Cold because it's Currys. It'll be a nightmare if anything goes wrong.

At this price it's acceptable. The question is how upgradeable is it? Is RAM and the hard drive easily accessible for upgrading?

Edit: 2 cell battery and "up to 4 hour" battery life, ouch.

Why on earth don't they put an SSD in these things... my 2010 i7 FHD Vaio absolutely flies with an SSD about 10 times quicker! :smiley: thanks op though :smiley:

At this price it's acceptable. The question is how upgradeable is it? Is RAM and the hard drive easily accessible for upgrading?

Edit: 2 cell battery and "up to 4 hour" battery life, ouch.

Why is it acceptable, I see no reason for it to be, machine arrives immediately needing a (potentially fiddly) £30-£50 upgrade that will make it 10 times snappier. Crazy.

Heat for the full HD, might even have bought it if it was £250.

30-50 if its just a casual internet cruiser, but a lot of people store photos and other crap. For a decent sized SSD its nearly as much as the laptop.

That said i wouldnt use a machine without an SSD :P

Cold because it's Currys. It'll be a nightmare if anything goes wrong.

It's not just missing a ssd, it's also a 5th gen i5.

Anyone know if currys have any activce codes that can be used to bring this price down alittle? Was able to pick up a HP i3 from JL on black friday last year for £199...was hoping to pick up another i3/i5 for around the £250-£275 mark...havent seen many good deals on laptops under £300 so far this year.....

​cloud, external USB drives, nas are options though

Best black friday SSD offer to pair with this anyone?

Absolutely fine, I doubt you'd even notice the difference in normal usage between an i5-5200u and an i5-6200u.

Ah, so it's only one gen behind? Not too shabby, was thinking 5th gen was eons old haha, thanks pal!

Replace the DVD drive with a HDD caddy and stick the 1TB mechanical drive in there for mass storage, then put a 240GB SSD where the 1TB mechanical drive was originally located and put your main programmes and OS on there.

It might not be 1080p, make sure guys

wow nice

Would of snapped this up had it not been sold by CurrysPCWorld - absolute scammers. Bought my son an HP laptop and has been sent back 5 times and al these guys tell me is they will take a look at it, get a call to tell me it's fixed....it never is. Can't even get it to switch on now!

Sorry. cold because it's almost certainly not FullHD

Nice deal if it comes with FHD screen.

Ips or tn panel?

Two gens behind now, but you really probably won't notice it for most day to day tasks. Still I would expect it to be cheaper. But at this price you don't find many full HD screens

how is 1920x1080 not full hd? anyone ellaborate? most other laptops seem to be 1366x733

One of the best prices for this laptop. And believe me when i say this laptop looks absolutely gorgeous :smiley:

even the title of the item on the product webpage displays -ASUS X555LA Full HD 15.6" Laptop - Black.

it is full HD, why wouldn't it be.

If Currys have not only got the spec wrong but also the title mentioning full HD they are a joke. If you asked in store I doubt the staff would even understand the question.

To be expected for the price but the battery is pants

2Cells 37 Whrs Polymer Battery

Bought this a year ago for £250. This version here has slightly better processor and double memory.
Came with Windows 8, but was free upgraded to Windows 10.
Do not buy this, awful, awful performance on Windows 10, HD usage at 100% nearly all the time. Booting up and loading all programs takes 5 minutes, literally.
Looking to replace this year with a laptop with an SSD and giving this to parents.
Should now be a crime to not have SSD drive for laptops.
For info my screen is not 1080p, my model is X555L.. so make sure before you buy.

It'll be fine, Intel's CPU's haven't had a big generational performance upgrade since the move from the 1st to 2nd gen. i3/i5/i7. That's not to say that you wouldn't notice moving from a 2nd to 6th gen. CPU, but the jump from one gen. to the next is pretty insignificant for day to day usage.

Who gonna love me ?? pif paff 20OVER299 !!! tarararara big deal madafaka tarararraa i mean £279.97 its fine :P

Not seen a single decent SSD deal yet.

Buy a Chromebook.

Is it easy to uninstall windows 10 on this laptop and install windows 7 or 8?....(really dont like windows 10) thanks for any help

hi guys, thanks for the heads up. Looking to get a laptop for my 12 year old son. I've put this in my basket. Can anyone please tell me, as long as I have it in basket I can pay anytime? Only just want to see if I can find a better Black Friday deal later. Thanks all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXwGVXD7qEQ:smile::D:D

LOL!!! :wink:

Umm, why don't you just install an SSD in the existing machine?

Seems like that'll solve your issue although it does sound like you've got a rogue application hammering the hard drive. Nothing a factory reset won't solve. Probably best to do both at the same time. Upgrade and reset.

All saved in my basket....before I press enter just wanted to check that £279.97 for a Asus i5/8gb/1tb is a good deal?? Or should I be waiting 24hours to see what comes up tomorrow? thanks all..

Part code is: X555LA-DM1672T
Scan has it as EOL, but confirms full 1080p https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-asus-x555la-laptop-core-i5-5200u-27-ghz-full-hd-1080p-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-dvdrw-ac-wifi-plus-bt-40-w

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/X555LA-DM1672T-15-6-Inch-Laptop-64-Bit-Windows-x/dp/B017YQBO2U

CamelCamel: http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/X555LA-DM1672T-15-6-Inch-Laptop-64-Bit-Windows/product/B017YQBO2U

Just ordered and Heat added. Ideal for my son. Honey flagged up the 20OVER299. Bargain! Went through TopCashBack too so might get some more :-)

Thanks for the info....is it easy to uninstall the windows 10 that comes with it and install window 7? thanks

Should I pull the trigger? What do you guys think. For an 12 year old, will I get any better?

Just orded one 2 cheers, was gonna wait for the £199 dell but this seems like a better laptop for an extra £80

Was waiting for the Dell i3 199 GBP deal, but this seems a bargain compared to it for additional 75 GBP. So pulled the trigger. Son will be happy.

which £199 deal was that? thanks

is this better than the £199 dell laptop deal?? doubt it can be £100 better.

i meant to type Dell not deal haha theres an i3 coming up at 12am on dell website

Well its only £80 more full hd screen and a faster processors i would pay £40 each to upgrade those, which is the way im looking at it

Bought this from scan a year ago, has been great so far, only negative i can give it is the screen is not great although 1080

thanks mensy07! :wink:

Tempted to get one to replace the 17 month old HP laptop PC World sold my daughter which upped and died. Needs new motherboard - bloody thing was only just out of warranty, so that's £350 down the drain. Thanks PC World.

The dell deals are here including £199 i3 deal... have a 12 yearold wanting one capable of playing minecraft and roadblocks.. hoping the cheaper one will do it if not free returns.. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-black-friday-celeron-laptop-for-129-i3-laptop-199-i5-2in1-laptop-for-449-28inch-2543725?page=10#comments

Agree with the comments.... i5 vs i3 and Full HD screen makes this Asus for £280 a better deal than the £200 Dell.
I've ordered this - thanks OP for the headsup and noss88 for the £20 off code.

I expect the Dell race will turn into a Concert Ticket wild goose chase and many will be very disappointed.

Its £100 more is it not? this ones is £299 and the dell one is £199 ?

Thanks. Ordered for my dad !

Just bought it. £279.97 using 20OVER299 voucher code, thanks guys. I think it's a cracking deal

Sound advice. ^^^

On a vaguely related note, I do wonder how many laptops get chucked out/retired to the back of a cupboard each year when actually an OS reinstall (super easy with W10) and an £50 SSD would make them far faster than the day they left the factory and good day to day machines for years to come...

If you apply the 20OVER299 code it brings it down by 20 pounds.
If you apply the 20OVER299 code it brings it down by 20 pounds.

Purchased, many thanks!!

this or the 199 Dell i3, for a 10 yr old kid playing mainly Minecraft, Roblox, YouTube and Skype?

cheers

According to Passmark the difference between the series 6 and 5 is the newer model is about 16% faster.

jay...someone posted a £20 off code earlier in thread....so total cost is £279!

Personally, I'd say that a 1080p display is worth £80 (with the code people have mentioned) as it makes every task far more pleasant to perform and the faster CPU is the cherry on top.

Argh decisions decisions

I bought this (over Dell) for my 8 year old for pretty much the same purpose - minecraft in specific. Either would do the job IMHO. But the difference of 80 GBP for the display and i5 processor sold this to me.

Doesn't the Dell £199 laptop have a 7 gen. i3 processor? Is the i3 still no better than this 5th gen i5?

Can anyone clarify please?

Which I doubt you'd notice in day to day use, unless you spend a lot of time maxing out the CPU on your laptop. In which case, I'd recommend getting something with far more power than either a 5200u or a 6200u as both are still only dual-core HT chips despite their i5 branding.

wouldn't the £20 voucher code void the quidco 11% cashback?

Not sure which one to get. This or the lenova idea pad 510, that was listed the other day. Both are the same price

I'd usually ask if a post like this came with explanatory notes but I fear it might be a carer that you need rather than an interpreter.

Did you have a seizure and slump onto the keyboard?

I was thinking the same....but decided to purchase this one. full HD and an i5 instead of an i3. Better processor and screen so I think the difference is well worth the extra £80....This should more that cover anything your 10 year old can throw at it!:wink: I did purchase an i3 last black friday which is more than fine for general use but value for money, this seems the besy buy imho!

No it has the 5th gen also a i3-5005U

Quidco was only 1.1% on laptops ??

Would this run Sony Vegas well?

Would this play FM17 ok? Not too sluggish with multiple leagues and decent size database?

It is FHD 1920x1080, not only does the Curry's spec say so (false advertising if it wasn't)

But also this
https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/X555LA/Features/
"ASUS X Series laptops can be specced up to a Full HD (1920x 1080) resolution display."

The Dell deal is for an i3-5005U processor, so no it isn't a 7th Gen I'm afraid. The i3 is still not a bad processor for a laptop unless you intend to play online games or do video editing and the like.

ah my bad misread:|

It is more than one application and it's very slow. Was tempted to put an SSD in but as its a few years old was going to get a new laptop.
Do you know if i can use the code on the bottom for Windows 8 for a fresh install of Windows 10 on an SSD? Think ive got Windows 10 installer on a usb when i put it on my desktop.

If the laptop's already had W10 installed on it, it shouldn't need any manual activation once you install it on an SSD. W10 is meant to be clever enough to reactivate itself if the same version is installed on a system which has already had an activated copy of W10 installed on it in the past.

​thanks Mensy07 - no brainer then! :smile:

Depends what you use it for - but if it helps - Lenovo has IPS screen, i3 6100u has better benchmark than i5 on asus and has DDR4 memory. Asus has more Ram but can upgrade on Lenovo.

It is Full HD, read before commenting, just bought one for a x-mas present. I think it is the best laptop deal I have seen up to now for a non-demanding non-gamer user. :smiley:

No tomorrow the i5-7200U come out so it will be 2 gen's out of date! But take that with a pinch of salt cos it all depends what you are going to do with it!

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-inspiron-15-5000-i5-7200u-549-down-447-93-dell-2555662

It didn't when I looked on a few sites earlier. All favoured the i5

In addition to the above hard disk seems to be very accessible/easy to replace with an SSD (not like the Dells that you have to tear the whole machine apart)

And it will cost 500 instead of 299...

Yep 450ish but it depends what you are going to with it.

My friend wants one for his 9yr old to be video editor I'm not sure which way to go, this is a nice deal indeed.

This is a GREAT deal if you dont need the latest and greatest!

bought one( had in checkout for about an hour, went to payments 10 times before then holding off!). Had not seen the code before I ordered, so ordered one more with code. will have to cancel one tomorrow once customer care phone line is open...fingers crossed!

Looks quite thin in the photo, but it's still a hefty 2.4kg.

Memory upgrade is easy on either of the two £299 fhd models, but for those wanting to upgrade to SSD the lenovo seems easier.

Ordered one for my 11 year old for xmas and with the £20 off code i think its a cracking deal. Cheers guys for posting

From looking on youtube you have to with this Asus.

i'm getting 'sorry, that offer has now ended' for the £20 voucher :disappointed: tried typing and pasting

Ordered. Nice spot OP and thanks to all for comments and to nos88 for that handy voucher code :-)

Think that's just deceptive pic, nothing with dvd drive seems to be svelte.

Andddddd the DELL site has just gone down lol

£20 offer code worked for me. Just ordered

does anyone know how long warranty you get with this?

I was trying to get the Dell one and now I'm tempted by this... hmmm... decisions decisions...!

Struggling to get onto currys now glad i orded when i did as that dell off went nuts and there site had an internal crash ha

Yep... Dell's site went down and now everyone's trying to get this deal! Currys site down for me too :\

Ordered as a back up...lets see what else is out there!!

Got the X555L over a year ago now, writing from one now, HD usage 1% atm. Quick laptop, perfect for browsing, would reccommend.

These are the ones I found
Asus
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-5200U+%40+2.20GHz

Lenovo
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-6100U+%40+2.30GHz&id=2623

Can't even get a chuffing laptop ffs lol

Code expired now

They sell it on the PC World website (which is running fine) but the code won't work on that site. Damn

got it fine...had it in final page of basket from.11.55 just in case

just in case anyone is still trying it looks like the 20OVER299 code expired on 24th...(i.e 11.59pm) tonight!

Glad I got mine ordered 1hour ago....:wink: thanks op and noss88!

FFS... you're right :disappointed:

Code expired. Aaarrrrrgh!

OOS now....

Finally loaded. OOS lol

Try PC world website. I just ordered it off that. worked perfectly

Hi managed to order using code , got a reference no etc but no email confirmation received yet nor does it show as an order in my currys account - should I be concerned ( can see the amount outstanding on my cc ). Can't decide whether present is all sorted or I need to keep looking / shopping

Email took a while to come through, 5 mins or so

Ok thanks will try and be patient

OOS at PC world too, on the Halifax visa check the transaction was declined for me from the bank incase of fraud and to wait for a call to say if its genuine, ah well.

No longer available for delivery and not in stock in stores 30 miles away for me

750GB MX300 Crucial SSD for £105.99 seems acceptable:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01DUNLMUU/

arghhhh nothing in stock near me for 100 miles. anyone had any luck getting hold of one ? and what area ? cheers

Seems to be back in stock for delivery.

The voucher for £20.00 is expired so not that great now

Ordered.... but the £20 off code is expired...

Guys we're all missing the point...

Circle-spun finish looks great in any professional or casual situation.

Buy it now!

Does not sound like a hardware problem. You have probably installed a load of malware or a virus. The ssd will make no difference to you

Is it still in warranty ?
If not, was it in warranty when you brought it to their attention ?

Getting out of stock for home delivery.

oos again :disappointed:

It's gone now sold out, let's you click add to basket as you check out shows message no longer available.

Interesting unit, was also looking at Dell, but then realised the offer Littlewoods had a few months ago was actually better then the stuff they are churning out today with the Lenovo 100s being a Celeron, 2GB USB3 and AC for £129 today it's a Atom, 2GB USB2 and N for the same.

Have some heat. Just ordered one for delivery. No more left in stock it seems now for home delivery.
Only 4 left in the whole country for store collection.

Just literally ordered one.

Just ordered one.

I'm looking for a laptop to literally play runescape only with, the ram and cpu are clearly good enough but what about the graphics? Enough to play at medium settings?

Same here just ordered email received as well.

I was looking at this post last night when the code was posted and it was still in stock. I thought they will have loads but I had to try so many times.

The first person to install ssd Please share your experience.

Just tried to buy. Out of stock it's saying

Looks like this has been the best deal so far over black friday sales....£279 price (with the now expired code). The only cheaper deals I could find were only £20-£30 cheaper and those deals were for slower processors (i3's) and without full HD screens so this really was an excellent buy for all those that grabbed one before they sold out.

Can't tell if this is a joke or not... but yes, integrated graphics HD5500

I have ordered but received no confirmation email!

When did you order?

Same here

Tried to order this after the Dell Debacle but gave up after a couple of attempts, however I managed to bag one just after 5am! I've had a couple of emails so hopefully I'll be able to pick this up in store within a couple of days.....

25 minutes ago!

Cool was it for home delivery or collection

Yes, it would be better to charge an extra 50 pounds and supply a 240 GB SDD. But it is still a good deal, and if you upgrade, you will end up with an impressive laptop at an excellent price.

Of course there are compromises: the battery, the webcam, and the HDD. And indeed I would not recommend buying it if you do not plan to upgrade the HDD.

Would i able to play Football manager and CS:GO on this?

Home delivery. It's confirmed on my currys account

If it helps, John Lewis still seem to have stock for their AMD a12 8GB fullHD laptop. (£329 See other deal) I just bought one

That's good. There's no stock near me. I try to keep refreshing page in hope that it will come back in stock for delivery but nothing. I guess I should just give up now

+1.

Any Currys/PCWorld Codes would be appreciated here too!. :-)

Incredibly annoying. I've been trying to go through Quidco, but their site is down and while waiting for them to sort it out, this goes out of stock.

Tried all last night and this morning and OOS for both delivery & pickup. So I'm baffled how some people are supposedly buying this successfully in the last hour.

Do you have any link? I would also like to order it.

cheap as chips!

hi just wanted to ask a quick question, would i have to buy microsoft seperately in order to use word processor? would be grateful if someone could get back to me. totally clueless about these things :/

Can anyone compare this one with this from John Lewis. I know this is not on offer but I was going to buy the 3 year warranty anyway so with this 3 year warranty already included it's pretty much same price. What you guys think?

https://m.johnlewis.com/asus-x556ua-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-inch-full-hd/p/2803922

Here dikeshshah

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-amda12-fullhd-8gb-1tb-hdd-329-95-three-year-john-lewis-guarantee-2557564

I think its a better deal

Thanks for sharing OP.

Just bought one 5 mins ago. None in local area but selected store 40 mile away and then given the option to transfer to store 12 miles away.

Over the moon with this as the Dell was a no goer and a lot of the sub £300 stuff looked a lot worse.

This will run both games absolutely fine.


You can use Microsoft Office Online for free, but it's quite limited. There are free office suites available (LibreOffice being generally seen as the best of the bunch), although there are occasionally formatting issues if you're sending to someone who's using Microsoft Office.


John Lewis customer service is definitely worth paying extra for. Cheap laptops tend to have a higher failure rate, from experience.

Awesome deal! I think I'll buy one.

OOS

​thank you, so would u recommend me buying office then or not? its on for £39.99? if i buy with the laptop?

It's out of stock

Like many others I tried the Dell deal last night and was disappointed. Reverted to this deal but found I couldn't get home delivery and no stores in the NE held stock. Tried the John Lewis deal this morning http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-ideapad-310-laptop-intel-core-i3-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-/p2901213?colour=Silver which showed all oos. Rang John Lewis a few minutes ago and spoke to a lovely lady who gave me the choice of silver or red models. Have ordered the red and will pick up from my local store tomorrow. Like the idea of JL 2 year guarantee and believe I would get better service than Currys. As for Dell, I think they've only succeeded in rubbing people up the wrong way

checked within 100mile radius - none in stock

5th gen? meh. Might have bought it if it was 256gb ssd and 6th gen. Cold from me.

Quidco is only 1.1% wouldnt have bothered waiting

That'll probably be for 12 months? Whether that's good value depends on your usage. If you need Microsoft Office, then it's a good deal I think. If you don't, LibreOffice should handle most situations just fine.

Oos in my area, went for the JL deal in the end for 250£ as it was back in stock after being sold out in the night.Your text here, seems currently in stock in black, silver and red, went for red in the end...

It was higher than that last night.

Plus point is the full HD screen. On the down-side, the processor is nothing to write home about and is slower than almost all 6th Gen i3s.

yes you will. You can though get free office software as shareware, which is good enough for most word processing tasks.

My main irritation with the ASUS laptops are the giant touchpad which seem to delete 12 hr essays by the briefest accidental stroke. At least its like that on my Asus X54 (from Currys) bought in 2013. You need a holistic review of the device, the touchpad thing has driven me crazy and I didn't even consider it, by buying on the specs.


But for all the speedfreaks out there - adding a SSD is what I have done with my old Asus x54 i3 laptop and its now fast as greased lightening. Bought a caddy for £5 from ebay, and swapped out the CDRW for a Sandisk 512Mb SSD in the caddy. There is an instructables guide on how to do it. Now have a 750Gb drive for data and the SSD for OS/Programs. Programs like MS word etc...load in 1-2 seconds.
Only things like Handbrake (video compression to mp4) are slow and I can just use my main PC for that. (But usually don't bother and leave it to compress in background for 4-5 hours instead of 40mins on the main PC).

I have Asus, HP and Sony laptops (not made any more unfortunately) and I am very happy with the quality of the Asus one - more robust than the HP one which is now dead (motherboard failure) after just 17 months, but not as good as the old Sony one.
The JL deal is for an i7 processor but doesn't say which one - probably an i7-6500, but you should check before you buy. Not a bad price considering it comes with a 3 year warranty.

No it wasn't cause i orded this last night at about 11 and went through quidco.

Was about to write out a comment saying there are better alternatives for the price and say the i5 ain't that great. Then I managed to order one and now I'm super happy.
Remember negative comments probably come from those that couldn't get one!

Which laptop shall I go for

Lenovo (John Lewis)
Acer (Currys)
Dell (Dell)

They were all posted on this site

Still stuck trying to find a good offer on a 15" laptop with HD and SSD (or just SSD), FHD screen and decent processor under £500.

I have to agree with this. I have a Toshiba Satelite Pro that has been returned now 3 times (currently in for DAMAGE (bad scratches and bent chassis) caused by the repairer during the second repair which was incidentally the same first fault they never fixed. I have raised complaints on Twitter in a hope they just do the right thing and replace it this time. What a headache!

50 mile radius and no stock!

After one for the kids any other good deal around for 250 sub?

It's the Office 365 5 licence /1 year, and £39.99 is a good price for that (list is about £70 IIRC, best online prices seem to be about £45-50). Note after 1 year the license expires and you would need to purchase another one.

We use it here (on a few machines) and I think it's pretty good value (extras like 1TB One drive, skype minutes etc., see the ms office 365 website). Never liked Libre Office as much myself. so guess horses for courses.

OOO for me. Was waiting for Quidco to come back up, then realised TCB have a good rate by which time checking out, the stock was all gone :disappointed:

As pointed out already but seemingly ignored by many the Lenovo 510 with the i3 is more powerful than this i5 and a better deal in my opinion. The i3 benchmark is noticeably higher compared to the i5 in this deal.

Just had e-mail from Curry's....my order already dispatched and on its way for home delivery! Thanks again all...£279 for a i5, full hd screen, 8gb and 1tb is an excellent deal. Yes, you could find better laptops but for the average user this is more than you need for day to day tasks...excellent deal.

You got a good deal there, I hesitated and didn't put my foot forward as I was in deep thoughts then missed out on £20 code then it went out of stock. I would've gone for it if it was £199,00

Think I would have purchased 2 if they were that price!:wink: I picked up an HP i3 (4005?) from JL last black friday for £199. So seemed a good deal as got full HD screen, i5 processor and 8GB for £70 more, which seems pretty good value.... cheers!:wink:

same for me!!

Sp0oner....thanks for your comments. I'm no expert (Google is my friend!:wink: but the only real noticeable difference might be the HD 520 graphics core in the i3 6th Gen....if you not a gamer and neither laptop would really be classed as a gaming pc/laptop, you would see very little difference...in fact benchmarks seem to show that multitasking and single core performance the i5 is better for day to day stuff...which is really what this is for. You could argue that most would find it better value to spend £30 more on this than the Lenovo 310 (the 510 model seems to cost alot more) for a full hd screen and a processor that is better at multitasking...both seem excellent deals tho.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-5200U-vs-Intel-Core-i3-6100U

Hate to say this but ordered this product this morning at 9am and just had an email from Currys saying that they can't fulfil the order as there is no stock. I fear I may not be the only one!

I'm talking about the Lenovo 510 on offer at £299 with the fhd screen. The i3 in that has a cpubenchmark of 3920 where as the i5 in this deal has a cpubenchmark of only 3478.

Any good deals spotted on i7 folks? Amazon cancelled an Asus one for £280 spotted late last night! BF deals not as good as expected :/

thanks....hadnt seen that deal. Seems like a good one as well. Guess the choice is 12% extra cpu performance or an extra 4gb of ram! :wink:

I'd take the better cpu and upgrade the ram which doesn't cost much.

Cant argue with that Sp0oner. I agree...that makes the most sense! I'm not a fan of Lenovo tho and as the laptop isnt going to be used for graphic intensive games and not going to be upgraded, the extra 4GB of ram to help with multitasking made that the better deal for me but like with everything... It comes down to the user and what you need it for.... If this is just for youtube, word, Office and itunes etc then the average user wont see any difference between the i3 6th gen or the i5 5200u......thanks

The other difference is the Lenovo 510 has an IPS panel - makes a difference to viewing over TN ones. Especially at this price point.

Thanks......is the Asus LED backlit?

I Haven't seen anything to confirm it is/isn't. Lenovo 510 is definitely back lit and has Caps/Numbers lock lights on keys.

Plus the 510 had a DVD drive which has its uses despite being seen as out of date tech plus you could pull it and replace with an hd caddy and stick in an ssd whilst keeping the 1tb hdd or swap out for a bluray drive to make use of the fhd ips screen.

Hi...thanks for your reply. I've just check the specs for the Asus and it is LED Backlighting

Why has this Deal been expired?.

It's stil valid ...

Can you find stock anywhere?
OOS for home delivery.
Sorry, no stores local to you currently have the item(s) you have selected in stock.
We've searched a 225.5 mile radius of BT30.

I gave up at 225 miles...

Because there's none left

Hehehehehe, I hear you ...

Price still stands as of 26th Nov 09:00... They have magically got more stock and the 'Home Delivery' option is now available.. Win Win!!

No home delivery? You got a link?

I think when their prices end with .97 it means they are store clearance items

bummer missed out again! no more home delivery :disappointed:

Mines due to arrive in an hour, im debating whether to open it just incase theres a better deal on cyber monday

nice, mine probably tomorrow i just checked on youtube the GTA V is working on this lap ^^ but on lowest from my opinion it was one of the best deasl on Friday

im want to sell 1tb hdd from this asus someone interested :smile:?

Takes a age to boot up like

was that the first time? or every time.

Il take it back ive booted it twice since then and its alot faster now, i was on the 3rd boot when it was still slow but not now

Can u tell me is it one of the slots for memory ram is free ? I want to order next 8gb if it's possible

No its 4x2

My laptop arrives tomorrow. is there anything i should uninstall from it to make it as fast as possible i think people call it bloatware?

But can u take out both memory's ?or just one slot and 4gb is luted in on "board" probably second option but still 12 gb will be nice with ssd ..have a good cyber Monday

Just the one 4gb is on board

Don't know what to do so many good deals have been posted since I purchased and don't know if I will receive this or not.

After ordering this I got an email saying they can't fulfil the order. 200+ people in the same boat according to the call centre. Ring up for a refund if you've not received any dispatch info, THEY ARE NOT GETTING ANY MORE IN AS ITS A CLEARANCE PRODUCT.

Mine arrived today. Haven't opened it - keeping as a xmas pressie... may need to open and verify it is all working tho.

Mine arrived today too. I too haven't opened it as it's a present.

The track pad is absolutely horrendous

I didn't get any despatch info but it turned up yesterday. Not opened yet, in two minds as there is too much choice.

Mine arrived today. Haven't opened it - someone else has - the seal has been peeled away and resealed. Don't like someone else's returns - I presume I have a right to reject it?

I bought this and the Lenovo Ideapad 310 Laptop, AMD A12, 8GB RAM, 1TB, 15.6" Full HD, White

Link: https://m.johnlewis.com/lenovo-ideapad-310-laptop-amd-a12-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-full-hd-white/p/2913156?s_afcid=af_47868&awc=1203_1480468168_2459a77c882cf70b62cd175ed4a59a6c#

I have also bought an ssd to put in the laptop I will
Keep.

My partner also managed to get the dell 199 laptop on offer.

Which laptop should be kept once I have added the ssd? Which laptop will be future proofed longer than the others? The Lenovo has a 7th gen and processor

On paper, the Lenovo CPU is much better.... I think it is too new to have had any real world benchmarking.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/509/AMD_A12-Series_for_Notebooks_A12-9700P_vs_Intel_Core_i5_Mobile_i5-5200U.html

ASUS definitely, upgrading ram and to ssd will make a huge difference, plus its better looking and better specd than the Lenovo with weird keyboard and Dell.
I have a Vaio with 2014 i5 cpu and hd3000 graphics, after upgrading the ram to 16gb, its pretty much flies now for things like ANSYS cfd simulations which are usually heavy on CPU and GPU. The same simulations arent that much faster on my i7, GTX680 PC.
AMD's usually look better on paper but in real world, they usually lag behind Intel.

I was one of those 200+, I was shocked that I did not even get a call or e-mail to say it wasn't in stock. After calling them today they offered to replace with laptop of similar value £300 + 10%. Went for the Lenovo deal instead and they knocked 10% off that

I'm absolutely furious! I helped my Mam and Dad decide this deal after months of researching, and they got a confirmation email and a predicated date for collection. It was around 7.45am on Black Friday they ordered. THEN they go to collect it today, as that was when they were told it'd be available.....to be told there was not enough and wouldn't be any more! What a waste of time and absolute farce.

If they have taken one from you, I would have held out for more then the 10%

That's not good service at all. Especially when order or reservation was placed this early. The stock was available and about half eight it kept going in and out on currys but pc world was showing stock.

I took too long to make my mind and then it was gone, at one point at checkout It was removed from my basket.

They should have offered you some discount of an alternative since its currys error.

That's what I thought! The fact it came back in stock after they'd bought it. However, they've been really good on the phone and we're given a better laptop for the same price. Perseverance is key! Hope you find a suitable one too.

Got mine, the boy is going to be very pleased on Christmas Day, best £279 I've spent in a while.

That's good news happy to know you managed a laptop for your parents.

I dud manage to buy, just as I gave up tried and very quickly paid.

I am not too sure about it, opened it last night and noticed underneath it has built in battery, there is no door for the hard drive so to install ssd won't be easy. In future I will buy in store.

Does anyone know what extended warranty options are available for it?

I didn't get mine either, when I phoned I was told it's gone on forward order and I would get it this week. I guess they were lying? I'm flying out of the country now so have no chance of getting this.

WOW!, I was NOT expecting all this rigmarole from a major Retailer over an 'Electrical Product'?, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. :-(

Not quite the same same Animal, but definitely the same Beast here:


ASUS X556UA Laptop, Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, 1TB, 15.6" Full HD, Black, for £499.95, at John Lewis

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-x556ua-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-full-hd-black-for-499-95-john-2568792

If anyone else is interested/considering this?, for those of you that lost out/missed out, etc, etc, etc ..... (though for a somewhat higher price mind?, than that of what Black Friday was saying at the time ... )

I'm on hold on the phone at the moment. It's ridiculous. I have no chance of getting one now before I fly out tomorrow.

Yeh, I that WOULD have been ME TOO! (in the same predicament your in now I mean?).

But fortunately/unfortunately, I did NOT get to see this 'offer' in time over the longgggg Black Friday Weekend thing.

So even though I was more than in time to see it at the time of it's then, just shy of £300 price-tag, I was not in time to hit allllll at the time of it's 200 max Customer quota for this! (a 'bar' of which I was wayyyyyyyyyyyyy from being aware of at the time?!). :disappointed:

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, would have luvvvvvvvvvvvvvv'ed this!. :neutral_face:

Ended up going for something totally different (with someone else) in the end ..... lol. :smirk:

Phoned up last night, apparently all systems were down so they couldn't help me. Trying again at 8.

Just got off the phone with someone extremely helpful. I ended up getting a refund, she reserved a Lenovo Ideapad 310 (Full HD, 8GB, 1TB) at my local store, and will phone at 9 to pass on the voucher covering the difference between this Asus and the Lenovo.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, all the best mate. :-)

How's everyone getting on with theire laptops?

Not so!, as unfortunately missed out/sold out, etc at the time ..... :-(

Maybe next time?, lol.

I missed out on ssd deal on black Friday 80 quid for 525gb oh well