is the dell mini 10 good??

crystal9

hi, i am renewing my hubbys phone contract and was wondering whether to go for the £25.00 per month for free dell mini 10 laptop, 300 mins and unlimited texts. is this laptop any good?

i currently have a desktop pc which has i think 528 gb by e machines and was thinking of getting laptop instead

be greatful for any comments

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It's not a laptop. It's a netbook. It has a lower power processor, small screen and no cd/dvd. It's designed for carrying around doing basic tasks. For this it is good. It's not something you could sensibly use to replace a desktop or even a laptop.

crystal9

ok thanks for your reply, i realised it was a notebook but didn't realise you couldn't do most basic stuff you can do on your pc. think ill skip this 1 then

dizziblonde

I picked one up at the weekend - but I was specifically looking for a netbook and I'm impressed by it - after a friend said his netbook struggled with powerpoint and the like I was imagining things being painfully slow -and they're not. Wouldn't do at all as a "main" PC - but I wanted something to show powerpoints etc on the go and the odd bit of work processing and portability was what I was after (my proper laptop was too big for what I needed it for) and it's little, red and fits in my handbag so I'm currently in love!

computershack

crystal9 wrote: »

hi, i am renewing my hubbys phone contract and was wondering whether to go for the £25.00 per month for free dell mini 10 laptop, 300 mins and unlimited texts. is this laptop any good?

i currently have a desktop pc which has i think 528 gb by e machines and was thinking of getting laptop instead

be greatful for any comments

IT ISN'T A FREE LAPTOP. Depending on the length of the contract, you can actually end up paying the equivalent of the shop price plus 29.9% APR.

dizziblonde

Think they're pushing to 24 month contracts on most of them - one of the reasons I went for buying my little red baby laptop outright. Would have got it subsidized on a mobile broadband contract if it was 12 or 18 months but 24 was too long for my liking - will see how the pre-pay mobile dongles pan out after New Year and pick one up for when I'm out and about then. Like I say - I'm impressed with the actual piece of kit as long as it's bought for what it's good at. Wish it had Windows 7 instead of XP is my big gripe - but rather that than Vista... hell... rather Windows ME than have to deal with Vista again ever!

crystal9

ok thanks guys for your reply's. i only really go on here, e mail,do surveys and ebay but sounds like best not to get netbook. just thinking there more compact.

thanks again

busenbust

crystal9 wrote: »

ok thanks guys for your reply's. i only really go on here, e mail,do surveys and ebay but sounds like best not to get netbook. just thinking there more compact.

thanks again

Far better netbooks than the Dell are available, including the Samsung N510 and N110.