Laptop. Tablet. iPod

The Muppet

Asus x550c: Picked up one of these this morning for. 199 in tesco Clarehall. Itb hard dis. 6 fb ram. Intel Celeron processor.

Will do me fine for my needs . They had six or seven of them in a glass counter at front of shop


Also had 7 " tablets for €39

iPod nano. @ 99

For Forks Sake

There's a big difference between a Celeron and an i3 processor.....

The Muppet

For Forks Sake wrote: »

There's a big difference between a Celeron and an i3 processor.....

Apologies my mistake

Processor is Celeron 1007u/bga

ablelocks

The Muppet wrote: »

Also had 7 " tablets for €39

which tablets?

degsie

The Muppet wrote: »

Also had 7 " tablets for €39

That's hard to swallow.

The Muppet

Ah yeah you need plenty of water with those .

The Muppet

ablelocks wrote: »

which tablets?

Can't tell you I'm afraid I didn't put much pass on them. There was about six of them there. There wa.s A 10 " too but someone got that when I was there

For Forks Sake

The Muppet wrote: »

Apologies my mistake

Processor is Celeron 1007u/bga

Dual core 1.5ghz, wouldn't pull you out of the bed.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+1007U+%40+1.50GHz&id=1847

The Muppet

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Dual core 1.5ghz, wouldn't pull you out of the bed.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?
cpu=Intel+Celeron+1007U+%40+1.50GHz&id=1847

I don't want it to pull me out of bed . Once it's up to posting nonsense. on the internet it'll do me fine.


I'm really surprised it's slower than those i5s and i7s in your link though . I wouldn't have expected that .

twinsen

The Muppet wrote: »

I don't want it to pull me out of bed . Once it's up to posting nonsense. on the internet it'll do me fine.


I'm really surprised it's slower than those i5s and i7s in your link though . I wouldn't have expected that .

Celeron processors were always slowest from intel range. It has been like that since good 15 years. They are cheap and slow. I would be surprised if they could run 1080p youtube video

TheReverend

Good laptops for the price, they were more expensive before Christmas, got one for the mammy.

Does basic tasks with no issue and plays 1080p video with no problems.

Are those tablets the Windows ones?

rebelbmx

Thanks OP, got an Asus Laptop in Cork, reduced from 399 to 199, great price

TerrorFirmer

The Celeron processor is this laptop is pretty decent. It's a lot better than the atom-based Celeron's in the Dell 199 euro laptop that's very popular. For basic web browsing, 1080p video, etc, there wouldn't be any noticable difference between this and an i3. Excellent deal at 199.

The Muppet

Laptop is fine for the money, using it now . Just have to put 8.1 on now.

The Muppet

twinsen wrote: »

Celeron processors were always slowest from intel range. It has been like that since good 15 years. They are cheap and slow. I would be surprised if they could run 1080p youtube video

Would that be because the early Celerons had no cache and they were very slow . Modern Celerons have cache although less that their comparible performance cpu's. the upshot is there is not the huge difference in performance v comparible non Celeron cpu there once was .

I did know there was a performace hit with the Celeron which is why I posted that it has a celeron cpu. For me The 6 gigs of ram and the I tb hardirve compensated for the Celeron.

imitation

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

The Celeron processor is this laptop is pretty decent. It's a lot better than the atom-based Celeron's in the Dell 199 euro laptop that's very popular. For basic web browsing, 1080p video, etc, there wouldn't be any noticable difference between this and an i3. Excellent deal at 199.

+1

You paying older hardware but its actually superior to the new Celerons that are basically atom processors. Your getting 2gb more ram, 500gb more space and maybe 5-10% faster cpu than the Dell everybody was snapping up a month go, and you can collect it from a B&M Shop. Decent bargain imo. Yes its not an I3, but unless you find a rare refurb or a second hand machine your not going to get an I3 for 200 euro.

Also a word of advice, I got a low spec Windows 8 machine recently, it was basically unusable for a day until it downloaded and installed 8.1.

twinsen wrote: »

Celeron processors were always slowest from intel range. It has been like that since good 15 years. They are cheap and slow. I would be surprised if they could run 1080p youtube video

I got my linx 7" streaming 1080p from Steam no problem, celerons and atoms used to be awful alright, but they have caught up, 1080p isn't all that any more. Every since Sandy bridge the integrated GPU from intel has been getting better. They had to, who would buy a laptop for a few hundred euros that can't do 1080p when you could get a chromecast that could for 40 quid.

Cionn

All gone from clarehall. Good bang for your buck if all you want is Internet, word etc.

ThunbergsAreGo

Cionn wrote: »

All gone from clarehall. Good bang for your buck if all you want is Internet, word etc.

Ah well, just in clarehall looking for them

beauf

twinsen wrote: »

Celeron processors were always slowest from intel range. It has been like that since good 15 years. They are cheap and slow. I would be surprised if they could run 1080p youtube video

You're a bit behind the times. A lot Modern CPU's have GPU's built in that can can handle video with ease. Even better than old CPU's which didn't have it built. So when looking at modern CPU's you have to look at what other features the CPU has and not just the raw speed.

beauf

Great Deal for this laptop anyway.

byronbay2

rebelbmx wrote: »

Thanks OP, got an Asus Laptop in Cork, reduced from 399 to 199, great price

Hi rebelbmx. Where in Cork did you get the laptop? Did they have any more?Tried Wilton SC but no joy.

rebelbmx

byronbay2 wrote: »

Hi rebelbmx. Where in Cork did you get the laptop? Did they have any more?Tried Wilton SC but no joy.

I got it in Wilton, was one left there yesterday morning

byronbay2

rebelbmx wrote: »

I got it in Wilton, was one left there yesterday morning

Aargh! Yeah, I was told that they sold the last one yesterday. If anyone knows of any other Tesco in Cork that has these laptops, please let me know.

Cionn

If there are any in Dublin I would appreciate it if you could share the location

Sappy404

Cionn wrote: »

If there are any in Dublin I would appreciate it if you could share the location

If it's any use to you there's none left in Dundrum. The guy reckoned they sold out on the day they arrived. I asked him yesterday evening.

zoeybelle

Hi if anyone sees those tablets anywhere in Dublin (I know longshot) can u let me know thanks!

zoeybelle

Hi if anyone sees those tablets anywhere in Dublin (I know longshot) can u let me know thanks!

byronbay2

Just spoke to Tesco CS and there is no stock showing anywhere for that laptop now. Back to the drawing board!