Is this Lap top OK for the money

Drinda

Hi I am looking for a cheap Lap top for my adult son, can someone tell me if this is OK for the money also can we make our own restore CD as it does not come with one.


http://www.thelaptopcentre.co.uk/cheap-refurbished-laptops/dell-latitude-d610-intel-centrino-173ghz-1gb-ram-40gb-hard-drive-dvdcdrw-wi-fi-windows-xp-pro.html


Thank you Drinda

julianashcroft

Hard Disc is very small at 40 gigs.

mikegahan

This is a little on the expensive side but you are paying a little extra for the reputation of the firm. Unless you have the restore discs or can make your own there is a risk that you would be left stranded if the XP software crashed

G42

I agree with julianashcroft. The hard drive is tiny. Also, it only has a CD writer not a dvd writer. It can only read DVDs. A DVD writer is needed with today's large files. Please also bear in mind that the fact that they say it cost £1400 new is neither here nor there. This kind of technology has dropped in price dramatically over the years.

ormus

The Dell Inspiron 15 Sempron laptop features a 2.2GHz AMD Sempron™ V120 processor with 2GB memory and a 250GB hard drive to store all your favourite photos and music. Stay connected with media friendly 5-in-1 card reader, webcam, DVD rewriter and 3 USB ports.

The laptop has a attractive new design with a 3D patterned finish and black gloss accents. The Dell Inspiron laptop comes with Microsoft Windows® 7 Home Premium and is great for watching your favourite HD movie, emailing, surfing the web and downloading or organizing your pictures. This Dell Inspiron 15 Sempron laptop has 4 to 4.5 hours battery life.

1 year warranty.

tesco. brand new. 339 quid.

Drinda

Thank you, its a bit more than I was going to pay, but it's his birthday next month so I will try to strech things a bit and see if I can get it for him, He has a very old Acer that works but is now very slow and needs sorting out, in the last 6 months I got him a new power cable and extra memory, but I don't think it is worth spending any more on it, but perhaps I could put that on gum tree and get a fe pound back.
Thanks again for the info Drinda

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23n1th

Simple answer is no.

closed

the slow acer is a software problem. post a hijackthis log or backup data then restore to factory settings, (ALT F10 at boot) to speed it up.

£175 is steep for a second hand laptop, new netbooks aren't much more.

BillScarab

Keep an eye on https://www.dell.co.uk/outlet. It's where they sell their refurbs. You can often get good deals on there. Note that the rpcies do not include VAT or delivery though. You can also get cashback via quidco.

busenbust

Don't think I'd buy it -- for a little bit more, I'd purchase a brand new netbook /