Dell Inspiron 1300 £299 Inc VAT & Delivery (merged)

rjtyrell

I phoned up and queried my order as it also said 24 x cdrw and 8 x dvd, he promised me it was a dvd writer as well, so I guess i will wait and see when it arrives.

tightrs

rjtyrell wrote:

I phoned up and queried my order as it also said 24 x cdrw and 8 x dvd, he promised me it was a dvd writer as well, so I guess i will wait and see when it arrives.

this is a dvd writer they also write cds as well

hopon

1jim wrote:

My Order confirmation states
Global- Dell Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card
and
Fixed Internal 8X DVD +/- RW Drive with Software

This was orderd on Saturday and was the £299 offer,

So you've got the wifi and dvdrw without paying for any upgrades??

Any chance of posting up your full order (inc o/n if possible but I understand if you dont want to) as the sales staff have been insisting that it is a dvdr/cdrw combo drive with no wifi and that the offer this week is different to last weeks.

I've paid for the upgrades as it's still a reasonable deal and I got a better price than it would be on the website, but if they should have been included anyway then I feel a DSR return coming on unless I get a refund......

Derek_Duval

It's in today's paper (mirror IIRC), £299 again, but this time it clearly states combo drive & doesn't mention wi-fi.

Sid_Harper

Derek_Duval wrote:

It's in today's paper (mirror IIRC), £299 again, but this time it clearly states combo drive & doesn't mention wi-fi.

Same for the London Metro ad.

1jim

hopon wrote:

So you've got the wifi and dvdrw without paying for any upgrades??

Any chance of posting up your full order (inc o/n if possible but I understand if you dont want to) as the sales staff have been insisting that it is a dvdr/cdrw combo drive with no wifi and that the offer this week is different to last weeks.

I've paid for the upgrades as it's still a reasonable deal and I got a better price than it would be on the website, but if they should have been included anyway then I feel a DSR return coming on unless I get a refund......

Heres the Order, cut and pasted from dells confirmation, only upgrade I went for was the 6 cell battery, ordered it on saturday, attempted delivery today but I was out, should be here tomorrow morning though, hope this helps
Jim


List N03135 - DHS 1300 Good
210-15302
Inspiron 1300 Celeron M Processor 370 (1.50 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB)

14.1 inch WXGA (1280x800) LCD Panel

Save £40 (inc VAT)

English - System Documentation

UK/Ireland - Power Cord340-13279

No Resource CD370-12140

256MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (1x256)
400-12214
40GB (5.400rpm) Hard Drive429-11676

Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with Software429-12151

Cineplayer Software DVD Player incl Decoder - Preactivated (No Media)429-12153

Roxio MyDVD Basic (No Media) 450-10935

60W AC Adapter51-10276

6 Cell 56Whr Primary Battery60-10041

No Carrycase530-10762

UK - Modem Cable and Adapter555-10547

Global - Dell Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card583-11041

UK/Ire - (QWERTY) - Internal Keyboard613-10284

Software Drivers619-10454

English - Genuine Windows XP Home SP2620-10450

PC Restore recovery system by Symantec630-11001

English - Microsoft Works 7.0640-10343

English - Corel Photo Album6 Standard Edition640-10344

English - Corel Paint Shop ProX Standard Edition40-10410

Dell Support 3.040-10487

Dell Media Experience 3.1 Basic - Inspiron640-10395

English - Adobe Reader 6.040-10280

AOL 8, BT + Tiscali UK ISP50-10374

English - McAfee Security Centre V7.0 90 day Trial Version680-13846

You haven't selected the recommended 1Y/3Y Services Pack to avoid future costs80-13804

Base Warranty680-13805

90 Day Collect and Return Service706-10537

PROMO - Exploring the Internet e-Learning Lite Pack, 60-day, En/Fr/De/es/It - Go to www.learndell.com/euro to register0-10140

Inspiron Order - UK

ned87

I have not seen press ads but would like to order and have asked helpful guy in Dell Ireland to check out spec confusion . He says current offer ref ends
135a instead 135 and dvd writer/wi fi not included. :sad:

xueta

ned87 wrote:

I have not seen press ads but would like to order and have asked helpful guy in Dell Ireland to check out spec confusion . He says current offer ref ends
135a instead 135 and dvd writer/wi fi not included. :sad:

There seems to be confusion about the technical specs even amongst Dell's own staff!

Ideally, ask for the machine with the e-value code N03135 (without the 'a' on the end, which includes wifi and a DVD writer) for £299. Dell's staff will tell you that the offer is no longer available, but you could try saying that you had problems ordering when the deal was being offered last week and they may agree to put it through.

real1314

tightrs wrote:

this is a dvd writer they also write cds as well

"24 x cdrw and 8 x dvd" means it will write cd's at 24x speed and READ dvd's at 8x speed. for a dvd re-write it needs to say 8xDVDRW. a cd-writer/dvd reader is a "combo drive"

tightrs

real1314 wrote:

"24 x cdrw and 8 x dvd" means it will write cd's at 24x speed and READ dvd's at 8x speed. for a dvd re-write it needs to say 8xDVDRW. a cd-writer/dvd reader is a "combo drive"

how many new combo drives do you know that only write cds at 24x other than dvd writers