That bloody Dell laptop now £292 (as low as £279!!)-EDITED FIRST POST

talkshop

Doublespresso wrote:

Someone mentioned that it doesnt have a PCMCIA slot, and as I have a GPRS Datacard that I often use on the road, anyone knows whether there is some sort of adapter/converter to make the card work somehow?

If you also have a mobile phone, then most can be connected to a laptop using a cable to access GPRS.

I use a Nokia 6680 on Orange and have Nokia PC Suite installed on the laptop.
The 6680 is connected to laptop with USB Cable.
This allows me connect via GPRS and send and receive SMS.

Kilty_2

talkshop wrote:

If you also have a mobile phone, then most can be connected to a laptop using a cable to access GPRS.

I use a Nokia 6680 on Orange and have Nokia PC Suite installed on the laptop.
The 6680 is connected to laptop with USB Cable.
This allows me connect via GPRS and send and receive SMS.

Also if you use brand new O2 online SIMs you can get GPRS access for free

Got 40 of them, really need to get a data cable for my Samsung e700 :cool:

cdjockey

Hi,

Do these Dell laptops come with the win xp cd so that i can reinstall without all the rubbish?

cheers

biglugs

Do these Dell laptops come with the win xp cd so that i can reinstall without all the rubbish?

No! You can buy one from Dell for £5.88 or pick one up on Ebay, but I think you can also create one on your own Windows machine as well using a utility provided by Dell.

Chuffy

Doublespresso wrote:

Someone mentioned that it doesnt have a PCMCIA slot, and as I have a GPRS Datacard that I often use on the road, anyone knows whether there is some sort of adapter/converter to make the card work somehow?

@ sandybrag : I reckon these laptops will go down in price to around £250 by July

Per Dell tech spec:

Slots
Express card slot
This system uses an ExpressCard Slot which does not support any cards available for PC Card.

Still available here at £339 with 512MB RAM and 15.4" screen

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=ukbsdt1&kc=tat&oc=n03136&x=11&y=10&fb=1&c=uk&l=en

Kilty_2

Chuffy wrote:

Still available here at £339 with 512MB RAM and 15.4" screen

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=ukbsdt1&kc=tat&oc=n03136&x=11&y=10&fb=1&c=uk&l=en

How does the Small Business section of the site work though?

Can I still order it through that without actually being a small business?

Cardew

Kilty wrote:

How does the Small Business section of the site work though?

Can I still order it through that without actually being a small business?

Kilty Enterprises is a well known firm.

scott8629

This offer is great.

I have ordered one with the the larger screen 512 meg RAM 6 cell battery and DVD RW.

All for 350 deliverd.

Very cheap

Kilty_2

Cardew wrote:

Kilty Enterprises is a well known firm.

But if they check this and find it to be fictional, arent I committing some form of fraud? :eek:

Roger_Rampant

All Dell really care about are selling PCs, and making money