Comet Discount Code

For better or worse, not everything demands peak performance. Despite what marketing departments would have you believe, most of us aren’t editing 8K video on our lunch breaks or simultaneously running triple-A games and machine-learning workloads. Often we just want tech that doesn’t fall apart, priced in a way that doesn’t make our browsers sweat. Which brings us, with tempered expectations and perhaps a cuppa in hand, to the world of computing deals - specifically, Lenovo’s current round of laptop discounts at Comet. Yes, that Comet. It’s back, quietly, and not shouting about it.

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 – Less Slim, More Sensible

Let’s start with the £179.99 Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3. It's not what you'd describe as aggressively powerful, but with an Intel N100 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a miserly 128GB SSD, it’s not trying to win any awards for brute strength. It's trying to stay out of your way. And succeed quietly enough that you won’t think about it more than necessary. At £100 off the original £279.99, it’s not a bad deal for a weekday browsing machine or a gift for someone whose tech demands start and end with email and YouTube.

As ever with these lower-end models, expectations around multitasking should be modest. Four gigs of RAM in 2025 is roughly equivalent to bringing a paperback to a LAN party: functional, but quickly outpaced. That said, Windows 11 in S mode helps rein in background chaos - sort of a digital toddler gate for your memory usage. Switching out of S mode for more app freedom is possible, but you’ll probably want to budget for a RAM upgrade soon after that if it's even possible on this model (spoiler: it’s often soldered in).

Acer Aspire C24 & C22 – All-in-one, Some Compromises

If a laptop feels too 2008, Acer’s Aspire C24 and C22 all-in-one desktops are currently available with £100–£200 off, depending on specs. The 24-inch C24 is £749, featuring an Intel Core i7-1360P chip and 1TB SSD - arguably overkill for an all-in-one, but a reassuring bit of excess in a genre more often defined by mediocre panels and wheezy processors. The 21.5-inch C22 brings the price down to £399.99, but also lowers the bar to a Core i3 and 512GB SSD. Both earn free delivery and, we assume, a spot in a home office that is one houseplant away from being complete.

A word of caution: while these systems look clean on a desk and reduce cable clutter to the point of monk-like minimalism, upgrading them is a shrug at best and a screwdriver-wielding argument with plastic clips at worst. These are not modular machines; you buy them for the simplicity, not the longevity. But for just under £400, the C22 is a decent plug-and-go setup for grandparents, guest rooms, or anyone who still regrets the time they spent choosing between "Monitor A" and "Monitor B."

AOC AGON PRO Gaming Monitor – Performance, With an Existential Footnote

Then we stray into more performance territory, with the AOC AGON PRO AG276QZD at £448.99 - down £81 from its regular asking price. This 26.5" QHD OLED monitor boasts a 240Hz refresh rate, 0.03ms response, G-Sync compatibility, and probably a moral obligation to do it all with a straight face. It’s clearly aimed at competitive gamers or those with quicker reflexes and higher frame-rate expectations than the rest of us, who just want the Netflix menu not to stutter.

The monitor does a fine job in all the usual metrics. Colour accuracy is strong, contrast is deep (because OLED), and response time is practically speculative fiction. As a bonus, it doesn’t look like someone’s idea of a spaceship control panel from 2003. But at nearly £450, you’re paying a bit extra for drama - the kind only crucial milliseconds and slightly silkier motion can provide. If you don’t game competitively or work in high-end visual production, this might be filed under "why not, if someone else is paying." Still, a solid panel with solid specs. Free delivery cushions the blow a little.

Deals with Modest Ambitions and Reasonable Returns

It’s worth noting that Comet - reshaped and rebooted - currently offers free standard delivery on orders over £99, covering most of the products mentioned above. Returns are pitched as "hassle free," which in retail speak lands somewhere between "actually fine" and "prepare to chat with at least two chatbots." Still, it’s not fraught, and return windows are measured in days rather than regrets.

The Bottom Line (Where the Numbers Live)

On balance, these are pragmatic devices for pragmatic lives. None are particularly revolutionary, and that’s precisely the point. With discounts hovering around 30 to 35%, you’re paying less for the privilege of not caring too much - and for some buyers, that’s the only metric that matters. There are no breathless innovations here. Just things that switch on, get the job done, and let you move on with your day. Which, as it turns out, might be the best feature of all.

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