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

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  • hopon
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    Well after phoning and threatening a return under the DSR regs unless I got the upgrade cost refunded I now have a £30 refund coming :beer: Just need to get a memory upgrade now, lowestonweb are out of stock on the 1gig's atm though...
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  • tabath
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    Just been to dell website and the basic model with no wifi or dvd writer comes out at £299 with the correct ecode- I'm not that bothered about the lack of a writer as I have one on my pc but am concerned about the wifi. I'm no way paying for the upgrade from dell as that makes this not a cheap laptop but from what I can see in the specs this laptop doesn't seem to have a pcmcia slot? Am I right about this? It has some other type of slot which I'm not familar with. If this is so its a shame cos I have a pcmcia wifi card already.


    Also my wife can get dells through her compamys employee purchase scheme but get this - the machine that lots of you on the board got for £299 -(with wifi and dvd writer) comes out at £353 with a 14.1 " screen or £373 with a 15" screen under this scheme!!!!! OK it has 512mb but won't let you downgrade it to 256. Its part of the offer that you supposedly get double memory for free!! Work that out!!??!
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  • Sid_Harper
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    tabath wrote:
    ...this laptop doesn't seem to have a pcmcia slot? Am I right about this? It has some other type of slot which I'm not familar with. If this is so its a shame cos I have a pcmcia wifi card already.
    That's right - it's got an ExpressCard slot. You could buy a USB WIFI key (a bit flimsy), or pay Dell for the upgrade. I don't think £35 is that unreasonable for the upgrade.

    IMHO you have to look at the deal as it is today, not compare to what they have offered before or what might come in future. £335 for a laptop is still pretty good value in my book!
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  • tabath
    tabath Posts: 493 Forumite
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    I suppose so. C'est la vie eh?? Still can't get over the employee purchase farce tho.lol
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  • tabath wrote:
    but am concerned about the wifi. I'm no way paying for the upgrade from dell as that makes this not a cheap laptop but from what I can see in the specs this laptop doesn't seem to have a pcmcia slot? Am I right about this? It has some other type of slot which I'm not familar with. If this is so its a shame cos I have a pcmcia wifi card already.

    The ones that have built in wifi have a mini pci wifi card, I've seen these on ebay for £13.99 , so you might be able to do a cheap upgrade. You will need to connect to the built in antenna, many notebooks that don't have the wifi card still have the built in antenna's, but I'm not 100% sure about the 1300. The card fits under the same panel as the memory, so maybe someone who has bought one without wifi, & is upgrading the memory could check to see if the antenna cable is there when they upgrade. The antenna's can also be bought on ebay if it doesn't have one.
    The card I've seen on ebay is a dell 1350, where the one that comes in the laptop is a 1370, so this one is just a slightly older revision.
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  • Dack wrote:
    If you put an 'a' after the quick code for the offer - i.e. 1111-N03135a

    You can get the option of the minimum spec version with CDWriter, No Wireless card and 256 Ram for £299

    Hi, am I being thick or how do you use this code? I hate call centres and want to order this online, somebody enlighten me?

    I've tried putting it into their promotion code box just before it asks for payment and my card details but still comes up as £379

    :confused:
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  • Sorry for that query, figured it out now.

    But another question, did anyone notice if you do a search for inspiron 1300 it comes up with several results. using the ecode on one of them you can get an inspiron 1300 for £282? but click on the next result down and it's £299. Spec looked exactly the same and they were both Inspiron 1300 so what's the difference?

    it's only £17 but I'd like to know where it's going

    Thanks
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  • talkshop
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    Hi, am I being thick or how do you use this code? I hate call centres and want to order this online, somebody enlighten me?

    I've tried putting it into their promotion code box just before it asks for payment and my card details but still comes up as £379

    :confused:

    Select Shop by E-Value code from the Dell home page.

    It's at the top of the page.

    Then just type 1 in the first box, then N03135a

    That will display

    (N03135a) Inspiron 1300
    £393
    Includes VAT & Shipping

    Then just select the 90 day warranty option and update price, brings it down to £299. then add to basket and checkout
  • MickKnipfler
    MickKnipfler Posts: 1,983 Forumite
    I wonder if it will come back down to £299?
  • talkshop
    talkshop Posts: 1,120 Forumite
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    I wonder if it will come back down to £299?

    It already is £299, but no Wi-Fi or DVD-RW



    The offers change all the time, but don't think you will see the original offer again as it was selling at a loss.
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