this is useless for comparison. How about instead we compare with CPUs you get in the laptop deals that are on the site atm.

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2193&cmp[]=2440&cmp[]=2537
Intel Core i3-4005U - Lenovo G50/HP 15 Laptop @ £239.99/£249.99 - CPU Mark: 2467
Intel Core i5-5200U - HP 250 G4 @ £286.99 - CPU Mark: 3544
AMD A8-7410 - HP 255 G4 @ £239.99 - CPU Mark: 2587

So the HP 250 G4 CPU is 43% faster for 15% more money.

You should have posted the other specs and why you think is a good deal.

But, its a lot of money for truly mediocre performance (ram, HDD, screen and cpu), no deal.

cold for for the lazy post and the incorrect item description stating this is a quad core

Cheapest Core i5 (and this is a broadwell chip) on the market. Hot.

Yeah cheapest i5 at the moment! providing the laptop itself is good.

what do people want for their money?
its got a fast i5 processor,4gb ram and a 500gb hdd. for the money this is a great deal. Hot

Seems like a good deal. Could my kids run Minecraft on this?

This is suppose to be proposed as a "hot deal" its about par for the price. The OP describes it has "great HP I5 laptop", but is not, its a weak i5.

Nothing about it is outstanding, look at the performance related table I posted, lots of older computers turn in this performance. There are I3's for less will turn in similar performance. IMO is this hot? No.

Is it a deal, well if you think it is?

See my previous reply for more or less the same answer.

Tony the tiger posting laptop deals

Is this laptop good enough to run decent games, like Fallout 4 and the like (I don't mind if I have to have the graphics on min detail), if not, what about if I upgraded it to make it an 8gb RAM? Cheers - I'm on a budget of £300 before you start blurting I'm better off spending an extra £500

It scores 3543 on CPU Benchmark, more than the previous laptop deals, so hot from me!

If it's par for the course show us all 5 or more links to other i5 laptops of equivalent or better spec for the same money.

Will john Lewis price match?

saveonlaptops had this for £279 last night, maybe other sellers will follow, ebuyer's dropped the price a little now 286.

Price has just gone up to £299.99

some of the idiots on here make me laugh, they expect everything for nothing.

unless someone links higher performance for a lower price, this is a good deal. nobody is saying this is the best ever deal in the world but its a good deal none the less.

£298.98 at ebuyer now
only
£294.00 at Debenhams plus - 2% Topcashback too and you dont have to deal with ebuyer
[url=http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-250-i5-5200u-2-2ghz-4gb-500gb-294-debenhams-plus-2333656]

Ordered. Best spec I could find for the price

Does anyone know whether you have access to the memory or the HDD (without invalidating the warranty) to upgrade later?
There is a comment from an unhappy buyer at the bottom of ebuyer product page that seems to me to indicate that you can't upgrade these?

£280.
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/N0Y97ESABU-HP-250-G4_1796489.html
one was instock but now showing as arriving soon , they could have more coming in at this price.

Agree with a lot of the comments on here. If this isn't a good deal, then point us in the direction of a laptop that IS a good deal instead of slagging off deals that members have taken the time to find and post.
If you're half as tech savvy as the rest of us mere mortals, surely it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for you to share your superior knowledge. Or to put it simply...put up, or shut up!

The Debenhams page says 3 year warranty included where as Ebuyer lists 1 years manufacturer warranty. Debenhams could be a good deal if the 3 years is correct.

Bought it cheaper at technoworld with free delivery £289.20:
https://www.technoworld.com/hp-250-g4-n1a92ea-core-i5-5200u-4gb-500gb-dvdrw-15-6in-bt-cam-win-10-home