Fujitsu Minitower PC Base / XP Home / 512 MB - £200 inc VAT

buglawton

I had 7 good years of life out of my last Fujitsu-Siemens PC (still going well now...) upgrading the memory & disk along the way. Only got one of these Scaleos now in order to get ready for the next 7 with a PC that copes with Win XP.

Tallyho_2

I've got a Scaleo P with :

Intel P4 650 3.4 HT 800 2MB, 1024Mb Ram , ATI Radeon 700 PCIE , Samsung SATA 250GB 7200 HDD , Philips DVD , LG Dual layer DVD writer , 7.1 Realtek soundcard , multi format card reader , Wireless keyboard/mouse , Wireless K+M, 10/100 802.11g , 6 USB 2.0 (2 in front), MS Windows , 2 Firewire connections , 2 speakers & sub , Windows XP Pro , more software than I care to mention , probably more hardware that escapes me at the moment , build quality is exceptional , nice & quiet , total cost £295 with 12 months collect & return warranty !!
More than I'll ever need but a machine that to me is excellent value & good quality .

buglawton

Come on then, share with us - where does one get your described package today?

Tallyho_2

buglawton wrote:

Come on then, share with us - where does one get your described package today?

Ask your local friendly Fujitsu Siemens re-seller nicely & you'll be amazed at what he could come up with . The suggested selling price for this system was £455 , I offered £220 , we met at £295 . Polite haggling always works wonders .:j

Tallyho_2

My system but I only bought the baseunit & it wasn't from this dealer . As per the 42" plasma deal , never pay list price for anything .


http://www.nice-pc.co.uk/scaleo_p_pentium_4_3.40_dvdrw.html

Tallyho_2

Look at the price here & study the price difference , excepting the VAT that is pure profit surely .

http://www.microwarehouse.co.uk/catalogue/item/FUJPC929?speedtrapid=kelkoo&utm_source=kelkoo&utm_medium=pcc&lead=kelkoo&tduid=b16a054b5a88b1f4d8a09abf7063654a

buglawton

Now this is real moneysaving talk! BTW do you play any heavy duty games on your Scaleo P - how does it measure up?

mistry_2

I've brought a few grade 2 fujitsu siemens computers over the past few years and they have all turned out better then expected.

Check out this site

http://www.pc-interworks.co.uk/acatalog/buyit247_net_Grade_2_Fujitsu_Siemens_Computers_3.html

here is a sample spec of what they sell

CUZ:P-GBR-DIXON012 Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P C3.0
Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P Chassis
Intel Celeron Prescott CPU 3.0GHz Prescott with 533FSB
512MB DDR PC400 Memory
160GB Hard Drive IDE, 7200 RPM Speed
DVD+-RW Drive
GF6200SE TC 64MB(32bit) TV+VGA/PAL
Sound on board
Internal v90 Modem
LAN port 10/100
USB ports, Keyboard and mouse
Windows XP Home Edition
6 month Fujitsu warranty (on-site)
£249.00


The offers they have change regulary so its worth checking back every now and again.

buglawton

That website is also a good find - I like the Grade 2 laptops!

TheoP_2

mistry wrote:

I've brought a few grade 2 fujitsu siemens computers over the past few years and they have all turned out better then expected.

Check out this site

http://www.pc-interworks.co.uk/acatalog/buyit247_net_Grade_2_Fujitsu_Siemens_Computers_3.html

here is a sample spec of what they sell

CUZ:P-GBR-DIXON012 Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P C3.0
Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P Chassis
Intel Celeron Prescott CPU 3.0GHz Prescott with 533FSB
512MB DDR PC400 Memory
160GB Hard Drive IDE, 7200 RPM Speed
DVD+-RW Drive
GF6200SE TC 64MB(32bit) TV+VGA/PAL
Sound on board
Internal v90 Modem
LAN port 10/100
USB ports, Keyboard and mouse
Windows XP Home Edition
6 month Fujitsu warranty (on-site)
£249.00


The offers they have change regulary so its worth checking back every now and again.

That raises a good question; is it better value to buy the machine above, which is a second user refurb with 6 months warranty @ £249, or the new one of higher spec CPU/HDD (but lower graphics) & 12 months warranty £25 less? Surely the brand new celeron is a better deal?