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

slojo

The Dell site now seems to be updating prices automatically when you change options, rather than you having to click on update price. Has anyone else found this?

nej

Can anyone tell me what resolution the 14" screen will do?

Chuffy

Wi-Fi built in.
No longer need to 'update price' - done automatically.
Screen res - 1280 x 800 (widescreen) for both 14.1" and 15.4"

rogerramjet

Johntea wrote:

But is the WiFi built in? And how long does the battery really last?

From the spec
Dell™ Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card [Included in Price] - Means built in

Battery life prolly around 2+ hours if not more

nej

I see it comes with MS Works - has anyone managed to get a discount for removing this?

Amba_Gambla

When I got my £299 one, I upgraded the battery, and get about 3h40 out of a charge......

Chuffy

nej wrote:

I see it comes with MS Works - has anyone managed to get a discount for removing this?

Er - no. Why would you get a discount?

mcmurphy

does anyone know if there's any reason to get the additional ram through dell, or is it better to get this separately? can see 1gb of ram on dabs.com from £65 for DDR2 SDRAM.

http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx?&NavigationKey=11150&NavigationKey=4294959063&NavigationKey=4294957152&CategorySelectedId=11150

it's £240 with dell! am i missing something here? i know dell make their money on upgrades, but would it be difficult to sort this out independently (i.e just buy the base unit and sort out upgrades myself)? thanks.

rogerramjet

mcmurphy wrote:

does anyone know if there's any reason to get the additional ram through dell, or is it better to get this separately? can see 1gb of ram on dabs.com from £65 for DDR2 SDRAM.

http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx?&NavigationKey=11150&NavigationKey=4294959063&NavigationKey=4294957152&CategorySelectedId=11150

it's £240 with dell! am i missing something here? i know dell make their money on upgrades, but would it be difficult to sort this out independently (i.e just buy the base unit and sort out upgrades myself)? thanks.

You would find it very simple to fit yourself...just ensure you buy the correct memory for it.

pepperoni_2

nej wrote:

I see it comes with MS Works - has anyone managed to get a discount for removing this?

It's worth about £3.50 if that.