Do you really expect a half decent spec pc with FHD for less than £250?

long time lurker I know - love this site & has saved me plenty - first real chance to load a deal before others have.
hope it helps or interests someone.
looking at it as laptop for general use but with entry to mid level gaming capabilities.

Everyone on this site is obsessed with FHD screens! - If you want the best, go and pay for it!

Who in their right mind expects a great gaming or high performing laptop for £250?!?

long time lurker I know - love this site & has saved me plenty - first real chance to load a deal before others have.
hope it helps or interests someone.
looking at it as laptop for general use but with entry to mid level gaming capabilities.

Display features:

2.1 inch screen.
High definition display.
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.

Hehe

If purchased can you confirm what the screen resolution is. Full hd or not?. Thanks

This was posted on Xmas day. Seems to be some debate as to whether it is FHD or not. Have one reserved for pick up today but might not bother if not FHD.

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6538497?rec=webRespPDP:6185668:alt:CWVTPUBOOT:6538497
What about this

On this page you can compare the ranking of the CPU : http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmark-List.2436.0.html

252 - Intel Core i3-5005U
321- AMD FX-7500

I'll confirm for you seeing as I bought this streaming pile of #### yesterday. This is NOT fhd. Mine's going back today.

Why is FHD seemingly so uncommon? I've been on the look out for a FHD laptop with decent specs that doesn't cost the world and it just doesn't exist.

Do you really expect a half decent spec pc with FHD for less than £250?

Seems strange considering you can get 4k tvs so cheap and you can't even get 1080p laptops.

seems very strange, haven't seen these for ages

dont buy this laptop for gaming it said only 3.43gb of useable RAM out of 8GB. not great!! also it seemed a bit slow and sluggish at times but that may have been because it was running for the first day or something. overall probs good for general use, web browing, email and word etc. but defo not a great gaming or high performing laptop

0% chance is this fHD

Everyone on this site is obsessed with FHD screens! - If you want the best, go and pay for it!

I have got this laptop, surprisingly snappy cpu, far better than I expected from ulv. Also the speakers are worth mentioning - very good. The rest of it is very 'budgety' but absolutely fine at this price point. Not for gaming though, well optimised diablo 3 is jerky as hell @ even low settings.

Bought this laptop from Amazon and sent it back. the screen is truly appalling.

Ahh man I posted this 3 days ago it's cold for some reason someone else puts it up and it's hot :disappointed:

Ahh man I posted this 3 days ago it's cold for some reason someone else puts it up and it's hot :disappointed:

I want a laptop that is good for word processing and running Spotify. This any good?

Got this from the amazon deal as a starter pc for the little un.
For the money i`m really impressed.

runs farcry 3 at max settings and no slowdown in game
runs pro evo 2017 at medium detail at quite a rapid pace.

Installed the usual free antivirus , firewall and a few other bits an pieces and still running fine.

​wrong, I have bought 2 4k tvs in the past year 1 40" samsung ju6400 (I think) and 1 48" Toshiba something or other both are great, the Samsung was £350 and the Toshiba was £300

hi again - sorry if repost - only thread I could see was the older one from Amazon.
Just to confirm it's not FHD - 1366 x 768. can't really expect FHD at this price but I am really impressed for the price - laptop is thin light & quiet with bonus of entry level gaming capability. note it's not advertised or expected as a gaming laptop but then it would be 500+ at least.

Exactly, and this is only a 15" screen. Must be very cheap to manufacture a passable screen for a laptop.

I bought this on Prime Day from Amazon back in the summer for £269.99 and I've been very happy with it. It IS full HD, but it's optional and you have to enable it in the AMD settings.

Right click>AMD Radon Settings>Display>Set Virtual Super Resolution ON

You then right-click on the desktop and go to display settings/advanced display settings and set it to 1920 x 1080.

​Whatever the technicalities may be, the option to have the display at 1920 x 1080 IS there. It's debatable whether they should advertise it as 'Full HD', yes.

The display quality is good, and this is an excellent laptop for £250. I use mine mostly for music production and am really happy with it. My last one for this purpose was an HP Pavilion with very similar specs that I bought mid-2015 - it felt like a toy compared to this one. It's well-made and nice and light.

anyone know if this can handle digital art (2D) work?

i never buy anything from Argos, and I'm not about to now either.

This is tech, no technicalities display at 1920 x 1080 is NOT possible. It's not debatable this is NOT 'Full HD'. listen to BrookHeather I hear she is very talented.

That's great news.

Thanks very much. In other news, I once went to buy some socks from Sports Direct.

Let me have your thoughts.

​If only you were this finickity about your grammar and punctuation. :confused:

Anyway, I've had this laptop for 6+ months, paid £20 more than this particular deal's price for it and am still very happy. Whatever resolution the display is, it looks very good, especially at this price point.

Recommended.

Picked one up this afternoon for £250 and can't complain. What do people want at this price?

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how do any of you guys get amd-shared graphics to actually 'share' more than 512mb?? ...my brand new AMD A12 with 12gb ram has an R7 chip, but is stubbornly stuck at 512mb, even after trying to change it in Bios, with no luck at all... i wanna cry! :disappointed:

What do people think - this or the AMD A10-9600P one at PCWorld for £279? Problem is I can't see if the PCW one has a graphics card?

LENOVO IdeaPad 310 15.6" Laptop - White

For daughter who would like to do some light gaming with mainly old titles such as Zoo Tycoon, Roller Coaster World, Sims 3/4 etc.

​ill try & look later but iirc it just works out the box - think it said used up to 4gb for graphics.
have done Windows updates but nothing specific from and for the drivers or bios

Sat typing on this now after picking up from Argos on way home, thanks OP.

Thanks OP.. heat added.. just reserved one

Hello...

I am buying for my father who will be using it for word processing, browsing and watching videos... I m little concerned about the overheating which was mentioned in few reviews and forums. Any one has idea about any heating issue on this?

​I push it really hard on a regular basis and have had no problems with it overheating. In fact, I'd say it's the coolest laptop I've ever owned.

Thank you. I just reserved and I m glad to hear that no heat issues.

Can I expect 3 hours battery life for normal usage? ( No gaming)

​I'd say somewhere between 2 and 3 hours. Maybe more, depending on power scheme/screen brightness and such.

Just reserved one

i never buy anything from Sports Direct either.

Does it multi task well?

Can you run multiple tabs, youtube and word?

very fast and smoothly?

How is the battery life?

Thanks

Wait what???

Did you do FREEE Click and Collect

AND Quido


Or did you Pay-online and quidco?

Thanks

How is the battery life on this?

Thank You

How is the screen, I heard there are a few problems with the "Banding" colour?

Dear me, just buy the thing or don't buy it. People on here moaning about this and that.

I realise £250 is a lot of money. Buy if your in the market for a new laptop then it isn't.

What do you want for £250? I aren't being rude, just trying to put things in perspective.

For the record, I bought one and the screen is nice.

​I haven't noticed any banding problems or anything like it. The quality is good.

Thank you.

Reserved one for pick up tomorrow.

Few more questions

It's the battery removable? As it doesn't mention that

Does it run multiple tabs and word smoothly?

Thanks

Battery is removable. Not a big capacity (4 cells I think) but absolutely fine with the ulv CPU - 3-4 hours of browsing with a reasonable screen brightness. Fine for basic multitasking, Word is not heavy on resources so YouTube in the background doesn't cause much problems. As I said before, I was genuinely impressed with the CPU - a proper processor, nothing similar to struggles you may face using Atoms or soldered to mobo pentiums J or N. Certainly useable and worth the money. My only dislike is the colour reproduction on the screen but you can't have everything for £250.
A very good budget notebook.

:o} excellent. Well done.

I've had mine a couple of days and I've so far put some music onto it, been on Facebook etc. People expect far too much, it's not going to play the latest PC games as it's not a gaming laptop. I have Train Simulator 2014 I wouldn't expect it run it. You have to be realistic in your expectations. You're not going to get a gaming laptop for £250.

​Hubby paid online and collected in store. Quidco tracked and has already paid out at £7.50.

What are the disadvantages of using this setting

Good question, interesting to know too.

I think it will lead to a lower FPS?

​None at all that I have noticed. It likely puts a bit more strain on the battery and processor, though.

Hello I have just bought this and wanted to ask

My previous laptop when charging had a white light and when fully charged it would disappear

Currently there is a red light which blinks

How do I know when this is fully charged?

Thanks. Also very surprised how tiny and small the battery is , which doesn't seem good :disappointed:. Time will tell

Also please see this, any gamers or bought this laptop

http://www.hotukdeals.com/freebies/recently-bought-a-amd-laptop-pc-claim-a-free-full-game-2590286#post29709394

​Sorry no idea as I got it for my daughter and she's had it plugged in since we got it.

A full HD version for £100 more, with double the ram and A10 instead of FX:

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6215246

Getting about 3 hours with general use so far but not messed about with the default setting yet.

Is this worth the extra £100..

Not qualified to answer but hopefully others maybe. Just raised re. all the comments for full hd.

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I got a supposed FHD screen on my Lenovo on the 330quid deal at JLewis around black Friday. ..so not too expensive really... and when comparing to my HP standard screen ..you can see a big difference! Sadly I think having this nicer screen drains the battery faster tho...so I'm weighing up which is more important as I travel alot!

Anyone else seen the argos sale book today showing this laptop with free now tv pass?? price 269.99 so not really free but i might have read it wrong..

​yeah I can confirm it comes with free now tv pass along with a few others but they have risen the price.

I still see the same price at 249. Am I missing something here?

Hello sorry to quote you all, but it's kinda important


When I logged in and signed up on the Lenovo app - under WARRANTY it says 232 days remaining and my warranty started on the 24th July . I just bought this laptop 2 days ago???

​you are quite right it is still £249.99 my apologies. This offer does come with the free now tv pass

Went for this deal. They had no clue re. Now tv pass and could not work out how to give me just the pass, so they gave me now tv box with 3 month pass for free.

Interesting point, i am giving it as a present on Wednesday i will let you know then

Went to my local argos to pick mine up today , no mention of Now Tv pass ,could not find any mention on the sale leaflets/flyers.
anyway I ended up not buying as the sales lady said it was exempt from return ,if there was a problem it would be returned to base for repair .to be honest I did not see that when I reserved .I would prefer to shop elsewhere.

I bought this today so far so good very speedy for normal Internet browsing can't say about games great for everyday use just a shame argos customer service is so rubbish in every way possible and did not get given any now TV pass

I picked one up a couple days ago for my mum and also noticed this with regards the warranty. Gonna try contact Lenovo in the morning to see whats the reason.

I see the girls are throwing handbags at each other over this laptop, I bought it, thanks OP think I got a good deal.

worth mentioning you get a FREE game courtesy of AMD if you buy this

https://www.amd4u.com/amdgamepromo/

I'm just downloading dirt rally now (its 39.99 on steam)

Fairly pleased with it so far, although its a bit laggy after start up for 3-5 mins then

I just got the laptop. My first concern is the display quality.

I understand that it is not full HD. but, I feel the text is not clear and slightly blurred.

The images looks pixelated. I tried playing a HD (720p or 1080p) video in YouTube and that looks good.

I have Dell Inspiron with Same resolution and the display is quite good.

Meanwhile I tried using the Super Resolution option with Full HD. It is really unusable with every thing more blurry

I m trying to install the latest display drivers to see if it improves.

​I too see similar warranty period around 225 days left.

​I quoted the catalogue promo, they looked into it and took my number. Went in today and picked up the now tv voucher.

how do I get the nowtv?

Can I have the Catalog Code or link which I can show them?

​Looked but carnt find a link, its the same cat. no. though. Best to go in and pick up the sale book, its the lastest one out on 1st jan..

What is the gaming performance difference between this and
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6215246
What is the ram clock count of the 349£ one, as higher ram clock has significant impact on performance

The price has increased to £169.99.

​i have been having similar problems, also hate having to keep changing keyboard to UK mode. Will Argos not accept it back, that's what I was hoping to do with mine