Request - Good laptop?

dade

ame across this in teh paper a Dell Inspiron 6400 value code NPIE8-N08645

I've made some changes to teh base model. What do you gus think is it worth €914? if not anyone got some links to other ones that might be cheaper


BASE Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core T2080 Processor (1.73GHz,533MHz,1MB L2 cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT 2 Year Consumer Hardware Support inc. Evenings and Saturdays
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
MEMORY 2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 60GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD Intel® Media Accelerator 950 Graphics Up to 256MB shared graphics memory
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including software
PRIMARY BATTERY 9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr)
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES No Floppy Drive
A
ccessories
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Dell™ Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini-PCI Card (for Dual-Core Processors)
BLUETOOTH Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data Rate for Vista
COLOUR CHOICE No QuickSnap® LCD Back Cover
CARRY CASES No Carry Case
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Have a look at the DELL Vostro range, a lot of people are saying they're very good value.

You'll find them under the Small/Medium/Large business section on the website.

Psygnosis

Go to the dell outlet ebay store
I got a
2 GHZ 4mb Cache
160GB drive
2GM mem
At1400 256MB
Inspiron 9400
for 700 euros there are great bargains just keep a eye on it for a couple of days to find what you want.

Tony H

as Sean K said you would get much more for your money if you took the Vostro option eg:

BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 Processor (2.0GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Business - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Matte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel camera
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
HARD DRIVE 160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD 256MB nVidia® GeForce® 8600M GT
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 9-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 WHr)
Services & Software
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
Accessories
CARRY CASES No Carry Case
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
Also included with your system
Gedis Bundle Reference List N0815003 - Vostro 1500 (3)
Order Information Vostro Notebook Order - Ireland
Shipping Documents English Documentation with English Power Cord
Dell System Media Kit Resource CD - contains Diagnostics and Drivers
Power Supply 90W AC Adapter
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - Ireland/Spain
Keyboard Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Standard Warranty Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
Money Off - Shows in Strikethrough Save Euro 100 Ex VAT
S&P Flyer BSD Promotion Flyer - Ireland
Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs Dell Internet Order.
Vostro™ 1500 NB(N0815003)

942 EUROS
And thats for the top spec one in the 15.4 screen size!!!!!!!
you could drop at least 200 if you went for the more basic option

Mr E

Adding an extra gig of memory costs about €150.
Leave it at the default amount, and get 2gb on www.crucial.com for about €90.

Because you're getting 2x512s with the laptop (and you'll be replacing them with 2x1gb), they're pretty useless, but I suppose you could try selling them.

dade

Thanks for that guys I just did this one up. €759


BASE AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TK53
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT 3 Year Business Hardware Support - Next Business Day
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
MEMORY 1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]
HARD DRIVE 120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory (integrated)
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
PRIMARY BATTERY 9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr)
Services & Software
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English

Accessories
CARRY CASES Dell™ Nylon Carry Case (15")
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Dell™ Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini-Card - Europe
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
PHOTOGRAPHY SOFTWARE Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo XI - Full Version

Also included with your system
Gedis Bundle Reference List N0810002 - Vostro 1000
Order Information Vostro Notebook Order - Ireland
Shipping Documents English Documentation with English/Irish Power Cord
Dell System Media Kit Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Power Supply 65W AC Adapter
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - Ireland/Spain
Keyboard Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Standard Warranty Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
Money Off - Shows in Strikethrough Save Euro 60 Ex VAT
S&P Flyer BSD Promotion Flyer - Ireland
Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs Dell Internet Order.

Rafloution

This link from ding ding a while back is cool

http://www.pcpricer.co.uk/Dell/LaptopTable.shtml

I bought vostro 1000 last week for 603 euro all in with screen upgrade and battery.

The third one down on that link. Just waiting for delivery!!

AFAIK it had a 90 euro off voucher on some deal they are doing that runs out today 29th although they always do deals this could be worth it.

Go to dell.ie/epp put in this value code N0810003

when prompted for business......some of the lads put down whoever because apparently they dont check....epp=employee purchase program and you get a discount which you wont see unless you go to the home section and make up the same computer. Although the vostro doesnt seem to fall under this category

Here you go €603 quid

the TK53 is 1.7GHZ btw

Base AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TK53 edit
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Professional - English edit
Enhanced Service Packs Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support edit
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™ edit
Memory 2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit
Hard Drive 120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive edit
Video Card ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory (integrated) edit
Optical Devices Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software edit
Primary Battery 6 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (53 Whr) edit
OTHER OPTIONS
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - Ireland/Spain edit
Mouse Not included edit
SOFTWARE & SERVICES
Business Software Services Not included edit
Accidental Damage Support No Accidental Damage Support edit
Services Solutions Not included edit
Online Backup Not included edit
Protect your new PC No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English edit
ACCESSORIES
Dell Printers Not included edit
Carrying Cases No Carry Case edit
Accessories Not included edit
Integrated Mobile Broadband Not included edit
Wireless Networking Dell™ Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini-Card - Europe edit
USB Memory Keys Not included edit
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English edit
Digital Photography Not included edit
Also included in this system

The following options are default selections included with your order
65W AC Adapter
Dell Internet Order.
Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
English Documentation with English/Irish Power Cord
List N0810003 - Vostro 1000
BSD Promotion Flyer - Ireland
Vostro Notebook Order - Ireland
Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)

Linoge

dade wrote:

Thanks for that guys I just did this one up. €759


BASE AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TK53
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT 3 Year Business Hardware Support - Next Business Day
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
MEMORY 1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]
HARD DRIVE 120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory (integrated)
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
PRIMARY BATTERY 9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr)
Services & Software
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English

Accessories
CARRY CASES Dell™ Nylon Carry Case (15")
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Dell™ Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini-Card - Europe
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
PHOTOGRAPHY SOFTWARE Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo XI - Full Version

Also included with your system
Gedis Bundle Reference List N0810002 - Vostro 1000
Order Information Vostro Notebook Order - Ireland
Shipping Documents English Documentation with English/Irish Power Cord
Dell System Media Kit Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Power Supply 65W AC Adapter
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - Ireland/Spain
Keyboard Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Standard Warranty Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
Money Off - Shows in Strikethrough Save Euro 60 Ex VAT
S&P Flyer BSD Promotion Flyer - Ireland
Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs Dell Internet Order.

Ra's is a good deal.

Defo take off the 3 year support, its just not worth it.