BigPockets.co.uk special: 17in Core 2 laptop for only £299.99

by Parm Mann on 14 July 2008, 18:14

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If you're in the market for a laptop that does the job without breaking the bank, you're probably thinking of ASUS' Eee or MSI's Wind.

On the other hand, if performance is more important than portability, take a look at the latest bargain from BigPockets.co.uk. The online retailer is offering Gateway's MX8716B laptop, featuring a 17in WXGA screen, 1.73GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GiB of RAM and a 120GiB HDD, for just £299.

The laptop, pictured below, comes loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium, and it all looks to be a very tidy deal.

The complete specification is as follows:

Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T5300
Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology
(1.73GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 533MHz FSB)
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
Display: 17" widescreen Ultrabright™ WXGA TFT (1440x900)
Chipset: Intel® 945GM
Memory: 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 (2 x 1024MB)
2 DDR2 slots total, 0 DDR2 slots available
Hard Drive: 120GB 5400rpm SATA hard drive
Optical Drive: 8x multiformat dual-layer DVD±RW
Media Reader: 4-in-1 memory card reader
Secure Digital™ (SD), Multi Media Card™ (MMC), Memory Stick™ (MS), Memory Stick™ Pro
Video: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Up to 224MB of shared video memory
Audio: High-definition 2-channel audio
Built-in speakers
Network: 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN
Intel® Wireless LAN 3945
802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN
Ports/Other: 4 - USB ports
1 - VGA connector
1 - S-Video connector
1 - IEEE 1394 port
1 - RJ-11 Modem port
1 - RJ-45 Ethernet port
1 - Headphone / Audio out
1 - Microphone
1 - Kensington lock slot
1 - AC adaptor connector


Interested? Head on over to BigPockets.co.uk for more information and feel free to pose any questions in the HEXUS.community forums.



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Would the UltraBright screen be a matte finish or gloss?

It is a nice deal btw :)
Does “as new” mean refurbished, or old stock?
The latest big bargain from BigPockets.co.uk is Gateway's 1.73GHz Core 2 Duo laptop, available for the netbook-beating price of £299.99.

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staffsMike
Would the UltraBright screen be a matte finish or gloss?

It's a gloss finish:

http://www.screentekinc.com/gateway-ultrabright-lcd-screens.shtml


But it is still a heniously good deal. :O_o1: Had it not been for the glossy finish, screen resolution and gfx, it would've made me think twice about a Dell M90.
ACiD303
Had it not been for the glossy finish, screen resolution and gfx, it would've made me think twice about a Dell M90.

Lol thats a fair few faults.

Thanks for the link though.