Good buy?

[ayupmiduck]

Hi guys, first time poster.

I am looking to build my own PC, but in the meantime I would like to purchase a notebook for home use. I have a budget of approximately £600.

The notebook shall primarily be used at home for everyday tasks. I would also like it to be able to run swtor, but not overly concerned about eye bleeding settings (thats for the build!)

I have spotted this

http/www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/asus-a53e-sx1339s-15-6-laptop-red-11884685-pdt.html

and wanted to get your guys opinion on whether you consider this a good buy?

There were lots of HPs around about my budget which look sexy, but I refuse to buy HP after bad customer care experience with my last buy (HPDV5).

The Asus seems to have alot for my money, would you agree?

Shame about the red colour, but I think I can live with it.

Thanks in advance

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Its a decent spec for the money but NO graphics card....its got an onboard chip...

Fine for normal stuff, awful for games....

All the best Brett

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Recognize that just about every "brand" you'd recognize, don't actually make a laptop.....they are reselling ODM products.

The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Original Design Manufacturers (ODM). Major relationships include:[4]

Quanta sells to (among others) HP, Lenovo, Apple, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Sony, Fujitsu and NEC
Compal sells to (among others) Acer, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and HP/Compaq
Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to Dell, Acer, Lenovo and HP
Inventec sells to Toshiba, HP and Lenovo
Pegatron (former manufacturing & design division of Asus) sells to Asus, Toshiba, Apple, Dell and Acer
Foxconn sells to Asus, Dell, HP and Apple
Flextronics (former Arima Computer Corporation notebook division) sells to HP
Clevo sells to boutique vendors such as Sager, VoodooPC, Falcon Northwest, Eurocom, etc.

For 600 pounds, that's about $950 US ..... I'd look at the Clevo P151HM ($990) or W150HRQ ($880) ....

http/forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/91510-clevo-guide-v2-0-faq-reseller-info.html

http/forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/592609-clevo-guide-v3-0-faq-reseller-info-read-before-posting.html