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Xmas Sale Laptop Purchase

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Sidmon
Sidmon Posts: 162 Forumite
in I wanna buy it or do it
Have agreed to get the Missus a Laptop for a combined Birthday and Christmas present. My only stipulation was that rather than have the rush of xmas shopping buying, I'd get it for a better price in the xmas sales. I don't really care what brand it is I am just looking for at least 1GB of RAM and at least a 60GB Hard Drive. It will be used for mainly internet and also I intend to play Championship Manager 7 on it too....but she doesnt know that yet! Anyone got any ideas on where will be best....I like the Compaq Presario C300EA at Currys/Dixon/PC World but its £449.99 would rather it be £349!!! :T
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  • Sidmon
    Sidmon Posts: 162 Forumite
    Have had a good luck at the Curry's sale.....nothing too great....have seen some great ones for reasomable money on eBay...only problem is they come from the US! :cool:
  • Shawz
    Shawz Posts: 1,054 Forumite
    These threads may be useful

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=331949&highlight=laptop

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=331927&highlight=laptop

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=331719&highlight=laptop
    Looking to raise some money ;)
  • Sidmon
    Sidmon Posts: 162 Forumite
    Thanks for that. Have noticed Dell are doing some deals on their Inspiron range and I am tempted due to the quality of them. Saying that the Presario C310 with 10% discount code at Curry's for £404 is still very tempting!
  • Sidmon
    Sidmon Posts: 162 Forumite
    Best deal I have found for a Laptop with big H/D and good graphics memory (nearly all sub £550 laptops only have 128mb of Graphics Memory) is on the following link:

    http://www.shopacer.co.uk/pp/Acer_Aspire_Laptops/Acer_Aspire_5100_Series/Aspire_5103WLMi_-_2.html

    Would still like to get it cheaper though!
  • defnas
    defnas Posts: 39 Forumite
    saw this in the dell site all in price with 'truelife'screen,dont know what the techies think?

    SYSTEM COMPONENTS
    Inspiron 1501 (N01157) Qty 1
    AMD® Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL50, Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2 (incl Operating System Re-Installation CD) - English Unit Price Incl. VAT £474.25
    Catalog Number: 202 N01157
    Module Description Show Details
    Base AMD® Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL50
    Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2 (incl Operating System Re-Installation CD) - English
    Memory 1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x512)
    Keyboard Internal Keyboard - (QWERTY) - UK/Ireland
    Video Card ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™
    Hard Drive 60GB (5,400rpm) Hard Drive
    Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter
    CD/DVD Drives Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
    Wireless Local Area Networking Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g 54Mbps Wireless Mini Card18
    Shipping Documents System Documentation
    Gedis Bundle Reference List N01157- DHS 1501 (3)
    Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 8.5 - English
    Standard Warranty Collect & Return, 90 Days Service only
    Cover It with Dell Support Services Collect & Return, 90 Day Service only
    AntiVirus & Security Software No Security/Anti-Virus Protection
    Power Supply 65W AC Adapter
    Digital Photography No Photo Organising & Sharing Software/No Photo Editing Software
    Order Information Inspiron Order - UK
    Primary Battery 6 Cell, 56Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery
    Carrying Cases No Carry Case
    Money Off Savings Save £70 (inc VAT)
    Dell System Media Kit Resource CD- Contains Diagnostics and Drivers
    Adobe Reader English - Adobe Reader 8.5.8
    Dell Internet Order Dell Internet Order.
    Network assistant Network Assist 1.2 - 90 Day Trial
    LCD 15.4" Wide Screen XGA TFT Display with TrueLife™ 1280x800

    TOTAL Incl. VAT:£474.25



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  • Sidmon
    Sidmon Posts: 162 Forumite
    Hard Drive is not the largest but otherwise a nice spec.
  • Sidmon
    Sidmon Posts: 162 Forumite
    After much deliberation and speaking to shopacer direct (con merchants!) think i will go with the following: http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-8758.aspx

    Anyone got any advice or codes to get money off (I only have a temporary Clubcard). If not does anyone know any stores in near the West Midlands that have them in stock.
  • martmonk
    martmonk Posts: 863 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Sidmon wrote:
    After much deliberation and speaking to shopacer direct (con merchants!) think i will go with the following: http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-8758.aspx

    Anyone got any advice or codes to get money off (I only have a temporary Clubcard). If not does anyone know any stores in near the West Midlands that have them in stock.

    check here first;
    http://www.macwarehouse.co.uk/catalogue/Computers/Laptop/Laptops?sort=&start=16&size=15
  • Sidmon
    Sidmon Posts: 162 Forumite
    They want £633 for it....but thanks for the replying.
  • melancholly
    melancholly Posts: 7,457 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    i'm thinking about getting a laptop in the sales so great thread - thanks!

    doesn't seem to be much on there rigth now, but there's a sticky on the Discount Codes 'n Vouchers (online & offline) board where lots of tesco codes go up. worth checking there to see if there's anything
    (although 549 points is £20 in clubcard deals vouchers, so goes a long way to dinner for 2 if that helps at all!)
    :happyhear
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