsing, ms office, playing video etc perfectly fine. windows 8 isn't that bad once you get used to it a bit and in any case freeware is available to bring back the start button like windows 7. it wakes from sleep in 2 seconds and in sleep uses very little power - very useful feature.

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/ASUS-X55c-X55A-SX203H_1352814.html

Gadge

The_Conductor wrote: »

Under powered for anything other than basic office work or internet use.
Nice price though!

Ps- Windows 8 erghhh.......... You'll have to factor a Windows 7 licence into the price too........

Windows 8 is the finest once you install Start8... makes it identical to W7.

Only costs $5... and is one of the best fivers I ever spent!

Nate--IRL--

Gadge wrote: »

Windows 8 is the finest once you install Start8... makes it identical to W7.

Only costs $5... and is one of the best fivers I ever spent!

Classic Shell = free.

Nate

The_Conductor

I think I'd shell out for a W7HP/Pro 64 bit licence- instead of using a shell. The other laptop looks nice- what I'd be inclined to do- if its not an integrated processor- is stick an ES chip in its place- pimp the laptop from a performance perspective- then again- I go for performance over aesthetics.

Anyhow- its Sunday- so the iBood offer is expired. Time to close this thread.

Package

dingding wrote: »

And a celeron

Suitable for basic productivity programs, everyday Internet use and movie playback

when you say this,, what is it NOT suitable for?

The_Conductor

Package wrote: »

when you say this,, what is it NOT suitable for?

Gaming.