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

aliasojo

Two slots.

Cardew

Cardew wrote:

I want to use it in and aircraft and plug it into the power socket on the plane using a 'car cigar lighter' type of connecter. I believe that the output of these is 12v DC and I see many operating their laptops on the planes.

Does any one know what type of cable/adapter I need please?

As stated above I need mine for use in aircraft.

Dell have yet to produce an adapter/cable for this model (I checked in UK and USA) however one of their other laptop adapters fits OK. The input required is 19vDC 3.16 amps.

The price £126.19!!!! I know people have warned us about Dell charging high prices but that is a joke.

Anyway I have found one and had it delivered. It is a Trust Notebook Power Adapter Car-Plane PW-1200p(14129). It has several voltage settings(including 19v) several plugs to fit various sockets, a 2 year warranty.

The price £16.80 including VAT. I ordered mine on-line from infotechshop.

I have tried it in the car and it works fine - although I found driving at the same time a little distracting

super_reds

Can anybody recommend a wireless mouse to go with this laptop?

bargainluvva

Sue_Hart wrote:

Go to Dell Accessories in your program list and click on Dell Restore CD.

I have purchased the 1300. I'm not very tech minded. Should I be doing something re a Restore CD? I've already had one crash but luckily was able to do a System Restore. Apparently you can set the machine to 'hibernate' to make sure it's protected if you are going to lose power? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Sweetchuck

1jim wrote:

I would contact the bbc watchdog programme re this as its an going issue with dell

I wouldn't waste your time because you'll end up embarassing yourself.

That particular offer finished over a week ago, which is why Dell are no longer honouring the price. They use the same eValue codes for different offers, which is why the same code now brings up a different offer.

Would you go into Boots and ask for a Buy One Get One Free deal on a product which was on promotion six months ago?

1jim

Sweetchuck wrote:

I wouldn't waste your time because you'll end up embarassing yourself.

That particular offer finished over a week ago, which is why Dell are no longer honouring the price. They use the same eValue codes for different offers, which is why the same code now brings up a different offer.

Would you go into Boots and ask for a Buy One Get One Free deal on a product which was on promotion six months ago?

I think you will find that the ongoing problem I refer to is dells customer service, the way the call handlers lie to you, put the phone down on you and find any other reason not to sell you a product at the advertised price!
I was recently called by one of watchdogs researchers for preliminary research, I dont think anyone will be embarrased other than Dell.

Browntoa

bargainluvva wrote:

I have purchased the 1300. I'm not very tech minded. Should I be doing something re a Restore CD? I've already had one crash but luckily was able to do a System Restore. Apparently you can set the machine to 'hibernate' to make sure it's protected if you are going to lose power? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

the restore CD does a back up of your operating system so you can restore it if need be, i would do it as soon as you can

bargainluvva

Browntoa wrote:

the restore CD does a back up of your operating system so you can restore it if need be, i would do it as soon as you can

Thanks. Do I need to do this on to a blank disc? Any particular disc needed for this job? Sorry, not got a clue

PugLady_2

bargainluvva wrote:

Thanks. Do I need to do this on to a blank disc? Any particular disc needed for this job? Sorry, not got a clue

I just used a blank 80 minute cd-r disc. As long as you use a decent brand you should'nt have a problem.

jonboy31

Managed to get the dvd drive to recognise all cds now, I had to connect to the internet and download a good lot of new software drivers. (why oh why on a brand new laptop cant these already be installed?)

On another note, it was a little slow on multitasking so bought 512MB of extra memory from crucial for only £36 delivered by special delivery!(runs like a dream now, can play MMRPG's and surf with no ill effects). To compare, if I had bought an extra 512MB from dell they wanted £170!! Does anyone see how dell make their money yet?

John