17" Dell notebook for £350 delivered

chunter

Apologies if this has been posted before.
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=any&l=en&oc=n1217001&s=bsd&sbc=rf_spider&m_30=115258&dgc=AF&cid=5212&lid=122756

but it is remarkable.

Intel® Celeron® Processor 550 (2.00 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 1 MB L2-cache)
Windows Vista® Home Basic
LCD 17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display
1024MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]
120GB (5400rpm) SATA
8X DVD+/-RW Drive

Shame about it only being available with Vista.
Probably needs more "wellie".
So it might be with worth the extra 40 quid for the dual core processor.

Poppycat

Thats going to struggle with Vista. Its needs 2gb ram and dual core 2 or equiavelant and even then Vista may struggle. Yes really shame it has Vista better with XP

Froggitt

Save 10%, £35, using the 10% of code emailed out today by them.

aurora_borealis_2

will it play sims2 and be delivered by xmas?

*AB getting desperate*

Jefft_2

aurora_borealis wrote: »

will it play sims2 and be delivered by xmas?

*AB getting desperate*

Delivery for Christmas is unlikely now.

parkin100

Froggitt wrote: »

Save 10%, £35, using the 10% of code emailed out today by them.

Where can I find this code?

Kilty_2

Contact Dell and ask about christmas delivery - these cheap machines are usually stockpiled so ship within a week

Jefft_2

Kilty wrote: »

Contact Dell and ask about christmas delivery - these cheap machines are usually stockpiled so ship within a week

Not true they are all built to order. Mine was re-ordered yesterday and is on a priority build following ordering system problems and will be delivered next Thursday. I was told Christmas delivery is unlikely on a "standard" build.

Froggitt

parkin100 wrote: »

Where can I find this code?

HDUK or Discount codes forum here

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Poppycat wrote: »

Thats going to struggle with Vista. Its needs 2gb ram and dual core 2 or equiavelant and even then Vista may struggle. Yes really shame it has Vista better with XP

I think this is wrong. It has the latest Celeron which is based on a Dual Core processor and enough RAM for Home basic. I've seen Vista Home Basic running fine on pcs with worse processors than this.

Interestingly you can bump the processor up to a Dual Core T5270 for £40 extra.

gary892

grahawk wrote: »

I think this is wrong. It has the latest Celeron which is based on a Dual Core processor and enough RAM for Home basic. I've seen Vista Home Basic running fine on pcs with worse processors than this.

You are correct. This machine is well above the minimum specs for Home Basic and will work absolutely fine.