Dell system for £185 incl. VAT

psybear · 28 January 2005 at 2:24PM

INSERT BY MARTIN: As noted in the Tip - the price now is £301 (originally it was a special deal for less. Dell bargains are very common, keep wathcing the [uel=http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=25478]Daily Bargains update[/url] and you'll see them all the time)
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Has this been posted yet?

It might be a pricing error - either way it's a great buy at this price.

Dimension 3000 2.6GHz
Free Delivery!
Intel 845GV+ chipset
Equipped with Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system
Support for Dual Channel DDR
Integrated Intel Extreme 2 Graphics
Integrated 10/100 Pro Ethernet
Midnight grey mini-tower with six USB 2.0 ports
McAfee® Security Centre (AntiVirus, Firewall, Privacy) 90 day trial version

http://commerce.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config/frameset.asp?s=ukpad&l=en&m=gbp&c=622&n=1675&cu=ukpad&v=d&cc=&ogn=&kcd=&ad=&mc=&rs=&cuid=&cg=&pch=1&demo=&gc=&sbc=ukpad&co=&b=54005

Change the warranty to 1 year Collect & Return to get this price.

PB

Contractor_2 · 28 January 2005 at 2:45PM

That's for medium and large business. Thought I read somewhere you don't have the same consumer rights as a home user (should things go pear shaped) if you purchase through the business section.

georgesky01 · 28 January 2005 at 2:50PM

it's in the MEDIUM & LARGE BUSINESS section can i still order it

if i don't have a business

dbilsborough · 28 January 2005 at 3:00PM

Contractor wrote:

That's for medium and large business. Thought I read somewhere you don't have the same consumer rights as a home user (should things go pear shaped) if you purchase through the business section.

that's right, distance selling regs don't apply

biglugs · 28 January 2005 at 3:08PM

You may not have the same consumer rights but you can certainly buy this through the medium business section - just make up a company name (like Smith & Son) when they ask you for the business name.
I bought a system off them before Xmas and it went through without any problems.

p.s. This price includes free delivery and a 17" CRT screen so this is a bargain! Throw in a PCI FX5200 video card from PC World (about £45 online) and you've got a great little home PC for less than £240.

p.p.s. On closer look this looks like a pricing error! The configure and buy page states "From £256.63" which is exclusive of VAT, but when you select the system and change to 1 year warranty the price comes up as £156.63 - a saving of £100!! Grab it while you can!

mhuk · 28 January 2005 at 3:55PM

It's not a mistake.

Anyone can buy from business section, but you can't return the PC.

madkid88 · 28 January 2005 at 4:02PM

is it worth buying then, and is it easily upgradable..will get it 2nite after your replies

coolio_2 · 28 January 2005 at 4:17PM

excellant spot, my dads been after one for a while. One question tho, u lot keep saying 'not the same consumer rights' What does that mean? if u change your mind u cant send it back? Because tbh i dont care about that. I just dont want to be shafted if they send him the wrong spec machine and we have no comeback

ben500 · 28 January 2005 at 4:38PM

thanks op nabbed one of these!!

CurryKing_2 · 28 January 2005 at 4:38PM

the processor isnt that great - once you've added Norton and a Firewall for surfing it'll struggle

Neil

biglugs · 28 January 2005 at 4:46PM

I disagree that this will struggle - it depends on what you want to use it for.

If all you are doing is web surfing, word processing, listening to music and playing basic games this will be fine. My kids have Pentium III 733 machines and they work well for these sort of things, and the processor on this is certainly better than these. I will find out with any luck 'cos I've ordered one of these to replace one of my son's PCs.

Stick in a basic FX5200 graphics card (PCI version only) and it'll be fine for playing games like Return to Castle Wolfenstein or Harry Potter and watching DVDs i.e. anything not too stretching.

I can't see how just running Internet Explorer and a Firewall/virus Checker would make this so bad it would be unusable!

What is WILL NOT do though is play games like Far Cry, Half-Life and certainly not Doom3.

Dell system for £185 incl. VAT

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