Laptop suggestion

rajakumar

Hi,
I am palnning to buy a laptop from US. One of my friend from US is planning to come to UK. so he can take this when he is coming over here(There is no shipping or customs).

I heard that laptops are cheaper in US compared to UK.

I have found one, which I think is a good deal.
Can you suggest if it is worth for £1000($1698)?

Configuration is as below.

Dell Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)

Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows XP Professional

Display 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™

Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video Card ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X300 64MB HyperMemory™
Hard Drive 80GB Hard Drive

Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0

CD/DVD Drives 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability

Wireless Networking Card Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)

Office Software (not included in Windows XP) Microsoft Works Suite 2005- Includes MICROSOFT WORD plus much more!
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) McAfee Security Center with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 15-months

Digital Music Musicmatch by Yahoo!™ Music- Entry level with 90 days of On Demand

Primary Battery 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr)
Operating System Backup & Recovery PC Restore recovery system by Symantec

TOTAL:$1,698.70

Thanks in advance..

Darksun

That's a pretty good price, but you might be able to find it a bit cheaper if you wait for an offer from somewhere.

Also, make sure it comes with a power supply compatible with UK voltage.

gizmoleeds

I got an inspiron 6000 with the same spec except 1.73GHz processor, 60gb hard drive and 15.4" screen for £700, so I don't think it's that good a deal.

Plus, it will be harder to get support with a US purchased PC in the UK if anything goes wrong.

HLK

We've got almost identical spec except with a Nvidia Geforce 256 graphics card.. picked this up from Outlet for about £900 - also just tried a build on dell uk .. built this but with a 128 graphics card for 1057 (based on e-value code E-Value Code
UKDHSONL-N11936 ) .. why bother importing ?

ps good choice though it's a brilliant laptop - sorry desktop replacement!

BargainHunterCat

Try this website if you are shopping around for cheap quality laptops:

https://www.novatech.co.uk

Be sure to check out the clearance section for the real bargains!

John_Gray

Another thing to bear in mind is that it won't have a £ sign engraved on any of the keytops, and the layout of the special characters (#, @, ~, etc) will be different between a UK keyboard and the US one.

What makes you think that you won't have to pay VAT plus import duty if your friend gets stopped by customs? Remember Colleen! This article is nearly a year old, but worth a read...

John