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

Kilty_2

Bubba_Shaboo wrote:

As a side note the 6 cell battery is (I believe) a Li-ion one whereas the 4 cell is NiMh so even more reason to spec the upgraded battery.

Here is what the technical details says on the Dell website, contradicts itself somewhat:

Dell wrote:

Battery (4-cell NiMH )
Bullet Type: 4-cell (29WHr) "Smart" Lithium Ion
Bullet Dimensions
Height: 24mm
Depth: 54mm
Width: 250mm
Weight: 0.24kg

Seems they dont know wheither its NiMH or Li-on

Kilty_2

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Memory has went up in price at LowestonWeb, now £28.34

u01ncw

Bubba_Shaboo wrote:

The laptop as specced is actually £350.75 unless you're using the Employee scheme thingumy. I'd take a punt now and if they change the offer to a much better one tomorrow then just phone up and cancel and then order the new one. Sometimes instead of a new offer they just extend a current one so no telling what might happen tomorrow.

As a side note the 6 cell battery is (I believe) a Li-ion one whereas the 4 cell is NiMh so even more reason to spec the upgraded battery.

HTH

Bubba©

Cheers for the advice. Just done it, although not sure if it will go through!Used the EPP link, so paid £326. Problem might be that my delivery address is different to my billing address (work) and it does say that the addresses must both be registered with my credit card... obviously the work one isnt!

xueta

smsmasters wrote:

Has your laptop arrived yet? Are you 100% sure they won't ask me anything about McDonalds?

Looks like you've got away with it if your laptop has been put into production and you haven't already been contacted. BTW McDonalds/DELL EPP uses a different link to the one you have posted, so I think you've been doubly lucky!

Bubba_Shaboo

Kilty wrote:

Seems they dont know wheither its NiMH or Li-on

Yeah just checked and it seems they're all Li-ion: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/learnmore/learnmore.aspx?c=uk&cs=dhshs1&l=en&ref=CFG&s=dhs&~id=batteries&~lt=popup&~series=all&~subcat=gen&~tab=details

Kilty wrote:

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Memory has went up in price at LowestonWeb, now £28.34

I know, I've been on and off the site ever since I ordered the lappy but I'm having to wait until payday before I can buy - that's if my fellow MSE'ers have left any in stock :eek:

Cheers,

Bubba©

Roger_Rampant

Walsh Western take them out of the Irish Republic, but the mainland delivery is often via UPS or Business Post, and they usually go via the continent...

smsmasters

Kilty wrote:

5. Dispatched Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Your order is currently with the carrier and a detailed status on your delivery should be available shortly



smsmasters - UPS for me, think it varies depending on where you are located.

Good to hear. When did you order and what was the original estimated delivery date?

Kilty_2

smsmasters wrote:

Good to hear. When did you order and what was the original estimated delivery date?

I ordered on Saturday, 8th and estimated date was 24th.

Still that the RAM has increased in price, but it beats the £170 Dell wanted for 768mb :eek:

smsmasters

^How much was the RAM before? I hope mine gets dispatched soon. I ordered yesterday!

smsmasters

Mine says:

1. Order Processing
2. Pre-ProductionWednesday, April 12, 2006
3. Production
4. Delivery Preparation
5. Dispatched

We are awaiting the arrival of component parts into inventory before we can schedule your order for production.

Was anyone else's like this?