Cheapo Computers - bargain PCs, laptops, mobiles and more!

Nvidia Ion Netbook - Save £70, under £300

2010-03-12T19:08:34Z

If you're after a small computer but with a bit more power than the average Atom-powered netbook, this could be just the deal.

The Compaq Mini 311c is a tiny netbook that also packs in Nvidia's clever Ion graphics processor, so despite its size it can play high definition videos.

It runs Windows XP, includes 1GB of memory and a 160GB hard disk and has an 11.6in display. Best of all, it's selling at a great price: previously £340, we've found it for just £270. Click the jump for details.

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Packard Bell Laptop - Save £160!

2010-03-10T17:04:21Z

Apologies for the limited supply of bargains over the last week - Computeractive's staff have been over in Hannover taking a look at the latest products due to appear in stores over the next few months. With that done, it's back to the bargains - and here's a great place to start.

This Packard Bell dot_ma laptop is small and light, but packs 2GB of memory, a 250GB hard disk and ATI graphics. It also has an 11.6in display and a six-cell battery. The normal selling price is £380, but today it's on sale for just £220 - click the jump for details on where to buy.

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Canon A490 Camera - Half Price!

2010-02-26T14:25:24Z

Here's a great deal if you live anywhere a branch of Argos - a Canon Powershot compact camera that takes 10 megapixel images selling for half the usual price.

The Powershot A490 normally sells for £130 and has a 3.3x optical zoom lens. It uses SD memory cards and can also record short movie clips. There's a built-in flash and a 2.5 inch screen on the back for composing images. To grab one for just £65, click the jump.

]]> This camera normally sells for £130, but for a limited time Argos is listing it for £65. The company is currently out of stock for home delivery, but click here to see if any are left in your local branch.

Ultra-posh Wireless Keyboard: Under Half Price!

2010-02-25T10:26:42Z

Keyboard and mouse sets come in all shapes and sizes, from the £10 plasticky models included with most computers all the way up to ludicrously expensive models with built-in displays that will set you back £60 or more. Today, though, we've found the best of both worlds: a top of the range desktop set at a bargain price.

This keyboard and mouse set comes from Logitech's premium DiNovo range, and includes a small screen built into the number pad. It's designed for notebook computers, but will of course work perfectly with a desktop - in fact, its smaller design could be handy if desk space is limited. It normally sells for just under £70, but today you can grab one for under half that price - click the jump for details.

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1.5TB Samsung Disk - Just £90!

2010-02-24T17:14:33Z

There's a lot to love about Samsung's Story Station range of hard disks, starting of course with the somewhat bizarre name, but today we've found another reason to get one: a really low price. We've found a store selling a 1.5TB version - that's one and a half thousand gigabytes of storage space for your computer - for just £90.

That's enough space to hold almost half a million digital photos, or 180 hours of high definition video, so it'll keep even the biggest collection of digital media together for some time to come. It connects to your computer via a USB cable, so installation is a cinch. Click the jump for details of where to buy.

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LG 22in Monitor with HDMI - Save £30

2010-02-19T11:44:17Z

If you're still using a 15- 17- or 19-inch display, or even an older CRT model rather than a flatscreen, here's a chance to catch up with the latest technology at a low price.

This 22inch widescreen display from LG has a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, so not only do you get loads of room for several programs on screen at once but you can also play 1080P high-definition video.

And, unlike some cheaper 22inch screens, the LG W2261V has both DVI and HDMI digital inputs, so you can connect it digitally to either a computer or a Blu-ray player. To pick up this great display at a £30 saving, click the jump.

]]> The LG W2261V normally costs £169, but today we've found it for just £139. Click here to buy.

Samsung Blu-ray player for £80

2010-02-19T11:32:02Z

If you've been waiting to upgrade your elderly DVD player to a new, high definition Blu-ray model, this could be the ideal opportunity: A Samsung player going for well under £100.

The BD-P1580 will play Blu-rays, DVDs and CDs and connects to your television via HDMI. It can also play DivX video files using its USB socket. And today we've found it selling for just £80 - click the jump for details.

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Acer Laptop - Save £100, Now Under £200!

2010-02-12T12:58:01Z

If you're on the lookout for a low-cost laptop, then this could be just the thing - an Acer Aspire One netbook (one of the more recent models, not the older model often seen selling in refurbished PC stores) for just £199, and with a saving of £100.

The Aspire One 751 uses an Intel Atom Z520 processor with 1GB of memory and a 160GB hard disk. Its 11.6in screen is far bigger than those on most older netbook computers, and it runs Windows XP. The recommended price for this model is £300, but today we've found it for just £199 - that's a healthy third off the price, obviously. Click the jump for details.

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32in television and PC - just £209

2010-02-12T12:19:40Z

If you're the kind of person who's comfortable putting a PC together from parts then this is a fantastic deal. If you're not so handy with a screwdriver, though, it's one to avoid.

The product on offer here is a 32in television screen that's built to house a Micro ATX PC - you'll need to add the motherboard, processor and memory into the back yourself. Once this is done, and after adding a copy of Windows, you'll be able to watch television, as well as anything else you could view on a PC - Youtube, downloaded videos, DVDs and so on.

The downside is that, without the PC parts, the screen itself won't do anything at all. But then the price is something of a bargain - just £209. Click the jump for details.

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Samsung QWERTY phone - just £99!

2010-02-05T11:29:20Z

Here's a good deal for anyone who wants a mobile phone that they can easily type email and text messages on without paying a fortune. Samsung's C6625 smartphone has a full QWERTY keypad, rather like the ones found on older Blackberry phones, and yet today you can buy it for less than £100 - and that's SIM free, ready to use on any mobile phone network.

The C6625 runs the Windows Mobile operating system and has a large 2.6in colour screen. It has a fast HSDPA internet connection and a 2-megapixel camera for snapping photos. It can play music and video files, and if there's not enough storage space inside for all your media files you can add more with a memory card. Click the jump for details on how to buy one.

]]> The C6625 is available for just £99 between 11am and 5pm today - Friday 5th February - click here for information or to buy.

Three-PC Family Security for under £5

2010-02-03T14:32:03Z

There's not much to say about this particular deal, except that it's a bargain: if you don't mind upgrading to the latest version via your internet connection, you can get a three-PC copy of AVG Family Security for just £4.93 here. You're unlikely to find a cheaper security product than that.

19in High-Def Television / Monitor - Save £90

2010-02-02T16:09:31Z

It seems that these days televisions just get bigger and bigger - most start at 32 inches, with monstrous 40 inch, 50 inch and larger displays coming down in price. If you're looking for something a little smaller, perhaps for a second television or simply because you prefer something a little less room-dominating, this could be ideal.

LG's 19H2000 is a proper high-definition ready LCD television, but with a 19in screen it's small enough to fit into most rooms. It has a built-in Freeview TV tuner, an HDMI socket for high-definition picture sources such as Blu-ray players and also a PC input so it can be used as a computer monitor. Its normal price is £230, but we've found a store selling this TV for just £140 - click the jump for details.

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11.6in Medion E1311 Netbook - Save £140!

2010-01-28T10:37:29Z

If you're on the lookout for a netbook computer with a big screen, this could be just the job - and it's available at an even bigger discount. The Medion Akoya E1311 has a 1.5GHz processor with 1GB of memory and a 160GB hard disk, and runs Windows XP.

It has the fastest type of wireless networking - 802.11n - and Bluetooth built-in, as well as a memory card reader and a webcam. And with a six hour battery, it'll keep running for quite some time.

This powerful netbook normally costs £350, but today it's on sale for just £209 - click the jump for details of where to buy.

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Backup Software - Half Price!

2010-01-27T12:28:21Z

Just about every PC user knows that it's important to keep backups of any important documents or photos stored on a computer in case something goes wrong - but what about the software on that PC? Most of us spend time adding extra programs and tweaking Windows to run just the way we want it, and even if you do have all the necessary discs and keycodes to hand putting everything back in place after a serious PC problem could take days. Unless, of course, you have an image backup.

Image backups take a copy of everything on your computer, including Windows and all its settings and any programs that are installed. To make one you'll need a suitable program, and today we've found one of the best, Acronis True Image Home 2010, for just £20 - and that's half the regular price. Click the jump for details.

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Family Tree Maker - Under Half Price!

2010-01-21T12:27:38Z

If you've ever thought about researching your family's history and creating a family tree, then this could be the ideal opportunity. There are loads of software packages and services available to help you research family history on a computer, but many are expensive - today we've found one selling for under half price.

This Who Do You Think You Are Family Tree Maker package is the deluxe version, so as well as software to help you compile family tree information it also includes a three month subscription to Ancestry.co.uk worth £32 - not bad when you're getting the entire package for around half that price. The normal selling cost is £40, but we've found it for just £17 - click the jump for details.

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