Another Dell question, sorry guys!

Charlton_King

What's your take on the Inspiron 531, please:

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/desktops_good?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

....??

Any feedback greatly appreciated.

Reggie_Rebel

Personally, having a quick look, I'd go for Vista Premium, and 2gb of RAM, which would whack another £90 on the basic price.

Charlton_King

Reggie_Rebel wrote: »

Personally, having a quick look, I'd go for Vista Premium, and 2gb of RAM, which would whack another £90 on the basic price.

... and I, personally, would rather not have to pay the extra £90!

Sorry for bumping this thread but I'd appreciate any further comments from you technical guys.

Please bear in mind that I do zero downloading of music etc and that my need is only for a basic sytem which would cope with surfing, emailing and wordprocessing.

At £329 for the 531 plus 19" monitor, this system looks good to me...

... but would it cope adequately with my requirements?

Garetha

It looks good value to me.
If you find it needs more memory - it's probably cheaper to get it elsewhere later.
Consider £10 extra for 250 Gb hard drive - if you think you'll be able to use it.
Use Quidco or TopCashBack for 5% back on pre VAT price - approx £15 back

Charlton_King

Garetha wrote: »

It looks good value to me.
If you find it needs more memory - it's probably cheaper to get it elsewhere later.
Consider £10 extra for 250 Gb hard drive - if you think you'll be able to use it.
Use Quidco or TopCashBack for 5% back on pre VAT price - approx £15 back

This can be done, can it? Sorry to be so naive.

loksat

why dont you try Inspiron 530 and upgrade it to Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core E2140 Processor (1.6GHz,800MHz,1MB cache) which will sum upto £329.00

Garetha

Certainly very easy to check memory
http://www.crucial.com/uk/index.aspx?cpe=CHAWKuk
this site scans your computer and tells you what you've got, and what you need.
You make a note of this and then check www.ebuyer.com for a better price! (there are other good memory suppliers)

Fitting memory is about as difficult as changing the battery in a toy. All you need is a screwdriver and sensible precautions to touch a radiator or tap before handling the memory. (on a laptop there is a little trap door into the memory compartment)