Dell / Mesh

windym_2

Am looking at a new PC from either Dell or Mesh. Does anyone know if they have a set time that they update their website offers or is it just a case of pot luck.

Not quite a techie question, but didn't know where else to place.

Thanks in advance.

superscaper

I'd definitely give Mesh a miss if I were you.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=447016

colin79666

Hmm. Dell and Mesh are quite different. Mesh use fairly standards parts so maintenance, repairs and upgrades and cheap and easy out with the warrenty period.
Dell use a lot of custom parts which means they are great as long as you don't need a repair or upgrade.

Have you looked at Evesham at all? Very similar to Mesh but generally their tech support is rated better. I think Evesham update their offers about once a month.

Millionaire

In regards to Dell, just look on their website and see when the current offer expires As the next day they will have new offers on for which normally last a week or two,

With dell its abit hit and miss as its not always garunteed the offers will be better on the next rounds of offers. Sometimes they can worse for a month or so.

Currently the Dell offers are very very good to what they were offering a month or so ago.

I only know this because Ive been monitoring them for my brother who wants to get a pc in the next week or so.

https://www.dmxdimension.com tend to have all the best offers including some that you cannot get to directly on the dell website.

nomoneytoday

Dell update their offers on a wednesday

AMO

Mesh - avoid as the superscraper says.
Evesham - I would personally avoid. They are okay for customer services, but they are unwilling to absorb costs when they get it wrong. The got my laptop spec wrong but wanted to charge me for carriage. Furthermore, their website is useless for downloading drivers etc. For laptops you can't always go to the manufacturer (e.g. ATI) as they won't supply laptop graphics drivers - they tell you to get them from the laptop manufacturer.
Dell - whatever their problems, you can always get hold of drivers on their websites. So if you reinstall one 5 years later, its not a problem. Given the current pressure that Acer are putting on Dell, their offers are currently some of the best around.

AMO

windym_2

Thanks everyone. Looks like a phonecall to Dell then.

Cheers.

windym_2

Thanks for all the help. Have just ordered my PC with a few extras including a nice discount (£680 down to £625).

Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6320 Processor (1.86GHz,1066MHz,4MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
Basic Package, 3 Year At-Home Service
Dell™ 19" Value Flat Panel (SE197FP) - UK/Irish
2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
320GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro PCI Express graphics card
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
IEEE 1394 PCI Adapter card
Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability
Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader
Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
Also Includes
List D05E06b Dimension E520
E520 English Documentation with UK Power Cord
Dimension Order - UK
Memory - Upgrade to 2048MB
Dimension Resource DVD for Vista (Diagnostics & Drivers)Compatibility Alert