The Great 'Cheapest Decent Laptop' Hunt

lapnutty

Hi

I gave up trying to find the 'best' deal and bought an acer 1642 wirefree thingy from comet 499.99 or 479.99 online. it's does what i need!

lapnutty

PizzaCake

jbatista wrote:

Well I finally bought this dell laptop this morning, can you tell me what you all think? and the price too-£342 with free double memory and I emailed the fab customer service guy who gave me 1/2 price delivery too inc in the price.


Base Intel® Celeron® M Processor 380 (1.60 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2

Memory 512MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x256)

Hard Drive 60GB (5,400rpm) Hard Drive

Primary Battery 6 Cell, 56Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery

I also paid a bit extra for a dif battery, what are the main differences and how much battery life should I get from this one?

That's a good deal if I read it rightly. A 15.4" Dell Inspiron 1300 on the Dell website is currently going for £379 incl VAT & Shipping with the following freebies added:
Memory - Now 512MB (Was 256MB) Due to End 01/11/2006.
Save £20 (inc vat) Due to End 04/10/2006.

However did you get the following extras and how much did you pay?
Dell Support Services Basic Package, 1 Year At-Home Service worth £47
Primary Battery 6 Cell, 56Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery worth £23.50
Dell System Media Kit Resource CD - contains Diagnostics and Drivers worth £5.88

Assuming you paid £23.50 for the battery upgrade, £52.88 worth of extras plus £379 is £431.38, so you saved £89.38? Do you mind sharing how you did it, did you use vouchers, or did you hypnotise the customer service rep. My niece wants a laptop for uni and she only has a budget of £350.

BTW, I read in a review the four cell battery gives you 1.5 - 2 hours and the six cell approx 3 hours. Hope that helps.

jbatista

PizzaCake wrote:

That's a good deal if I read it rightly. A 15.4" Dell Inspiron 1300 on the Dell website is currently going for £379 incl VAT & Shipping with the following freebies added:
Memory - Now 512MB (Was 256MB) Due to End 01/11/2006.
Save £20 (inc vat) Due to End 04/10/2006.

However did you get the following extras and how much did you pay?
Dell Support Services Basic Package, 1 Year At-Home Service worth £47
Primary Battery 6 Cell, 56Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery worth £23.50
Dell System Media Kit Resource CD - contains Diagnostics and Drivers worth £5.88

Assuming you paid £23.50 for the battery upgrade, £52.88 worth of extras plus £379 is £431.38, so you saved £89.38? Do you mind sharing how you did it, did you use vouchers, or did you hypnotise the customer service rep. My niece wants a laptop for uni and she only has a budget of £350.

BTW, I read in a review the four cell battery gives you 1.5 - 2 hours and the six cell approx 3 hours. Hope that helps.

I spoke to a nice gent on the phone called Ramakrishna Reddy his number is
Tel.No : 0870-907-5128 Extn: 73569
I will email you the full spec of what I got if you want,along with receipt. I tried to put a copy on here but couldnt. I am really happy wit that offer, I was cheeky and asked if I could have free delivery, he gave me 1/2 price delivery and also got £20 off as deal is showing.

ioscorpio

[FONT=Arial, Verdana]A couple of days ago I bid on a laptop on ebay but did not win, then today I received this email via ebay from someone else for the same model. I have emailed the company offering the laptops, but they are based in Italy, so am dubious about getting involved, has anyone heard of them.

I apologise to contact you this way but using the discount code FG621PBA you can purchase the DELL INSPIRON 6400 Laptop (Brand New And Boxed) for only GBP 359 (VAT included) at www.Fontaine-Shop.com . PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL and e-mail Fontaine Computers at [EMAIL="discounts@fontaine-shop.com"]discounts@fontaine-shop.com[/EMAIL] mentioning the discount code FG621PBA in the e-mail subject field for more details. The discount code FG621PBA also offers you a 30% discount for any online purchase with WWW.FONTAINE-SHOP.COM[/FONT]

withabix

ioscorpio wrote:

[FONT=Arial, Verdana]A couple of days ago I bid on a laptop on ebay but did not win, then today I received this email via ebay from someone else for the same model. I have emailed the company offering the laptops, but they are based in Italy, so am dubious about getting involved, has anyone heard of them.

I apologise to contact you this way but using the discount code FG621PBA you can purchase the DELL INSPIRON 6400 Laptop (Brand New And Boxed) for only GBP 359 (VAT included) at www.Fontaine-Shop.com . PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL and e-mail Fontaine Computers at [EMAIL="discounts@fontaine-shop.com"]discounts@fontaine-shop.com[/EMAIL] mentioning the discount code FG621PBA in the e-mail subject field for more details. The discount code FG621PBA also offers you a 30% discount for any online purchase with WWW.FONTAINE-SHOP.COM[/FONT]

This will undoubtedly be a scam.

jbatista

I definitely think so too

skintarooney

Can someone help? I am not exactly computer literate but my dad is looking for a laptop. He wants a large memory, fast processor and a large screen (not necessarily widescreen). He wants this for his own personal daily use instead of using a desktop pc.

He has been looking at Acer laptops in comet today but I thought I would ask you guys for your opinions as you are the experts and have test driven many!

Thanks for your help in advance!

moob_2

Ordered this one today - bargain. Rpoints available at 1% cashback

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/HP_Compaq_NX6325_EY345EA/version-1.asp

crayon_2

moob wrote:

Ordered this one today - bargain. Rpoints available at 1% cashback

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/HP_Compaq_NX6325_EY345EA/version-1.asp

Did you get the double ram with it? How much was the offer on the double ram? Cheers.

moob_2

Nah, you get 512mb as standard, they wanted 55 quid for the double ram offer - a bit steep when you can buy it yourself for 35. They also charge 11 quid for deliver, unless you buy an accesory with it, then it's free.

HP build quality here.