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    Should I go ahead and buy this laptop?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by cahoole, May 3, 2008.

  1. cahoole

    cahoole Notebook Guru

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    I have only just started researching today but..............

    http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/752059

    My dad is looking for a new laptop, mostly Internet and some video rendering (school plays etc).

    I'm not an expert when it comes to AMD but I'm worried that the performance may be substantially less than the Intel equivalent.

    For £500 though, It does seem to be quite the bargain.
     
    cahoole, May 3, 2008
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  2. srunni

    srunni Notebook Deity

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    Go for it, I got the CTO version a few months back, and it's been a great laptop.

    However you might want to get the CTO version of it (i.e. from hp.com) with one of the coupons that comes on xpbargains.com sometimes; I got $500 off that way. Of course, this one could already be heavily discounted, that's just something to think about. Then again, if you're in the UK, you might not able to use xpbargains coupons from there.
     
    srunni, May 3, 2008
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  3. cahoole

    cahoole Notebook Guru

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    Thanks srunni, I honestly don't think I could get much better value for money.
     
    cahoole, May 3, 2008
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    vertical2010 Notebook Consultant

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    I would not worry about AMD, but I definitely would not buy an HP or Compaq laptop. I made the mistake of doing that about 2 months ago. The CPU fan failed after several hours of use. HP support was a nightmare and HP repair was even worse. They even damaged the case - several scratches, an abrasion, one chip/gouge, and returned it with a solvent stain on the cover and solvent fingerprints all over the screen. They tried to blame damage on FEDEX, then on ME. And I am not the only one: Just google "HP repair sucks" if you have a few hours to read. I had previously owned Dell and Gateway - no problems. I should have stuck with them. HP laptops are inferior, so you will probably need to send in for repair, and repair is TERRIBLE. HP doesn't care about their customers and tries to do repair on the cheap.
     
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  5. Harper2.0

    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    they only care if you buy the accidental damage protection plan. anyways i got a 2 year officemax warranty, so if anything happens, my notebook gets replaced or i get my money refunded. i've never had to send any of my notebooks in for repair....at least not during the warranty period.
     
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  6. Quantumstate

    Quantumstate Notebook Geek

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    Well, there are cheep HPs, and then there are business-class HPs. Big difference.
     
    Quantumstate, May 4, 2008
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