Black Friday Laptop deals?

two decent basic laptop deals

argos 343
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8666635/Trail/searchtext%3ELENOVO+330S.htm

pc world 380
https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-15-da0594sa-15-6-intel-core-i3-laptop-1-tb-hdd-silver-10184692-pdt.html

cpu in argos one is fine for general use and has an ssd. the cpu is just below current i3 levels and good.

hp one has a full hd screen, not ips tho. and slightly better i3 chip. but no faster ssd drive.

the best deal imo is to buy the hp one and plug in a sata m.2 2280 ssd stick - about 30 from amazon for a 120gb one. it has a free m.2 slot

the argos one is grand if you don't want a full hd screen

both deals subject to availability of course - no idea of current stock levels.

Art_Vandelay12 wrote: »

Try this Amazon Black Friday deal, 120 GBP

iOTA 360 11.6'' Convertible Touch HD Laptop (Silver) - (Intel Quad Core Atom Z8350 (Burst 1.92GHz) Processor, 2 GB RAM, 32 GB eMMC Storage, QWERTY UK Keyboard, Windows 10)

that would run like a 80 year old man slogging through a bog in waders.

beauf wrote: »

I have laptops with 2gb ram and 32gb drives and they run ok.

But if I was buying new I want at least 4 if not 8gb of ram and a minimum of 64gb disc space and on a full sized laptop a SSD. Though if it has a regular hard drive you can swap it to a SSD yourself.

seriously that atom chip wouldn't run an android tablet well, never mind windows 10

Stallingrad wrote: »

Family member would bring it over.

it's not bad

the chip is enough for basic browsing and ms office. don't entertain any thoughts of running anything beyond candy crush gaming wise.

8gb ram is a plus

add in an m.2 2280 ssd stick if it has a spare slot or swap the 2.5 hd for a 2.5 ssd as the speed benefits of ssd are enormous.

non full hd screen is a downer.

Stallingrad wrote: »

The one I linked to has twice the RAM, a faster chip, a larger SSD and is €100 cheaper, how is the Argos one better value?

A family member could bring it over.

it doesn't have an ssd

the argos cpu is a decent bit more powerful.

the argos one has an ssd.

chonix wrote: »

2gb and 32gb driver would be ok with you, and that's your usage. You're not average user.

Give the laptop to any person you know to search and browse for a youtibe video while opening in another tab a news website. Please make sure you're not filtering requests and/or flash/html5 content.

Of course. If you're using Windows XP or a Lightweight Linux Distro with an alternate browser, mileage may vary.

Not trying to sound like an arse, but 4gb in a laptop nowadays is useless, unless you're very patient and you know your way around.

that's not true. 4gb with an ssd will run win 10 for the user whose main uses are web browsing (10 tabs in chrome) , ms office, playing a video player with chrome still open ok. that covers a large % of the use population.

8gb is preferable but if I'm doing the above the ram usage is about 40 to 45% max on my 8gb laptop so 4gb would be fine.

Stallingrad wrote: »

Lol! Relax, corrected my post too late.

knocking my comments when you linked a completely different laptop...

anyway

that laptop comes from the near past of 2011

due to it being so old the battery will most likely be knackered as even though refurbished they are an expensive item so probably not replaced.

the displays from that era were absolutely horrible to look at and that's the lowest res one.

it's an ugly brick weighing well over 2 kg

the wifi tech on it will be older and won't get the best speeds from modern routers

other than that I'm sure it's fine. cpu is ok, ram ok, has an ssd.