Personally I would pay the extra and go with the posted deal for the Ezbook 3S with the full sized 256Gb M.2 SSD

The 3s has a plastic body, where as this has a metal body. 256gb ssd is apx £60, so price is similar but you'd have a metal shell which looks nicer.
Also the webcam is at the bottom of the screen on the 3s, odd location.
Does the 3s have ac wifi, thought it was single band n using realtek RTL8723B which is a faff on Linux and the bluetooth often kills the wifi strength, the Intel 3165 on the 3Pro is much better.

Ordered this about two weeks ago, not shipped yet, got in touch with them and they said it should be shipping on 20-23rd Aug. Fingers crossed. Managed to get it for £149 with a code. Still hot tho and as the op said, with the tdp tweak, you can actually get some decent performance with lower end games!

Does this run silent?

I'll give you heat this time because last time you posted this deal got no love.

I have a 2012 Macbook air i only use for Football manager 2017 (soon 18) that has a I5 in it i take it thats still quicker then this?

Think deal has expired, code doesn't seem to work now

You need to be signed in for the code to work. Just tried it, still works.

What shipping method do you recommend to reduce chance of customs?

I know nothing about specs of laptops and computers can someone tell me what this is capable of? Is it reliable?

have ezbook 2, not bad, but this looks soo much better. same negative mind, touchpad is pants. gonna presume supplied charger is the 2pin one with an adaptor plug, looks bit sketchy - one of these was needed:

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Boring question - but if I load up ms office will it a) function at a resonable pace b) have enough space on the disk for the programs and a resonable amount of files

Oppinions if the 3L pro maybe worth a few extra £'s with the SSD? Looking to spend around this price gearbest.com/lap…tml

Looks like a good amount of machine for the price! Anyone stuck Linux on it? I can't forsee any problems, just curious.

Will this run linux mint?
Interested if can get a linux distro running

So charity shops can get sued if they sell electrical equipment that hasn't been PAT tested but if you go online you can buy oodles of crap from China which doesn't even carry a CE mark with no reprecussions if things go wrong.

It's an odd world we live in.

Is it worth holding off til Black Friday / Singles Day?

Thanks Picard
someone else asked about customs and shipping - what is the best option and is it likely we will be hit by extra charges?

Go for normal air service not DHL, luck of the draw really, but probably not. If you do it might be about £30.

The included storage is actually an eMMC, the separate M2 slot is unoccupied. I'd bung in a 256GB card there. These Apollo Lake processors are pretty impressive, combine that with solid state storage and you have a nifty little solution that will easily handle the demands of day to day computing.
Personally I'm holding out for a cheaper Civiltop Air, currently a tad overpriced.

The description in the pics is actually hillarious.
It uses "New Type Alluminium with wholy pressing" - suitable for priests.
And the best is its "natural and artless appearance" :grin:‌

Just seen this amazing .lgreat post

The description says it only supports M2.SSD up to 128GB. Is this correct or will a 256GB work?

Thanks. Bought it. Code still works. 3%topcashback. Will try and maybe get another for the wife.

OOS at the moment, damn! Anyone know any stores with stock?

Yes, by all accounts 256gb is no problem.

Says 163 left, try again

That's just the flash sale. "Dispatch: Ships between Sep 4 - Sep 9"

Ah, 1st time using the site. I am no rush for it so happy to wait.

Found stock at LightInTheBox: lightinthebox.com/jum…1.0 10.1% TCB makes it a similar price :sunglasses:

Confirmed with Lightinthebox that they were selling the M2 version with dual band wifi and ordered. Paid in dollars using PayPal and a Revolut card to make the price £186. Quidco should beat TCB to give 12% cashback making the final price somewhere around £163. Bit worried about the free expedited shipping and import tax but if I get charged it'll still work out at sub £200 so happy days.

Poor guy. I do wish people would use the direct affiliate links in his videos when ordering as he produces a ton of useful info.

149? uau... For that price I would not hesitate...

Banned on Hotukdeals though as they want all that affiliate income from tax evading companies like Gearbest for themselves.

Sadly it's turned in to a global money grabbing machine based on our efforts in finding deals..

I honestly think it's probjably not that hard for the government to legislate on this. Don't get me wrong, I like a bargain but the amount of tax being evaded by the likes of Gearbest must be pretty large by now. It's not sustainable in the long term, it's not good for quality control, for consumer protection or for the funding of public services. It's interesting how sites like Hotukdeals are so quiet about it. It makes you wonder how lucrative these Chinese company deals are to them.

Two issues there:

1. Drop in the ocean compared to virtually no UK corporation tax Amazon, Apple, Google etc pay despite having £billions of UK sales. The UK government then blow £70bn+ on vanity projects like HS2.

2. That TechTablets.com guy puts in a ton of effort and time going through the ins and outs of these laptops and posting technical information that is useful to people. HUKD don't contribute anything.

I don't begrudge the laptop guy on youtube, he deserves the commission, although he does receive some YouTube income too.

Do you not need ads enabled to receive a YouTube income? I don't remember seeing any of those tiresome YouTube ads injected into the stream ahead of his videos. He doesn't look like he's living the high life. Looks like a small 'one man band' operation, so even more credit to him. Also many of the products he reviews are budget items, presumably with wafer thin margins.

The LinusTechTips guy would be an example of someone making serious money off YouTube and associated ventures. Those guys spend some serious cash during production and also benefit from reviewing alot of high end / high margin products. 4.5m subscribers, tech focused audience, several new videos each weak, alot of advertising and produce placement...companies will pay serious money to have their products featured.

Second hand electrical equipment sold by charity shops in the UK isn't subject to PAT testing (that's an employer's safety obligation vis-a-vis its employees / visitors etc). Neither is there a requirement for it to satisfy CE marking requirements provided it was previously sold to an end user in the EU.

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They just need to ensure that it is satisfactory quality having regard to the price etc. Obviously, if it blows up as soon as you plug it in, it's not going to be satisfactory quality. Hence why charity shops don't tend to take electrical equipment as they can't really test it so it's worth the risk/hassle etc.

CE stands for China Export, thought everyone knew that!!

Conformité Européene according to Google!

Thoughts on the 3L Pro? geekbuying.com/ite…ale Was on flash sale for $209 at Geekbuying this morning but I was a bit hesitant because of the lack of reviews. Seems to have a 64GB SSD compared to the 3 Pro's eMMC.

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Google throws up lots of links, complete abuse of the mark but do you think they care!!

Plus $20 or $40 for postage.
Think this is the one that may have a TN panel rather than IPS, I'm losing track of which is which. The trackpad should be better though.

DHL was about $21. I'm very close to ordering but Geekbuying have listed it as a dual core processor, as opposed to the quad core of the 3 Pro. Do you think it'll make a big difference? I haven't the faintest idea about processors :smile:

Not sure what they are on about with regard to dual core, its a N3450 processor, 4 core, the descriptions on some of these sites is a bit hit and miss.
If you order using DHL you will def have to pay 20% VAT+ handling fee=£50 apx, so apx £245 all in.

Ach it's worth it to get it quickly, couldn't find any stores with the 3 Pro in-stock. Sometimes they mark stuff down as well, not that I'm advocating that sort of thing of course :sunglasses:

Will take about 2 weeks from gearbest, the bookpro coupon is still working. DHL will probably still take a week. If you are happy to pay £240 perhaps look at the T-Bao, all the Vat is included and comes from Spain.
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Only 4gb ram but comes with 128gb SSD which is worth £40, if you plan on adding one to the ezbook any way, this works out cheaper

Gearbest won't ship until 6-11 Sep and I'm in need of a new laptop a bit sooner than that, there's only so much Chromebook I can take :smile: Even with the customs tax the 3L Pro will be around the £200-220 mark which is not bad at all. Even got $21 cashback with Geekbuying so that'll help with the customs fees.

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£223, pretty much identical but only dualband n wifi, and 4gb ram. But at least you can send it back if you are not happy. Pretty sure this is the same as the ezbook 3L pro. Looks like it comes with a type c usb.

Damn that does look suspiciously similar. Doesn't have an SSD as stock though, non-expandable RAM and 5,000Mah battery as opposed to the 9,600Mah listed for the 3L Pro. Although who really knows what you're going to get with these listings :grin:

Good write up in techadviser...

TechAdvisor UK

Most of them have 64gb eMMC as standard, and the ram is almost always soldered to the board on these cheaper ones. The batteries are sometimes shown as 4800 or 5000mah, but there are almost always 2 of them, giving 36 to 40wh, around 8 hours.

Out of interest, did you manage to find an alternative mains charger? The one supplied is okay but the lead is a little short. Looking for something a bit longer if possible.