Thats an I3, would rather pay £30 to have a i5

LENOVO IdeaPad 310 i5-6260U Processor

Cheaper @ JL http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-ideapad-310-laptop-intel-core-i3-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-/p2901213?sku=236268306&s_kwcid=2dx92700013104729548&tmad=c&tmcampid=2&gclid=CPr3puOm59ACFYi17Qod5jgOuA&gclsrc=aw.ds

id give up half the storage and ram for an ssd/hybrid

Thats an I3, would rather pay £30 to have a i5

That's not full HD either

Anyone know for sure that it has an i5 6260U? The full specifications listing says it's just an i5 6200U.

Same price - and it's the i5 model - at John Lewis but that John Lewis include a three year warranty.

http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-ideapad-310-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-/p2901246?sku=236268313&s_kwcid=2dx92700013104729575&tmad=c&tmcampid=2&gclid=COae-c-s59ACFZCdGwodq7sNlg&gclsrc=aw.ds

I am trying to establish whether the Curry's model really does have an i5 6260U cpu, rather than the i5 6200U that it says in the Curry's specification list it has.

informant2014, below, says Curry's are saying it's just an i5 6200U as per the full specification list, rather than the i5 6260U model that Curry's state under 'Product features' (the i5 6260U has the better Iris 540 graphics). Kudos to the OP for amending the subject line to reflect the new info.

Thanks. That being so, hopefully they correct the typo, otherwise it's false advertising. If it was the i5 6260U, I would have been interested.

Yes... Certified tool... My bad

wasnt this the same one that was on black friday for £299?

With the addition of a HDD caddy for the 1TB drive and a 120/240GB SSD to use as a boot drive this will be a fantastic laptop for "normal" people's needs for years to come.

I would bet that, when paired with an SSD, most of these i5-xxxxU, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 1080p display ~£300-400 laptops will fall apart long before they become obsolete due to having insufficient power to deal with day to day computing tasks.

Any idea how difficult it is to replace the SSD in this?
Trying to replace the one in my old computer is what properly bricked it

Just a word of warning - I tried three of these in John Lewis when I was picking up my Dell i7 17" from a previous hotukdeal last week. The track pad buttons are the worst I have ever used. Really clunky / sticky.

Theoretically if i could get this for £345 (discounts through work) would it be preferable to http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-250-g5-i5-6200u-2-3ghz-8gb-ddr4-256gb-ssd-laptop-x0q78es-369-99-ebuyer-2567410?p=29445624
or even is it better to wait for something else or just go with this even though its not SSD and i won't upgrade it

could anyone point me in the right direction i know nothing about laptops and i want 1 for my 15 year daughter i have under £500 to spend. think she would use it for a mix or things. thanks

If you're not willing to stick an SSD in this then personally I'd say don't buy either machine.

The HP only has 256GB of storage (albeit solid state storage) and has a horrible 1366x768 display. Quite why we're heading into 2017 with people still buying new £300-400 laptops with 15.6" 1366x768 displays I do not know, I can only assume they've never had the pleasure of using a laptop with a 15.6" 1080p display.

As for the Lenovo, if you're going to stick with the 1TB HDD as the OS drive, then I wouldn't buy it. In the same vein as 1366x768 displays, why people are still using mechanical HDDs as OS drives heading into 2017 I have no idea. Again, I can only assume they've never experienced a computer with its OS installed on an SSD and therefore don't realise what they're missing out on.

I've got a SSD kicking around at home. Any idea how expensive it would be to pay a professional to install one including the OS? Could then just put this 1tb one in a caddy for additional storage

No idea, I'd never even consider paying someone to do anything to any of my computers and I fix computers for friends and family for just the cost of the parts.

How much it costs depends on how easy it is to get to the drive in this specific laptop. Well designed machines have a door on the bottom which allows easy access to the HDD and RAM, however some machines (*cough* Dell *cough*) require the whole damn thing taking apart to get to the HDD.

You could look on YouTube for a disassembly guide, that should give you an idea of how long it'd take.

Thanks for getting back so quick. Looks pretty easy to do (much more so than my last one). Just need to make sure i can install an operating system to the new drive. i'll have a look at how to do that successfully this weekend. (edit: looks easy if you've got a copy of windows already installed and running :smiley: )

Looking at these deals for potential photoshop editing on the move - I'm thinking i5 with SSD and 16GB ram better than i7 with 8GB? Haven't got the budget for i7 and 16GB hehe. Thoughts?

Yeah, getting the OS onto the SSD is really easy, just clone the HDD using something like Macrium Reflect. With a caddy you don't even need to buy a cable to do the cloning with, which saves you a few quid.

If getting the old HDD out is just a case of opening a door on the bottom of the laptop, installing an SSD boot drive is a really easy process.

If you decide to go ahead and get stuck at any point, feel free to drop me a PM and I'll try and help. I've swapped many systems from HDD to SSD over the years, so I've probably run into most of the common issues (not that there are many) before. :smiley:

go for the white one its full hd. 8GB DDR4 and AMD A10 much better then the i3 in this deal. 349.99

Seems to have an issue with the key board layout? Shift keys are out of place?

If you'd like to install a fresh copy of Windows 10 to an SSD, you only need a USB drive that is 8GB or larger in capacity. Did it last week on this particular laptop with an old 8GB USB stick. :smiley:
To prepare the USB stick follow steps 1-3 found here.

​good point :wink:

Yes... several people have commented...

Sorry, didn't see. I tend to forget HUKD's comment layout is not like a typical forum. Your's must have been a top comment, not a most recent.

It's ok. Hands up I'm a tool for not spotting it

I bought this HP from tesco when it was £299 for black friday, its really slow for browsing etc, is this better or is there something else??
thanks http://www.tesco.com/direct/hp-15-ba042na-156-laptop-with-amd-a10-8gb-ram-2tb-hdd-dvdrw-black/290-1657.prd?skuId=290-1657

Have bought this now but would not recommend. Not particularly quick, lots of problems on set up, the keyboard is a funny layout (arrow keys and shift key in wrong place) and the touch pad is simply terrible.
That said I ordered at 7pm yesterday and it arrived at 8am this morning free delivery so currys have done a good job

Back up to £399 today. Glad I got mine yesterday! Shame I have to return it though; I opened it up this morning to check it, and hit has a dead pixel right in the middle of the display.

Totally agreed mate. I bought this for the FHD, CPU and RAM. I'm buying a cheap 2.5" USB caddy to convert the 1TB drive into a RSD and am going to fit a 120GB SSD into the laptop. She needs no more space than that, and if she starts saving large media to it, she can use the ext 1TB.