A 1366x768 display and an i7 CPU...that's an interesting choice of components, HP.
An SSD and a 1080p display are, in my opinion, mandatory for a laptop at this price point nowadays. Whilst this does have an SSD, with no DVD drive to replace with a HDD caddy 256GB of storage could be quite limiting unless you have little locally stored content. Also, the vast majority of people won't see any advantage to having an i7-6xxxU CPU over a cheaper i5-6xxxU CPU.
Whilst this isn't a bad laptop, it would serve most people's needs acceptably, it has a poorly balanced choice of components for a £450 machine.
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BritishDragon
12 Dec 166#1
Don't think I could justify an extra £100 for the i7 tbh
I saw that too, was thinking of creating another post for it. It depends on what people want to do with it to which CPU would be a better option.
Gkains to BritishDragon
12 Dec 161#11
No, that does seem very poor value. Either way both of them are just dual-core with HT, and the i7 only scores about 9% more in passmark:
Intel Core i5-6200U @ 2.30GHz 3,912 (1,497)
Intel Core i7-6500U @ 2.50GHz 4,296 (1,639)
Guess Intel know how to get people to easily part with their cash though.
planehazza to BritishDragon
13 Dec 16#23
My thoughts exactly. I'm going for the Lenovo at Currys. Yes, it's i5 and no SSD, but it's £379 and SSDs cost little relatively speaking.
Thanks, but that's not a clear advertisement on the i7 model. Not that anyone scores points from posts :stuck_out_tongue:
Brianliptov
12 Dec 16#5
why are they not doing DVD drives any more?
xfaxfa to Brianliptov
12 Dec 161#6
DVDs are becoming obsolete
ipsa
12 Dec 161#7
Bought HP before & it only keep charge for 2&half hours and lost all battery when closed down in as little as 36 hours ,theie a nightmare oncustomer service so I just kept it and its just laying usless now ,rotten company ;needs brillant rewiews!
amour3k to ipsa
14 Dec 16#27
Yeh, I've had issues with this same Brand with their Laptop's in the past too, hmmmmm.
It's a shame really .....
soniiic
12 Dec 165#8
Resolution: 1366 x 768
bestbuy123 to soniiic
12 Dec 16#9
wow that's shocking for how much your paying
matt101101
12 Dec 163#10
A 1366x768 display and an i7 CPU...that's an interesting choice of components, HP.
An SSD and a 1080p display are, in my opinion, mandatory for a laptop at this price point nowadays. Whilst this does have an SSD, with no DVD drive to replace with a HDD caddy 256GB of storage could be quite limiting unless you have little locally stored content. Also, the vast majority of people won't see any advantage to having an i7-6xxxU CPU over a cheaper i5-6xxxU CPU.
Whilst this isn't a bad laptop, it would serve most people's needs acceptably, it has a poorly balanced choice of components for a £450 machine.
badger2609 to matt101101
12 Dec 16#19
I have to agree with this. Seems like a half decent laptop but the choice of SSD, 8GB, i7 but then a 'HD ready screen' seems odd. Nearly bit on a laptop on black friday but held off, looks like New Year sales might be best now.
There was the Asus at PC World that looked good, half decent CPU, 8GB Ram, Full HD screen, but then had a mechanical HDD. I think I might just want too much for my budget, £600 laptop specs for £350 price.....
BritishDragon
12 Dec 16#12
lol, I never said it was. I only posted the hukd thread since you mentioned you were going to post the deal for the i5!
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i7-6500U @ 2.5GHz
8GB RAM
256GB SSD
Windows 10
I've checked but couldn't find this already posted. If I'm mistaken please let me know in the comments.
15.6" 1366x768 TFT, Dual Core Low Power i7, needs more cowbell!
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http://www.ebuyer.com/760637-hp-250-g5-i5-laptop-x0q78es-x0q78es-abu
An SSD and a 1080p display are, in my opinion, mandatory for a laptop at this price point nowadays. Whilst this does have an SSD, with no DVD drive to replace with a HDD caddy 256GB of storage could be quite limiting unless you have little locally stored content. Also, the vast majority of people won't see any advantage to having an i7-6xxxU CPU over a cheaper i5-6xxxU CPU.
Whilst this isn't a bad laptop, it would serve most people's needs acceptably, it has a poorly balanced choice of components for a £450 machine.
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http://www.ebuyer.com/760637-hp-250-g5-i5-laptop-x0q78es-x0q78es-abu
Intel Core i5-6200U @ 2.30GHz 3,912 (1,497)
Intel Core i7-6500U @ 2.50GHz 4,296 (1,639)
Guess Intel know how to get people to easily part with their cash though.
:wink:
It's a shame really .....
An SSD and a 1080p display are, in my opinion, mandatory for a laptop at this price point nowadays. Whilst this does have an SSD, with no DVD drive to replace with a HDD caddy 256GB of storage could be quite limiting unless you have little locally stored content. Also, the vast majority of people won't see any advantage to having an i7-6xxxU CPU over a cheaper i5-6xxxU CPU.
Whilst this isn't a bad laptop, it would serve most people's needs acceptably, it has a poorly balanced choice of components for a £450 machine.
There was the Asus at PC World that looked good, half decent CPU, 8GB Ram, Full HD screen, but then had a mechanical HDD. I think I might just want too much for my budget, £600 laptop specs for £350 price.....