Amazing DELL Laptop Deals £328 Superb Spec XP or Vista

atticgirl2003

I will just stick with the vista basic.
It was a great price.
To build the same spec today, I see it would cost £552.32 so I feel I got a good bargain.
And this price would also have been vista basic.

dn852k4

exel1966 wrote: »

I originally ordered on Sunday, then tuesday decided i wanted the upgrade, so after speaking to 3 different Dell sales agents about the price difference between my original order and a possible new one, the best offer I got was the last one at £7.61 extra (not £7.68 as i originally said). A deal too good to be refused, so i immediately placed a new order and cancelled the original even though it was in production. I was given 3 different prices for the upgrade. £25, £17 and the £7.61.

The only snag with this is that you will probably lose your Quidco cashback so you have to take that into account. My original online order has tracked with Quidco, but when it comes to payment it may get declined. But that doesn't always happen as the system will show a sale of the laptop to me, albeit on a different order number !

Hang on, you were charged £7.61 for an upgrade to Vista premium? which system was this?

I was charged £30+ VAT for my upgrade. Originally I asked how much the upgrade would cost, I was told £20 + VAT, but my final quoted price was 420.76- which I didn't expect as £387 + 20 (+17.5) = 410.50 I enquired this, but was told he had made a mistake and that the upgrade was actually £30 + VAT.

Should I phone up and say my 'friend' recieved his upgrade for £7.61, I want the difference knocked off, otherwise I'll cancel the order. Do you reckon that would work?

west_is_best

Mine arrived today.......... wow, it's wonderfull. :T :T :T

Thank you OP xxx

not had much time to sort it out yet.

Can anyone tell me, is it worth me keeping McAfee on it?? or Should I download my nortons on it?
Im using Nortons 2007 security on my desktop, I just wondered if to keep to the same or is McAfee better??

emporer

silly question but i've just got mine today and the only upgrade i got was the 6 cell battery, how do i check its got that battery, device manager doesnt say anything about it

bilbob_2

emporer wrote: »

silly question but i've just got mine today and the only upgrade i got was the 6 cell battery, how do i check its got that battery, device manager doesnt say anything about it

Normally, Dell batteries are labelled with a value of the power they supply... Look for something like 53W/HR on the battery, or something similar. If yours IS the 6 cell, it should say 53, or something very close.

retepetsir

Lynwen wrote: »

Mine arrived today.......... wow, it's wonderfull. :T :T :T

Thank you OP xxx

not had much time to sort it out yet.

Can anyone tell me, is it worth me keeping McAfee on it?? or Should I download my nortons on it?
Im using Nortons 2007 security on my desktop, I just wondered if to keep to the same or is McAfee better??

McAfee is only a 30-day trial so I'd uninstall that. I also wouldnt install Norton's as that also slows down computers...

Install a free antivirus such as AVG Free and make sure the Windows security is turned on

west_is_best

right..... Im glad you point out that Nortons slow the comp down, my desktop computer takes about 10 mins to open.... Now I know why. Thank you love.

One more thing, how do I check if windows security is turned on??

bigup7

yeh, norton is the worst thing you can ever put on any computer

even uninstalling it is a mission in it self as it always leaves some Norton files behind.

to make sure windows security is on see here for a step by step guide: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/c5e78ee2-b00a-444d-8c57-e29bda8768a81033.mspx

hope this helps

retepetsir

Lynwen wrote: »

right..... Im glad you point out that Nortons slow the comp down, my desktop computer takes about 10 mins to open.... Now I know why. Thank you love.

One more thing, how do I check if windows security is turned on??

No problem, follow the guide that bigup7 posted to make sure security is enabled!

west_is_best

thank you all........ very much appreciated xxx