On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:48:35 +0200 niff <niff@msi.defcon1> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:02:19 +0100 > Ron Leach <ronle...@tesco.net> wrote: > > good morevening, > > > There's an attractive offer in UK for an HP 255 G2 laptop, from > > Misco: > > > > http://www.misco.co.uk/product/Q730917/ > > As the others, I'd say "there's a wolf" (fr expression to show that > something's very wrong), look at the price at amazon UK: > http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IG51JA6?*Version*=1&*entries*=0 > > misco: 261.60 inc VAT > amazon: 403.17 inc VAT > > that's an almost… 65% difference! In IT world, this doesn't exist, > except if the computer has been reconditioned 2-3 times and is > shipped without warranty - but it is not mentioned (in fr, it is > strictly forbidden to hide such information; in UK, I don't know). > > That also may be a typo; here, laws would force the saler to honor the > publicized price, in UK, once again I don't know. > > Take your chances (or risks:) > >
I bought a 255G1 about six months ago for £263. Here's a G2 for £220 inc VAT. There are a lot of processor options, and quite a price range for the same basic machine. http://www.ebuyer.com/636132-hp-255-g2-laptop-f7x83ea-abu They're not amazingly powerful and the screen resolution isn't great, but if those are adequate then it seems to be a good buy. I needed a cheap Windows laptop to replace an eight-year-old Acer (the cheapest available then, and still over £400) when XP was finally put down. I use some proprietary hardware and software which doesn't do Linux. I couldn't be bothered messing about with dual boot, so I carry a pocket USB hard drive containing a sid installation, and also have a sid on a VM in Windows. I use the latter for Linux-only software, and the former for using public wi-fi. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140822180528.4ee83...@jresid.jretrading.com
