ethanrob

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does anyone have a link to these laptops at £199 or the desktops at the same price!

I have heard the sale is live now to book for instore collection,but neither of these two are showing on the website

or is it just another retail scam to get people instore on boxing day,having sold all the "10 per store" to the staff before opening the doors

cheers mark

logiclee

I've been trying all day to get one for my Dad but nothing on the website or in store.

Cheers
Lee

pslewis

Hit the site at midnight!!!!

GC8

It wont be a scam Mark; stock on offers like that can be limited though. Availability is sometimes affected by store staff buying the stock as it become available too; something I couldnt ever get the f*ckers to prevent.

ethanrob

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just seen the advert on tv,it states pc's and laptops £199,but they have placed a "from £199" on the laptop but not the pc desktop,happy days so 9am for me at meadowhall retail park to get my 7 year old son one of those,must prepare myself for a "jingle all the way" type shop dash to get one

MJB2

many many years ago i had a christmas job at pc pants. one of the worst days of my life having to work for them on boxing day. imho the shops should be shut!

nik52wrx

You will have to be quick as the ad in todays papers stated that there were only ten laptops per store @ 199.
If they open at nine i would guess all will be sold by five past
Nik.

gatecrasher3

Does he need one to keep track of his accounts?

ethanrob

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They teach him basics of IT at school FFS,at 7 years old!

me and the missus can never get a look in on our laptop,so its gonna be a decent investment i feel,also our laptop is getting used at present for downloading movies/lost etc from bitcomet,and the laptop is no good at multi tasking when converting to dvd

mark

pslewis

This is their £199 Laptop!!

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/images/452878_01_huge.jpg

Not quite what people think ..... riots in the streets??

unclebuck

Build your own for less with the spec you actually want.


Merry Christmas.

HankScorpio

Get yourself a Divx DVD player from the supermarket/argos for 30 quid, makes life MUCH easier!

^^^
experience talking

wwp8

i haven't heard about this , sounds good, but does that mean i have to fight you at the queue

just saw the spec.... and thought..... nah, goodluck

PC World Laptop, £199! - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums

apples24

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personally looking at the spec i cant see what the fuss is all about ????

J4CKO

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Better of with an old Compaq off Ebay for 150 quid, Via C7 ?

VIA C7 Processor 1.5GHz

133 MHz FSB

64 KB Cache

256 MB RAM

20 GB Hard Drive

DVD ROM/ CD ReWriter Drive

14.1" Display

Microsoft Windows XP Home

64 MB integrated graphics

ethanrob

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maybe a Scoobynet tag team effort fella,we could just block the entrance to meadowhall retail park in the morning whilst we shop with glee

not bothering over the laptop,but the desktop pc looks a great buy,add an upgrade to the graphics card,bobs your mothers bit on the side !

Petem95

Exactly, who the hell wants a pikey laptop for £199quid?! Its amazing that theres so many people wanting it just because its the cheapest available! The fact its a pile of cheap crap doesnt seem to be an issue!

Unbelievable!

GC8

The VIA C7 is a replacement for the C3 processor (it started out as an original Socket370 processor, think first socket fitting Celeron CPU). Its built using a 90nm process so its not so far out of date in that respect: its designed to be integrated (set top boxes and Mini-ITX boards) and its principal strength is that its current draw is only about 12w20w -1.5GHz/2GHz- under load (it can be silent when passivley cooled). Id expect a budget notebook PC to use a cheaper battery to reduce cost, rather than to produce a super long battery life product though.....

The choice s yours: I wouldnt buy it, although I will be using a a VIA C7 EPIA system board in a carPC that Im building.


Simon