Author Topic: Is this a good buy? (Read 3829 times)

helloface · « **on:** April 30, 2014, 11:18:54 PM »

I was looking for >500$ laptops for general usage, and this was one of the cheapest laptops I could find with a 100$ sale. Most of the things I've heard about ASUS laptops online were good, but a couple people I know IRL said they were bad. Is this a good deal?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-x551ca-15-6-laptop-black-intel-pentium-2117u-750gb-hdd-6gb-ram-windows-x551ca-bh91-cb/10274203.aspx?path=6fee54112f1b1a307e3b28b8d8fb171cen02

SKBT · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:32:03 PM »

no.

you want at an i5 with about 2.3ghz with 8 gigs of ram. at minimum an i3.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:33:18 PM »

I can tell you from personal experience that 1.8 GhZ will struggle to play modern games, or do RA2 and Netflix at the same time.

What exactly do you need it to do?

helloface · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:59:45 PM »

Pretty much RA2 & basic internet browzing.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2014, 06:04:40 PM »

Quote from: helloface199 on April 30, 2014, 11:59:45 PM

Pretty much RA2 & basic internet browzing.

Does it absolutely have to be portable? If no, consider getting a desktop PC, you get much more bang for your buck. The accessories you'll need are a monitor and USB wireless adapter, which will run you about $100 and $30 respectively. I found this, someone else will have to weigh in, but it looks legit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883265827

Gazea2 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2014, 06:32:06 PM »

Quote from: helloface199 on April 30, 2014, 11:18:54 PM

Most of the things I've heard about ASUS laptops online were good, but a couple people I know IRL said they were bad.

From my own experience I can safely say that they have no customer support system whatsoever

helloface · « **Reply #6 on:** July 08, 2014, 03:29:16 PM »

bump

How aboot this?
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/dell-dell-inspiron-15-6-laptop-silver-intel-core-i5-4200u-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-i15rm-2688slv/10283209.aspx?path=526f765626fe8e2ba163d4d09a0327bfen02

Natster-104 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 08, 2014, 03:37:03 PM »

Looks nice to me, lets see here, $649.95/1.71 = £380.08, I think you could get it for a better price however

helloface · « **Reply #8 on:** July 08, 2014, 03:41:51 PM »

Quote from: Natster-104 on July 08, 2014, 03:37:03 PM

Looks nice to me, lets see here, $649.95/1.71 = £380.08, I think you could get it for a better price however

All of the prices for laptops are bad around here.

Natster-104 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2014, 03:46:40 PM »

Quote from: helloface199 on July 08, 2014, 03:41:51 PM

Quote from: Natster-104 on July 08, 2014, 03:37:03 PM
Looks nice to me, lets see here, $649.95/1.71 = £380.08, I think you could get it for a better price however
All of the prices for laptops are bad around here.

Oh, you checked amazon and ebay?

helloface · « **Reply #10 on:** July 08, 2014, 04:09:07 PM »

Quote from: Natster-104 on July 08, 2014, 03:46:40 PM

Quote from: helloface199 on July 08, 2014, 03:41:51 PM
Quote from: Natster-104 on July 08, 2014, 03:37:03 PM
Looks nice to me, lets see here, $649.95/1.71 = £380.08, I think you could get it for a better price however
All of the prices for laptops are bad around here.
Oh, you checked amazon and ebay?

No, I don't find those sites very reliable for buying things like this.

Natster-104 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 08, 2014, 04:15:51 PM »

hmm, fair enough, my laptops an acer aspire which I got from a PC world/currys store, god I love it. Have a look at one of them, they're very nice

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #12 on:** July 08, 2014, 08:40:24 PM »

Quote from: helloface199 on July 08, 2014, 03:29:16 PM

bump

How aboot this?
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/dell-dell-inspiron-15-6-laptop-silver-intel-core-i5-4200u-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-i15rm-2688slv/10283209.aspx?path=526f765626fe8e2ba163d4d09a0327bfen02

No.

helloface · « **Reply #13 on:** July 08, 2014, 09:35:32 PM »

Quote from: HurricaneAndrew on July 08, 2014, 08:40:24 PM

Quote from: helloface199 on July 08, 2014, 03:29:16 PM
bump

How aboot this?
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/dell-dell-inspiron-15-6-laptop-silver-intel-core-i5-4200u-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-windows-8-1-i15rm-2688slv/10283209.aspx?path=526f765626fe8e2ba163d4d09a0327bfen02

No.

Well why not?

Badnik96 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 08, 2014, 10:53:32 PM »

Windows 8, thats why

helloface · « **Reply #15 on:** July 08, 2014, 11:29:57 PM »

All the good laptops switched to W8.

090901 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 09, 2014, 02:47:24 AM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on July 08, 2014, 10:53:32 PM

Windows 8, thats why

Question: Have you ever actually used Windows 8 before, since most the people that diehard hate it seemed to have never used it before.

Shield · « **Reply #17 on:** July 09, 2014, 02:52:21 AM »

Quote from: 090901 on July 09, 2014, 02:47:24 AM

Quote from: Badnik96 on July 08, 2014, 10:53:32 PM
Windows 8, thats why
Question: Have you ever actually used Windows 8 before, since most the people that diehard hate it seemed to have never used it before.

I use it on my laptop and it sucks

Badnik96 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 09, 2014, 03:05:17 AM »

Quote from: 090901 on July 09, 2014, 02:47:24 AM

Quote from: Badnik96 on July 08, 2014, 10:53:32 PM
Windows 8, thats why
Question: Have you ever actually used Windows 8 before, since most the people that diehard hate it seemed to have never used it before.

Ive been using a windows 8 laptop since my last hard drive failure, its awful

090901 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2014, 03:05:53 AM »

Quote from: S.H.I.E.L.D on July 09, 2014, 02:52:21 AM

I use it on my laptop and it sucks

I use it too, it's exactly the same as all the other ones other than the fact it doesn't have the start menu or w/e it's called, but I never used that so it doesn't affect me at all.