Dell Inspiron 1300 Laptop £298.45 delivered

rsanders

Not the top spec, naturally, but pretty good for the money.

At time of writing, this is the deal:

Dell Inspiron 1300
Intel® Celeron® M Processor 380 (1.60 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2 (incl Operating System Re-Installation CD)
Collect & Return support, 90 Day Service
14.1" Wide-Screen WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display
512MB 533MHz Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x512) - (don't pay over the odds with a dell upgrade here - plenty of cheaper ways!)
40GB (5,400rpm) Hard Drive - (60GB available for extra 35.25 + VAT)
CD-RW and DVD Combo
4 Cell, 29Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery - (6 cell, longer life battery upgrade available for extra 11.25 plus VAT)

Also Includes
Dell™ Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card
Microsoft Works 8.5 suite
English - Adobe Reader 8.5.8
60W AC Adapter
56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter
Resource CD - contains Diagnostics and Drivers

This link should get you to the basic machine at £368.95 but if you drop the support to 90 days (click on the Support Services icon), then it becomes £298.95 delivered!

You could put another 512MB in this one for about £50 quid from Crucial

This is not an amazing spec, but it is pretty good for the money.

Viks

call them up and they might chuck in a free carry case or some money off

PeteHerts

You can get a 60GB HD and 1024MB of memory for £348.44 if you regig it!

rsanders

PeteHerts wrote:

You can get a 60GB HD and 1024MB of memory for £348.44 if you regig it!

How did you manage that? HD upgrade, fair enough, but how did you double the memory so cheaply???

Cheers!

mobfant

PeteHerts wrote:

You can get a 60GB HD and 1024MB of memory for £348.44 if you regig it!

I'm with the guy above - how did you manage that?

alias7

Looks like its gone back up to the £329 it was just after xmas. When I click your link it starts at £399 now.

computersaysdoh

I feel better - I bought one of these last April, and would have been gutted if I had seen this thread when it was < £300, as I paid around £400.

If folks considering £300 for a laptop can push there budget to 400-450, there have been some hot deals in that price bracket recently.

SaverSarah_2

I've just had a mailer for an Inspiron 1501 for £299 ex VAT and shipping. If I went through Quidco I thought this might be a decent deal but does anyone know if the machine is worth having??

Thanks guys.

Kilty_2

If it's the 1501 with the AMD Turion processor then it is certainly worth having.

If its the Sempron one, go for the Inspiron 1300 instead.

SaverSarah_2

It is! That means nothing to me but your advice is very helpful, thanks Kilty.

sandybrag

computersaysdoh wrote:

I feel better - I bought one of these last April, and would have been gutted if I had seen this thread when it was < £300, as I paid around £400.

If folks considering £300 for a laptop can push there budget to 400-450, there have been some hot deals in that price bracket recently.

Last April was 9 months ago?. You dont seriously think the price wont have come down since then do you?.