DELL Inspiron 15 laptop only €208 using VIP codes delivered to Parcel Motel

j_lennon18 · 30-07-2014 9:13am #1

I seen this deal over in hotukdeals and I orderd last night using PayPal & Parcel Motel. The order went through fine as you can see below:

Works out about €208 including Parcel Motel using the 10% off VIP codes. Make sure you sign up to the VIP to get the 10% off code here. (check your spam folder in your email in case you dont see it)

Direct link to the laptop here.

Specs: Intel® Celeron® Dual Core N2830 Processor, Windows(R) 8.1, 4GB Single Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GBx1), 500GB 5400 rpm SATA Hard Drive, 15.6 inch LED Backlit Display with Truelife and HD resolution (1366 x 768), HDMI 1.4a, USB 2.0 (2), Security slot, 4-in-1 Media Card (SD/SDHC/MS/MS Pro).

The biggest cons is that there is no DVD, USB3, Ethernet or Bluetooth but for the price it seems a savage deal for the casual user, obviously this laptop is not for gaming or video editing :pac:

Update: For anyone debating getting one, It says the free shipping & the extra £20 off expires tonight so don't wait too long.

swingking · 30-07-2014 11:06am

As soon as I saw the word celeron

Pass....

j_lennon18 · 30-07-2014 11:14am

swingking wrote: »

As soon as I saw the word celeron

Pass....

I think it was a bit naive to click on a link for a laptop for €208 & actually expect anything better than a Celeron :rolleyes:

foggy_lad · 30-07-2014 11:31am

j_lennon18 wrote: »

I think it was a bit naive to click on a link for a laptop for €208 & actually expect anything better than a Celeron :rolleyes:

But I would expect most of the following - there is no DVD, USB3, Ethernet or Bluetooth

heavywater · 30-07-2014 11:38am

foggy_lad wrote: »

But I would expect most of the following - there is no DVD, USB3, Ethernet or Bluetooth

Why don't you share where you shop with these great expectations? It behooves you to provide an alternative if you're going to readily dismiss someone else's bargain alert.

j_lennon18 · 30-07-2014 11:41am

foggy_lad wrote: »

But I would expect most of the following - there is no DVD, USB3, Ethernet or Bluetooth

Fair enough. I don't need any of them features but I wanted to warn others like yourself in case you need them. Sacrifices need to be made to get a brand new laptop for that price, you cant have it all :pac:

My order has just shipped. Dell called from a strange number "020440000" to confirm shipping address. Had to scramble to find exact parcel motel address and I said it was going to my job.

beauf · 30-07-2014 12:45pm

swingking wrote: »

As soon as I saw the word celeron

Pass....

You're missing the point.

This is effectively a atom cpu. So this is basically a netbook with a 15" screen. So its pretty much silent (no fan) with a long battery life. But its only for basic tasks.

You can read reviews off it here
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i3531-1200BK-15-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00KMRGF28

mathie · 30-07-2014 12:47pm

No Flux Capacitor?
I'm out.

Akrasia · 30-07-2014 1:30pm

beauf wrote: »

You're missing the point.

This is effectively a atom cpu. So this is basically a netbook with a 15" screen. So its pretty much silent (no fan) with a long battery life. But its only for basic tasks.

You can read reviews off it here
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i3531-1200BK-15-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00KMRGF28

To call it a netbook is unfair. This laptop is excellent value for most users who accept that it's not for games or graphics intensive tasks.

Most budget laptops come without optical drives these days and dvds are pretty much obsolete these days anyway. Most people don't use bluetooth, why would you need a bluetooth keyboard or mouse for a laptop? Ethernet is superflous for 99% of the time when wifi is sufficient.

If you want to play modern 3d accellerated games, you'd need to spend at least 4 times as much to get the minimum specs of todays games. if you have a console or desktop for games and want this for office, browsing the web and even simpler games such as prison architect or plants vs zombies etc, you'll be able to run these no problem.

This laptop would be perfect for a college student with a tight budget. A lot of people spend way too much money on fancy laptops with way more power than they'll ever need. Even these budget laptops of today have better features than the best laptops from 5 years ago (eg the macbook pro from 2009 only had 2gb of ram and a 250gb hd, only had a 2ghz dual core processer)

leo2a6 · 30-07-2014 2:19pm

Bought the laptop +-2 months ago, fast enough for all basic stuff like internet,videos, pictures, skype, email, etc...
Obviously not suitable for gaming and heavy softwares like autocad, etc...

surpy · 30-07-2014 2:24pm

anyone got a spare uk vip code, they arent giving them out at the moment.

Spipov · 30-07-2014 2:25pm

this is an excellent price for a 15" NEW laptop. i could have bitten your hand off if that had come up last year, when i needed to get 2 for my parents. they dont need a haswell processor. they dont need an IPS Full HD 4K screen, they dont need a cd drive.

what they needed was a cheap functional, new laptop with warranty.

you cant even get that 2nd hand.

excellent bargain OP, well done

beauf · 30-07-2014 3:59pm

Akrasia wrote: »

To call it a netbook is unfair. This laptop is excellent value for most users who accept that it's not for games or graphics intensive tasks....

Even these budget laptops of today have better features than the best laptops from 5 years ago (eg the macbook pro from 2009 only had 2gb of ram and a 250gb hd, only had a 2ghz dual core processer)

Did you actually look at the specs/features of a 2009 MacBook Pro? http://tinyurl.com/7ecyhpl Its got much better features and specs. Just because its old doesn't mean its not powerful. Looking at sunspider scores, that old CPU would be 2~3 times faster than this Dell.

Calling its closer to a net books isn't unfair its just a more accurate description of what it is. I'm not saying its not good value. They've re-marketed the atom chip as a Celeron. This is the same chip that's in the latest chromebooks and netbooks.

As you say this would be good for a light computing tasks. For most people thats all they do 80% of the time. No argument there.

plonker · 30-07-2014 4:01pm

if anyone has a spare code please pm it on.it would be much appreciated

beauf · 30-07-2014 4:35pm

leo2a6 wrote: »

Bought the laptop +-2 months ago, fast enough for all basic stuff like internet,videos, pictures, skype, email, etc...
Obviously not suitable for gaming and heavy softwares like autocad, etc...

What sort of battery life are you getting on it?

kaizersoze · 30-07-2014 4:44pm

€249 on Dell.ie so €40 saving.
I got no response from VIP registration so no saving there.
The nearest PM is a 25 mile round trip so I wouldn't be saving much.

Great price for a basic laptop with 12 month warranty though.

nanook5 · 30-07-2014 5:34pm

Any chance of being able to put in an SSD in a Caddy,where the DVD drive would be ?

beauf · 30-07-2014 5:49pm

The Inspiron 15 3000 isn't much more €300 before discounts. Has everything. Hard to tell from Dell terrible website.

leo2a6 · 30-07-2014 5:55pm

beauf wrote: »

What sort of battery life are you getting on it?

4 hours + i would say...

okidoki987 · 30-07-2014 6:47pm

Says 6 on the Website.

nanook5 · 30-07-2014 7:32pm

Anyone know is this the correct processor ?

http://ark.intel.com/products/81071/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N2830-1M-Cache-up-to-2_41-GHz

magentis · 30-07-2014 8:21pm

Just to let you all know Dell just told me that products under 600 pounds only get a 2% discount with the vip club

Kinet1c · 30-07-2014 8:25pm

Stick a small ssd in and install lubuntu on it and it will run quite well.

beauf · 30-07-2014 8:49pm

Kinet1c wrote: »

Stick a small ssd in and install lubuntu on it and it will run quite well.

It would give a bit longer battery too. Ssd makes any system so much nicer.

DrChristianTroy · 30-07-2014 8:58pm

Guys just wondering if this laptop would be much of an upgrade on my current laptop? Current laptop is running Windows 8.1 fine, just worried about reliability as its good few years old now.

current spec is as follows:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7250 @2.00GHz 2.00GHz
Memory: 2.00GB

Or would you need more info than that?

Super Sidious · 30-07-2014 8:59pm

Anyone a spare code? Dell ain't delivering.

magentis · 30-07-2014 9:02pm

flynner13 wrote: »

Anyone a spare code? Dell ain't delivering.

Me too if anyone has a second code they are not using please pm me.
I tried the online chat,spent ages talking to him but he would not give me a code:(

same ol sh1te · 30-07-2014 9:06pm

DrChristianTroy wrote: »

Guys just wondering if this laptop would be much of an upgrade on my current laptop? Current laptop is running Windows 8.1 fine, just worried about reliability as its good few years old now.

current spec is as follows:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7250 @2.00GHz 2.00GHz
Memory: 2.00GB

Or would you need more info than that?

Not worth upgrading for tbh

nanook5 · 30-07-2014 9:25pm

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Super Sidious · 30-07-2014 9:39pm

Thanks.

magentis · 30-07-2014 9:47pm

Thanks nanook5 but i couldnt get either of those to work.

nanook5 · 30-07-2014 10:07pm

magentis wrote: »

Thanks nanook5 but i couldnt get either of those to work.

No problem . I couldn't get them to work either .I thought it may have been just me. I just singed up to student VIP today and got them . Maybe try make an account yourself

magentis · 30-07-2014 10:14pm

nanook5 wrote: »

No problem . I couldn't get them to work either .I thought it may have been just me. I just singed up to student VIP today and got them . Maybe try make an account yourself

I have but it could be 48 hours before i get the codes.
And this offer finishes at midnight.

nanook5 · 30-07-2014 10:21pm

magentis wrote: »

I have but it could be 48 hours before i get the codes.
And this offer finishes at midnight.

I tried Business VIP and got no email yet but then tried student VIP and got email straight away

magentis · 31-07-2014 3:56pm

Gone back up to 199.99 pounds now.

NATLOR · 31-07-2014 11:11pm

magentis wrote: »

Just to let you all know Dell just told me that products under 600 pounds only get a 2% discount with the vip club

Not true i got the VIP codes from Dell Ireland (got no response from UK site) and got 10% off this

Oat23 · 16-09-2014 9:06pm

This laptop is reduced to €219 delivered on dell.ie if anyone is looking for a cheap laptop for someone (like myself!).

It is usually €249 but you can save €30 right now (valid through September 18th).

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-15-3531-laptop/pd?oc=cn53105

jimbis · 17-09-2014 3:14pm

Would this be any use to me for editing the odd go pro vid for YouTube, backing up a few iPhones too and then just the usual browsing, email etc?
Not into gaming or anything like either so that's not important.

MentalMario · 17-09-2014 4:14pm

swingking wrote: »

As soon as I saw the word celeron

Pass....

This! Had a celeron about 8 years ago and it was a piece of ****e, back then. I'd shudder at the thoughts of how bad it is nowadays.

jimbis wrote: »

Would this be any use to me for editing the odd go pro vid for YouTube, backing up a few iPhones too and then just the usual browsing, email etc?
Not into gaming or anything like either so that's not important.

I'd say it might be ok, depending on what software you're using to edit the videos. If it's is Windows Movie Maker it should be alright. If it's a piece of paid software like Sony Vegas etc...I'd say it would blow up, nevermind struggle.

beauf · 17-09-2014 4:27pm

MentalMario wrote: »

This! Had a celeron about 8 years ago and it was a piece of ****e, back then. I'd shudder at the thoughts of how bad it is nowadays. ...

Celerons have been good and bad. They used to be cut down version of the pentium higher models.

This Celeron isn't a cut down pentium its an entirely different chip. Its a rebranded Atom. That you get in tablets and netbooks. Its a new faster atom.

evostik · 17-09-2014 6:10pm

Coming up at EUR 197.11 on the Dell.ie website with 10% VIP Discount.

10% discount code available via (www.publicsectorroi.groupscheme.com)

You need to cut and paste the URL as a redirect will not work.

Lemmy Scott · 17-09-2014 6:48pm

evostik wrote: »

Coming up at EUR 197.11 on the Dell.ie website with 10% VIP Discount.

10% discount code available via http://www.publicsectorroi.groupscheme.com

great-wheres the code

scamalert · 17-09-2014 6:49pm

might be great for someone who needs laptop,but thats about it,since specs are not much different from any better smartphone.win 8 sucks unless its possible to get it running on win 7.

All said dell is great company,but to expect smth more then regular mail check,youtube or using word is about it.since any gaming laptop is around 1500e mark,and for that cash one could build some proper machine,as even best gaming laptops eventually run out,when new hardware is released which happens every couple months,and games are getting more demanding within days.

Rowley Birkin QC · 17-09-2014 7:17pm

Lemmy Scott wrote: »

great-wheres the code

Any luck with that? Going to order for my sister for college.

evostik · 17-09-2014 7:35pm

Codes are unique. You need to go to the computers section and click on the 10% VIP discount icon. Enter your email and the code will be sent to you.

P.s. Cut and paste the URL into your browser. The redirect doesn't work. You may need to delete your cookies for the URL to give you access.

walshki · 17-09-2014 7:38pm

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Any luck with that? Going to order for my sister for college.

Try this

This just worked for me. 197 euro - grand for my purposes so thanks OP.

Lemmy Scott · 17-09-2014 7:56pm

walshki wrote: »

Try this

This just worked for me. 197 euro - grand for my purposes so thanks OP.

howd ya get code

Rowley Birkin QC · 17-09-2014 8:35pm

Lemmy Scott wrote: »

howd ya get code

As described above, copy the link. I used an incognito window and it worked a treat. Just sign up, go to the computer section and they'll mail the code.

Cheers lads, all ordered.

Lemmy Scott · 17-09-2014 9:24pm

ya cheers lads took awhile to get the code but got it in the end for 197

augusta24 · 24-09-2014 6:10am

Damn I missed this offer... If anyone notices it again in the near future please post again :-)

DELL Inspiron 15 laptop only €208 using VIP codes delivered to Parcel Motel

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