Was sent a good deal on a laptop if anyone is looking

http://www.cclonline.com/product/55261/M4897UK/Laptops/Lenovo-Essential-B560-M4897UK-nbsp-Notebook/NOT3926/?utm_source=eshot0372&utm_medium=eshot&utm_campaign=NOT3926

Basic but its not a Celeron

Lenovo Essential B560 Notebook

Intel Pentium Dual Core (P6200) 2.13 GHz Processor with 3MB L3 Cache

3072MB (1066MHz) DDR3 memory

320GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive

15.6 inch HD Glare TFT Display with LED-backlit

Optical drive: Rambo Tray-in 12.7 mm (DVD/CD Combo burner/reader)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD

100/1000Mbps Ethernet

Non-Intel 1x1 BGN Wireless

One year warranty

£279

Edited 10 June, 201115 yr by Aspman

Noticed a a crack at the hinge of SWMBO's laptop today - looks like we'll need one soon..

I might shell out a new one for me and she can have my HP Laptop..

Looking for a Linux laptop - does anyone know if the price would be reduced due to not needing a Windows license.?

Noticed a a crack at the hinge of SWMBO's laptop today - looks like we'll need one soon..

I might shell out a new one for me and she can have my HP Laptop..

Looking for a Linux laptop - does anyone know if the price would be reduced due to not needing a Windows license.?

You'll probably find it quite difficult to get one without Windows preinstalled.

I think (not 100% sure) that you can sell back the OEM licence to Windows, but they make it very hard and you don't get much.

An OEM licence doesn't take up much of the price of a laptop tbh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_refund#License_refund_policy

In that case - can I buy a laptop and sell the OEM License Or would that be in breach of Microsoft Dicatatorsh.. I mean EULA..

In that case - can I buy a laptop and sell the OEM License Or would that be in breach of Microsoft Dicatatorsh.. I mean EULA..

No. OEM has to come with the hardware. I think the only legal way is to return it to the manufacturer or MS themselves. And since the license is really just the code on the sticker on the back they sometimes want the machine back too.

TBH even if you're going down the Linux road you'll probably still find it handy to have a Windows partition and it's not worth the hassle.

No. OEM has to come with the hardware. I think the only legal way is to return it to the manufacturer or MS themselves. And since the license is really just the code on the sticker on the back they sometimes want the machine back too.

TBH even if you're going down the Linux road you'll probably still find it handy to have a Windows partition and it's not worth the hassle.

I purchased Windows 7 (stupid me) It started out better than Vista but VERY soon became absolutely carp - Updates every day or so - very large ones. Slow running, Processes running away and deadlocking.

I know it's possibly not Windows that's the issue as SWMBO's laptop seems fine (although she never updates it) and the work PC's seem OK. In the short time I've been running Windows 7 - bought it from PC World as a Pre-release so Oct 2009?? - I've rebuilt it more times than the many years of XP.

I don't want to get into a debate of "Windows 7 is better than....." It's a personal choice, Linux is faster - more stable - more responsive and (at present) does everything I need. Don't get me wrong, I have WINE and (just in case) Win7 on a VM installed. But from a daily OS, that is going to get used - I'm feeling the love the Ubuntu Linux.

If it's going to cost me a new laptop with Windows - fine, I'll put up with it as it's going to be formatted anyway - just one less copy of Windows which Microsoft believes is being used

I found the Win7 beta to be pretty impressive. I ran it on a 'mature' laptop with an AMD dual core (actual chip name fails me) and 2Gb of RAM and it was only slightly slower than XP. I was running it with all the bells and whistles off.

Might be worth checking your AV and any other services that are running. Your install might be overburdened with junk in the background.

I found the Win7 beta to be pretty impressive. I ran it on a 'mature' laptop with an AMD dual core (actual chip name fails me) and 2Gb of RAM and it was only slightly slower than XP. I was running it with all the bells and whistles off.

Might be worth checking your AV and any other services that are running. Your install might be overburdened with junk in the background.

Nope - had running services and apps streamlined - everything turned off until I needed to use it - AV was using Avast Home (which I have been using for years).

I don't normally install junk (downloaded apps, etc) - All software was genuine and licensed, all well known apps.

It used to get worse after Windows updates.

Anyway - this is by-the-by now as it was wiped in anger - made me feel better

doesn't really seem a good deal to me for a little more you can get i3 based processors.