Cheap Laptops

dj_deevey

this may suit your needs, you'd have to check out the shipping and import duty though -

http://www.internetishop.com/product_detail.asp?item=LTHB1GPROD

Not quite a centrino, but they seems to get good reviews..its fast enuff for colege work and light and decent battery consumption - and its fairly reasonable...centrinos themselves seem like silly money unless you really need the battery life and weight.

They have other laptops even cheaper you'll need to browse around the site though - and bear in mind that there is no software intsalled,.

Still think for college use your probably better off going s/h there is some excellent deals on lappies in the buy and sell....

Then theres only one other thing to say .... keep your eyes on it!

car

well thats my laptop out of the way for a while, as i was really in the mood to spend money today and really wanted a holiday so i booked a week to cyprus flying out this day fornight.

so bye bye laptop for a little while, hopefully i might get a grant when i get back to college but the chances of that are slim and none as i didnt get one last year but heres hoping.... or
may be santa will come early and bring me one or better still i will win the lotto on sat. and will be able to buy 2

therecklessone

Originally posted by blorg


If you are buying something from another EU country, you are charged the VAT rate in the country of sale, e.g. from UK 17.5%, Germany 16%, France 19%... In this regard you are treated exactly as a national of that country and there are no extra duties to pay on import to Ireland.

Not sure how correct this is.

Taken from the amazon.co.uk webiste help section:

VAT stands for value added tax, which is charged on goods (including e-Books) sold by Amazon.co.uk within the European Union (EU). In accordance with the laws governing members of the European Union, Amazon.co.uk is obliged to charge VAT on all orders delivered to destinations in member countries of the EU. In general, VAT is charged in accordance with the local legislation in each member state.

The "Our Price" amounts displayed for goods sold by Amazon.co.uk are inclusive of UK VAT. However, your final price may differ depending on the actual VAT rate that applies to your order.

UK rate is 17.5%, but I've paid 21% before on CDs I bought.

Sorry for drifting off topic loike...

sunbeam

Yes, I've always paid 21 percent VAT on any electronic stuff I've ordered from Amazon.co.uk. This is the only UK shop where I've encountered this though.

edzah

Originally posted by ^whitey^
You could hold on untill aldi and lidl do their laptops ... thats what i'm gonna do as long as I haven't spent my money by then.

whats all this about lidl and aldi selling laptops? with the prices in Ireland I recokn aldi could be quite competitive....
any idea when this will be?

ed

sceptre

Originally posted by therecklessone
Not sure how correct this is.

Correctly redflagged, TRO.

The position on intra-EU exports is that if more than 40 grand worth of stuff is sold to customers in a particular Eu member State, the company must be registered for VAT in that country and hence must pay the VAt rate of that country.

In other words...
Amazon UK charge 21% VAT on electrical goods sent to Ireland because they sell more than 40 grand a year to Irish citizens. There's no VAT on books here or in the UK (though there is in Germany)

dj_deevey

They do em every 6-12 months, you have to be quick though they usually sell out fairly quick and unsually they only get about 20 in stock in each shop.

Its hit n miss when they arrive but they give you a weeks notice in the paper and posters in the shop.

The ones they stock are usually the bomb though, last spec ones they were doing were 2.4's if i remember right with all the bells n whistles (ge force - cd burner - 40 gig HDD, usb 2 / firewire etc...)

God knows what their newer ones are like

byrnenj

What sort of price were they asking for last time? Ball park figure will do!

Cheers

dj_deevey

1499 in lidl dunno about aldi, last ones i saw there was 1 1/2 yrs ago 1.6 p4's for 999 punts (and thats still blooming fastfor a laptop)

Deu

I was in Aldi in the states 2 weeks ago and they had a p4 2.4 laptop for $1499 plus 8.5 sales tax. It had dvd writer dual format I think. 60 gb. separate Graphics controller with 64mb own memory. 512mb.
I can't remember all the spec. But it was much better than all the compaqs hps and sonys I looked at in best buy and circuit city and the ones dell had online.
It was medion or something I think that is the same make as the ones there were selling here. So hopefully they will sell it here in the near future.

Deu

spongebob

Yep, still there next week

http://www.aldifoods.com/Special_Purchase/pr0818_comp.htm

$1500 or $1600 if you are hit for 8.5% sales tax (under €1500 anyway)

It has the low power Pentium 4 M processor running at 2.4Ghz

Cheap Dells use normal Pentium 4 processors so the cheapest Comparable Dell is the 8500 which is about €2,230 when you get it up to the same spec as the machine in Aldi US inluding VAT @ 21% and one year collect warranty.

M

dj_deevey

One thing i was suprised at is that dixons in the UK stock the cheapie medion laptops same brand ALDI do ... dont know if they have an online shop though ???

You might also check out SAVASTORE in the UK - its abit closer to home

1584 euro gets you >>>>

P4 2.4 (or 2.8 if you want to spend an extra 200 quid)
512Mb High Speed DDR RAM (upgradeable to 1Gb)
15.1" SXGA+ TFT Screen
ATI Mobility Radeon M9 64Mb DDR AGP Graphics
60Gb Ultra-ATA Fast Hard Disk
5.1 Surround Sound Support with built in Stereo Speakers and Headphone Jack
Music CD Control Panel (Play CD Music without even powering up the machine!)
DVD/CD-ReWriter ROM Drive
Email/Internet access via Hot Keys
4x USB 2.0 Ports, Parallel POrt, CRT Port, RJ-11, RJ-45, FIR, 1394A, S-Video
1x Type II PCMCIA
10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter
56kbps Modem + FREE Internet Access
AC Adapter 75 watts (universal)
Lithium-ion Battery
Kensington Security Lock Support
332x281x39.7mm; W: 3.8Kg
Unique 3 Year Warranty (first 12 months return to base parts & labour, following 24 months return to base labour only)

These machines are the same as the ones internetishop in the USA is selling, they are made by ELITE (same guys who make the motherboards) and the reviews say they kick ass. do a search for ECS laptop review ... i dont imgine the battery would have a huge life on em

dj_deevey

Oh BTW i do know that these ones use standard processors not the P4 M - and standard DDR-ram (so cheap upgrades:D ) personally i'd go for raw power over a warm desk and short battery life...


Win xp home as standard but nothing else

BTW have a look at the "stadium seat" in the bargain section of ALDI usa - looks like it could be useful for long hours at LAN's Its a bargain too y'know only 6.99

dj_deevey

Hmmm just saw this on the dixons UK site - 1151 euro gets you

COMPAQ 2178

— 2500+ AMD Athlon XP-M Processor
— 256 Mb RAM Memory
— 30 Gb Hard Drive
— DVD ROM & CD RW Drive
— 15" TFT Display
— 64Mb ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics
— 2 x USB connections (cant figure if its 2.0 or not)
— Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Works 7
— XP Home Edition Operating system
— 1 Year FREE warranty

interesting. and enuff left over for a weekend away

edzah

do a search for ECS laptop review ... [/B]

hey dj_deevey,
I looked all over for reviews, found a few - mostly these 'desknotes' with no battery and different spec. Can you post the link to the right review please.
thanks,

ed:D

dj_deevey

heres a link to a review i found on the ECS laptop LAPTOP REVIEW

Some bad points but who wouldnt for the price and upgradeability

And twit twoo look at that screen res 1400x1050 hell yeah !

BTW Not sure if this against the rules (if it is delete it) But i see this on Ebay at the mo - i figurerd it may fit in seeing as he has 45 of em for sale nice price

Link to his page

sceptre

Originally posted by dj_deevey
BTW Not sure if this against the rules (if it is delete it) But i see this on Ebay at the mo - i figurerd it may fit in seeing as he has 45 of em for sale nice price

Now sends you to "invalid link"

May have been slightly warm (or mispriced) then

sci0x

Acers laptops are cheap. You can get them off of Emcee Distribution.

Webmonkey

Originally posted by denis_o_leary
Acers laptops are cheap. You can get them off of Emcee Distribution.

They distributer for retailers afaik

Mercury_Tilt

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machalla

I bought a Lidl laptop last september (2002). To date I've had no problems with it, except power supply did die and had to be sent back after about 6 months, no problem doing so and didn't cost me anything. Slight irritation was that the laptop AND powersupply had to be sent back even though I knew it was the powersupply. Other weakness was the graphics card which was only a 32mb Savage card. For programming and 2d gaming its been fine. It is possible to play battlefield 1942 on it though with low settings.

The equivalent dell laptop would have cost about €3,000 at the time (I paid €1,700). If they do come back into stock I'll possibly upgrade as I was pretty happy with the value overall.

Apparently Beyond 2000 off grafton street also occasionally do good deals on Acer laptops (but you might need to bargain with them a bit). They matched a price from Elara for a friend of mine (€300 euro price difference) just to get the sale. Goes to show the markup you can get sometimes.

Quigs Snr

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=50768&_LOC=UK


Pretty cheap Acer at the moment.......

ozmo

Originally posted by Quigs Snr

Pretty cheap Acer at the moment.......

Long thread - dont know if these were mentioned:

I dont think you will get much cheaper acers.

ACER AMD2000, 20gb, 256m, 14", DVD/CDRW, 56k,Lan, XP H e749.00
ACER AMD2200, 30gb, 256m, 15", DVD/CDRW, 56k,Lan, XP H e859.00
(ex vat)

http://www.ccity.ie/images/products/Mvc-299f.jpg
http://www.ccity.ie/images/products/Mvc-300f.jpg
http://www.ccity.ie/images/products/Mvc-301f.jpg
http://www.ccity.ie/images/products/Mvc-302f.jpg
http://www.ccity.ie/images/26-05-2003/Mvc-560s.jpg

(Tradeonly - You will need to know someone with a company/sole trader to buy from them though)

I could be persuaded to order it for anyone for a bribe of a few blank DVD+-R 's

Also Sony Vaio's are reasonable (aprox 1.4K) and great quality (but very hard to get) from most places online - I have a vaio + am very pleased with it.

ozmo.

byrnenj

same 2 laptops available from Jaguar Computers for 849 euro and 949 euro respectivly INCLUDING VAT.

But you can get the 1st one from Dabs for 822.11 euro (after conversion, including VAT, not including delivery).

Elara also sell them but a lot more expensive

damnyanks

Anyone know what its like to upgrade the ram for them ? I'd need at teh very least 512mb but would move towards 1gb

ozmo

Originally posted by byrnenj
same 2 laptops available from Jaguar Computers for 849 euro and 949 euro respectivly INCLUDING VAT.

But you can get the 1st one from Dabs for 822.11 euro (after conversion, including VAT, not including delivery).

Elara also sell them but a lot more expensive

Good one - greg must be slipping - I'll mail him these see if he can do any better.

ozmo.

Quigs Snr

same 2 laptops available from Jaguar Computers for 849 euro and 949 euro respectivly INCLUDING VAT.

Actually, these prices exclude VAT if you check their website.

ozmo

Originally posted by Quigs Snr
same 2 laptops available from Jaguar Computers for 849 euro and 949 euro respectivly INCLUDING VAT.

Actually, these prices exclude VAT if you check their website.

Ah - I was thinking Jag's seemed like too good a deal - most else thay have is quite expensive.

ozmo.

Evac101

Hrrm...Back from the Future mainly specialise in unused, older IBM Think Pads but occasionally the do get great deals in on laptops - or at least I thought so -

Packard Bell (yeah, yeah) Laptop
Athlon 2000MP
512 MB RAM
60 GB HDD
32 MB Graphaics chipset
Combo CD-RW and DVD drive
etc, etc


Was in there a few weeks ago for €1250 (I think). Reason I remember is that I saw the same laptop in Compustore on Stevens Green later that day for €1699. Not that anyone here buys from Compustore - even with an employee discount:P

car

I was just woundering if any of ye own a sony laptop would you recommend it over a Dell Laptop. and do you think that this is a good deal.

PCGGRT786M
VAIO PC Intel® Pentium 4® 2.66 GHz 40 GB hard disc drive


costing 1,589.10

Features:

Intel® Pentium 4® 2.66GHz
16" SXGA Onyx Black LCD
DVD+RW/DVD-RW
n VIDIA (GeForce FX Go 5600) 64MB NV31
512MB
40 GB hard disc drive
Memory Stick slot
Sony VAIO World software
Click to DVD
VAIO Media
Sonic Stage
Picture Gear Studio
Adobe Photoshop Elements
Adobe Premier 6.0 LE
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home