Good price but mixed reviews. Probably the reason why it's heavily discounted.
donslibi to jona77
25 Feb 172#2
8.2 / 10 average score. I don't see that as "mixed reviews". One of the bad reviews says "lags sometimes". Clearly they don't know how to use a laptop let alone review one.
stuartc73
25 Feb 17#3
For that price you'd take the rough with the smooth or if really concerned pay another 150 pounds for similar specification?
puddles9999
25 Feb 17#4
Very good can it game
stuartc73 to puddles9999
25 Feb 172#5
Don't know. Maybe the highly trained professionals in PC World could advise? Ha ha ha ha ha ha, :-)
rivellangel to puddles9999
25 Feb 17#22
No dedicated graphics card so not really. Minecraft/Warcraft, simple games and games from before 2010 I would suggest
SCORPIO111
25 Feb 171#6
low resolution screen
ant3000
25 Feb 17#7
Can anyone find a store with one in stock?
spannerzone
25 Feb 17#8
Good price but remember that although it's an i7, it's a dual core U series and in many ways is similar in day to day performance as something like an i5 6500u and I doubt you'd actually notice much difference to an i3 u series. What would make a difference is if this thing had an SSD drive in it.
smileypete to spannerzone
25 Feb 17#31
Hopefully AMD Zen/Ryzen will give them a much needed kick up the *rse.
babswatkins
25 Feb 17#9
Really good spec apart from the screen
davelfc
25 Feb 171#10
Their advice, buy expensive anti virus and firewall software,
Silver47
25 Feb 17#11
OOS
htslough
25 Feb 17#12
nasty screen resolution
rd3d2
25 Feb 17#13
Screen lets it down with low resolution - 1366 x 768 - nowadays doesn't cut it - and (presumably?) no touch support.
If you can live with this then it's a great deal imo!
anthole
25 Feb 171#14
looking for one with an SSD.
suchitmehta7
25 Feb 17#15
not a real deal IMO.
low screen res
HDD with only 5400rpm
dual core processor
I would expect already two of these at this price with perhaps i5
full hd
add or 7200 rpm
quad core
brilly to suchitmehta7
25 Feb 171#23
wut? how many laptops with quad core new cpu and 1080p for 350quid can you link to?
the 7200/5400 rpm thing is not in the same league as those factors so almost irrelevant here
That i5 version is even better value though - can almost get this just to plug into a good external monitor when needed
oddballmv to suchitmehta7
26 Feb 17#33
Not gonna happen.
MarkShopper
25 Feb 17#16
I would like a longer guarantee with an HP laptop as in my experience the home ones soon develop problems. I wish there were more SSD deals about, as this would probably make a laptop faster for many people than focussing on the processor.
AaronSOLDIER
25 Feb 17#17
Even for a dual core i7, its an amazing price.
kristmace
25 Feb 17#18
Absolute bargain for a latest gen i7. Down sides are screen res and no SSD, but you can't expect perfection for £350. A little to bulky for my liking too, but overall this is a very good price.
Great for the price, but annoying that it's got such a good processor but a lower res screen. If this doesn't bother you then its a really good deal
darudey
25 Feb 17#21
resolution is not bad for a 15", it's up to individual taste. I prefer a 768 on a 15", native 1080 on a 15" is small
thelagmonster
25 Feb 17#24
This isn't a quad core, so don't see that it's worth the extra over the (much) cheaper i5 version.
adamh1
25 Feb 17#25
only stock left is in inverness
brilly
25 Feb 171#26
not sure if you are disagreeing or agreeing with me ...
thelagmonster
25 Feb 17#27
Neither really, was just clarifying in case people read your comment and thought this was a quad core :smiley:
brilly
25 Feb 17#28
i expect was just you that read it that way
plewis00
25 Feb 17#29
This computer was blatantly a marketing exercise of putting one very high spec component in it (the Core i7 CPU) matching it up with budget hardware and seeing what stuck or if people even read the rest of the spec. As others have noted, it's still decent to have a current gen Core i7 and the U-series are fast but they are nothing more than higher clocked/binned silicon from the i5 of the same gen. Given the choice I would sacrifice the i7 for an i5 and a small SSD.
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If you can live with this then it's a great deal imo!
low screen res
HDD with only 5400rpm
dual core processor
I would expect already two of these at this price with perhaps i5
full hd
add or 7200 rpm
quad core
the 7200/5400 rpm thing is not in the same league as those factors so almost irrelevant here
That i5 version is even better value though - can almost get this just to plug into a good external monitor when needed
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-15-ay167sa-15-6-laptop-with-latest-7th-gen-intel-core-i5-processor-silver-10151312-pdt.html