Advice on Dell Laptop

jordan_matthews

I would really br greatful of an honest review of the following system...

Dell Inspiron 6000, Pentium M 1.7GHz, 512MB RAM, 15.4" WXGA, Windows XP Media Center - £588 - N01605 (e-value code, direct from Dell)

Is it a good price or is it worth holding out?

Oh, requirements are wireless internet surfing, usual software (ie, itunes, word, excell, excell etc) & I want the system to last in terms of build and general spec for a few years!

Thanks for the input.

cmallaby

Windows XP Media Centres are a hit, i think u have a winner. However i've seen a couple cheaper offers than that. I don't think you can go wrong.

Look on https://www.froogle.co.uk
or click here http://froogle.google.co.uk/froogle_cluster?q=inspiron+6000&pid=4884835772271412165&oid=1324881669597910399&btnG=Search+Froogle&scoring=mrd

One for £410

pin

its a decent system (i have one!)

however note the 6000 doesn't have an inbuilt mic or infrared.

wobbley

Dell laptops are generally good and one of the best things is the availability of spares and accessories such as batteries. I just got a brand new one for my Inspiron 8100 for £65.
One downside though is that if you have a problem you will have to deal with their infamous call centre. Despite being in India it's staffed with 'cowboys' rather than Indians!

jordan_matthews

Thanks for the help guys. In terms of price is it a good deal or is it worth waiting for another to crop up as they often do with dell?!?!

wonderfullife_2

jordan_matthews wrote:

Thanks for the help guys. In terms of price is it a good deal or is it worth waiting for another to crop up as they often do with dell?!?!

Hi
Check this site, it usually give you the best deal on Dell at the moment http://www.dmxcomputers.co.uk/content/blogcategory/15/64/


Hope this helps

pin

Is it a good price or is it worth holding out?

I paid £609 for pretty much the same spec'd machine about 6 months ago. However mine came with the ATI X300 64MB graphics card and a free laser printer.

However mine didn't come with XP Media Cetre (had XP Home SP2).

Also remember to use one of the referral sites for extra money off.

voyagerweb

I have the model that turned into the 6000, aka the 510m, and for the couple of years ive had it, i have had no problems, i only took out the one year warranty as well, not had to do a thing to it. The only advice i would give is to deffinatly add the backup cd rom to the price its about £5.88, there was no option with mine and when i want to install new features or software that came supplied i have to reformat the whole computer and loose all the work.

highet

bought 6000 just before xmas - similar spec but 1.6 chip and WSXGA screen and dvd rewriter with 1 year collect and return warranty - paid £500 incl and am still waiting for 5% cashback via quidco which will bring it down to £460 or thereabouts - have to say i have found it excellent to use (am typing this on it whilst connected wirelessly to web) and it seems very well built - i can only recommend it - highet

jordan_matthews

highet wrote:

bought 6000 just before xmas - similar spec but 1.6 chip and WSXGA screen and dvd rewriter with 1 year collect and return warranty - paid £500 incl and am still waiting for 5% cashback via quidco which will bring it down to £460 or thereabouts - have to say i have found it excellent to use (am typing this on it whilst connected wirelessly to web) and it seems very well built - i can only recommend it - highet

Highet,

How fast is your connection to the net? I have a 1MB NTL connection and I understand I would need a cable router. What kind of cinnection speeds could I expect? Thanks

voyagerweb

jordan_matthews wrote:

Highet,

How fast is your connection to the net? I have a 1MB NTL connection and I understand I would need a cable router. What kind of cinnection speeds could I expect? Thanks

I think i can answer that for you,

With NTL you would need a wireless router (not ADSL router), connect that up, even with the slowest version 11mbps its 10 meg faster than your broadband connection, or you could get 54mbps which would be a lot faster than your broadband, you wouldnt get faster broadband just no loss of speed.