Laptops at Tesco: Think twice before buying a Laptop from a grocery Store.

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Laptops are now being sold at Tesco.  This might come as good news for people who are familiar with this giant British food retailer.  However,   you will find out very shortly why you should not buy your new laptop from a grocery store.
laptops at tesco
The number of laptops for sale at Tesco stores is very limited.  Just six laptops from two different makers including Acer were available on sale when we visited the supermarket a week ago.  Thus, you are limited to this stock and cannot choose from a variety of brands.

You will also be mistaken to think that Laptops will be sold at a discount rate at Tesco compared to proper Laptop shops such as PC World and Argos.  This assumption is inaccurate.  The prices of laptops at Tesco are the same as those in other Computer stores.
laptops at tesco

In addition, you cannot get proper advice from Tesco staff in-charge of the laptops.   They will go inside their inner store either to search their system for information or ask someone else every time you ask them a question about their laptops.   This is not only time consuming but it is also annoying.

Furthermore, laptops sold at Tesco seem to be infected with malwares.  I spent more than two days before I was able to disable the malwares on the laptop we recently bought from the supermarket.  These viruses were generating lots of pop-ups, some showing Tesco products, that I found it almost impossible to accomplish any task on the laptop.  They also posed security risk to personal data on the laptop.
pop-ups generated by malwares
Pop-ups generated by malwares


You can see why Tesco does not seem to be a good place to buy a laptop. There is no doubt that the supermarket is the giant retailer of food stuff in the UK.  It should find ways to maintain this dominance rather than attempt to sell laptops which it does not know much about.   

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