Cheap Laptop Anyone?

[Twinspin]

I was in currys the other day and i come across this laptop. I bought one to use as a gig machine with the MC6000 and it runs flawlessy with VDJ.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/compaq-presario-cq56-206sa-15-6-laptop-black-10969073-pdt.html

Its a bargain for the spec.

Compaq Presario CQ56-206SA <------- £299!

Intel Dual Core Pentium Processor,
4096mb Ram
500gb hardisk
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Looks like a bargain.

[surround sounds]

I was in currys the other day and i come across this laptop. I bought one to use as a gig machine with the MC6000 and it runs flawlessy with VDJ.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/compaq-presario-cq56-206sa-15-6-laptop-black-10969073-pdt.html

Its a bargain for the spec.

Compaq Presario CQ56-206SA <------- £299!

Intel Dual Core Pentium Processor,
4096mb Ram
500gb hardisk
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit.
Yes i brought this a while ago from tesco and it works great..

[Vectis]

I suspect the main reason for the keen price is the obsolete processor.

Perfectly good for a fixed task such as a playout device, and probably good for general-purpose software at least for the next couple of years, but slow compared to today's chipsets.

So it is indeed a bargain if you have a utility task in mind for it but as a 'family laptop' spend a bit more on an i5/i7 box.

[Cowlinn]

Brother bought this the other week, pretty good laptop.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I am seriously tempted...

I still have another 2 laptops to get rid of though.

Cheap laptop anyone?

[Twinspin]

I have a Sony Vaio laptop as well which is my personal laptop

I was going to wipe that clean and turn that into a gig machine but in the end i thought id rather keep it for personal use.

The compaq one will certainly do for a few months while i get some money saved up for a Macbook Pro then it can replace my other toshiba as a backup gig machine

[djdave01]

asda was selling a Dell machine with simmiler specs for £287 the other day. Only 15" screen but would be ok for backup

[NXDisco]

I brought this laptop from work earlier in the year when it went discontinued....

After my discount, I paid around £135 ish