New cheap Dell laptop offer (merged)

MickKnipfler

Where are they? Can you collect and save £60?

Sid_Harper

MickKnipfler wrote:

Where are they? Can you collect and save £60?

They ship from Ireland (as in EIRE, not Northern Ireland).

Thinking about a Ryanair flight huh? :rotfl:

By the way, I think the answer to your question, is without a doubt, "No".

coolio_2

i ordered when it was 512mb, cheers op

wolvesinwales

rjtyrell wrote:

I know its not in the true spirit of these forums, but I have heard lots of people say that if you phone dell to cancel an order they normally give you an extra 10% off are some free bits?, has anyone had this happen?

Cause i am thinking of trying it, just to save a liitle more.

I have had genuine gripes with Dell on two orders in the past both due to the fact that after missing the delivery i had a 45 mile journey to collect from my nearest UPS depot, the first time they sent me a free laptop case and the second time they gave me a 10% refund ( £34).

lovebargains

I put this in my saved items this morning, £339 with 512ram, just logged back in and Dell have removed it from my saved items in my account. Grrrrrrrr fuming!!!

point3

Sid_Harper wrote:

No. You need Microsoft Office Professional (loadsa money) for Powerpoint.

But there's a presentation package included in OpenOffice which you can get for free, if that's any help.

VIJAY_FROM_KENT

rjtyrell wrote:

Yeah its easy to add memory, but its better value to get the £399 laptop through quidco (£381 ish) than get the laptop at £339, as for an extra £60 you get the screen upgrade and the extra 256ram, but really depends if you want the extra screen I suppose.

I think this RAM at £25 for 512MB will do the job of boosting your system:

http://www.lowestonweb.com/Products/DisplayInfoMain.asp?e=E42351D9-AB2C-478A-9F01-36CA17D9469D&td=1

sicandar

anyone else have trouble wih their wireless card on th dell

Mine will sometimes find the wireless network and other times not. A couple of times it finds it half an hour later - i know the wireless signal is good as other computers picks it up fine and when it does get picked up by the dell the signal is strong.

kingkano

not here. only trouble I have is if the microwave gets used lol. it then keeps disconnect, reconnecting. other than that perfect.

But the card is in the belly and has no decent antenna to speak of

jess_skaterdude

oh thats what the problem is last night mine internet speed was varying from ultra fast to painstaking - seemingly at random! if i add my own pcima wireless card will that confuse it? or will i get a better signal