Reply With QuoteThere's quite a few about, it really depends what specification/usage you are after.
Try over at HUKD, they post frequently any bargains there.
I've got half an eye on buying a new laptop. if anyone spots any bargains in the sales please let me know. cheers dave
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
There's quite a few about, it really depends what specification/usage you are after.
Try over at HUKD, they post frequently any bargains there.
I am looking for a Chromebook but the ones I am interested in aren't reduced.
The crap is reduced first.Originally Posted by andy armitage
Is it well that's ok then, I wanted the Acer R13 and recently the vile Currys shop had it reduced to £299 and when I decided to get it after getting back from my work meeting they had just put it back up to £399 and there is no way I am paying that for it so I am puzzled why they haven't dropped it back to that price for the sales.
Buy a Dell or Asus, both tried and tested value for money reliable brands.
Avoid Acer like the plague.
Avoid the cheaper Lenovo's and HP's.
Have a look on the Dell Outlet 'scratch and dent' laptops.
Customer returns and laptops with tiny cosmetic marks.
You will basically get 40% off a near 'brand new' laptop with warranty.
If you want a high spec business type laptop have a look at Morgan computers.
You will get something like a 3-4 years old premium laptop that cost over a grand new for £180-250.
Toby deals - MacBook Air.
The problem is is none of them are much good as customer service reports for Asus and Dell are appalling so what do you do, I don't want to pay daft MacBook prices.
I don't really want a laptop as it will be windows and all the hassle that goes with that.
My 3 year old laptop was getting slow, in particular booting up. Decided to replace the HDD with a SSD. Totally transformed the machine. Cheaper than a new laptop!
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toby deals are a bit like creation aren't they?
i guess you have to allow for getting stung by tax / duty on any purchases.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
I'm not sure how they work but I bought my wife a MacBook Air for under £700 last month and haven't had any issues with duty.
did you notice if it was it shipped from hk or from the eu?
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Ive brought a couple of bits from e global central at big discounts v UK prices and they cover all import duty
I would check the reviews on e global central before you order from them as after reading reviews you won't order for sure.
I have, a Casio watch with no problems and so have others on here.Not sure if i would order a laptop.
Older reviews…. They cocked it up initially, but, seem to have got there act together
I’ve used them twice with no issue and left good feedback on trustpilot
Use PayPal and your covered either way….
That would explain another thing: great price on a Macbook Air, but it has the US key layout. That would be pretty annoying if you are used to the UK layout. Not so much of a problem for anyone switching from PC though, as the Mac layout is different anyway. The main thing missing on the US keyboard are the £ and € symbols. They are accessible with alt shortcuts, but they aren't printed anywhere, so it's easy to forget where they are unless you use them a lot.
Also guessing it means you won't get the 5-6 years warranty coverage that you'd get buying in the UK. It will quite possibly be one year only, which IIRC is Apple's standard warranty outside the EU.
This is something l've been thinking about doing, is it a DIY job or best left to a local computer shop for swapping over?
Cheers
Bob
It's definately worth doing.
Some laptops just need a cover unclipping (mine did), others need screws removing, hard drive pulling out, new one pushing in, but it's not hard.
You either back up your old hard drive and copy to new SSD, or go for a completely new install of operating system.
Got a Samsung evo which came with cloning sw. bought a cable separately. There’s probably a YouTube video for your laptop. Did have to play with bios settings and reboot a few times.
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I am of the view that with laptops, if you buy cheap you end up buying twice.
Macs may be dearer but they are far better quality, they seem to last forever, never go wrong and don't get bugs.
Last Windows laptop I got was from PC Specialists who have a few base platforms that you can tweak things like the cpu, gpu, keyboard, screen, etc.
The one I got from them is still very fast and works fine.
Not that cheap though.
Latest I’ve got is a MacBook Pro Retina. Yes it has hiccups, the “Apple never go wrong” mantra is not true. Sometimes it falls to sleep for a minute or two (the spinny ball even locks up) and then comes back to life. It’s great otherwise though, parallels is on it and windows works well. 256GB drive is too small though.
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