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We liked
The C50 is solidly built and the Celeron 1005M that powers it is good enough to handle modest multi-tasking, office applications and web browsing jobs, plus it's fairly quiet and runs cool. Its speakers are surprisingly good thanks partly to their location.
We disliked
This laptop is massive but that doesn't come with any added benefits. Its battery life is far lower than we'd expect and its poor graphics performance means that anything other than casual gaming (or games in low settings) will translate to a disappointing user experience.
Final verdict
The C50 is a solid budget laptop which is an impressive value for money proposition, and offers plenty of storage. It is likely to be more powerful than sub-£200 laptops like the Asus X200MA while costing only about 10% extra, but this performance gain is offset by losses on the battery life and portability fronts. Also, there's nothing special about the C50 that differentiates it from other consumer laptops (there's no Windows 8.1 Pro, for example).
