Dell Inspiron 15 for €219

Shiminay · 18-09-2014 5:11pm

loyatemu wrote: »

back on topic - would this machine run Minecraft reasonably well - the game requires 4G RAM which this has but not sure about graphics requirements?

GODS NO!

Minecraft is a horribly, horribly optimised game cause it's written in Java. There are a few things you can do to try and optimise it, but they're for someone who really knows what they're at and loves tinkering with this sort of thing (nice project for a child tbh).

If you want to play games on a computer, you need to spend some money I'm afraid.

For basic web/streaming/communications, this device is a great deal though, had to get the Mammy a new laptop this time last year, wish something like this had been around!

peckerhead · 18-09-2014 9:52pm

...and click! €197 was kinda hard to resist.

It's for the daughter, just started college, looks like just the ticket for what she'll be using it for. She even likes matt black... :pac:

brightkane · 18-09-2014 10:12pm

How did you get extra discount?

peckerhead · 18-09-2014 10:41pm

10% discount as per thread linked above... (post #3)

discombobulate · 18-09-2014 11:11pm

peckerhead wrote: »

...and click! €197 was kinda hard to resist.

It's for the daughter, just started college, looks like just the ticket for what she'll be using it for. She even likes matt black... :pac:

See here http://www.dell.com/learn/ie/en/ieepp1/campaigns/dell-vip-home-page-ie

SeanPammer · 18-09-2014 11:14pm

and done...

Thanks BA

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Timmaay · 18-09-2014 11:55pm

2 just ordered! And to think I was close on paying the full 250 for them! Thanking you to whoever found this BA!

deegs · 18-09-2014 11:56pm

SeanPammer wrote: »

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Appreciate this, but got inspiron 14

brightkane · 19-09-2014 8:39am

Dammit missed it!

beauf · 19-09-2014 9:34am

deegs wrote: »

Appreciate this, but got inspiron 14

How much was that btw?

If they made a 14 or 13" of this insprion it would be very popular.

deegs · 19-09-2014 8:24pm

beauf wrote: »

How much was that btw?

If they made a 14 or 13" of this insprion it would be very popular.

Was 699 and came down to 629 all in. Everything looks amazing but would have paid extra to replace 500gb with 128ssd other than that, very happy

brightkane · 19-09-2014 9:33pm

a be got for 225 now with that vip discount code

Razleavy · 22-09-2014 11:54am

Has anyone received their order? Mine is showing as delivered (22/09/14) on Dell's site, but here I am at home with no delivery. Haven't been able to track my order on the site and I have no idea who the courier is (Dell. SYNE).

flipsky · 22-09-2014 1:29pm

Razleavy wrote: »

Has anyone received their order? Mine is showing as delivered (22/09/14) on Dell's site, but here I am at home with no delivery. Haven't been able to track my order on the site and I have no idea who the courier is (Dell. SYNE).

Same for me. According to the website my order was placed and delivered all in the same day! Emailed them but no reply.

Status: Delivered Order Details Help
Delivered On: 18/09/2014 "Information"
For Your Information Your complete order has been delivered.
Tracking Number: 001001199001
Carrier: SYNE
Shipping Method: Standard Shipping
Order Date: 18/09/2014
Order Number: *********
Customer Number: IE*******

Update:

Dear ******

Thank you for contacting Dell Online Customer Services with regards to the status of your order.

As per our records I see that your order is estimated to be delivered today on the 22nd Sep 2014.

Please confirm to the receipt of the order, once you receive the package.

I'm assigned as a case manager for your order. Please let me know if you need any assistance.

Kind Regards,

Razleavy · 22-09-2014 1:37pm

DPD just delivered it! It's a lovely little machine

user99 · 23-09-2014 6:47pm

"delivered" on the dell website seems to be delivery from dell to the courier (dpd).
you then get a text from dpd telling you when to expect delivery.

Timmaay · 23-09-2014 7:08pm

Got both of mine today also. 2 well spent hours setting them up and cleaning all the sh1t bloatwear off them, which has vastly improved them.

loopymum · 23-09-2014 7:27pm

Timmaay wrote: »

Got both of mine today also. 2 well spent hours setting them up and cleaning all the sh1t bloatwear off them, which has vastly improved them.

Tips please:cool:

I got mine today, I haven't opened the box yet

peckerhead · 23-09-2014 9:13pm

PCDecrapifier sorted mine (which also arrived today following the initial SMS notification received yesterday).

Next stop Ninite.com to download the various runtimes and non-MS applications I want in one handy installer.

Timmaay · 23-09-2014 9:57pm

loopymum wrote: »

Tips please:cool:

I got mine today, I haven't opened the box yet

Ultimate fix would be to wipe the hard disk and install windows 7!

peckerhead · 24-09-2014 12:27am

Timmaay wrote: »

Ultimate fix would be to wipe the hard disk and install windows 7!

Agreed. But the daughter likes the pretty coloured tiles...

If I find it struggling after a while I might yet talk her into a "downgrade".

TerrorFirmer · 24-09-2014 8:25am

If you just get Start8 or whatever, there really is minimal difference between Win8 and Win7. I forget I'm using Win8.

papu · 24-09-2014 10:42am

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

If you just get Start8 or whatever, there really is minimal difference between Win8 and Win7. I forget I'm using Win8.

Classic Shell is a good one too.

Few tweeks and W8 over w7 everytime

imitation · 24-09-2014 11:15am

Apart from the missing start menu windows 8 is actually a great improvement, if you regularly have to move files or do OS work its a boon, better task manager and file copy control. To be honest I just pin all my commonly used stuff to the task bar, right click the start button for control panel/shutdown and I rarely have to go mucking around with tiles.

Timmaay · 24-09-2014 6:10pm

Having issues with chrome being horribly slow however. Googling solutions at the minute but haven't come to the bottom of it. My shockingly poor broadband isn't helping matters. I think I've all auto updates turned off on the laptop at least.

WHL · 25-09-2014 12:07am

peckerhead wrote: »

PCDecrapifier sorted mine (which also arrived today following the initial SMS notification received yesterday).

Next stop Ninite.com to download the various runtimes and non-MS applications I want in one handy installer.

Which program's did you remove with PC Decrapafier. Most seemed to be acceptable

augusta24 · 25-09-2014 8:39am

I missed this deal but am still thinking of buying this laptop as I want to get a good valued laptop for very very basic use for my mother.
She will only be using it for very light use- some Internet browsing that's about it.

Would you guys still recommend this laptop at the €250 price?

Or do you think I'd get something cheaper that would still suit her needs?
Although I'm pretty good with technology myself I always feel overwhelmed buying laptops since there are so many types offering so many different specs!

54kroc · 25-09-2014 8:53am

augusta24 wrote: »

I missed this deal but am still thinking of buying this laptop as I want to get a good valued laptop for very very basic use for my mother.
She will only be using it for very light use- some Internet browsing that's about it.

Would you guys still recommend this laptop at the €250 price?

Or do you think I'd get something cheaper that would still suit her needs?
Although I'm pretty good with technology myself I always feel overwhelmed buying laptops since there are so many types offering so many different specs!

It's still very good value, you could try finding a discount code or singing up for a vip code.
The laptop is well suited to what you're describing.

Coat22 · 25-09-2014 10:59am

Hi

I’m looking at buying a new laptop to use while I’m travelling.

I’ll mainly use it for streaming TV via Sky Go etc and will use it for limited gaming (Football Manager will probably be the most demanding resource wise and this is probably going to be the key determiner performance wise)

I have looked at 2 Dell laptops I can get via the VIP club:

Inspiron 15 5547
Intel Core i7-4510U processor (4M Cache up to 3.1 GHz)
8GB 2 DIMM (2x4GB) DDR3L 1600Mhz
1TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
AMD Radeon™ HD R7 M265 2GB DDR3 Video Card
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-AC 3160 + Bluetooth 4.0
Price: €584

Inspiron 15 7537
Intel® Core™ i7-4510U processor (4M Cache, up to 3.1 GHz)
16GB 2 DIMM (2x8GB) DDR3L 1600Mhz
1TB 5400 rpm SATA Hybrid Hard Drive with 8GB Cache
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 750M 2GB DDR5 Video Card
Intel® Wireless-N 7260 BGN + Bluetooth 4.0
Price: €809

I’d appreciate views on whether:

a) The Inspiron 7537 above is worth paying an extra €225 for considering what I’m going to be using it for.
b) Whether an I7 is worth for what I’ll be using it for (going to be little multi-tasking)
c) Should I be considering another brand? Have bought Dells PCs and Laptops for years as I always found them reliable and reasonably good value for money but should I be looking at something else?

Thanks all

VikingG · 25-09-2014 11:46am

Coat22 wrote: »

Hi
I’d appreciate views on whether:

a) The Inspiron 7537 above is worth paying an extra €225 for considering what I’m going to be using it for.
b) Whether an I7 is worth for what I’ll be using it for (going to be little multi-tasking)
c) Should I be considering another brand? Have bought Dells PCs and Laptops for years as I always found them reliable and reasonably good value for money but should I be looking at something else?

Thanks all

From what you say you will need it for I would say that the i7 and the spec is more than you will need.... it is up to you and your budget.... if you can afford it then this is a great system that will run any of the games out there at the moment and would future proof you for quite a while....

Dell Inspiron 15 for €219

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