Black 'Week' - Laptop Bargains

Peck3277 · 27-11-2019 10:06AM

Can anyone recommend a laptop, I'll be mainly using it for programming. But would like a bit of light gaming (doesn't have to be anything recent). Budget of around €600-700. Would prefer a screen of 15".

bromley52 · 27-11-2019 10:15AM

raxy wrote: »

Lenovo S340 in Argos for 429 seems to be the best deal atm at that price. I'm waiting until Friday to see what is on Komplett.ie before deciding what to get.

Atm i'm going between the lenovo S340, Acer Aspire 5 in Currys for 469 & Asus vivobook in Argos for 485. All have the same processor & ram.

I picked up the Lenovo S340 yesterday. I haven't turned it on yet but the one thing I noticed is the weight. So perhaps check that out before you buy. Argos should be able to open a box for you.

0gac3yjefb5sv7 · 27-11-2019 10:22AM

Anyone have any recommendations for something for casual browsing, something quick and that will last for 4/5 years. Budget 300/400

bergipau · 27-11-2019 10:34AM

Hi
I like the look of the telcast x4.
Bang good are selling it at a good price, I assume I’ll get hit with duty, any ideas how much?
They also say they will refund import duties, this sounds too good to be true.
Finally, had anyone ordered from them? Priority delivery is 7-15?business days.

Thanks

https://uk-m.banggood.com/Teclast-X4-Intel-Gemini-Lake-N4100-Quad-Core-2_4GHz-8G-RAM-256G-SSD-11_6-Inch-Windows-10-Tablet-p-1440936.html

will56 · 27-11-2019 11:10AM

dartboardio wrote: »

Can someone recommend a decent laptop I can buy my boyfriend for Christmas, it needs to be able to run Ableton/Photoshop etc somewhat seamlessly.

Would I get something like it for around €400?

You'll want to check the screen on any laptop for him.
If he's working in photoshop he'll appreciate the the colour accuracy of an IPS screen.

The Acer Aspire 5 is IPS, the Lenova S340 is not

MissDisaster · 27-11-2019 12:50PM

I’m looking to buy a laptop for college. Well, predominantly college but itl be used for things like Netflix as well. It’d need to be able to handle having multiple things open and running simultaneously, as I’m a bugger for multitasking and hopping from one app to another.

I’m looking for something that’ll last me through the next five years of college ideally, but I know next to nothing about laptops. I’m also worried about buying too cheap and regretting it or buying something overpriced that’s not needed.
I’ve a budget of €600 max but I’ve been looking at the Zenbook after reading through the recommendations....

https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-14-UM433DA/

Is it too much for college work? Or would I be better investing in a good one now rather than regret buying a dud.

vicadd · 27-11-2019 03:01PM

bromley52 wrote: »

I picked up the Lenovo S340 yesterday. I haven't turned it on yet but the one thing I noticed is the weight. So perhaps check that out before you buy. Argos should be able to open a box for you.

What did you notice about the weight? Spec says it is just 1.55kg. Is that right?
Thanks.

27-11-2019 03:11PM

MissDisaster wrote: »

I’m looking to buy a laptop for college. Well, predominantly college but itl be used for things like Netflix as well. It’d need to be able to handle having multiple things open and running simultaneously, as I’m a bugger for multitasking and hopping from one app to another.

I’m looking for something that’ll last me through the next five years of college ideally, but I know next to nothing about laptops. I’m also worried about buying too cheap and regretting it or buying something overpriced that’s not needed.
I’ve a budget of €600 max but I’ve been looking at the Zenbook after reading through the recommendations....

https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-14-UM433DA/

Is it too much for college work? Or would I be better investing in a good one now rather than regret buying a dud.

Ideal imo as the metal chassis is sturdier than plastic

And with college likely to be carrying it around a lot so the lightness is ideal.

And it looks good

bromley52 · 27-11-2019 07:03PM

vicadd wrote: »

What did you notice about the weight? Spec says it is just 1.55kg. Is that right?
Thanks.

I have an ASUS UX305F (boards bargain) which weighs 1.2kg so I suppose I was comparing it to that.

morrough · 27-11-2019 07:39PM

Is there a similar thread on tablets, does anyone know? Thanks

DelBoy Trotter · 27-11-2019 07:42PM

morrough wrote: »

Is there a similar thread on tablets, does anyone know? Thanks

Nope, but there was two separate threads for two laptops bargains (one was a Samsung, I can’t remember what the second one was)

deadimmortal · 27-11-2019 09:16PM

If you register for Lenovo news letter you get 10% off, code comes by email. If you have a Unidays account you can get an additional discount up to 20% - I just purchased the Lenovo S540 15" last week, €1030 on their website, got it for €840 after the discounts

raxy · 27-11-2019 09:18PM

deadimmortal wrote: »

If you register for Lenovo news letter you get 10% off, code comes by email. If you have a Unidays account you can get an additional discount up to 20% - I just purchased the Lenovo S540 15" last week, €1030 on their website, got it for €840 after the discounts

You can't add the discòunts to black friday deals though.

Zardoz · 28-11-2019 02:53PM

Decent deal on a laptop here
https://ao.com/product/nhq3rek011-acer-laptop-black-72108-251.aspx?cmredirectionvalue=Acer%20NH.Q3REK.011

£449 using code BFLAPTOP50

Have to use Addresspal or Parcelwizard for delivery

10green bottles · 28-11-2019 02:56PM

Pheonix10 wrote: »

Anyone have any recommendations for something for casual browsing, something quick and that will last for 4/5 years. Budget 300/400

Ditto.

tia.

sweetie · 28-11-2019 02:57PM

10green bottles wrote: »

Ditto.

tia.

read the thread maybe? The first post was full of options.

DelBoy Trotter · 28-11-2019 03:03PM

Posted this in the main Amazon bargains thread, rather than here

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

I bought the Asus Zenbook from Currys and it was delivered yesterday. I only had it on for a little while yesterday, but first impressions for anybody who is thinking of buying it:
- Build quality is absolutely top drawer. I knew it would be good, but was surprised by how good it is
- Lovely screen
- Speakers are pretty decent for laptop speakers, but tinny when turned up load
- Keyboard is lovely to type on
- Being able to use the trackpad as a numeric pad is really handy. If you press the top right corner of the trackpad, it lights up a display to show the numeric pad
- The backlight didn't work on the keyboard initially, but as Windows was cycling threw downloading and installing updates, one of them must have been the drivers for it, as it began working after a restart
- I can't comment on performance yet as I only had it on for a short time and it was installing so many updates that it was running a bit slow. Once I have all updates installed over the next few days, I will get more of an idea of it
- Overall, very happy so far

10green bottles · 28-11-2019 03:17PM

sweetie wrote: »

read the thread maybe? The first post was full of options.

Thanks,yer a real sweetie.(i've been following the thread,op was edited,see it now)

MissDisaster · 28-11-2019 08:32PM

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

Posted this in the main Amazon bargains thread, rather than here

Would you recommend it? I’ve had a look around and it seems to be the best mid range one when it comes to getting your bang for buck.

Dogre · 28-11-2019 10:53PM

Until 23.00 tonight, Lenovo Legion Y540 - 15.6 "FullHD gaming laptop (Intel Core i7-9750H, 16GB of RAM, 1TB HDD + 512GB SSD, Nvidia GTX1650-4GB, W10) black. Spanish QWERTY keyboard for €949.99 + €14 delivery

https://www.amazon.es/Lenovo-Legion-Y540-Ordenador-GTX1650-4GB/dp/B07TW23VWV?ref_=pe_20131931_425969331_grep_pep_np1_img&th=1

28-11-2019 11:10PM

Dogre wrote: »

Until 23.00 tonight, Lenovo Legion Y540 - 15.6 "FullHD gaming laptop (Intel Core i7-9750H, 16GB of RAM, 1TB HDD + 512GB SSD, Nvidia GTX1650-4GB, W10) black. Spanish QWERTY keyboard for €949.99 + €14 delivery

https://www.amazon.es/Lenovo-Legion-Y540-Ordenador-GTX1650-4GB/dp/B07TW23VWV?ref_=pe_20131931_425969331_grep_pep_np1_img&th=1

tbh the littlewoods one with the more powerful graphics card for 999 posted in the OP post is better. the 1660ti is a good step up from the 1650 card.

games will run better as the gpu is the limiting factor more so than the gpu for this level of cpu + gpu combinations. although it does have a bigger ssd drive but the littlewoods one does have a boot ssd and a hdd so enough space for games.

also a spanish keyboard layout would be very difficult to sell on in Ireland if you ever wanted to do so.

https://www.littlewoodsireland.ie/lenovo-legion-y540-15irh-intel-core-i5-8gb-ram-1tb-hard-drive-amp-128gb-ssd-gtx-1660-ti-6gb-graphics-156-inch-full-hd-gaming-laptop-black/1600396666.prd?param1=wgmedc&ffb&gclid=CjwKCAiAlO7uBRANEiwA_vXQ-2Vikr-Miu9-98OG8MSdp5bGh4G43dWPxRizmA4oO3n09WbAH9eF5hoCvKAQAvD_BwE#sku=sku21831625&cm_mmc=Google-_-Generic-_-WG+-+Smart+Shopping+-+Electricals+-+Computing-_-Electricals

forzacalcio · 28-11-2019 11:29PM

glasso wrote: »

tbh the littlewoods one with the more powerful graphics card for 999 posted in the OP post is better. the 1660ti is a good step up from the 1650 card.

games will run better as the gpu is the limiting factor more so than the gpu for this level of cpu + gpu combinations. although it does have a bigger ssd drive but the littlewoods one does have a boot ssd and a hdd so enough space for games.

also a spanish keyboard layout would be very difficult to sell on in Ireland if you ever wanted to do so.

https://www.littlewoodsireland.ie/lenovo-legion-y540-15irh-intel-core-i5-8gb-ram-1tb-hard-drive-amp-128gb-ssd-gtx-1660-ti-6gb-graphics-156-inch-full-hd-gaming-laptop-black/1600396666.prd?param1=wgmedc&ffb&gclid=CjwKCAiAlO7uBRANEiwA_vXQ-2Vikr-Miu9-98OG8MSdp5bGh4G43dWPxRizmA4oO3n09WbAH9eF5hoCvKAQAvD_BwE#sku=sku21831625&cm_mmc=Google-_-Generic-_-WG+-+Smart+Shopping+-+Electricals+-+Computing-_-Electricals

Currently have XPS 15 9560 i7 7700hq 16gb ram, mainly for some FM20, Adobe products too etc (Heavy usage on both) Only have it a year and and bit and overheating like mad etc Any good upgrades at reasonable price?

Dogre · 28-11-2019 11:31PM

Intel Core i7-9750H, 16GB of RAM, 1TB HDD + 512GB SSD, GTX 1650 4GB

vs

Intel Core i5-9300H, 8GB of RAM, 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD, GTX 1660 TI 6GB

asteroids over berlin · 28-11-2019 11:55PM

dartboardio wrote: »

Can someone recommend a decent laptop I can buy my boyfriend for Christmas, it needs to be able to run Ableton/Photoshop etc somewhat seamlessly.

Would I get something like it for around €400?

no, not with Ableton, you really need an interated ssd or a hdd with at least 5400 rpm to run ableton these days or any days for the last decade or it will freeze quite frequently

asteroids over berlin · 29-11-2019 12:00AM

Amazon warehouse are doing 20% of higher end laptops, good few macbook pros there which works out a saving of approx £400 (kicks in at checkout), pretty good

Zardoz · 29-11-2019 01:16AM

German retailer prices are much more competitive than here .

Look at these prices from Alternate.de ,shipping is 18.45 euro extra

https://www.alternate.de/HP/15-db1224ng-Notebook/html/product/1556331

249 euro

15,6" 1.920 x 1.080 Pixel
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
8GB DDR 4 (2400 MHz)
256 GB [M.2, SSD]
DVD-Brenner
LAN 10/100/1000 MBit/s
Wi-Fi 3 (802.11b), Wi-Fi 3 (802.11g), Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)

https://www.alternate.de/ASUS/D509DA-EJ090-Notebook/html/product/1588807

279 euro

15,6" 1.920 x 1.080 Pixel
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
8GB DDR 4 (2400 MHz)
512 GB [M.2, SSD]
DVD-Brenner

29-11-2019 01:17AM

Dogre wrote: »

Intel Core i7-9750H, 16GB of RAM, 1TB HDD + 512GB SSD, GTX 1650 4GB

vs

Intel Core i5-9300H, 8GB of RAM, 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD, GTX 1660 TI 6GB

yep.

the 1660ti machine will still run games a lot better.

you can see from here that it's 50 to 60% more powerful compared to the 1650 card.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/GeForce-GTX-1650-Laptop-vs-GeForce-GTX-1660-Ti-Laptop_9828_9641.247598.0.html

as I said, games performance is way more gpu-bound than cpu, especially wrt lower-end cards like the 1650 and low to mid cards like the 1660ti

the extra ram won't change much except for a very small % of games.

8gb cpu ram + 6gb gpu ram (1660ti) is plenty.

29-11-2019 01:18AM

Zardoz wrote: »

German retailer prices are much more competitive than here .

Look at these prices from Alternate.de ,both lapts are 249 euro ,shipping is 18.45 euro extra

https://www.alternate.de/HP/15-db1224ng-Notebook/html/product/1556331

15,6" 1.920 x 1.080 Pixel
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
8GB DDR 4 (2400 MHz)
256 GB [M.2, SSD]
DVD-Brenner
LAN 10/100/1000 MBit/s
Wi-Fi 3 (802.11b), Wi-Fi 3 (802.11g), Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)

https://www.alternate.de/ASUS/D509DA-EJ090-Notebook/html/product/1588807

15,6" 1.920 x 1.080 Pixel
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
8GB DDR 4 (2400 MHz)
512 GB [M.2, SSD]
DVD-Brenner

but do you want a German keyboard layout?

Zardoz · 29-11-2019 01:19AM

glasso wrote: »

but do you want a German keyboard layout?

Thats the only real drawback.
I have a laptop with a German layout ,its grand.

nigwerwig · 29-11-2019 01:38AM

Any have have any thoughts on Idea pad l340 17 gaming for 697 from Lenovo site

Black 'Week' - Laptop Bargains

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