IBM Thinkpad R50e laptop - £399

nads

Anyone know if you can sue NUS discount to buy this?

studentdave

Nope, staples don't do student/nus discounts.

I guess if you knew someone that worked there, then maybe you could recieve a 10% staff discount or if you have a staples business a/c I think they recieve 20% but you have to have a bank account with them and its for business customers only I think

Premier_2

nads wrote:

Anyone know if you can sue NUS discount to buy this?

The laptop is only available for purchase in store (subject to stock)

If you have a NHS discount card for use at Staples, I don't see why you can't use it with this offer, but check the T&Cs of the discount card.

studentdave

Hang on, whats a NHS discount card?

Staples don't do student/NUS discounts, I've checked

Premier_2

Sorry studentdave, we appear to have posted at almost the same time

Worse still, I confused NUS with NHS

alsam

Hi all,

I know I am risking a biased view here but could you good people help me decide which laptop to choose:

I recently purchased a Dell 6000:

1.6ghz - Centrino
60 GB Hard Drive
512 Ram
Wireless enabled
On board Graphics
15.4 widescreen
DVD RW (SL)

This cost me £498

I have also been given an IBM R50e for work which has made me think about giving the Dell back.

With a memory upgrade for the thinkpad (£30 approx) I would save £70

For a £70 save I loose:

20gb hard drive
0.2ghz processor

But gain

Better build quality

Should I go for the dell or IBM.

Look foward to your replies...

Thanks!

Al

xueta

alsam wrote:

I recently purchased a Dell 6000:

1.6ghz - Centrino
60 GB Hard Drive
512 Ram
Wireless enabled
On board Graphics
15.4 widescreen
DVD RW (SL)

This cost me £498

I have also been given an IBM R50e for work which has made me think about giving the Dell back.

With a memory upgrade for the thinkpad (£30 approx) I would save £70

For a £70 save I loose:

20gb hard drive
0.2ghz processor

But gain

Better build quality

You would also lose a Centrino (Pentium M) processor vs Celeron M, widescreen display and shipping costs back to Dell. I would also question whether the Lenovo/IBM does in fact have better build quality than Dell.
Doesn't make sense to me!

dc2447

I'd give back the Dell - my experience with their laptops has been very poor - I had a bunch of laptops with mouse drift , which made them unusable for me. I would certainly believe that the IMB build quality is also better.

greatkingbowser

Hey guys, are these still available in-store?

studentdave

Many stores seem to have sold out, however they may have ordered more stock so you'll have to find out at your local branch