Dell Laptop for Euro399 incl VAT and del

caster

Is the Celeron M processor considerably slower than the Pentium M? Is there certain applications or functionality where you will really notice the difference?

Is it mainly only if you are a game player that its worth the extra money?

Thanks
C

quon

caster wrote:

Is the Celeron M processor considerably slower than the Pentium M? Is there certain applications or functionality where you will really notice the difference?

Is it mainly only if you are a game player that its worth the extra money?

Thanks
C

As far as I'm aware there are 2 differences between the Celeron M and its equivalent Pentium M. These are:

1. It has half the L2 cache of the Pentium M.
2. It has SpeedStep disabled.

Other than that I think they are one and the same.

keithclancy

Just ordered one for me girlfriend

got the 1.5ghz with 14.1 inch screen and the Wireless option added for 425 euro

Hope she likes it.

LegacyUser

Jesus! Can you train my boyfriend - !!

Caco

quon wrote:

As far as I'm aware there are 2 differences between the Celeron M and its equivalent Pentium M. These are:

1. It has half the L2 cache of the Pentium M.
2. It has SpeedStep disabled.

Other than that I think they are one and the same.

Also i heard that when CPUs are made and tested, the ones that pass the more stringent testing go on to be Pentiums and the ones that pass but not as well are Celerons
Dont quote me on that, could be a whole load of bollocks!

KTRIC

Caco wrote:

Also i heard that when CPUs are made and tested, the ones that pass the more stringent testing go on to be Pentiums and the ones that pass but not as well are Celerons
Dont quote me on that, could be a whole load of bollocks!

Yep, tis a load of the bollocks

Completely different chips.

keithclancy

bubby wrote:

Jesus! Can you train my boyfriend - !!

Heh .. its her 21st! and the laptop she has was made in 1998.... she has room for a bunch of mp3s and a movie ... and the battery lasts about 10 minutes.

Your only 21 once .. arra the europeans don't celebrate it at all .. and hence were all goin to germany to show the krauts how to drink. (shes going to college in bonn)

TempestSabre

Caco wrote:

Also i heard that when CPUs are made and tested, the ones that pass the more stringent testing go on to be Pentiums and the ones that pass but not as well are Celerons
Dont quote me on that, could be a whole load of bollocks!

You don't work in PC World do you?

conzy

Does it have a serial port?

Me and Dad are thinking of getting one each:p

TempestSabre

Just out of curiosity, how long are your batteries lasting on these Laptops?

conzy

I have read somewhere thats its around 2 hours. I dont know if that was with the 4 cell or 6 cell battery.......

Irishpimpdude

I get around 3hrs on the 6 cell

conzy

Great!

What did you enter in the company field?

Irishpimpdude

Just AIB lol worked a charm

BendiBus

I've gotten just shy of 2 hours on the 4-cell. That's with the screen on maximum brightness (I was outside in the sun and at full brightness the display wasn't too bad at all).

shortys94

i think ive got more than 3 hours on 6 cell

cubix

Can anyone tell me if these babies have a firewire port as I need one to hook up my camcorder

Cheers

Irishpimpdude

cubix wrote:

Can anyone tell me if these babies have a firewire port as I need one to hook up my camcorder

Cheers

No they dont sorry bro.

cubix

Cheers IPD, is there slots in this laptop to take those credit card size jobbies in the side

Cubix

Irishpimpdude

Yes there is a ExpressCard slot, not to be confused with the more common PCMIA.

cubix

Cheers for that,whats the advantage to the ECS over a PCMIA slot do you know. Off hand do you know if they make ECS firewire cards

Cubix

Caco

TempestSabre wrote:

You don't work in PC World do you?

Haha! No no!
I was just misinformed and now im glad ive been corrected cos i didnt know if it was true!

shortys94

yea i also want to get express card, any idea where to get for cheap? are they 802.11g

cianclarke

All gone then, yeah? Damn.

By the way got a netgear wireless PCMCIA for £7 new off eBay (worked out about €14 with shipping).

LegacyUser

cianclarke wrote:

All gone then, yeah? Damn.

By the way got a netgear wireless PCMCIA for £7 new off eBay (worked out about €14 with shipping).

Cian ... don't confuse people .. PCMCIA card will not work with the Inspiron 1300. The Inspiron 1300 does not have a PCMCIA slot, only an Express card Slot.

Irishpimpdude wrote:

Yes there is a ExpressCard slot, not to be confused with the more common PCMIA.

shortys94

yep express only,

just received loads of free software for persisting with dvd problem:) even received windows back up disc and you have to pay for that now when ordering from dell:):)

no all i have to do is get through to rep:)

caster

bubby wrote:

Having two of these in the family - I have been searching for the best deal for ram.

This looks like the right ram - not too sure though:

Corsair® Value Select 1GB SODIMM PC4200 DDR2 533MHz 200pin

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=9854&GroupID=61

This works out at 77.5742 euros

Did anyone try out this RAM on the Inspiron 1300? Is it defo the right one?

opr

Hi Guys

Gonna be using this for a bit of college work but mainly just for surfing the internet.

Gonna add the 15.4 screen and wireless .... anything else i should add ?

Thanks

opr

opr wrote:

Hi Guys

Gonna be using this for a bit of college work but mainly just for surfing the internet.

Gonna add the 15.4 screen and wireless .... anything else i should add ?

Thanks

Just looked through the thread guess i am a bit late for this offer

Sponge Bob

The prices on that laptop have gone way up , I cannot get them below €500 incl vat and delivery