Ma got my sister a laptop?

joebhoy1916

My mother got my sister this laptop she paid 1,300 I think its abit much.

Fujitsu Siemens
Mobile AMD Semiron 3200
60Gig SATA
Windows XP SP2
Expresscard 34/54
DVD burner
Radeon express 1100

Cant really see the writing on it.

petes

Where did she buy that?

ARGINITE

Seriously over priced.

Tom Dunne

Ouch.

Way over the odds. Where did she buy it?

Saruman

I dont think even PC world would charge that much for that rubbish!! Thats a €600 AT MOST laptop! Even thats pushing it.

joebhoy1916

You know the guy's that go around every week, you pay them off.

Are ye serious is it that bad? He got her a camera too Samsung Didimax A 503 for €230 you can buy it on Ebay for €120 :mad:

petes

joebhoy1916 wrote:

Are ye serious is it that bad?

Yes. Who are these guys that go around every week?

Nalz

Jaysus, thats a 500 - 650 priced laptop. Sorry Joe but your Mam was codded.

Tom Dunne

joebhoy1916 wrote:

You know the guy's that go around every week, you pay them off.

Erm, the milkman? The paperboy? The Avon Lady?

joebhoy1916

tom dunne wrote:

Erm, the milkman? The paperboy? The Avon Lady?

Yeah the milkman :rolleyes: . You know the guy's they have book's you can buy clothes etc etc off them and you pay them back weekly.

She can give them back so she wasnt ripped I just wondering on the price.

Can anyone point me the right area where I could buy a laptop tomorrow I'll give her the money to buy her one nothing mad now just something that's cheaper and worth the money.

Here is a picture of the box

Tom Dunne

joebhoy1916 wrote:

Can anyone point me the right area where I could buy a laptop tomorrow I'll give her the money to buy her one nothing mad now just something that's cheaper and worth the money.

At this stage, the likes of PC World are probably the best option, as much as it kills me to say it.

You will probably get something in the €500-€600 range suitable for basic computing needs. If you go €100-€200 more, you will get a better spec with a bit of future-proofing built in (not that you can future-proof technology that much).

justsomebloke

ye pcworld is probably your best bet so that you can get it before christmas, (www.laptopsdirect.ie may do next day delivery on some laptops you could give them a ring to see if they are) other then that http://www.pcworld.ie/productDetails.aspx?productRID=1761&image=Compaq seems like a decent laptop from pcworld for €850

TerrorFirmer

Jeepers that's one of the worst rip offs I've ever seen posted on these forums.

For that exact spec you'd pay DELL maybe 600, PC World would probably give you a far superior machine for the 749-800 mark.

Thank god she can give it back at least, I wouldn't hesitate to point out to them that their laptop is marked up about 200% and that you'll be passing the info onto everyone you know. See what they say.

joebhoy1916

That's the funny thing.

I will show her all these message's I bet she will say ah no its grand it will do the job or something like that.

justsomebloke

joebhoy1916 wrote:

I will show her all these message's I bet she will say ah no its grand it will do the job or something like that.

Ye that laptop will do the job however it is just for over €500 less you could get a laptop that will the do job faster or for €1300 she could get both you and your sister new laptops

TerrorFirmer

From PC World: Advent 7110

* Processor Type PMP 735A
* Processor speed 1.7 Ghz
* Memory Size 1024 mb
* Memory Type DDR II
* Hard Drive Capacity 40 Gb
* Optical Drives DVD+/- RW Double Layer
* Graphics Card Type INTEL UMA
* Graphics Memory 128mb shared mb
* Wireless Enabled Yes
* No. of USB Connections 4
* No. of Firewire Connections 1
* Infrared Port Included Yes
* Other Interfaces RJ-11, RJ-45
* Battery Type LI-ION
* Battery life (up to) 3 hours

The price for this machine, which is by all account remarkably similar to yours performance wise? A mere 599 euro. That's...about 45% of what your mother paid!

justsomebloke

hell even dunnes have a similar speced fuijitsu machine, except with a celeron processor for only €650

http://www.dunnesstores.ie/page.php?pid=8&section_id=32&sub_section_id=80&range_id=89&product_id=417&year=2006&month=11

gandalf

Jaysus make sure she gives it back and get one from PC World (or somewhere similar) at a fraction of the cost. That is an unbelievable rip off, those muppets should be reported for that.

Saruman

Put it to her this way.. for that price she could have got YOU a laptop as well... 2 laptops for what she paid for one piece of rubbish

Pighead

Hello Saruman, how are you? What was Spin Solutions?

Tom Dunne

Pighead - if you have nothing to contribute, don't bother posting.