Dell laptop - any good?

skysky69

Just wondered whether anyone fancies voicing their opinion on this Dell laptop that I am looking at purchasing. I have managed to get it down to £398.00 with the spec below, it comes up on the Dell website as being under small business instead of being for home use - not sure whether I am missing anything by just wanting it for home use?

Dell Inspiron 6400
Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2130 Processor (1.86ghzm, 533mhz, 1mb L2 cache)

LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) display with TrueLife

Memory - 2048MB 533 MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 2 x 1024

Hard Drive - 120 GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive

Graphics Card - Intel Media Accelerator 950 Graphics Up to 256MB

Optical Drive - Fixed Internal 8x DVD +/- RW Drive including software

Primary Battery - 6 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (53 WHR)

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated (I promise I will hurry up and buy one soon to stop harrassing people - just so many to choose from! :rotfl:

albertross_2

truelife (i.e. shiny and reflective like a mirror) screens are not to everyone's tastes, for less than £400 it is good value, just make sure vat & delivery is included in the price.

CelticGhirl

If you go through the link on dmxdimension.com you will get roughly the same (Same model anyway) for £351.

coolagarry

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the Small Business warranty and backup is not as good as the Home use one.