Laptop Discounts

paulshir

I know Trinity offers laptops deals but I have also heard that they have a special offer off all dell laptops. Is this true and how do I use it if so.

Boston

The deal is for very specific laptops and not that great, you'd do better by browsing the bargins forum.

ilovemybrick

The laptopshop has 10% discounts for all students.

The trinity laptop deal is ****e.

Dell outlet is much better.

Bajingo

Deleted User wrote: »

The trinity laptop deal is ****e.

Dell outlet is much better.

Does this outlet have a website because I cant find it...

Jonathan

Dell deal with TCD is shite.

Here is the relevant TCD page:

DELL Student Laptop Scheme

There are three recommended models - the Dell Studio 1535, the Vostro 1000 and the Dell Latitude D630 ranging in price from 338 euros to 1028 euros.
Detail of the three recommended laptop models will be available www.dell.ie/TCD in the next few days.

DELL Ordering Instructions
DELL Orders may be made by calling free on 1850 403103 or orders can be made on-line at www.dell.ie/TCD

Jonathan

Bajingo wrote: »

Does this outlet have a website because I cant find it...

Nevermind. I misread the post.

I do believe he was looking for the Dell Outlet store, ease off there jmccrohan, must be great to know everything.

Dell Outlet store is here: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=ie&l=en&s=dfh&~ck=betafrbsd

Jonathan

Deleted User wrote: »

I do believe he was looking for the Dell Outlet store, ease off there jmccrohan, must be great to know everything.

Dell Outlet store is here: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=ie&l=en&s=dfh&~ck=betafrbsd

My bad. I miss read the post. Apologies Bajingo.

Bajingo

jmccrohan wrote: »

My bad. I miss read the post. Apologies Bajingo.

Thanks zaraba for the link

and jmccrohan no need to apologise I wanted to compare the two anyway cheers...

for-why?

somebody told me Trinity students get a 20% discount on Apple products....thats hardly true is it? Need a new laptop and if this is the case il be seriously considering a Mac....

Jonathan

for-why? wrote: »

somebody told me Trinity students get a 20% discount on Apple products....thats hardly true is it? Need a new laptop and if this is the case il be seriously considering a Mac....

This is the iss page about macs

Applestore Ordering Instructions
Regular Applestore Orders can be made online at the Trinity College's Student Applestore Page or by calling free on 1800 923898. Preferential pricing is available to students of up to 10% off normal retail pricing for Apple Products. For purchasing advice you can also contact the Applestore representative Emma Fenelon at 086 3648702 or email her at tcd.cr@mac.com

Bajingo

Deleted User wrote: »

I do believe he was looking for the Dell Outlet store, ease off there jmccrohan, must be great to know everything.

Dell Outlet store is here: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=ie&l=en&s=dfh&~ck=betafrbsd

I was checking out that site and was just wondering are these old computers or second hand or something because some of them are newer models and some are'nt being made anymore?

Kwekubo

Bajingo wrote: »

I was checking out that site and was just wondering are these old computers or second hand or something because some of them are newer models and some are'nt being made anymore?

For the most part, they are computers that Dell had built to order but that were never sent out or were returned, either due to the buyer cancelling the order or due to a defect (eg scratch on the casing).

Boston

Bajingo wrote: »

I was checking out that site and was just wondering are these old computers or second hand or something because some of them are newer models and some are'nt being made anymore?

There are contractual obligations on the part of dell to supply certain models regardless of what they sell to the public.

Peslo

Boston wrote: »

There are contractual obligations on the part of dell to supply certain models regardless of what they sell to the public.

Are you talking bout the Dell TCD offer, or Dell Outlet??

Boston

The TCD offers.

Peslo

Oh right, I think Bajingo was refering to Dell Outlet, but tis all good.

thanks for the info anywho.

Audie

I dont know much about computers.. Are there specific things we need in a laptop for trinity. I was thinking lots of memory, high speed wireless capable internet.... Will they tell us about it during freshers week, or should i go ahead and buy one asap???

help!

Jonathan

Audie wrote: »

I dont know much about computers.. Are there specific things we need in a laptop for trinity. I was thinking lots of memory, high speed wireless capable internet.... Will they tell us about it during freshers week, or should i go ahead and buy one asap???

help!

You don't need any specific type of laptop for going to trinity.

What course are you doing? If there is any specific software required for your course it will be available on the college computers.

Laptops in college are really only for use in the library so you can check stuff up while studying.

Time Magazine

Audie wrote: »

I dont know much about computers.. Are there specific things we need in a laptop for trinity. I was thinking lots of memory, high speed wireless capable internet.... Will they tell us about it during freshers week, or should i go ahead and buy one asap???

help!

You don't need lots of memory. You won't need more than a few gigs for your academic files.

Don't go buy one ASAP. You won't need a laptop for Trinity. It's just an accessory to help. Unless you don't like spending your money on alcohol, don't go for an expensive laptop. The most important things you'll need are an appropriate operating system and a standard wireless card.

Jonathan

Oh and dont forget an ethernet cable if you have a course in the hamilton.

Cause the wireless doesnt work there :rolleyes:

Peslo

jmccrohan wrote: »

Oh and dont forget an ethernet cable if you have a course in the hamilton.

Cause the wireless doesnt work there :rolleyes:

Are you serious??

Ironic, much????

Jonathan

Peslo wrote: »

Are you serious??

Ironic, much????

Dont you worry.. You have your own cs wireless network.

Peslo

jmccrohan wrote: »

Dont you worry.. You have your own cs wireless network.

So there is only wireless in part of the hamilton building??

Or are you saying it's just non-accesable to some students??

Jonathan

Peslo wrote: »

So there is only wireless in part of the hamilton building??

Or are you saying it's just non-accesable to all students??

There are 3 (that i know of) wifi networks in the hamilton.

1. maths
2. compsci
3. TCDwifi

TCDwifi does exist, but the reception in the lecture halls and the library is shite. One of the cs dudes said it is because of interference from the projectors or something..

Just two random threads i found on the issue. 1 2

Peslo

jmccrohan wrote: »

There are 3 (that i know of) wifi networks in the hamilton.

1. maths
2. compsci
3. TCDwifi

TCDwifi does exist, but the reception in the lecture halls and the library is shite. One of the cs dudes said it is because of interference from the projectors or something..

Just two random threads i found on the issue. 1 2

Is it only the TCDwifi that peeps have trouble with? seems that way from those threads.

Jonathan

Yup. You have to be in the other faculties to access the other ones.

Peslo

jmccrohan wrote: »

Yup. You have to be in the other faculties to access the other ones.

That's just unfair then. There is no reason why that particular network shouldn't work

Jonathan

Peslo wrote: »

That's just unfair then. There is no reason why that particular network shouldn't work

It's ISS.

Enough said.

Audie

Right i think i'll just ignore those last few threads i like spending money on drink... by the way, where do students generally get their money for drink, as i have no income...

back to laptops, i want to get one defo. im doing medicine, i don't know what extra software i would need for that. can you record lectures in TCD, or should i just listen hard the first time round?

Jonathan

Audie wrote: »

Right i think i'll just ignore those last few threads i like spending money on drink... by the way, where do students generally get their money for drink, as i have no income...

back to laptops, i want to get one defo. im doing medicine, i don't know what extra software i would need for that. can you record lectures in TCD, or should i just listen hard the first time round?

sd123 does medicine so he might be able to help you out with software and the like.

Dont bother bringing your laptop to lectures.. you wont learn a thing.

Audie

ok thanks. but like can you record them on an ipod or something? you know, just in case the inevitable dozing happens and i wake up having just missed half an hour of stuff?? (or does this only happen to me...)

Boston

jmccrohan wrote: »

TCDwifi does exist, but the reception in the lecture halls and the library is shite. One of the cs dudes said it is because of interference from the projectors or something..

Nothing to do with interference, its to do with wall losses from the materials the lecture halls are made out of. Mobile phone reception is also ****e and there's a few hundred mhz between the those two frequency bands. CS have their wireless access points in the lecture hall, I've no idea where ISS have theres, probably the library. I would have thought that as an engineer you could get access to the CS wireless on request?

Peslo wrote: »

That's just unfair then. There is no reason why that particular network shouldn't work

CS equipment is owned and operated by the CS department techs, so thats why its different.

Audie wrote: »

ok thanks. but like can you record them on an ipod or something? you know, just in case the inevitable dozing happens and i wake up having just missed half an hour of stuff?? (or does this only happen to me...)

Tried that ones or twice, its of almost no use. Mike brady infact used to do pod casts of his lectures.

Jonathan

Boston wrote: »

Nothing to do with interference, its to do with wall losses from the materials the lecture halls are made out of. Mobile phone reception is also ****e and there's a few hundred mhz between the those two frequency bands. CS have their wireless access points in the lecture hall, I've no idea where ISS have theres, probably the library. I would have thought that as an engineer you could get access to the CS wireless on request?

I'm sure I could, but the AP's are mainly in the O'Reilly, so I never bothered.

Not much point if I have to stand outside the O'Reilly to get wifi.

Are the ISS AP's not down on the walls at the front of the lecture halls?
Cisco bridges iirc.

Tricity Bendix

Audie wrote: »

by the way, where do students generally get their money for drink, as i have no income...

See the 'jobs in college' thread.

Boston

jmccrohan wrote: »

I'm sure I could, but the AP's are mainly in the O'Reilly, so I never bothered.

Not much point if I have to stand outside the O'Reilly to get wifi.

Are the ISS AP's not down on the walls at the front of the lecture halls?
Cisco bridges iirc.

They're the CS access points afaik, if they where the ISS ones you'd be getting perfect reception.

Jonathan

Boston wrote: »

They're the CS access points afaik, if they where the ISS ones you'd be getting perfect reception.

Makes sense. But I dont seem to remember seeing COMPsci in the MacNeill before.

Unless they have made part of COMPsci hidden?

muirgheasa

Apologies for reviving an old thread, but I'm starting Engineering in TCD this year and was about to order a laptop when I heard about the Dell-TCD deals. I realise that this thread is all about said deals, but is there any chance someone who has access to them could post up some specific details? There's a four week lead time for the Latitude E6400 I'm looking at at the moment, so if I'm going with that I want to order it now. On the other hand, if there's a really good deal I can get once I get my student number and password I'm happy to wait until registration, but I'd rather not wait and then find that there's nothing that interests me.

I've tried the link given in the first page of the thread (www.dell.ie/tcd) and it's not working for me. So any chance anyone could get information from the TCD site and report back (if it's available at all yet, that is)?

Thanks.

Jonathan

I just checked. The dell stuff is the same as i posted before.


Go with your own laptop. The Dell offers are normally crap.

muirgheasa

Righto, that's all I needed to know really. Thanks for the speedy response.

Scarinae

Does anyone know if there's wireless access in Botany Bay? That's where I'll be living, I want to know if I'll be able to access the internet off a laptop while up there

Jonathan

Here is the wireless network map.

EDIT: here is the residence page.

Seems like it does

karlr42

jmccrohan wrote: »

Dont you worry.. You have your own cs wireless network.

Indeed, but are CS UG students supposed to have COMPsci wireless access, or is it just staff and PGs? It would be handy because it's always available in our lecture thetres or in LG12, whereas TCDwifi is hit-and-miss. I've tried getting at it(there's a guide somewhere on cs.tcd.ie), but it doesn't accept my uname and pword, same for others in my class, so I can only presume we're not registered for it

Jonathan

karlr42 wrote: »

Indeed, but are CS UG students supposed to have COMPsci wireless access, or is it just staff and PGs? It would be handy because it's always available in our lecture thetres or in LG12, whereas TCDwifi is hit-and-miss. I've tried getting at it(there's a guide somewhere on cs.tcd.ie), but it doesn't accept my uname and pword, same for others in my class, so I can only presume we're not registered for it

I dunno what the story is..

I had a look at this but I couldn't get on either.. I presumed that it was because I was an engineer. We have shitty restricted accounts in the cs dept.

Boston

That site is down

Jonathan

Boston wrote: »

That site is down

The one above?

Look again at the error page

It just uses an invalid certificate. It looks like a 404 in firefox.

Boston

Nah, it simply won't load for me, and I'm behind the CS proxy so I shouldn't need to auth.

Ron DMC

Page won't load for me neither (though that could be because I'm nowhere near any TCD proxies).

Jonathan

Boston wrote: »

Nah, it simply won't load for me, and I'm behind the CS proxy so I shouldn't need to auth.

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

Page won't load for me neither (though that could be because I'm nowhere near any TCD proxies).

Thats very odd... I'm using no proxies what so ever and it loads ok

Jonathan

Ronny,

Whats the story with COMPsci wifi?