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Laptop prices : More Money Less Spec?

  • 15-07-2014 7:05pm
    #1
    projectgtr
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    Long story short im looking to buy a laptop for my sister, nothing over the top simple office and social media device. She seen mine and said yeah ill have one like that, mine basic enough tbh i just use it for everyday stuff.

    HP Pavilion
    i5 processor
    6Gb Ram
    1TB
    Intel graphics
    15inch screen

    Now i bought that not last christmas but the christmas before for 470 in currys but when i look around at the minute im struggling to match that spec and stay sub 500, am i looking in the wrong places or has the price for spec taken a nose dive?

    Thanks in advance any help would be great


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  • #2
    Kavrocks
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    projectgtr wrote: »
    Long story short im looking to buy a laptop for my sister, nothing over the top simple office and social media device.
    If that's all it will be used for then an i3 and 4GB of RAM should be plenty. You may also find that a current generation i3 is better than your 2 year old i5.

    Amazon have 240 laptops below €500 with 4+GB of RAM a 500+GB HDD and with a 13" - 16" screen.


  • #3
    professore
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    Try Argos.


  • #4
    projectgtr
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    Kavrocks wrote: »
    If that's all it will be used for then an i3 and 4GB of RAM should be plenty. You may also find that a current generation i3 is better than your 2 year old i5.

    Amazon have 240 laptops below €500 with 4+GB of RAM a 500+GB HDD and with a 13" - 16" screen.

    Cheers for the reply, i definitely get the spec will be enough for her, i was more so trying to understand why lower spec is running at a higher price.

    I get your point about the processors but when i compare my i5-3210m against the i3 3217U im seeing in current laptops or even the i5-3337u im seeing in a couple Asus the i5 in mine still seems to come out on top in head to heads. But thats only one factor the machines im looking at also have less ram and less storage


  • #5
    jt65
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    projectgtr wrote: »
    Cheers for the reply, i definitely get the spec will be enough for her, i was more so trying to understand why lower spec is running at a higher price.

    I get your point about the processors but when i compare my i5-3210m against the i3 3217U im seeing in current laptops or even the i5-3337u im seeing in a couple Asus the i5 in mine still seems to come out on top in head to heads. But thats only one factor the machines im looking at also have less ram and less storage


    I have a hp similar spec to yours, daughter has a new i3 , no comparison hers is like a snail compared to mine performance wise

    have been looking on line and at harvey nornam & agree about the price , any decent spec machine seems very expensive just now


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