Toshiba Satellite C50 - Everyday laptop - €187 delivered

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Toshiba Satellite C50 AMD E-Series 1.33GHz Dual Core 15.6 Inch 500GB 4GB Laptop

Just under €187 delivered via ParcelMotel. Over 1,300 sold - would make a great cheap laptop for everyday tasks. Same model here is €299 in Tesco & other stores. Manufacturer refurbished with full warranty.

Seems to me like a good deal.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toshiba-Satellite-C50-AMD-E-Series-1-33GHz-Dual-Core-15-6-Inch-500GB-4GB-Laptop-/171841564944

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They also have an i3 HP laptop for under €300 delivered if you're looking for something with some more power to it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-15-r212na-15-6-Inch-Core-i3-4GB-1TB-Laptop-Re-/151635879226

Ghost Train

Would avoid the amd
probably get more performance from an atom tablet

i3 should be okay

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Celeron N2840 would be on the same performance level as the AMD on this, yeah?

They both perform pretty well for basic tasks - web browsing, documents, Skype etc.

TerrorFirmer

The Celeron N2840 would be faster than this, it's pretty much bottom of the rung stuff. Not to say that it's not fine for facebook, the odd movie, browsing the web, but considering it's refurbished, €190 is about all it's worth at best. You can get faster laptops brand new for €230-240.

foggy_lad

those toshibas must be all the ones returned to Argos and Amazon because they were unusable. model c50d-b-120. lots of speed issues doing the most basic of tasks, even doing a restore can take upwards of 6 hours instead of the more usual 30-40 minutes.

I wouldn't take them for £50.

It doesn't say it but there is No dvd drive in these and most dont even have the connection on the board so you can't add a drive later.

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Argos must be delighted though - selling like hot cakes! :P

TerrorFirmer

Because it's cheap. And too many people think cheap = bargain alert.

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What do you guys think of this one for €200 delivered (refurb) ?

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/laptops-portable-pcs/laptops-and-netbooks/acer-aspire-es1-512-1296976/review

Worth buying?

Just going to be using it for general tasks.

pauldavis123

Put Ubuntu on it and download chrome, it will fly

Marhay70

I bought the Irish equivalent of the Toshiba last year and it is now relegated in favour of my five year old Lenovo. Everything is a big deal to it, from start up to opening a browser to searching for a document. Even the update to Windows 10 failed to make much of an impression. I'd avoid.

duridian

Techmaster wrote: »

What do you guys think of this one for €200 delivered (refurb) ?

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/laptops-portable-pcs/laptops-and-netbooks/acer-aspire-es1-512-1296976/review

Worth buying?

Just going to be using it for general tasks.

No. Honestly I wouldn't think it a good choice for one reason in particular.

It has a TN display.

That will wreck your head especially when watching videos. Unless you can manage to always keep your eyes in a position that's almost 90 degrees to the screen, the picture, particularly in dark scenes will start to change into this weird "shadowy" grey that is hard to see.

See this video showing two Lenovos side by side - one a TN panel, the other an IPS panel. Observe what happens to the one on the left as he tilts them both, and how the one on the right retains the normal colors but the one on the left becomes nearly impossible to see. This also happens as you move to the left or right of centre, so it's not just the tilt. Tilt angle plus move to the side makes it even worse.
And also bear in mind this demo in the video is being done with a bright image on the display.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzP3rFZXSgE

Here's another showing what happens to a solid pink background when viewed from various angles on a TN. Watch the pink develop a gradient and even look like blue instead of pink as the viewing angle changes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0F6v2WSsrI

The Toshiba you linked earlier from Argos has the same type of screen and thus same problem. The HP I am unsure, but I would expect it to have something better than a TN given the higher price.

ecomac

Techmaster wrote: »

Toshiba Satellite C50 - Everyday laptop

I'm after a laptop, but looking for an occasional use only only one, so it's not for me

homingbird

Bad choice to buy one of these they have a known problem with their usb ports check it out . My sister bought one & all ports are dead so she cant plug anything into it.
https://forum.toshiba.eu/showthread.php?77014-Satellite-C50-A-138-All-USB-ports-have-failed

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Don't most standard laptops have TN panels?

Even €500 ones? Viewing angles aren't great on a lot of them.

I might just splash out and get a Spectre X360 or XPS13.