From Dell @ £568 inc VAT and delivery

oldwiring

For n=my standard office, browsing, email and phto editing/skideshow preparation (10-20%) I can get from Dell an Inspiron 230 as speccd below for £568
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E7500 (2.93GHz,1066MHz,3MB)
640GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
4096MB Dual Channel DDR3 1066MHz [4x1024] Memory
Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 Graphics
DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with DVD Burn software
23" Full HD Widescreen Monitor
Dell Multimedia Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
Integrated 7.1 channel audio: 2.0 spkrs
Resource CD
Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit
Microsoft® Office 2007 Home and Student
1 year of RTB coverage


It seems a reasonable deal, but is it likely I can obtain similar cheaper or better at the same price elsewhere? Maker must have reasonable reputation;).

ddoris

Well... you know intel made the cpu , .but you don't know who made any of the other parts.

Basil1234

dell make there own monitors

oldwiring

Yes that's true, but with how many other builders do you know that much more?:D
One thing: self build for me is out!

Now back to the question:eek:;)

faevilangel

The hd will be one of the big oem such as western digital, hitatchi and samsung.

You won't get much cheaper than that. If you want to do photo-editing it might be worthwhile adding a decent graphics card. A 23" hd monitor retails about £200 so your getting that system for £368 (remember quidco / tcb etc also).

You won't get pre-built for cheaper but maybe be able to find a deal in places like staples, pc world etc.

bribrian

Worth checking here for the best Dell deals...........

http://www.dmxdimension.com/

oldwiring

Standard monitor is 21.5" and upgrade to 23" is only £10!!!
As I said editing will be 10-20% max. As I was managing with a 80GB 2GHz machine is the integrated graphics going to be a real problem?

If I did decide to pay more would it be better spemt on a support upgrade from the standard 1 year RTB or a discrete graphics card?

Laz123

Judging by many other Dell posts you may have to wait a long time for delivery.

amarg

I looked at buying a Dell and then when I was selecting what I wanted and did not want there was no option to remove Norton anti virus and microsoft works.

These programs were not "free" but were included in the price and there was no way of removing them.

It lost Dell a £1000 sale as I bought it elsewhere

oldwiring

amarg wrote: »

These programs were not "free" but were included in the price and there was no way of removing them.
It lost Dell a £1000 sale as I bought it elsewhere

Yes a bit annoying, but no way of removing,,,,do you mean that; was it not possible to uninstall them?

bat999

oldwiring wrote: »

was it not possible to uninstall them?

There are programs out there called Dell 'de-crapifier' which do that.
Here's an example:-http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/08/22/remove-junk-and-unwanted-software-from-pc-with-pc-de-crapifier/
:cool: