Laptop €699

Peewee_lane

This laptop goes on sale this morning in Aldi, apologies if this has already been posted. I got my Dad to go down, and there were people queing up at 8,15am.

Intel® Pentium® Dual-core processor T2130, 1.86 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache and FSB 533MHz

15.4" TFT WXGA Widescreen Display
1280 × 800 pixels. 16:10 widescreen cinema format for optimized DVD playback and more desktop space on screen.

2,048MB DDR II SDRAM

120GB Hard Disk

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
128MB shared memory based on PCI-Express technology.

8 × Multi-standard DVD/CD Burner with DVD-RAM and Dual Layer support

Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g

Integrated VGA webcam

I spent the weekend browsing Dixons , Pc World and the likes trying to reason with what was a better deal. The excellent thing about THIS deal, is that you get a three year warranty and if anything goes wrong, you go into any Aldi store with a receipt and they send it to Germany, and it is replaced.

I got mine

Jonathan

Would this not be a better deal?


Vostro™ 1000 NB(N0810003)Base AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TK53
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Business - English
Memory 2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
Keyboard Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Video Card ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory (integrated)
Hard Drive 120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - Ireland/Spain
Optical Devices Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
Wireless Networking Dell™ Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini-Card - Europe
Shipping Documents English Documentation with English/Irish Power Cord
Gedis Bundle Reference List N0810003 - Vostro 1000
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
Standard Warranty Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
Enhanced Service Packs 3 Year Business Hardware Support - Next Business Day
Protect your new PC No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
Power Supply 65W AC Adapter
Order Information Vostro Notebook Order - Ireland
Primary Battery 9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr)
Carrying Cases No Carry Case
Money Off - Shows in Strikethrough Save Euro 50 Ex VAT
Dell System Media Kit Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Accidental Damage Support No Accidental Damage Support
Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs Dell Internet Order.
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display

TOTAL Excl. VAT:€ 578.00


Works out at €699 inc VAT


Getting more or less similar specs but you are getting double the RAM. And getting Vista Business which is needed if the Laptop is to be used in College... Or you could try to ring up and get them to put on Vista Home premium and it will drop the price by about 30 ex vat.

Peewee_lane

I hope the link can answer your question, I dont know what an OS is.
http://www.ireland.aldi.com/

cole9

i presume that its vista

LoLth

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx

comparisons of Vista OS versions.
Peewee's one is vista home Premium, jmccrohan's is vista business.

I'm sure you can get around some of the feature differences with 3rd aprty software though.

both have 2gb ram, is the double ram an internet offer from Dell ?

TerrorFirmer

Dell Vostros are unbeatable at the moment. For 800 you can get a gaming laptop thats about 3x as powerful as the Aldi one (though obviously for the average day to day task it'd be the exact same) and the closest spec from other brands like Acer on laptopsdirect is about 1,200....

Jonathan

LoLth wrote:

both have 2gb ram, is the double ram an internet offer from Dell ?

Sorry lads, its too early in the morning... both have the same amount of ram

kmick

Seems alright I suppose - Dell seem to be wiping the floor with EVERYONE at the moment. The only way it beats DELL is that is has a 3 year no quibble warranty which is pretty amazing when you think most laptops start to crap out after 2 years or so. Might be worth buying just for that alone. Get a new one in 2 years when the V key stops working and the pointing device starts to act up.

Jonathan

What is the most you want to spend and I'll have a gander over on dell for ya.
And what is this laptop goin to be used for? Is it work, College, Home us ? HavoK said it: The way to go at the moment is with the Vostros... They are indentical to the insprions (only difference is colour which looks better IMHO) and value for money is unreal.

This is the one that I have ordered.

BASEIntel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 Processor (2.0GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache)
OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows Vista™ Business - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
LCD14.1" Wide Screen WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display with TrueLife™
INTEGRATED WEBCAMMatte Jet Black without Camera
MEMORY2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
HARD DRIVE120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD128 MB NVIDIA® GeForce®?8400M GS with 90 watt AC adapter
OPTICAL DRIVEFixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
PRIMARY BATTERYPrimary 9-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 WHr)
I got this exact one for €978

Main improvements are that it has a dedicated graphics card and the much improved processor 2ghz v 1.86ghz doesnt look like much but the cache is 4mb v 1mb and the FSB is 800mhz v 533mhz and altho the ALDI one doesnt say what size the battery is, I doubt it is a 9cell.

Peewee_lane

kmick wrote:

Seems alright I suppose - Dell seem to be wiping the floor with EVERYONE at the moment. The only way it beats DELL is that is has a 3 year no quibble warranty which is pretty amazing when you think most laptops start to crap out after 2 years or so. Might be worth buying just for that alone. Get a new one in 2 years when the V key stops working and the pointing device starts to act up.

Thats exactly what I was thinking, 3 year warranty is gold dust!

bcirl03

Do you not have to be a business to buy from the Dell Business section?

Jonathan

bcirl03 wrote:

Do you not have to be a business to buy from the Dell Business section?

Nope. You can buy it from the home sales but they cannot offer any discount on the system as it is not their place to do so. But sure its still great value anyways so you dont really feel hard done by. Its just arkward to be making up phoney business names goin through small business. I used my name as my business name.