Help! Laptop Choice!

Myosin

Shame I couldn't build my own laptop really

I'm really fed up of being told stupid storie by Dell's sales agents. Now they claim that the price has gone up naturally and to reflect that they have introduced a free printer. :mad:

gizmoleeds

Myosin wrote:

Shame I couldn't build my own laptop really

I'm really fed up of being told stupid storie by Dell's sales agents. Now they claim that the price has gone up naturally and to reflect that they have introduced a free printer. :mad:

Ha! That printer's been around for ages.

I need to buy a laptop sometime soon, but as I'm not in a hurry I'm waiting till January, as I figure Dell's January Sale will be slightly better than all their other never-ending sales and special offers. Or, if I spot a better offer on here...

Myosin

:eek: I can't wait till January

I guess this is the problem. I waited too long and now I have to get anything that'll do :mad:

Mesh may be good but they are quite expensive. Especially as I need that widescreen for ease of viewing. I hate narrow screens

Myosin

Pentium M 725A 1.6GHz
English - Win XP SP2 Home (No Media)

System Price £559.96


Operating System: English - Win XP SP2 Home (No Media)
Memory: 768MB 400MHz DDR2 SDRAM 1x512MB + 1x256MB)
Floppy Drive: No Floppy Drive
Hard Disk Drive: 40GB 5400rpm ATA/100 HDD
Video: 64MB DDR ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300
NoteBook Screen: 15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel
Modem: Internal 56K Modem
Network Interface Card: Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 802.11b/g Eur
DVD Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW
Software: Microsoft® Works® 7.0
English - Adobe Reader 6.0
MISC: 6 cell Li-Ion 53WHr primary battery
D-Series 65W AC adpater


This is one I have seen available for £559.96. Do you think this represents good value?

Also what does the "No Media" thing next to Win XP mean?

Any comments/advice would be very much appreciated.

Cheers :beer:

Mr_Skint_2

Seems a little dear for the price and no media means no SP2 disk its pre-installed
on the Hard Drive mind you these can be piscked up from PC world or any other reputable PC shop for nothing.

Okay Okay I know reputable and PCWorld shouldn't be in the same sentence.

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Myosin wrote:

Pentium M 725A 1.6GHz
English - Win XP SP2 Home (No Media)

System Price £559.96


Operating System: English - Win XP SP2 Home (No Media)
Memory: 768MB 400MHz DDR2 SDRAM 1x512MB + 1x256MB)
Floppy Drive: No Floppy Drive
Hard Disk Drive: 40GB 5400rpm ATA/100 HDD
Video: 64MB DDR ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300
NoteBook Screen: 15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel
Modem: Internal 56K Modem
Network Interface Card: Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 802.11b/g Eur
DVD Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW
Software: Microsoft® Works® 7.0
English - Adobe Reader 6.0
MISC: 6 cell Li-Ion 53WHr primary battery
D-Series 65W AC adpater


This is one I have seen available for £559.96. Do you think this represents good value?

Also what does the "No Media" thing next to Win XP mean?

Any comments/advice would be very much appreciated.

Cheers :beer:

I think that seems 'ok' value- is it a Dell? If so what model?

Also the 'no media' means you dont get xp disc supplied for backup-you'll burn a backup from your hard drive.

Myosin

Mr_Skint wrote:

Seems a little dear for the price and no media means no SP2 disk its pre-installed
on the Hard Drive mind you these can be piscked up from PC world or any other reputable PC shop for nothing.

Okay Okay I know reputable and PCWorld shouldn't be in the same sentence.

You can pick up what, the XP CD or the SP2 CD?

yes It's a dell but from the Outlet. WOuld you personally buy from the outlet?

Mr_Skint_2

You can pick up the Service Pack 2 disc for free.

Myosin

What's with this 128MB shared graphics memory? Is it significant if the laptop already has 512MB DDR2 400Mhz RAM?

I've been given a quote by Dell which I'm quite inclined towards, what do you think of it and the price?? (I will thank you all for your help it's just a bit tedious clicking Thanks every time as I have dial-up and the page has to reload each time )



Price: £600.43

6000 SHARED GRAPHICS: Pentium M 725A (1.6GHz 2MB L2 cache 400MHz
FSB) & up to 128MB shared graphics memory

15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel 1

256MB RAM FREE - Double Memory Promo 1

NoSnap Cover Option 1

English/Irish - System Documentation 1

UK/Ireland - Inspiron 6000 Power Cord 1

512MB 400MHz DDR2 SDRAM Memory (2x256MB) 1

No Floppy Drive Option 1

40GB (5,400rpm) IDE Hard Drive 1

Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with Software 1

DVD Cyberlink Decoder Software 1

Record Now and My DVD Software 1

D- Series 65W AC Adapter 1

Primary 53 Watt/Hour, 6 CELL Battery 1

No Carrycase 1

Intel Media Accelerator 900 Graphics Up to 128MB shared system memory 1

UK - Modem Cable and Adapter 1

EURO - Intel ProWireless 2200 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card 1

English - (QWERTY) - Internal Keyboard 1

Inspiron 6000 OS Drivers 1

English - Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 1

English - Microsoft Works 7.0 1

English - Photo Album SE Basic 1

English - Paint Shop Pro Basic Edition 1

Dell Support 3.0 1

Dell Media Experience 3.0 Basic- Inspiron 1

English - Adobe Reader 6.0 1

AOL 8, BT + Tiscali UK ISP 1

English - Norton Internet Security 90 day Trial Version 1

No Warranty Upgrade 1

Base warranty 1

1Y CAR (Collect and Return ) 1

PROMO MS Windows XP Beginner - 60-day license - English - Go to
https://www.learndell.com/euro to register

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I dont know if you have been here - it is a forum dedicated to the dell outlet. If you are in no immediate hurry for your laptop just post what spec you are after and the model along with your budget. Then the guys on there will help you out to get a good valued machine.

This only works if you are at your comp quite lot- then once someone has found a suitable machine- you will need to take it off their hands.

As for the outlet, most of the machines sold are just returns from company's who have over ordered.

ps. it's quite normal not to get the xp backup media-if you really want it you could probly 'blag' it out of dell.

pps. don't worry bout the thanks button;)