Ignore Stan. It's a good point that it's a bit of a waste of a hi def screen.

Yeah...not really.

The i5-6200u has more than enough processing power for the average computer user. Sure, it'd be useless for playing modern AAA games or other high intensity workloads, but that's irrelevant as this laptop clearly isn't designed for those kind of tasks.

For browsing the web, doing office work, playing back 1080p video etc the i5-6200u will perform admirably for years to come.

In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if in lots of cases the relatively cheap, plastic body of this laptop fell apart before the CPU became so outdated it struggled with basic day to day computing tasks.

Back in your box. People asked for opinions.

Hi Matt do you know of any laptops that fit the description for under £300?

I will try this now. Thanks for your help

Whenever I press the CAPS LOCK I get a pop up which says ABC. How do I disable it?

Thank you Matt for your help. Really appreciate it.

Sorry it's taken me a long time to get back to you.

I'm not sure that any brand new £200 laptop, especially one where the ability to convert from laptop to tablet and vice versa has had to be built into the price, will provide a very pleasant user experience, especially a few years down the line.

I think that an i3/i5, 8GB of RAM, a 1080p display (assuming 15.6" display size) and an SSD at least for the OS and most frequently used programmes are the four basic elements which need to be covered for a laptop to be pleasant to use on a day to day basis for "normal" computing tasks.

From there onward I believe that the law of diminishing returns begins to take effect quite significantly unless you have a specific need for something which a laptop with the above specs wouldn't cover (for example, AAA gaming would need a strong dedicated GPU and preferably a quad-core CPU).

I'm certainly no expert on the low end 2-in-1 laptop/tablet market, but on the basis that I wouldn't recommend a £200 normal laptop to anyone who could possibly afford anything better, I'm willing to go out on a limb and say the same for a 2-in-1.

I know it's not really what you were looking for, but that would be my advice to you (or anyone else).

Hi Matt, I hope you don't mind that I message you. I saw you were helping people and wondered if you could help me.

I have a gaming PC and now I'm looking to buy a family member a 2 in 1 laptop for up to £200 but I'm not sure what the best one would be. I would appreciate any help you can give

Thanx for that. :-)

It's a work based discount scheme, 7% off anything at Currys PC World. Might be worth checking with your employer to see if you can get access.

The code is also still active. :smiley:

Great laptop, can't fault it... Plays Minecraft no problem... Fast enough for me, no freezing or anything... Steams Kodi without a problem... Great buy for normal people :smiley:)

This MAY just/possibly interest you too then?, hehe, check this out:

Lightroom for iPhones takes big step closer to PC version

http://a.msn.com/r/2/AAllbK5?a=1&m=EN-GB

A further £10 off with code "10over249" making it £369.
I ordered it for £344 using the Edenred discount scheme, thank you OP! :smile:

Hehehehe, not bad!, major prop's to you for the effort in trying it nonetheless?. :-)

Lightroom is a serious bit of kit?, and NOT for the light hearted, by ANY means ..... lol.

Not sure mate, I'm a complete amateur! :smiley:

What graphics card does this have? would it be good for photo editing (using Lightroom)?

Sadly, it looks as though it has expired. Dell had 20 per cent off twice last week, so it will probably come around again.

Where did you get the discount coupon from??

Thanks. I've just bought one.

When tapping the touchpad (left click) it sometimes doesn't "click", I have to tap it a few times for it to respond.

Is anyone elses doing the same?

Thank you. I will keep looking around. And it's me that can't message you because I'm not active on the page enough. Thanks again.

Hmm that's odd, I have PMs enabled...I'm not sure what's going on there.

Anyway, I don't really know anything about Minecraft; it's really not my kind of game. If it follows the pattern of most other games then you'll want a well matched CPU and GPU (there's no point in one being vastly more capable than the other), 8-16GB of RAM and a decent sized (~1TB) HDD, that's about it as far as things you need. An SSD is a nice luxury to make loading times faster and the OS feel snappier to use, but it won't actually increase frame rates or allow you to use higher graphics settings during gaming.

If Minecraft does require decent graphics performance (I have no idea if its basic graphics are truly basic, or merely made to look that way) that's where your biggest challenge with £300-400 laptops will lie. It's not hard to get plenty of RAM, storage capacity and CPU power (in fact I'd expect to be getting an i5) from a £300-400 laptop but most will still be using the relatively weak Intel graphics which are built into the CPU.

If I owned a copy of Minecraft I'd test how well it ran on my i5 laptop, but unfortunately I don't.

Trying to pm you for advice Matt but won't let me. I need a laptop for my 8 year old, mainly to play minecraft. Any suggestions around £300-£400 max. Keep getting told different things and I haven't got a clue. Thanks

Me also searching for the same, don't need a dvd drive..
Hopefully some deal will come up.

Go to Dell Outlet. I just bought a factory refurbished (which in my experience means new) Precision M3510 Mobile Workstation with i5-6440HQ, 16gb RAM, 256gb M2 SSD, two large batteries (Dell quotes up to ten hours battery life for each), Full HD 1920x1080 screen, dedicated 2gb graphics card, Windows 10 Pro for £640 including VAT and delivery using a 20 per cent off voucher. Retail on the main website is over £1500, even with 30 per cent off. When I was looking I saw Latitudes and consumer laptops for your budget on the Outlet if you're willing to use a 6th generation processor. I didn't pay much attention to the optical drive though as I have a USB drive and hardly use it.

Thank you Matt

Finding laptop with a 256gb ssd drive, 1080p screen, dvd drive, 8gb ram and core i5 7th gen for under £500 is tough, but thats what i need!

I suppose there would be less wastage doing it that way, you just need to find a decently spec'd laptop at a decent price which has both a suitably sized SSD and a DVD drive.

Whether you'd rather wait it out for a correctly spec'd and priced SSD+DVD laptop and use your 1TB HDD from your PS4 Pro or buy this one, get an SSD separately and "waste" the 1TB drive from your PS4 Pro is a question only you can answer, really.

I'm not even sure which I'd pick, to be honest! :laughing:

Well i have a spare 1tb hdd from my ps4 pro. Would it be best to get an ssd laptop with a dvd drive and then swap the 1tb in?

​​​I confirmed before posting that they included a tablet. Now they have changed to laptop only but @ ​£370. Must better deal since tablet was okay.ish anyways.

http://www.ebuyer.com/760637-hp-250-g5-i5-laptop-x0q78es-x0q78es-abu

Cold, not an amazing Ultrabook...

Hi, I'm after a laptop that I can plug my external hard drive 2tb, and run iTunes. I currently have a Sony vaio and from day one it has never liked iTunes. It just freezes. Would this be sufficient ?

Is this TN or IPS? My current laptop is TN, and watching movies/shows on it, is not a great experience.

Not at all, they're available from countless sellers for less than a tenner on eBay.

What I'd do is install a 250GB SSD with W10 and programs on it in the slot for main drive and then put the 1TB which came with the laptop in the caddy where the DVD drive used to be and use that for storage.

It's the cheapest way to get SSD levels of system performance, whilst still having plenty of storage capacity.

Oh brill - costly?

i bought this laptop during black friday but different spec, A12 9700p(slightly slower proccesor, similar graphics) from john lewis for £330 came with 3 year warranty and 12gb ram(despite advertising 8gb). It's an ok laptop for what i paid, build quality is very plastic, 3.5 hrs of battery and has difficulty running even old games but i wasn't expecting much anyway, mount and blade multiplayer( almost 10year old game) 40fps on all low/med settings 1080p. The mouse pad has trouble registering quick single taps which was disappointing but i use a mouse so it isn't much of an issue. i have felt a bit of lag initially accessing programs but seems perform faster afterwards (opening unity scripts took 12s first time, but after closing and reopening took 4-5s) this is more of an issue to do with the hard drive more than anything else, fairly quiet fans. Web browsing, unity work and watching videos have been fine for me.

Can you add another hdd to make it a hybrid as i need at least 1tb total space for my work.

just got this from John Lewis under price match and got 3yrs warranty .

make sure the colour is silver

Ps if anyone is going to do the same - don't phone them as they wont price match due to warranty not being the same.
Fill the online form in and they match it - got a response in1 hr.

Cheers much appreciated! :smile:

Ordered, managed to get 10% because Curry's couldn't fulfil my previous order (Asus laptop on black friday)

In the market for a laptop that is i5 + ssd preferably, 8gb ram. Majority of use is photos music and browsing. Any suggestions for a quality machine around £400 mark?

Appreciate all advice :man:

Except for the screen, I think ebuyer HP 250 G5 is a better deal. i5, 8gb ram, 250gb ssd and also a free tablet thrown in for only £399. It would be worth to check that out.

Yes, farming simulator works fine on amd A8 and that is a lower spec than this machine.

Excellent laptop for the price!!!

How well would this run Football Manager 2017?

Back in your box. People asked for opinions.

Please, can someone tell me if this is good for autocad?

Ignore Stan. It's a good point that it's a bit of a waste of a hi def screen.

I bought a similar one and although the speed was good... the Audio was AWFUL. Seriously awful. Worth noting if you don't have a headset to compensate.

Is it better then the argos deal from cyber Monday. The one that was £405 with the bag and mouse?

Good point - Think I'll head to PC World for a look at this - Such a shame it's PC World. :disappointed:

If I had to make a choice, I'd personally spend the money on the better display. You can always upgrade to an SSD at a later date (and keep the spinny drive for other purposes), but you're stuck with the screen for the lifetime of the product.

I'm a gamer too...it doesn't stop me seeing whether or not a non-gaming computer is good value for its intended purpose.

The 4.7Ghz i5-4690k in my PC would be way more powerful than this i5-6200u, but it'd make no real difference to day to day performance and it'd make the laptop's battery last about 5 mins. More power isn't always better in every situation.

If you (or your sister) need any advice, feel free to drop me a PM. It's always nice to know someone has got a computer that suits their purpose at a good price. :smiley:

Is this the same laptop JL had for £250 but this one has an i5 processor instead of an i3?

Is this the same laptop JL had for £250 but with an i5 processor instead of an i3?

would this be good enough to play farming simulator? my son wants a new laptop for everyday use (browsing, word docs etc), but likes farming simulator.

​thanks. my sister is looking for a laptop.. but I struggle to find good deals because I have a gamer pc mentality and so all laptop are a piece of crap to me :smiley:

I think it is pretty decent. So it isn't a HQ and it isn't as clocked as high as the i5-6287U but I think it is ok. Personally if I'm going Full HD I prefer a bigger screen, I kind of feel the 15" doesn't get the best out of full HD. YMMV.

Yeah...not really.

The i5-6200u has more than enough processing power for the average computer user. Sure, it'd be useless for playing modern AAA games or other high intensity workloads, but that's irrelevant as this laptop clearly isn't designed for those kind of tasks.

For browsing the web, doing office work, playing back 1080p video etc the i5-6200u will perform admirably for years to come.

In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if in lots of cases the relatively cheap, plastic body of this laptop fell apart before the CPU became so outdated it struggled with basic day to day computing tasks.

Heat added

The chip gets a score of 4000 on Passmark. That's plenty fast enough for a normal laptop.

Decent price for a quality specced Laptop. :-)

15.6" screen.

I suspect the battery is the drawback - 2-cell polymer 30WH battery is not going to give much time is it?

This looks reasonable! Any feedback from tech savvy members!?

Any idea what processor this has,, the main title and the specification read different (i5-6260U vs i5-6200U)
Also does this have a graphics chip or is it on board?