Dell Inspiron Laptop Bargains (merged threads) [CLOSED]

kalico

Brown_Hacker wrote:

I'm unsure if the P4 2.8 has hyperthreading or not. If it does than that is the best deal by far. If not, the 2.4 and 2.8 are about the same VFM.

No it does not have Hyper Threading. Would be nice if it had.

Is the consensus that this P4 model is now the best deal or did anyone manage to get the 2.6 Celeron with the combo drive for £371 as in the advert?

Brown_Hacker

The £371 deal included an ordinary inkjet printer, not the all in one printer - so the deal wasn't really better than the others. I've gone for the 2.4 celeron deal as I think this will be much quieter and have a longer battery life than the 2.8.

kalico

Why quieter? Can understand the longer battery life but surely the difference in noise cannot be that much. It will probably have the same fan in both.

calibrax

As it's running at a lower speed, the processor shouldn't heat up as much - and therefore the fan will not kick in as often. But it will be exactly the same volume when the fan is running.

Steve

kalico

OK this seems to good a deal to miss.

As I need two of them i've signed up for this R points thing but can someone tell me first if it is worth bothering with them and second, how on earth do I get the points/money back etc. Someone mentioned £5 per system.

Brown_Hacker

I would guess that a fan will always be runing on the 2.8. I noticed that the 2.4 uses a 65w adapter and the 2.8 needs a 90w. nearly 50% more power!

Howdie

Has anyone taken a look at the 5160 code 1-N04511? It seems to be a much better spec machine for £575 all in, which is only another £94 extra.

If you afford the extra £94 I would go for this one.


Intel®Pentium® 4 Processor 538 with HT Technology(3.2GHz,533MHz FSB, 1M Cache)+15.0 XGA LC
1 Year European Collect and Return Service
FREE Dell Photo All-In-One Inkjet 922 Printer
1024MB 333MHz DDR RAM (2 x512 MB)
Fixed Internal 24x CDRW/ 8x DVD Combo Drive with Software
64MB nVidia® GeForce FX Go5200 Graphics Card
12 Cell 96WHr LI-ION Primary Battery

Goat

Howdie wrote:

Has anyone taken a look at the 5160 code 1-N04511? It seems to be a much better spec machine for £575 all in, which is only another £94 extra.

If you afford the extra £94 I would go for this one.


Intel®Pentium® 4 Processor 538 with HT Technology(3.2GHz,533MHz FSB, 1M Cache)+15.0 XGA LC
1 Year European Collect and Return Service
FREE Dell Photo All-In-One Inkjet 922 Printer
1024MB 333MHz DDR RAM (2 x512 MB)
Fixed Internal 24x CDRW/ 8x DVD Combo Drive with Software
64MB nVidia® GeForce FX Go5200 Graphics Card
12 Cell 96WHr LI-ION Primary Battery

Only 40GB HD though.

Howdie

Goat wrote:

Only 40GB HD though.

They have a similar machine in their refurbished section with a DVD writer and 60GB HD and without a printer for £794 delivered if you think the hard drive is too small....:D

Goat

Howdie wrote:

Has anyone taken a look at the 5160 code 1-N04511? It seems to be a much better spec machine for £575 all in, which is only another £94 extra.

If you afford the extra £94 I would go for this one.


Intel®Pentium® 4 Processor 538 with HT Technology(3.2GHz,533MHz FSB, 1M Cache)+15.0 XGA LC
1 Year European Collect and Return Service
FREE Dell Photo All-In-One Inkjet 922 Printer
1024MB 333MHz DDR RAM (2 x512 MB)
Fixed Internal 24x CDRW/ 8x DVD Combo Drive with Software
64MB nVidia® GeForce FX Go5200 Graphics Card
12 Cell 96WHr LI-ION Primary Battery

I'm not sure which to go for now