15.4" Laptop £299.99

voyager7

Just seee in today's News of the world & Sunday Mirror an ei systems celeron m 256mb 40gb dvd rewriter wireless lan laptop for £299.99 @ PC World (must cut out voucher to get the deal) . Not the best spec, but a decent price for a basic laptop. Similar spec to the ones who missed out on the Acer Comet /Tesco deal in August...

geekster

Dont need a voucher, its at their website and an online order and pickup at £299.

scottgreenwood

This laptop will age as soon as you purchase it.

I advise that:

a: Go to dell outlet - refurbished laptops from dell that can sometimes be very good value http://outlet.dell.com/Emea_Dfo/EuDispatcher?target=InventoryPage&action=sort&sortColumn=price_constraint&lob=INSP&sessionID=F8GChPTN!-17485204!-411817091!1165755394683#inventoryTable

b: £399.99

PROCESSOR AMD® Turion 64 Mobile Technology MK36 edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 (incl Operating System Re-Installation CD) edit
SUPPORT SERVICES Collect & Return, 90 Day Service only edit
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen XGA TFT Display: 1280x800 edit
MEMORY 512MB 533MHz Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x512) edit
HARD DRIVE 60GB (5,400rpm) Hard Drive edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software edit
GRAPHICS CARD ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™ edit
PRIMARY BATTERY 6 Cell, 56Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery edit
Accessories
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g 54Mbps Wireless Mini Card18 edit
CARRY CASES No Carry Case edit

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Services & Software
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection edit

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MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.5 - English edit
PHOTOGRAPHY SOFTWARE No Photo Organising & Sharing Software/No Photo Editing Software edit
Also included with your system
KEYBOARD Internal Keyboard - (QWERTY) - UK/Ireland
Gedis Bundle Reference List N12156 - DHS 1501 (2)
Order Information Inspiron Order - UK
Shipping Documents System Documentation
Adobe Reader English - Adobe Reader 8.5.8
Power Supply 65W AC Adapter
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter
Standard Warranty Collect & Return, 90 Days Service only
Money Off Savings Save 20£ inc VAT
Dell Internet Order Dell Internet Order.
Promotions Hidden Option Class Free Upgrade: MS Windows XP Home to MS Windows Media Center Edition
NETWORK ASSISTANT Network Assist 1.2 - 90 Day Trial
SYSTEM MEDIA Resource CD- Contains Diagnostics and Drivers

But guys, phone them up and try and get this down to £350 and it will be a far better investment than the previous

Prudent

I got my current laptop with the same spec last summer and have regretted it. I only use it for emails, using sites like this and word processing, but it soooo slow.