dell latitude

rexel

I was thinking of buying a dell latitude e5540 at £552 from dell website it has go windows 7 don't like windows 8 I use it for browsing and some photo shop. What are your thoughts

bluesnake

have you checked the refurb shop?

There seem to be more than one spec for dell latitude e5540 . It is either the old latitude series, or a very new series

macman

Why not just use W8 with Classic Shell on it? Hey presto, instant W7 effect!

rexel

macman wrote: »

Why not just use W8 with Classic Shell on it? Hey presto, instant W7 effect!

Could you explain what you mean

bluesnake

rexel wrote: »

Could you explain what you mean

It is freeware/donation-ware which put the start button back including some menus.

is your goggle broken again? http://www.classicshell.net/

Classic Shell does work rather well. Pitty MS do not listen to their paying customers, especially these days now that there are some awesome implementations of linux for free out there which are very windows feature rich

bluesnake

rexel, this may be a better deal but rember £100 cash back on top
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-new-inspiron-15-7537-price-drop-4th-gen-i7-full-hd-touchscreen-dedicated-graphics-1732867#comments

rexel

bluesnake wrote: »

rexel, this may be a better deal but rember £100 cash back on top
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-new-inspiron-15-7537-price-drop-4th-gen-i7-full-hd-touchscreen-dedicated-graphics-1732867#comments

People say windows 8 is difficult I am in my late 60 don't want anything that is to difficult So I am open to any help to pick a laptop was even looking at 17 inch screen they come up on dell outlet

Johnmcl7

I would recommend looking at the Dell Outlet as well, the small business one seems to get a reasonable number of machines coming through whereas the home one seems quieter. One of the advantages of a Latitude machine is that it comes with a three year next business day on site as standard which is an upgrade on the consumer machines.

The Latitudes aren't as flashy or sleek as other machines and you pay a bit more for the spec but the Latitudes are usually fairly solid machines that are more repairable than others and a decent warranty to back them up.

John

rexel

Johnmcl7 wrote: »

I would recommend looking at the Dell Outlet as well, the small business one seems to get a reasonable number of machines coming through whereas the home one seems quieter. One of the advantages of a Latitude machine is that it comes with a three year next business day on site as standard which is an upgrade on the consumer machines.

The Latitudes aren't as flashy or sleek as other machines and you pay a bit more for the spec but the Latitudes are usually fairly solid machines that are more repairable than others and a decent warranty to back them up.

John

Laptop was. Looking at was latitude 5540 i3 4010u £ 552

bluesnake

rexel wrote: »

Laptop was. Looking at was latitude 5540 i3 4010u £ 552

that is a lot of money for an i3. Here seem to do it for £28 cheaper and they are not know as a cheap company https://uk.insight.com/en-gb/productinfo/laptops-and-notebooks/0002490231

Forgrt the above link - Yours had dropped in price to £410, but excludes vat and shipping
http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/latitude-3540-laptop/pd

i would prefer the touchscreen i5 in that link it is £548, shipping free - Dell usually charge for shipping. Better cpu and cheaper. The only thing I can see good about your choice, is that is runs windows Professional, which can be used to connect to a corporate network domain - Litte use to most home users.

Get your windging windows 8 friend to install Classic Shell, and he will probably not know the difference - except the start button is now a shell picture

Johnmcl7

bluesnake wrote: »

that is a lot of money for an i3. Here seem to do it for £28 cheaper and they are not know as a cheap company https://uk.insight.com/en-gb/productinfo/laptops-and-notebooks/0002490231

Forgrt the above link - Yours had dropped in price to £410, but excludes vat and shipping
http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/latitude-3540-laptop/pd

i would prefer the touchscreen i5 in that link it is £548, shipping free - Dell usually charge for shipping. Better cpu and cheaper. The only thing I can see good about your choice, is that is runs windows Professional, which can be used to connect to a corporate network domain - Litte use to most home users.

The machines you've listed are no the same class of machine - the Latitude 15 3000 laptops are budget machines similar to Dell's consumer line while an E series 55xx Latitude which the OP posted are the standard business laptops. You trade better build quality for lower specs at the same price, depends what the priority as to which is the better one.

John