Dell vostro 1000

Saruman

Just got this yesterday.
I got the athlon X2 version.
I also got the 9 cell battery.

Anyway its a very nice laptop. Well put together, running vista business
The battery life is amazing. Over 7 hours when fully charged is what Windows tells me.
It was on from about 9 last night to 3 am. It was then used for a further hour or so this morning before it went dead. It was being used on a wireless network for browsing boards etc.
Using it with the dvd drive would use more power but still, over 7 hours battery life. Even when it starts to degrade it shoul give me at least 5 hours

It cost €506 and some change including vat and delivery.
1gb ram
120gb hdd
dvdrw
9 cell battery
vista business

ethernet

That's very impressive. It always comes down to the battery. I was half tempted to buy one of those laptops for the one laptop per child project when available to the public -- battery life is around 13 hours.

Markjf

I read on the forums that the 9 cell battrey sticks out abit from the body of the laptop, is this ture and if so by much?

Saruman

No thats rubbish. Its not even visible as its underneath the system. Although there is a section of about 1mm or so underneath. Where the battery test button is.

bazcaz

I got a vostro 1500 with a 9 cell and it does stick out the back a little , there pics posted in one of the threads about vostros here.

TCollins

i have a vostro 1000 with a 9 cell battery. doesnt stick out at all.

Redisle

Did you have any trouble ordering this from the business section of the site? Reason I ask is Im interested in getting one of these but they are only available in the business section and I dont have any business address I could use.. do they generally ship fine to home addresses?

Jonathan

ab_cork wrote:

Did you have any trouble ordering this from the business section of the site? Reason I ask is Im interested in getting one of these but they are only available in the business section and I dont have any business address I could use.. do they generally ship fine to home addresses?

No they do not care. I've ordered 2 vostro systems. One desktop and one laptop. No problems with either.

Saruman

You do not even have to order from business.. just use an e-code and enter it in the home system page. I used pigsback so i could get piggypoints too

cookiebliss

hi..jus about to order vostro 1000. will b used mainly for research and word processing for college. which wud suit me best...
60GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive [Included in Price]


80GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive [add € 40.00 or €1/month1]


120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive [add € 90.00 or €3/month1]

AlmightyCushion

The bigger the better I'd say.

If you do decide to upgrade the hard drive to a 120GB, I recommend you get this and fit it yourself.

cookiebliss

tanx for de advice...but im pretty clueless tbh and its my first laptop...tink will stick with the 120gb hard drive offered. ok dis is my summary so far. ne suggested changes wud b much appreciated.....

Components
BASE AMD® Sempron Mobile Technology 3500+
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
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/24x CDRW Combo Drive With Software
PRIMARY BATTERY 9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr)

AlmightyCushion

That's a really low spec. How much does it cost?

cookiebliss

575 incl vat and delivery.....

really only lookin for someting dat will get me thru my MA....

AlmightyCushion

cookiebliss wrote:

575 incl vat and delivery.....

really only lookin for someting dat will get me thru my MA....

For €615 you could get this:

AMD® Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL60
Genuine Windows Vista® Business - English
Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display
2048MB 533 MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024)
120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory (integrated)
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 Whr)

It's got a much better processor and double the ram definitely worth iy if you ask me.

cookiebliss

615?!? i entered the above on dell and it came to 905.79 incl vat and delivery!

AlmightyCushion

cookiebliss wrote:

615?!? i entered the above on dell and it came to 905.79 incl vat and delivery!

I've just checked it again and they've upped the price quiet a bit on that model. I'll try and find another one for arouond €600.

woop

just wondering if dell had a free delivery offer or something on that I just missed........the op seems to be getting the laptop I was thinking of just without the price of delivery(eur50?),

AlmightyCushion

Some (if not all) laptops did include free delivery but that offer is now over. They have also lowered the spec on at least one laptop while keeping the price the same.

ollyk1

AlmightyCushion wrote:

I've just checked it again and they've upped the price quiet a bit on that model. I'll try and find another one for arouond €600.

It's back available today though.

Conor108

Those Athlon X2's are like Core duos right? Do they have 2 cores? AMD should just write the bleedin' speed

AlmightyCushion

Yes they have two cores although a 2Ghz x2 isn't as good as a 2Ghz core 2 duo.