laptop question

GreenHell

Thinking about investing in a laptop for myself and I've found two very nice laptops in PC world. Bit of advise needed however,

COMPAQ R3460

Intel Pentium 4 HTT Processor 3.20 GHz
800 MHz FSB
512 Kb Cache
512 Mb RAM
80 Gb Hard Drive
DVD RW Multi Drive
15.4" Widescreen TFT Display
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
128 Mb ATi Mobility Radeon Graphics

PACKARD BELL H5535

Intel Pentium 4 Processor 538 3.20 GHz
533 MHz FSB
1 Mb cache
512 Mb RAM
80 Gb Hard Drive
DVD ReWriter Multi Drive
15.1" TFT display
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
128 Mb nVidia GeForce FX5100 Graphics

I'm leaning towards the Packard because of the dedicated gfx card. But I hear compaq have a better reputation.... help?

zod

go to http://www.dell.ie/do
choose express shopping
change to inspiron
sort by the price column
buy a 510 with 512MB RAM
Upgrade to 3 years collect and return
should get one for about 1000 yo yos including vat, shipping and warranty.

GreenHell

I hear bad things about dells and fans though.

zod

Whatever Laptop you get .. make sure you get 3 years warranty

Dempsey

GreenHell wrote:

I hear bad things about dells and fans though.

What happened?

PowerHouseDan

Yeah i agree with the 3 years war, I had to send mine back 2 weeks ago to get a new screen. would of cost a fortune otherwise

Capt'n Midnight

Hard to tell - no prices and you don't indicate what you would use them for.
and it's not an investment , it will loose about half it's value in the next 18 months..

for word processing only, a 10 year old laptop you get for €100 would do fine, cos you just can't type that fast.

if you want a games machine that's a different story.

the compaq has an 800MH fsb and packard bell have always charged a premium and tend to be aimed at home users, compaq business machines have a good reputation but that isn't a business machine

Have a trawl through the forums , PC world don't have a great reputation for aftersales service...

GreenHell

Both machines are around the 1400 euro range, including VAT.

Stephen

If you buy from PC world, don't let them sucker you into buying their insurance or any other aftersales ****e.

zod

dell 510m reviewed here :

zdNET kinda middle of the road it seems ..