Dell Inspiron Micro Desktop €149 @ DELL Ireland

bromley52

I saw this on hukd.

Link or search for cd5003

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Doesn't seem to get great reviews.

RossieMan

It's unbelievable for 150.
Where are the bad reviews?

balfe1990

RossieMan wrote: »

It's unbelievable for 150.
Where are the bad reviews?

Well its got 2.5 stars on the product page he linked with 25+ reviews.

But I'd say its worth a punt at that price, if you align your expectations with reality.

RossieMan

What do people expect for 150? It's brilliant for its price.

ThisRegard

If only there was a way to remove the wired keyboard and wireless mouse it would knock an additional €30 off. Could be good as a media server paired with an additional drive?

Oat23

Looks decent for €150. I bought a Meegopad T02 recently for €75 for my light browsing so I wouldn't have to run a 200W PC and it works grand if anyone is looking for something for web browsing and wants to save a few more euro.

Can't wait until Intel come out with something that'll let me get rid of my huge tower and replace it with one of these little things.

Kenny Logins

ThisRegard wrote: »

If only there was a way to remove the wired keyboard and wireless mouse it would knock an additional €30 off. Could be good as a media server paired with an additional drive?

It's just the box, no keyboard or mouse.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Link?

ThisRegard

Kenny Logins wrote: »

It's just the box, no keyboard or mouse.

Go to the checkout and it will have added both.

Kenny Logins

ThisRegard wrote: »

Go to the checkout and it will have added both.

Ah, I see.

peckerhead

Ditch 8.1 and do an upgrade and then a clean install of Windows 10 (see lifehacker.com tutorial) and that is one sweet little desktop/htpc for the price of a middling smartphone.

Damn this forum, damn you all.....

ThisRegard

I know. I decided a while ago I didn't need a dedicated HTPC as I can just switch on my laptop when needed and use that as the server, but this has me itchy.

PropJoe10

Would be interested to see how this would perform for streaming 1080p TV. If it would do that, it'd be a really solid buy at a great price.

davemcg808014

Would I be able to boost the ram on this device?

ThisRegard

Apparently you can. Go to the hduk thread and someone posted a link to a tear down.

unkel

It doesn't seem too bad for the money, but saying that, for less money you have a tablet. With pretty much the same specs, but including a screen and touch functionality (so no keyboard, mouse or monitor required for a fully functioning Windows 8.1 (or Windows 10) PC)

Sappy404

OK at the bottom of the accessories page (section 2/2 in the last category) you can remove the KB and mouse, but if you remove both the price goes back to €149. Only remove the keyboard though and you'll get it for €131.18. You can also upgrade the mouse to a wireless one for an extra €7.

theShire

Sappy404 wrote: »

OK at the bottom of the accessories page (section 2/2 in the last category) you can remove the KB and mouse, but if you remove both the price goes back to €149. Only remove the keyboard though and you'll get it for €131.18. You can also upgrade the mouse to a wireless one for an extra €7.

Remove both keyboard and mouse and add the palm rest instead and the total comes to 127.49euro!

ejabrod

Anyone know how long this offer is on for?

daytob

Steps away from Boards. ffs costing me more money :P

guil

I was looking at that last night and in the green box on the right it said there was 2 special offers. One was €80 off or the other was free delivery up to 28/10.
It's hardly another €80 off is it?

murphm45

Damn you op, damn you. I'm so weak it's not funny. Seriously thought great bargain, thanks.

Left the keyboard on myself and got it for 135 (I don't have a wired one and been threatening to get one for a while). I know dell ripped me off for out but I would have paid a tenner for one anyway, so I'm effectively getting this for 125 which is a steal as fast as I'm concerned!

Thanks again op

Saruman

Nice little bit of kit, although it looks like there is no keyboard/mouse included any more as standard.

ThisRegard

murphm45 wrote: »

Damn you op, damn you. I'm so weak it's not funny. Seriously thought great bargain, thanks.

Left the keyboard on myself and got it for 135 (I don't have a wired one and been threatening to get one for a while). I know dell ripped me off for out but I would have paid a tenner for one anyway, so I'm effectively getting this for 125 which is a steal as fast as I'm concerned!

Thanks again op

How did you manage to get the price down to €135, e-vouchers ?

I still can't see a way to remove the mouse or keyboard, can anyone else do it ?

Sappy404

ThisRegard wrote: »

How did you manage to get the price down to €135, e-vouchers ?

I still can't see a way to remove the mouse or keyboard, can anyone else do it ?

In the Keyboards and Mice section of the accessories page, there are 10 items. You need to navigate across to view items 6-10. Here you can remove what you don't want.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Dell VIP club gives you an additional 10% off. Free to join

54and56

ejabrod wrote: »

Anyone know how long this offer is on for?

It said on on of the screens I was going through whilst purchasing that the offer was open until some time in October, I can't recall the exact date but I think it was Oct 25th. I'm sure that's subject to availability though.

54and56

ThisRegard wrote: »

How did you manage to get the price down to €135, e-vouchers ?

I still can't see a way to remove the mouse or keyboard, can anyone else do it ?

I can confirm what theShire said previously. If you navigate down the accessories page past the printers section there is an option to open another page of accessories (1/2) and if you click on that you'll see where the included mouse and keyboard are selected. Unselect those, select the palm rest and you'll be checking out for €127.49 including VAT and delivery.

I just bought one 5 minutes ago to use as a terminal for web browsing and working on MS Office documents hosted on Dropbox. It doesn't have much storage but for that sort of use it should be more than adequate.

54and56

peckerhead wrote: »

Ditch 8.1 and do an upgrade and then a clean install of Windows 10 (see lifehacker.com tutorial) and that is one sweet little desktop/htpc for the price of a middling smartphone.

Damn this forum, damn you all.....

Is this the process you referred to? http://lifehacker.com/how-to-do-a-clean-install-of-windows-10-1720775893

quarryman

unkel wrote: »

It doesn't seem too bad for the money, but saying that, for less money you have a tablet. With pretty much the same specs, but including a screen and touch functionality (so no keyboard, mouse or monitor required for a fully functioning Windows 8.1 (or Windows 10) PC)

There's always one...

OP:
"Hey guys, check out this great deal on <insert product here>"

Doctor Von shíts on Posts
"Yeah but for less you could have <insert completely different and irrelevant product here>"

Maybe people don't want a tablet?!!



Great post OP. Bargain.

lulzordan

guil wrote: »

I was looking at that last night and in the green box on the right it said there was 2 special offers. One was €80 off or the other was free delivery up to 28/10.
It's hardly another €80 off is it?

That's the discount we're getting to make 149/127.

If you check on your basket you'll see the 80 quid off there

marcbrophy

You can get the same pc with a 19" monitor also for €249

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/inspiron-3050-micro-desktop/pd?oc=cd5004&model_id=inspiron-3050-micro-desktop

Monitor is €168.51 on it's own, but is only a vga monitor with 768p resolution

http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&sku=844843

Argos have a nice 22" monitor with 1080p resolution for €120 from Acer! And it's HDMI too.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/3397129/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%252C%2BPCs%2Band%2Bphones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7C19780850%7CComputers%2Band%2Bmonitors%7C14419111/c_3/4%7Ccat_14419111%7CPC%2Bmonitors%7C14419112.htm

ablelocks

nevermind, marc posted before me...

forgodssake

Hi all . enquiring for a friend . hope someone here can advise me . does this mini PC connect to the TV via HDMI? and would it be suitable for running a programming such as Google sketch up? .

CountingCrows

forgodssake wrote: »

Hi all . enquiring for a friend . hope someone here can advise me . does this mini PC connect to the TV via HDMI? and would it be suitable for running a programming such as Google sketch up? .

"HDMI and DisplayPort connectivity give you easy connections to multiple displays"

Ghost Train

forgodssake wrote: »

Hi all . enquiring for a friend . hope someone here can advise me . does this mini PC connect to the TV via HDMI? and would it be suitable for running a programming such as Google sketch up? .

Just google minimum system requirements for sketch up and see what it says, if spec well below recommended requirements probably not well suited for running the software

forgodssake

CountingCrows wrote:

"HDMI and DisplayPort connectivity give you easy connections to multiple displays"

CountingCrows wrote:

Did you open the link?

yes I did open the link . I'm not very good with technical terms and was not sure if multiple displays included TV screen. apologies for asking a question .

forgodssake

Ghost Train wrote:

Just google minimum system requirements for sketch up and see what it says, if spec well below recommended requirements probably not well suited for running the software

thanks very much I'll certainly do that. we did not know about system requirements for programs . learning every day!.

Sappy404

It looks like it won't meet the requirements for SketchUp :

1 GHz processor.
4 GB RAM.
16 GB of total hard-disk space.
300 MB of free hard-disk space.
3D class Video Card with 512 MB of memory or higher. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL version 2.0 or higher and up to date.

PropJoe10

CountingCrows wrote: »

What did you think the HDMI port was for - connecting to a toaster?

No real need to be an arsehole, to be perfectly honest.

forgodssake

Sappy404 wrote:

It looks like it won't meet the requirements for SketchUp :

ya I just checked there. pity. if anyone could recommend something similar with the right requirements I'd be grateful. it will basically be used for sketch up only . thanks

ThisRegard

What version of the Intel HD graphics card does it have does anyone know ? I don't see it specified in the specs.

fdevine

Some good info here...

http://www.atxgeek.me/2015/05/dell-inspiron-3050-micro-teardown.html

Nemeses2050

fdevine wrote: »

Some good info here...

http://www.atxgeek.me/2015/05/dell-inspiron-3050-micro-teardown.html

That's a very good review, thanks for posting.

Xcellor

Don't need this.

I don't need this.

Where is my credit card.

Sappy404

Xcellor wrote: »

Don't need this.

I don't need this.

Where is my credit card.

Yup.

"Damn you, BA!" is going to be on my two gravestones.

ronanc1000

I don't have a home computer and am thinking about buying this. Would it do the trick? Could it run the likes of adobe audition etc? I will be using it for college tasks..

What screen have people bought who intend to use this as a home computer for this? Plus a keyboard etc?
Thanks in advance

marcbrophy

Anyone got a discount code for dell.ie?

fdevine

Xcellor wrote: »

Don't need this.

I don't need this.

Where is my credit card.

Same here :rolleyes:

lowelife

Sappy404 wrote: »

Yup.

"Damn you, BA!" would go on gravestone if I hadnt already purchased it 3 years ago due to a bargain alert for O'Learys Funeral Discount Centre.

Fixed!