2 SODIMM slots, non customer accessible/upgradeable (models with Intel® Core™ i7-6500U. i5-6200U, i3-5005U processors)
Hard Drive
256GB SSD
Optical Drive
DVD Writer
Software
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64 (available through downgrade rights from Windows 10 Pro 64)
(This system is preinstalled with Windows 7 Professional software and also comes with a license and media for Windows 10 Pro software.)
Display
39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal FHD anti-glare LED-backlit
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Graphics
Intel® HD Graphics 520
Audio
HD audio with DTS Studio Sound™
2 integrated stereo speakers
Support HP Noise Cancellation
Input Devices
Full-sized textured black island-style keyboard with numeric keypad
Networking
Integrated 10/100/1000 GbE
Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (1x1) WiFi
Bluetooth® 4.2 Combo with Wi-Di
Power Supply
ENERGY STAR® certified
45 W Smart AC adapter
4-cell, 41 Wh Li-ion
Dimensions
Width 38.43 cm
Depth 25.46 cm
Height 2.43 cm
Weight 1.96 kg
Interfaces
1 USB 3.0
2 USB 2.0
1 VGA
1 HDMI
1 headphone/microphone combo jack
1 AC power
1 RJ-45
1 multi-format digital media reader
Warranty / Misc
1 Year manufacturer Warranty
HP VGA camera
Top comments
doomcrazy
16 Oct 1614#12
Bought this for my fiance recently. Decent specs for the price but be warned that the display is absolutely rubbish - terrible viewing angles and colors. One of the worst displays I have ever seen.
Also the trackpad buttons are hard to press and are not very responsive. The entire laptop is definitely cheaply manufactured, as reflected in the price.
Was very disappointed with the display more than anything else but otherwise works great as an office / work laptop.
dibbz
16 Oct 164#24
I like people complaining about how how rubbish and poor quality a product is......for £400 what do you expect???
It's cheap for a reason...corners have been cut to a degree to get it to this price.
You won't see a state of the art laptop, i7, 1tb SSD With all singing and all dancing specs for £400
For the average user this laptop is a nice deal
hukd_addict to garethsmith72
16 Oct 164#16
I had 4mb in my 486, cost me £120 for another 4mb ram so I could play doom on it. that was circa 1994 though
spannerzone
15 Oct 164#3
When will manufacturers start to give us full HD and SSD drives?
Oh wait they have! have some heat my fine fellow.
Latest comments (88)
Civilised Maniac
21 Oct 16#88
What a shocker! Are the correct specs for this model on the HP site?
Hotony
21 Oct 16#87
Called up as well. Luckily they admitted they changed the specs(!), and are sending an email for free courier pick up.
mazza773
21 Oct 16#86
I just received this deal in the post. What a despicable company ebuyer is. Sent a machine with no DVDRW. They have changed the description online and even on my invoice to NO-DVD. Luckily I had the emails stating DVDRW included. Hoping I wouldn't notice and knowing their own mistake, they sent it anyway, while also blatantly covering it up. Refund applied for and I will be staying well clear of them in the future.
Hotony
21 Oct 16#85
I'm sure the original Ebuyer page stated 'Resolution: 1920 x 1080' as I was specifically looking for this. Now it's changed on the website (probably the same time it went back up in price). Didn't get a screenshot though.
How are people returning this if they choose - Looks to cost a small fortune to send back to their Returns Dept PO Box?
maccymac
19 Oct 16#84
Funny thing is I researched this in multiple shops and everywhere it states 1920x1080p resolution, not just that is HD. HD had me fooled a few times when I realised 1080p is actually FHD.
MrMatt991
18 Oct 16#83
"HD" branding claims another victim...
maccymac
18 Oct 16#82
This isn't a 1080p display. I just bought this laptop, did all the necessary updates and resolution goes up to 1366x768. Not impressed, will be returning.
DocRobotnik
17 Oct 16#81
yeah, needs expiring
djdope
17 Oct 16#80
£499 now. No longer a bargain
mgdeal
17 Oct 16#79
For a student this laptop is good for all years at the University. heat added
pedant99
16 Oct 16#78
Anyone can?
I can't!
LennyLeonard
16 Oct 16#77
Thanks, will hold out a bit longer!
kzakaz
16 Oct 16#76
We will see, they have send me email with confirming price 399. Has somebody here experience with this?
m5rcc
16 Oct 16#75
In your opinion. For many others, including businesses and the masses it is. Only 23.53% of all laptop/desktop users have taken it up.
djdope
16 Oct 16#74
In not sure about black Friday this year. With the pound being so low...
djdope
16 Oct 16#73
I think you'll be okay
cojack
16 Oct 161#72
Wait for the Black Friday deals.
kzakaz
16 Oct 16#71
The price has changed, any updates with order?
kzakaz
16 Oct 16#70
The will cancel my order I think...
foes4you
16 Oct 16#69
Its only 2 cores - may as well get an i3
papito
16 Oct 16#68
Hot
kzakaz
16 Oct 16#67
noooo, really?
rodman
16 Oct 16#66
you owned them extra £100
MrMatt991
16 Oct 16#65
HP's business laptops have always seemingly been hampered by appalling displays with no colour saturation, poor gamut and zero viewing angles (using one now, you have to tilt the panel depending on whether you're looking at the bottom or the top ..). The consumer gear is better in that respect, but they spend the money on sound and screens instead of build quality..
Second comment on the display - 16:9 is a complete pain in the ass for a working computer. Nowhere near enough vertical pixels. You want to have at least 1200 pixels vertical.
kzakaz
16 Oct 16#64
I have bought it for 399 quid. What is going to happen now?
kristianity77
16 Oct 16#63
Showing as 499 for me now. Looks like this one maybe over
Good Deal - Bought one for daughters schoolwork - Should be OK
dacouch
16 Oct 16#60
I purchased a HP G5 with 6th generation i7 otherwise with the same specs as this deal a couple of months ago for £450 after TCB from Debenhams.
I'm very pleased with the lap top, I don't have issues with the screen and love the 25 second start up a SSD gives.
luvsadealdealdeal
16 Oct 16#59
yep I got one £600 6th gen Intel etc - £300 off with HP cashback - scroll up a few to my post
makes £300 to meet your requirements :smiley:
brilly
16 Oct 16#58
if the quality of the display isn't there then the FHD and to a lesser extent the rest of the specs dont matter
little_deal_minx
16 Oct 16#57
Wish I could get it without the optical drive and that it was lighter too as it's a bit too heavy compared to my 1.4kg laptop I have at the minute (which needs replaced as I cracked the screen and it runs unbelievably slow too)
ganon
16 Oct 16#56
Anyone can recommend a £600 laptop? 6th gen Intel, no DVD drive
gunner786
16 Oct 16#55
Cheap
luvsadealdealdeal
16 Oct 161#54
still coming up with that guff? even hard-nosed Windows 10 haters from the early days now admit it's miles better than W7/W8.1 - just need to address a few privacy issues if that bothers you - then Bob's yer unky
smiler03
16 Oct 16#53
I wish people would learn the correct terminology. Going from Win 7 to Win 10 is a downgrade.
nublets2k
16 Oct 162#52
Yeah, who wants to run full applications instead of half baked apps?!
universe1992
16 Oct 16#51
Why anyone still uses windows is beyond me , give me a Chromebook anyday!
luvsadealdealdeal
16 Oct 16#50
and if you are not over keen on the 'look' of W10 - I'm not, personally! - you can download a shell such as Classic Shell (free) and keep your Windows 7 look & feel - with improved W10 speed & safety underneath
Milki_bar_Kid
16 Oct 16#49
Why would you not want to? I bought a laptop with Windows 10 and now wonder what all the fuss was about it being worse than windows 7. It isn't.
spaghettihooha
16 Oct 161#48
Thanks for that. I was completely unaware. It seems like the deadline for the upgrade was to inject some urgency into people but they don't want to close the door and so have created some spurious set of circumstances in which you can still have it.
uksnapper
16 Oct 161#47
Win 10 is fine.
Win 7 is also fine
Suggest that win 10 is finer if one downloads one of the programmes that make it look like win 7 :-)
no it hasn't - still going strong if you know where to look
huangxq2
16 Oct 16#43
People like the deal because it has FHD, i5 6200u and SSD altogether, and not for a lot more money.
I do not expect the FHD screen to be any good as it is TN and likely to be a very low end TN.
But if the screen is as bad as someone reported above, once you take the FHD screen out of the picture, the deal is not very good.
huangxq2
16 Oct 161#42
It is quiet easy once you have done it once.
I claimed on 3 laptops personally, and 3 times for my employer as we use probook at work.
It takes around 3 months to receive the cashback from the day HP receive your device.
At around one month, HP will email you confirm if the device you sent is ok and confirming amount of cashback payable in 2 months.
I have used all my old devices. Now I just buy the cheapest 9 inch tablet for cashback.
huangxq2
16 Oct 161#41
This is a much better deal, probook with FHD. Rarely see any probook comes with FHD.
You do not need an old laptop. Just simply buy the cheapest 9 inch tablet from amazon for £25 and send to HP for cashback. I just done that and received cashback last month.
doomcrazy
16 Oct 1614#12
Bought this for my fiance recently. Decent specs for the price but be warned that the display is absolutely rubbish - terrible viewing angles and colors. One of the worst displays I have ever seen.
Also the trackpad buttons are hard to press and are not very responsive. The entire laptop is definitely cheaply manufactured, as reflected in the price.
Was very disappointed with the display more than anything else but otherwise works great as an office / work laptop.
K1LLER HORNET to doomcrazy
16 Oct 16#22
TN panel with low colour space.
Thanks, I'll stay well clear.
huangxq2 to doomcrazy
16 Oct 16#40
The screen is TN. If it is that bad, people should not factor in a lot price for it just because it is FHD.
rodman
16 Oct 16#39
not everyone got something to recycle so it is not that easy peasy.
Deal Vulture
16 Oct 16#38
Ouch! If Doom was solely responsible for the upgrade you wasted your money, good sir. As a DOS (protected mode) game it only required up to 640KB of the 1MB needed. Windows 3.1 on the other hand was a bit of a slug on anything less than 4MB.
m5rcc
16 Oct 16#37
Sensible to him perhaps, not sensible in reality. Windows 10 is a disastrous joke.
spaghettihooha
16 Oct 16#36
Yes they come with 2 sets of recovery media, one for each OS. And come on m5rcc, he asked a sensible question to which you knew the answer. I much prefer Windows 7 but I'm not sure I'd buy a new laptop with it on now if I had to make a choice between the two.
jazzuk777
16 Oct 16#33
This isn't a particularly cheap price for an i5 these days - I posted up one for less than this with a dedicated card recently and not that uncommon to get one hovering closer to £300.. HP really poor too, bought some for work recently and all had a problem with the wifi settings that took a while to resolve and lots mention online similar problems with other models.
Pondlife to jazzuk777
16 Oct 161#35
It's certainly uncommon to see FHD with 8 GB ram and 256 GB SSD for less though
Also that relied on getting credit and expecting them to pay cashback and as you noted on your own thread that was with Very and they are woeful.
m5rcc
16 Oct 162#34
Why would you want to?
dibbz
16 Oct 161#32
care to add some deals which are under £400???...i personally would not touch a laptop from ebay...reputatable seller or not...and Dell....loads of people complain about dell
Like everything...if you look after the item...it will last (not about electrical parts but casing etc) Ive got a pacard bell laptop which is pretty old and the only thing ive had to replace was the battery
alared
16 Oct 16#21
Cold , win 10 has been out for 15 months so why is it in this laptop.
Old,old stock.
As for the Tesco one at £289, sent it back as the colours and graphics are crap.
128 gb SSD is too small also.
spaghettihooha to alared
16 Oct 16#31
I presume you mean why doesn't this laptop come with Windows 10 preinstalled? It comes with the option for both and the necessary recovery media. It isn't an old Windows 7 machine that they are suggesting you can upgrade to Windows 10. Also the option to upgrade to Windows 10 for free has expired.
getknk
16 Oct 16#30
hot. regretting my decision to buy 1 week from misco and in process of tradehp. :disappointed:
RedDwarfIsCool
16 Oct 162#29
This laptop is £439 on SaveOnLaptops. Link here
It has been £429-£439 for ages, not £399 as claimed bhy #richyjwill. There was a deal months ago for this laptop for £399 but that is well expired. That is a good deal! Heat added but the TN panel may put people off.
dibbz
16 Oct 164#24
I like people complaining about how how rubbish and poor quality a product is......for £400 what do you expect???
It's cheap for a reason...corners have been cut to a degree to get it to this price.
You won't see a state of the art laptop, i7, 1tb SSD With all singing and all dancing specs for £400
For the average user this laptop is a nice deal
spannerzone to dibbz
16 Oct 16#26
Indeed but people have rather unrealistic expectations, £400 for a laptop with these specs is pretty darned cheap it's just that there's so much really cheap crud out there (very basic Windows laptops from £150 ish) that people think something for £400 should be top of the line.
IWannaBeAdored to dibbz
16 Oct 16#28
What? £400 can get you a lot of laptop for your money. Either wait for a stonker of a deal or check Dell outlet regularly or other reputable sites/reputatable Ebay sellers.
I personally would never buy a HP or similar brand laptops for the reasons you stated about corners being cut.
spannerzone
16 Oct 161#27
A bit contradictory that, for Windows 7 Pro downgrade rights the licence has to be a Windows 10 Pro. Any downgrade licence has always been an Pro version of Windows not the home version.
If it is supplied with Win10 media then you'd expect it to have a licence for Win10.......but I can't say for sure it would just work and whether there'd be any product activation issue when installing Win10. For the time being everyone can still use the 'assistive technologies' upgrade from to Win10 which works without issue.
sonic1875
16 Oct 16#25
good price, just brought leveno i3
128 ssd 4gb ram for £270 would have paid the extra £130 if a saw this
luvsadealdealdeal
16 Oct 16#23
remember cashback from HP is not like cashback from TCB/ Quidco
it is guaranteed to pay you if you meet the [easy to understand] conditions
as far as we know, nobody has yet been refused the cashback
That's a 14" laptop but it is a better deal if you are happy claiming cashback
amishamish
16 Oct 161#17
DVD Writer? Those things should be left to the past. Otherwise good value for money
eliHd452 to amishamish
16 Oct 16#18
d HDD yes but DVD after no! i love pm watching movies/boxset through dvd
garethsmith72
16 Oct 161#14
have the 128gb ssd version with 4mb ram that tesco had with the i5 for £289 goes like shYt of a shovel
hukd_addict to garethsmith72
16 Oct 164#16
I had 4mb in my 486, cost me £120 for another 4mb ram so I could play doom on it. that was circa 1994 though
Civilised Maniac
16 Oct 16#15
You missed the point. It's not on Saveonlaptops. This is the best price I've seen
jpmont
16 Oct 16#13
quidco 1.5%
iz123456789
16 Oct 162#11
will take it for £300... nothing more!
koahhe
16 Oct 16#10
Very good find. Have been looking for a 15'' laptop for a few days now and this is definitely the best for this price range.
benjam1n
16 Oct 16#9
damn that's a good deal.
clarkeyi
15 Oct 16#8
got the same spec from 600 to 300 with cashback. this is a good deal without the cashback. fast as...
Blasphemous
15 Oct 162#7
Does a quid really make that much difference?!?!
K1LLER HORNET
15 Oct 16#6
TN or IPS?
I'm guessing TN at this price.
richyjwill
15 Oct 161#1
it's been £399 @ saveonlaptops for months. still a good buy. it is made very cheaply tho. and upgrading ram is a bit annoying as u have to split the entire case in half.
Pondlife to richyjwill
15 Oct 16#2
Though with 8gb already most won't need to.
Can't see it on that site tbh
Civilised Maniac to richyjwill
15 Oct 161#5
Have you got a link? can't see it on Saveonlaptops
Blasphemous
15 Oct 16#4
Hot from me, looks a great bit of kit. I've just got one concern; the short description states: Full description states: Can anyone confirm that this definitely comes with Windows 7 Pro and can these still be upgraded to Windows 10 without cost?
spannerzone
15 Oct 164#3
When will manufacturers start to give us full HD and SSD drives?
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Opening post
Full specs below:
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-6200U 2.3 GHz
Intel HD Graphics 520
Turbo boost up to 2.8 GHz
3 MB cache
2 cores
Memory
8GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM
2 SODIMM slots, non customer accessible/upgradeable (models with Intel® Core™ i7-6500U. i5-6200U, i3-5005U processors)
Hard Drive
256GB SSD
Optical Drive
DVD Writer
Software
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64 (available through downgrade rights from Windows 10 Pro 64)
(This system is preinstalled with Windows 7 Professional software and also comes with a license and media for Windows 10 Pro software.)
Display
39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal FHD anti-glare LED-backlit
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Graphics
Intel® HD Graphics 520
Audio
HD audio with DTS Studio Sound™
2 integrated stereo speakers
Support HP Noise Cancellation
Input Devices
Full-sized textured black island-style keyboard with numeric keypad
Networking
Integrated 10/100/1000 GbE
Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (1x1) WiFi
Bluetooth® 4.2 Combo with Wi-Di
Power Supply
ENERGY STAR® certified
45 W Smart AC adapter
4-cell, 41 Wh Li-ion
Dimensions
Width 38.43 cm
Depth 25.46 cm
Height 2.43 cm
Weight 1.96 kg
Interfaces
1 USB 3.0
2 USB 2.0
1 VGA
1 HDMI
1 headphone/microphone combo jack
1 AC power
1 RJ-45
1 multi-format digital media reader
Warranty / Misc
1 Year manufacturer Warranty
HP VGA camera
Top comments
Also the trackpad buttons are hard to press and are not very responsive. The entire laptop is definitely cheaply manufactured, as reflected in the price.
Was very disappointed with the display more than anything else but otherwise works great as an office / work laptop.
It's cheap for a reason...corners have been cut to a degree to get it to this price.
You won't see a state of the art laptop, i7, 1tb SSD With all singing and all dancing specs for £400
For the average user this laptop is a nice deal
Oh wait they have! have some heat my fine fellow.
Latest comments (88)
How are people returning this if they choose - Looks to cost a small fortune to send back to their Returns Dept PO Box?
I can't!
Second comment on the display - 16:9 is a complete pain in the ass for a working computer. Nowhere near enough vertical pixels. You want to have at least 1200 pixels vertical.
I'm very pleased with the lap top, I don't have issues with the screen and love the 25 second start up a SSD gives.
makes £300 to meet your requirements :smiley:
Win 7 is also fine
Suggest that win 10 is finer if one downloads one of the programmes that make it look like win 7 :-)
I do not expect the FHD screen to be any good as it is TN and likely to be a very low end TN.
But if the screen is as bad as someone reported above, once you take the FHD screen out of the picture, the deal is not very good.
I claimed on 3 laptops personally, and 3 times for my employer as we use probook at work.
It takes around 3 months to receive the cashback from the day HP receive your device.
At around one month, HP will email you confirm if the device you sent is ok and confirming amount of cashback payable in 2 months.
I have used all my old devices. Now I just buy the cheapest 9 inch tablet for cashback.
You do not need an old laptop. Just simply buy the cheapest 9 inch tablet from amazon for £25 and send to HP for cashback. I just done that and received cashback last month.
Also the trackpad buttons are hard to press and are not very responsive. The entire laptop is definitely cheaply manufactured, as reflected in the price.
Was very disappointed with the display more than anything else but otherwise works great as an office / work laptop.
Thanks, I'll stay well clear.
Also that relied on getting credit and expecting them to pay cashback and as you noted on your own thread that was with Very and they are woeful.
Like everything...if you look after the item...it will last (not about electrical parts but casing etc) Ive got a pacard bell laptop which is pretty old and the only thing ive had to replace was the battery
Old,old stock.
As for the Tesco one at £289, sent it back as the colours and graphics are crap.
128 gb SSD is too small also.
It has been £429-£439 for ages, not £399 as claimed bhy #richyjwill. There was a deal months ago for this laptop for £399 but that is well expired. That is a good deal! Heat added but the TN panel may put people off.
It's cheap for a reason...corners have been cut to a degree to get it to this price.
You won't see a state of the art laptop, i7, 1tb SSD With all singing and all dancing specs for £400
For the average user this laptop is a nice deal
I personally would never buy a HP or similar brand laptops for the reasons you stated about corners being cut.
If it is supplied with Win10 media then you'd expect it to have a licence for Win10.......but I can't say for sure it would just work and whether there'd be any product activation issue when installing Win10. For the time being everyone can still use the 'assistive technologies' upgrade from to Win10 which works without issue.
128 ssd 4gb ram for £270 would have paid the extra £130 if a saw this
it is guaranteed to pay you if you meet the [easy to understand] conditions
as far as we know, nobody has yet been refused the cashback
I got it myself 3 times, easy peasy :smiley:
I'm guessing TN at this price.
Can't see it on that site tbh
Oh wait they have! have some heat my fine fellow.