Brand new laptop with a 1 year warranty from "Laptop Outlet" via ebay, certainly one of the best laptops I have seen for the price - and as far as I know the lowest price for this particular model. And they are still promising delivery by Xmas. Actual price is £269.99 but standard postage is ~£5.
From HP's Website; HP 250 G4 Notebook PC (M9S89EA);
Processor: Intel i5 5200U (2.2 GHz, up to 2.7 GHz)
Memory, standard: 4 GB DDR3L-1600 SDRAM (1 x 4 GB) (2 slots avail)
Internal drive: 500 GB 5400 rpm SATA
Display: 39,6 cm (15.6") diagonal HD SVA LED-backlit (1366 x 768)
Graphics :Integrated; Intel® HD Graphics 5500
Wireless: Realtek 802.11b/g/n (1x1) WiFi and Bluetooth® 4.0 Combo
Battery type: 3-cell, 31 WHr Li-ion - Up to 6 hours
VGA webcam
Ports
1x USB 3.0
2x USB 2.0
1x VGA
1x HDMI
1x headphone/microphone combo jack
1x AC power
1x RJ-45
1x multi-format digital media reader (supports SD, SDHC, SDXC)
Warranty 1 Year
Latest comments (33)
ika
22 Dec 15#32
I got mine two days from order. From opening and starting it, it would not connect to virgin router (or any other). It would connect every 10 attempt and would then not connect when I start it. I tried talking to virgin and HP who in the end suggested they would collect it and repair it within 8 working days. I thought it was too much bother for a brand new laptop so I just requested to return it to seller. Anyone else had similar troubles? I have the option of either refund or getting a new one so just want to check if it was a one off or it has happened to others too! Thanks.
Anroca to ika
27 Dec 15#33
Sounds more like a driver issue than a hardware issue, but I would expect it to be a one off thing.
Snowscreen
15 Dec 15#28
Paid £300 a couple of weeks back.
Upgraded the ram to 8GB already by spending £20 at Crucial.
Happy with things so far, will be trying some video editing on it over Xmas so will be interesting to see how it performs compared to my old Dell 1545 running 2Gb on Vista.
sparcus to Snowscreen
20 Dec 15#31
I shall use for video editing also. What was the crucial memory you purchased (4GB single stick?). Then in can consider opening up to add a SSD too.
dsdavis6
16 Dec 15#30
I keep missing this price!
Steir
16 Dec 15#29
Still at 329
davidatkin
15 Dec 15#27
Just had mine delivered also so very fast delivery of less than 2 days. Again as it's a present we won't know if all's well until the big day.
scope
15 Dec 15#26
I have just had mine delivered.. It looks fine.. Wont know what it runs like until Christmas, as it is a gift for my daughter.
scope
15 Dec 15#25
TYou would be better off going with eBuyer then. They have only sold 1 at £329, so bound to come down again, unless they are out of stock.
scope
15 Dec 15#21
It will soon drop back down to 269, they did the same yesterday morning.
chp4 to scope
15 Dec 15#24
Still showing as £329.99 for me. Was about to buy one too
CaptainSpaulding
14 Dec 15#16
For anyone wanting to upgrade to an SSD drive it's a fairly simple 10 min job, also looks like it's 1 x 4GB of RAM for those asking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey6KxAly9cQ
maddoglewis to CaptainSpaulding
15 Dec 15#22
Unfortunately it would invalidate the warranty
mrrog to CaptainSpaulding
15 Dec 15#23
sorry, its not that simple, you also have to do something with your operating system, anybody suggesting an hdd uograde for windows 10 shiuld link to simple instructions for the software side of things as well, i suspect this to be the more problematic oart of the entire process
buybee
15 Dec 15#20
showing as £329.99 now
Riyaal
15 Dec 15#19
Out of Stock
jsg1163
15 Dec 15#18
current price £269.99 but also saying This item is out of stock :laughing:
jimunix
15 Dec 15#17
no gigabit boo hoo
ukmonkey
14 Dec 15#15
Great price
Jazzcat
14 Dec 15#14
A friend got this laptop from ebuyer when it was £280. You'd be hard pressed to find a i5 laptop for £275 so this is a bargain! The only negatives about this is laptop is upgrade-ability, there are no access panels for the RAM, HDD and wifi card which means you have take the whole thing apart to upgrade. (Thus voiding warranty) The touchpad has a rough texture, which is not a nice feeling. The screen which is usually the worst part of a HP laptop, like my Envy 15 2014 had the most awful TN panel known to man, which I upgraded to a nice IPS panel. Luckily the G4 is not bad, the viewing angles are fine for a laptop for this price.
hatelybear
14 Dec 15#13
Expired
mc11
14 Dec 15#12
Looks like a good spec laptop for the price.
Shakey Mic
14 Dec 15#11
Thanks. Been waiting for one to get for my daughter for Xmas. From what I've been reading on the other thread, this should be fine for Minecraft and Sims 4
Shakey Mic
14 Dec 15#4
Does anyone know if this has 2 x 2GB RAM or 1 x 4GB RAM (allowing for an extra 4GB?)
Anroca to Shakey Mic
14 Dec 15#10
According to HP's website this model comes with 1x4gb, so yes you should be able to add another stick.
mrrog
14 Dec 15#2
Spec needs checking, only appears to have 1 x usb3, no usb2, no card reader, if true seriously crippled?
Anroca to mrrog
14 Dec 15#9
Just updated the specs, it has 1x USB 3, 2x USB 2
sparcus
14 Dec 15#8
Does this contain dual band wifi on board?
pubquiz
14 Dec 15#7
danmanchester beat me to it :sunglasses:
pubquiz
14 Dec 15#6
I think you'll find it has 2 usb2 and 1 usb3 and a card reader it looks the same as this one
Full spec:
Screen Size 15.6"
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Memory 4 GB
Processor Type Intel Core i5 5th Gen.
Processor Speed 2.20 GHz
Hard Drive Capacity 500 GB
Operating System Windows 10
Operating System Edition Home
Graphics Processing Type Integrated/On-Board Graphics
Primary Drive DVD RW Super Multi
Webcam Integrated webcam with Microphone
Wireless Lan WiFi 802.11b/g/n
Network Card 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
HDMI 1 x HDMI Port
USB Ports 2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0
Card Reader SD Card Reader
VGA Port 1 External VGA Port
Kensington Lock Lock Slot
Battery Lithium-ion
Speakers Integrated Sound System
Weight 2.2 Kg
Special Features 5th Gen Intel Core i5-5200U Dual Core (2.2GHz, Intel Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) Processor
Warranty 1 Year
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Opening post
From HP's Website; HP 250 G4 Notebook PC (M9S89EA);
Processor: Intel i5 5200U (2.2 GHz, up to 2.7 GHz)
Memory, standard: 4 GB DDR3L-1600 SDRAM (1 x 4 GB) (2 slots avail)
Internal drive: 500 GB 5400 rpm SATA
Display: 39,6 cm (15.6") diagonal HD SVA LED-backlit (1366 x 768)
Graphics :Integrated; Intel® HD Graphics 5500
Wireless: Realtek 802.11b/g/n (1x1) WiFi and Bluetooth® 4.0 Combo
Battery type: 3-cell, 31 WHr Li-ion - Up to 6 hours
VGA webcam
Ports
1x USB 3.0
2x USB 2.0
1x VGA
1x HDMI
1x headphone/microphone combo jack
1x AC power
1x RJ-45
1x multi-format digital media reader (supports SD, SDHC, SDXC)
Warranty 1 Year
Latest comments (33)
Upgraded the ram to 8GB already by spending £20 at Crucial.
Happy with things so far, will be trying some video editing on it over Xmas so will be interesting to see how it performs compared to my old Dell 1545 running 2Gb on Vista.
http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=NBH-N0Y97ES
Various places selling it with this spec as have been looking for offers on similar spec all weekend.
Does seem a good spec for the money and the link given by the OP does seem the cheapest at mo ....heat given
Screen Size 15.6"
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Memory 4 GB
Processor Type Intel Core i5 5th Gen.
Processor Speed 2.20 GHz
Hard Drive Capacity 500 GB
Operating System Windows 10
Operating System Edition Home
Graphics Processing Type Integrated/On-Board Graphics
Primary Drive DVD RW Super Multi
Webcam Integrated webcam with Microphone
Wireless Lan WiFi 802.11b/g/n
Network Card 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
HDMI 1 x HDMI Port
USB Ports 2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0
Card Reader SD Card Reader
VGA Port 1 External VGA Port
Kensington Lock Lock Slot
Battery Lithium-ion
Speakers Integrated Sound System
Weight 2.2 Kg
Special Features 5th Gen Intel Core i5-5200U Dual Core (2.2GHz, Intel Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) Processor
Warranty 1 Year