dell vostro

_hybrid_ · 24-09-2007 2:06pm #1

jsut enquiring, is it worth waiting until the start of october to order a vostro? is there any hope the prices might drop? really want to order one and with delivery delays I dont want to wait, unless there is a reward that is?
thanks in advance

dade · 24-09-2007 2:13pm

I ordered one about 5-6 weeks ago and it was delivered in abuot 3 weeks. mine cost €650 or something like that

AlmightyCushion · 24-09-2007 3:28pm

I can't honestly see a price drop anytime soon they are already really cheap. The only thing that would cause a price drop would be a new processor release from intel but I believe that is a good bit off.

petes · 24-09-2007 3:33pm

I think they are as cheap as you are going to get them for a while anyway. Nothing else out there is cheaper.

Jonathan · 25-09-2007 7:42pm

Well what you could always do is order now and cancel if you find a better offer on a dell Thursday.....

They will give a unrealistic shipping date anyway for a Vostro 1400/1500/1700 so they cant really stop you from cancelling if they cant meet the agreed shipping date...

Nephew · 26-09-2007 7:01pm

Hybrid, you'll definitely be waiting a while for delivery.

I ordered mine on the 19th of September and its still at stage 2 of 5, which is pre-production, with an estimate delivery of October 3rd. I rang today to see if they hadn't updated the tracking page but they told me if all goes to plan I should have it on the 3rd.

conzy · 26-09-2007 9:15pm

There will be no price drop as they are currently cost price

Buy now!

Nehpets · 26-09-2007 10:43pm

Do I need to ship it to a business address?? Urgent answer needed!

Jonathan · 26-09-2007 11:02pm

Nehpets wrote:

Do I need to ship it to a business address?? Urgent answer needed!

No.

Nehpets · 26-09-2007 11:48pm

I should read before posting.. oops!

Nephew · 29-09-2007 12:03pm

My laptop delivery date was pushed back another 10 days. Bastards! I just thought I'd warn anyone who is thinking of ordering a Vostro 1500 and is in a hurry for it.

Nehpets · 29-09-2007 11:49pm

Nephew wrote:

My laptop delivery date was pushed back another 10 days. Bastards! I just thought I'd warn anyone who is thinking of ordering a Vostro 1500 and is in a hurry for it.

When is yours meant to be delivered? Mine, at the moment, says 8th of October. Ordered the 26th of sep

eezarthegreat · 30-09-2007 12:07am

_hybrid_ wrote:

jsut enquiring, is it worth waiting until the start of october to order a vostro? is there any hope the prices might drop? really want to order one and with delivery delays I dont want to wait, unless there is a reward that is?
thanks in advance

Just ordered mine today-spent 1400 and damn happy with specs-doubt it will drop so might as well bite the bullet as they have free shiping now!! :P

remus808 · 30-09-2007 12:19am

I ordered my 1400 on Thursday and it was dispatched today!!! I'm over the moon.. 2 weeks early!

Nehpets · 30-09-2007 1:13am

karmabass wrote:

I ordered my 1400 on Thursday and it was dispatched today!!! I'm over the moon.. 2 weeks early!

Lucky! Mine is in preproduction

Nephew · 30-09-2007 9:36am

Nehpets wrote:

When is yours meant to be delivered? Mine, at the moment, says 8th of October. Ordered the 26th of sep

I ordered on sep19th, the estimate delivery date was originally october 3rd, now its october 13th.

Jonathan · 30-09-2007 11:56am

karmabass wrote:

I ordered my 1400 on Thursday and it was dispatched today!!! I'm over the moon.. 2 weeks early!

WHAT??? Would you mind posting your specs? I want to see why mine is delayed. Thanks

Nephew · 30-09-2007 12:35pm

Guys I just got an email this morning saying my vostro 1500 was dispatched yesterday, despite Dell emailing me yesterday to say it would be delayed until October 13th.

remus808 · 30-09-2007 12:44pm

WHAT??? Would you mind posting your specs? I want to see why mine is delayed. Thanks

I know, it's crazy!

Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8Ghz
128MB Geforce 8400M GS
14.1" WXGA
Integrated Webcam
2GB RAM
160GB HDD
9-Cell Battery

Jonathan · 01-10-2007 7:59am

karmabass wrote:

I know, it's crazy!

Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8Ghz
128MB Geforce 8400M GS
14.1" WXGA
Integrated Webcam
2GB RAM
160GB HDD
9-Cell Battery

I am soooo envious... my screen is the WSXGA and no webcam and I've ordered the t7300 instead....

phazor10 · 01-10-2007 5:12pm

i ordered my vostro on 30th Aug at 1.20 am and was told i would get it 21st sept. Imagine my delight to have it delivered on 4th sept. Its a class laptop.

Jonathan · 03-10-2007 8:39am

Mine has been Shipped as of 7:59:59 this morning (Wed)

Living in north dublin, could i expect it late today or is it going to be tomorrow?

kaimera · 03-10-2007 10:03am

I take it that I can easily upgrade the vostro RAM with an extra 2 gigs from crucial or s4m?

I mean, is it typical laptop RAM?

AlmightyCushion · 03-10-2007 11:43am

kaimera wrote:

I take it that I can easily upgrade the vostro RAM with an extra 2 gigs from crucial or s4m?

I mean, is it typical laptop RAM?

And cheaper than it would to upgrade on the dell site.

kaimera · 03-10-2007 12:18pm

And cheaper than it would to upgrade on the dell site.

€400+ for 4 gigs of ram? Arse to that indeed.

AlmightyCushion · 03-10-2007 12:31pm

kaimera wrote:

€400+ for 4 gigs of ram? Arse to that indeed.

Actually it's more expensive than that. That's just the cost of going from 2 gigs to 4 gigs. It doesn't take into account the price of the 2 gigs that they get to keep. It's probably crap ram as well.

Nehpets · 03-10-2007 4:19pm

dispatched today!

AlmightyCushion · 03-10-2007 6:03pm

I'm speccing a vostro 1000 up for my sister but she really isn't prepared to wait. I can get a similar inspiron but it is a good bit more expensive so I need an update on the delivery time of the vostros preferably with respect to the 1000 range.

eamonntheviking · 03-10-2007 9:03pm

Ordered this today for myself, 1078 altogether, can't wait to get it!!! They said it should be delivered for 14th October.

V1500 CORE 2 DUO T7300 2.00GHz,800,4M 1
Vostro 1500 15.4 WXGA+ True Life 1
Vostro 1500 Black cover Camera 1
2048 MB 667 MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x 1024 MB) 1
Hard Drive 160GB Serial ATA (5400RPM) 1
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive 1
AC Adapter 90W 1
Primary 9-cell 85WHr Li-Ion Battery 1
256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 1
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card EUR 1
European - Dell TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module 1
English - Vista Home Premium 1
No Warranty Upgrade 1
Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support - Next Business Day

fatal · 03-10-2007 10:51pm

eamonntheviking wrote:

Ordered this today for myself, 1078 altogether, can't wait to get it!!! They said it should be delivered for 14th October.

V1500 CORE 2 DUO T7300 2.00GHz,800,4M 1
Vostro 1500 15.4 WXGA+ True Life 1
Vostro 1500 Black cover Camera 1
2048 MB 667 MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x 1024 MB) 1
Hard Drive 160GB Serial ATA (5400RPM) 1
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive 1
AC Adapter 90W 1
Primary 9-cell 85WHr Li-Ion Battery 1
256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 1
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card EUR 1
European - Dell TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module 1
English - Vista Home Premium 1
No Warranty Upgrade 1
Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support - Next Business Day

How much did that cost in total?

AlmightyCushion · 03-10-2007 10:53pm

fatal wrote:

eamonntheviking wrote:

Ordered this today for myself, 1078 altogether, can't wait to get it!!! They said it should be delivered for 14th October.

V1500 CORE 2 DUO T7300 2.00GHz,800,4M 1
Vostro 1500 15.4 WXGA+ True Life 1
Vostro 1500 Black cover Camera 1
2048 MB 667 MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x 1024 MB) 1
Hard Drive 160GB Serial ATA (5400RPM) 1
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive 1
AC Adapter 90W 1
Primary 9-cell 85WHr Li-Ion Battery 1
256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 1
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card EUR 1
European - Dell TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module 1
English - Vista Home Premium 1
No Warranty Upgrade 1
Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support - Next Business Day

How much did that cost in total?

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TerrorFirmer · 04-10-2007 12:56pm

Ordered mine Saturday morning, dispatched yesterday!

kaimera · 04-10-2007 2:05pm

For those with a Vostro already; what way is the hdd partitioned?

and I assume you don't get a vista dvd with it? Just recovery disks with no additional software disks?

I usually don't bother with a recovery; format the entire hdd, partition it my own way and do a clean install free of all the crap that comes pre.installed but if I don't have driver disks it's not worth my hassle.

eamonntheviking · 04-10-2007 2:31pm

kaimera wrote:

For those with a Vostro already; what way is the hdd partitioned?

and I assume you don't get a vista dvd with it? Just recovery disks with no additional software disks?

I usually don't bother with a recovery; format the entire hdd, partition it my own way and do a clean install free of all the crap that comes pre.installed but if I don't have driver disks it's not worth my hassle.

When I rang them yesterday they said that it would come with a copy of vista on disc, I can confirm this when it arrives.

kaimera · 04-10-2007 3:02pm

eamonntheviking wrote:

When I rang them yesterday they said that it would come with a copy of vista on disc, I can confirm this when it arrives.

Cheers

AlmightyCushion · 04-10-2007 3:16pm

I ordered a vostro for my sister last night. I told mum that dell will email us when the status has been updated to delivered. My mum just asked me today would the postal strike in England affect the email from dell.

Nehpets · 04-10-2007 5:47pm

Got mine today!

AlmightyCushion · 04-10-2007 5:49pm

Nehpets wrote:

Got mine today!

How long did it take to deliver and what vostro did you get (1500, 1000,1400)?

Nehpets · 04-10-2007 5:53pm

Order Date:	26/09/2007
Estimated Delivery Date (on or before this date):	08/10/2007

Actual Shipment Date:	03/10/2007

Carrier Name:	Interlink

delivered today, the 4th oct

EDIT: Vostro 1500

Very happy with it too, quiet, not heavy at all, battery doesn't stick out (6-cell), truelife screen NOT too reflective

culabula88 · 04-10-2007 5:56pm

Does it have an s video out slot?

AlmightyCushion · 04-10-2007 6:02pm

Nehpets wrote:
Order Date:    26/09/2007
Estimated Delivery Date (on or before this date):    08/10/2007

Actual Shipment Date:    03/10/2007

Carrier Name:    Interlink
delivered today, the 4th oct

EDIT: Vostro 1500

Very happy with it too, quiet, not heavy at all, battery doesn't stick out (6-cell), truelife screen NOT too reflective

Hmm not bad. Hopefully the vostro 1000 range delivery time is around the same. Thanks man.

TerrorFirmer · 04-10-2007 6:47pm

Whats the deal with installing XP over Vista? Can you just boot from CD, delete partitions and format, and then install xp? Or is is more complicated then that? I assumed not, but I'm hearing all this stuff about headaches downgrading. Like the ass I am I forgot to change it to Xp from Vista in the order screen

_hybrid_ · 04-10-2007 6:57pm

ordered mine on the 27th and got it today(4th). 5 days before estimated delivery date. delighted with it, mint laptop!

AlmightyCushion · 05-10-2007 12:38pm

HavoK wrote:

Whats the deal with installing XP over Vista? Can you just boot from CD, delete partitions and format, and then install xp? Or is is more complicated then that? I assumed not, but I'm hearing all this stuff about headaches downgrading. Like the ass I am I forgot to change it to Xp from Vista in the order screen

It doesn't look like it's going to be easy.

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1425295&SiteID=17

TerrorFirmer · 05-10-2007 2:56pm

Yeah feck it I'm just keeping Vista. typing from my 1500 now. went into production monday, arrived today. very impressed,super speedy

AlmightyCushion · 05-10-2007 3:02pm

How long did it spend in pre production?

Sephiroth_dude · 05-10-2007 3:04pm

Vostros are nice looking laptops

TerrorFirmer · 05-10-2007 3:19pm

AlmightyCushion wrote:

How long did it spend in pre production?

Two days. I placed an order Saturday, laptop physically dispatched Wednesday, arrived this morning.

Not a huge fan of Vista. Very slow compared to XP but hopefully that'll improve over time. Have installed all the basics now and uninstalled the crap I didn't want - which there was actually none of really, no bloatware, just had to uninstall McAfee. Work soon so will install 3dMark and games later to give the 8600GT a whirl.

AlmightyCushion · 05-10-2007 3:23pm

HavoK wrote:

Two days. I placed an order Saturday, laptop physically dispatched Wednesday, arrived this morning.

A week and a bit alltogether. Sweet. I ordered my sisters on Wednesday night. Does it come with the OS disk?

HavoK wrote:

Not a huge fan of Vista. Very slow compared to XP but hopefully that'll improve over time.

Apparantly the indexing kills it for a while but once it's done it's better.

HavoK wrote:

Have installed all the basics now and uninstalled the crap I didn't want - which there was actually none of really, no bloatware, just had to uninstall McAfee.

That's not too b bad, I was expecting it to be full of trial versions and crap like that.

TerrorFirmer · 05-10-2007 3:41pm

it has a recovery partition but also the install disc.

and actually its less then a week - it'll be 7 days tomorrow since i placed my order, and im already happily up and running

The only thing I had to delete was mcaffee to replace with avg. it also comes with roxio but im just gonna keep that. other then that, its fairly clean.

AlmightyCushion · 05-10-2007 3:50pm

HavoK wrote:

it has a recovery partition but also the install disc.

How big is the partition?

HavoK wrote:

and actually its less then a week - it'll be 7 days tomorrow since i placed my order, and im already happily up and running

Hungover and the brain ain't working.

HavoK wrote:

The only thing I had to delete was mcaffee to replace with avg. it also comes with roxio but im just gonna keep that. other then that, its fairly clean.

Sweet I was afraid I'd have to format it.

dell vostro

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