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Tesco laptop - good value?

  • 02-01-2015 11:13pm
    #1
    JuneJones
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    I saw a laptop in Tesco. i think it is an ASUS x550
    1TB hard drive
    6GB RAM
    Win 8 64 bit
    Intel celeron processor 1007U
    399 euro

    They advertise it as top specs or high specs. Is it? What sort of a processor is that?


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #3
    mordeith
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    JuneJones wrote: »
    I saw a laptop in Tesco. i think it is an ASUS x550
    1TB hard drive
    6GB RAM
    Win 8 64 bit
    Intel celeron processor 1007U
    399 euro

    They advertise it as top specs or high specs. Is it? What sort of a processor is that?

    It's nothing special that's for sure.
    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Celeron-1007U-Notebook-Processor.87693.0.html


  • #4
    JuneJones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭JuneJones


    Patww79 wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.
    It is good RAM and Hd but the processor does not seem top spec to me. i thought celeron was pre pentium. is there an updated celeron?


  • #5
    ssmith6287
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    All the intel CPU's are up to date. As you progress through the range they will become smarter, use less power, and produce less heat. IMHO an Intel Core i3 2nd or 3rd gen is perfect. There are quite a few laptops now with a pentium quad. Not as refined as i3 but can do pretty much all the same things, should be cheaper


  • #6
    JuneJones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭JuneJones


    ssmith6287 wrote: »
    All the intel CPU's are up to date. As you progress through the range they will become smarter, use less power, and produce less heat. IMHO an Intel Core i3 2nd or 3rd gen is perfect. There are quite a few laptops now with a pentium quad. Not as refined as i3 but can do pretty much all the same things, should be cheaper
    are you saying this is a good laptop? as far as i recall they advertised it as a gaming laptop


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  • #7
    GarIT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,671 ✭✭✭GarIT


    JuneJones wrote: »
    advertised it as a gaming laptop

    You're not serious are you? That thing would take a couple of mins to open a browser, the most gaming it can handle is free cell. You can get similar laptops for €250.


  • #8
    JuneJones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭JuneJones


    GarIT wrote: »
    You're not serious are you? That thing would take a couple of mins to open a browser, the most gaming it can handle is free cell. You can get similar laptops for €250.
    it was it had gaming on the side of the display i am sure


  • #9
    GarIT
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    JuneJones wrote: »
    it was it had gaming on the side of the display i am sure

    I've seen that type of thing before, it's insane really.


  • #10
    Polar Ice
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    That's far to expensive for that spec.

    The Celeron branded chips are Intel's low spec brand. You wouldn't be able to do more than basic web browsing and word docs on that pc.


  • #11
    TerrorFirmer
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    ssmith6287 wrote: »
    All the intel CPU's are up to date. As you progress through the range they will become smarter, use less power, and produce less heat. IMHO an Intel Core i3 2nd or 3rd gen is perfect. There are quite a few laptops now with a pentium quad. Not as refined as i3 but can do pretty much all the same things, should be cheaper

    The Pentium Quads aren't i3/i5/i7 arch based like they used to be, they're atom based - their performance is pretty poor generally speaking, nowhere near an i3 level.

    They are the lowest end of chips available really, along with some of AMD's E1 type CPU's.

    The processor in this laptop isn't brilliant but it's not bad either, it is one of the 'proper' celeron/Pentium's that are based on the same tech as the faster i3/i5/i7. But you can get better laptops for 399.


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  • #12
    JuneJones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭JuneJones


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    The Pentium Quads aren't i3/i5/i7 arch based like they used to be, they're atom based - their performance is pretty poor generally speaking, nowhere near an i3 level.

    They are the lowest end of chips available really, along with some of AMD's E1 type CPU's.

    The processor in this laptop isn't brilliant but it's not bad either, it is one of the 'proper' celeron/Pentium's that are based on the same tech as the faster i3/i5/i7. But you can get better laptops for 399.

    what does 'proper' celeron/Pentium's mean?Would it be the same as 13


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