Dell £339 Laptop 15.4" widescreen, wireless, DVDRW (NOW GONE - that's all folks!)

bomberman

Hi posting my first message on this forum from my newly aquired Dell laptop.
Very happy with it but need a little bit of help, i want to go wireless and havent got a clue what i need.....also i could do with a reasonably priced wireless mouse.
Any help would be well apreciated.
Thanks

wolvesinwales

bomberman wrote:

Hi posting my first message on this forum from my newly aquired Dell laptop.
Very happy with it but need a little bit of help, i want to go wireless and havent got a clue what i need.....also i could do with a reasonably priced wireless mouse.
Any help would be well apreciated.
Thanks

Hi, Good wireless mouse here :
http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/209_274011.html

Bubba_Shaboo

Browntoa wrote:

expect some new ones for the easter weekend

LOL, and can't you just see everyone that's ordered one opening the newspaper on Thursday morning and peering through barely open fingers (like watching Dr Who and the Cybermen from behind the sofa) hoping that the new offer's not as good as this one!!

Bubba ©

Pre-Production as of 07/04/2006

(with grateful acknowledgement to the Bank of Big Momma Shaboo)

fairytooth

bomberman wrote:

Hi posting my first message on this forum from my newly aquired Dell laptop.
Very happy with it but need a little bit of help, i want to go wireless and havent got a clue what i need.....also i could do with a reasonably priced wireless mouse.
Any help would be well apreciated.
Thanks

Hi Bomberman

If your laptop/PC are already wireless (wifi) enabled you need to get a wireless router in order to access broadband internet from home. There are lots of them around - see: http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/ as an example. There are basically 2 different types of router: ADSL, that works with BT type connections and DSL for other cable telephone connections.

If your laptop/PC are not wifi enabled you can buy either a USB wifi 'dongle', a PCIMCIA card (laptop) or PCI card (PC). The USB is easiest to fit if you are not very techie.

If you are still not sure send me a private message.

Kilty_2

bomberman wrote:

Hi posting my first message on this forum from my newly aquired Dell laptop.
Very happy with it but need a little bit of help, i want to go wireless and havent got a clue what i need.....also i could do with a reasonably priced wireless mouse.
Any help would be well apreciated.
Thanks

I think Tesco have a wireless mouse fairly cheap, although I would just use a wired mouse because ive had bad experiences with wireless ones.

Roger_Rampant

Yes that's a very valid point kilty, every wireless mouse I've had has ended up in the bin within a week

Northtim

These mice are cheap - can't vouch for the quality but may get one to try:

Wireless http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=99466

Wired http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=106004

Kilty_2

I'll probably end up having to buy a cheap wired mouse for my 1300 when it arrives.

Got a ps/2 optical mouse here that I bought for about a fiver, brilliant but I cant find a small form factor adaptor that will convert it to USB, just ones that do mouse and keyboard and are rather large.

--Edit- Seem to remember Tesco having mice in that resemble the ones Dell sell with their machines as an extra.

Northtim

Are Dell very slow at tracking on Quidco?

Ordered a few things through Quidco links last week and all have tracked ok except no sign of Dell?

Did all the usual advisable stuff, cleared cookies etc before I started?

smsmasters

I found it cheaper on the site, via another link it was around £339 for the same spec lol

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukepp1&l=en&oc=N04135B&rbc=N04135B&s=dhs&sbc=ukdhsrsinspn_1300_2

£315 - reduce to 90-Day Collect and Return service

and why the hell is this link £339, the specs are the same

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=ukdhs1&kc=1&oc=N04135B&x=0&y=8

The following options are default selections included with your order



60W AC Adapter

Dell Internet Order.

English - Adobe Reader 6.0

90-Day Collect and Return service

X03171 - ESSENTIAL Mar

System Documentation

Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem

Dell™ Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card

Inspiron Order - UK

Dell Media Experience 3.1 Basic - Inspiron

Internal Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)

No Resource CD


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