Request: good Value Laptop

ClonmelMan

Look for best value Laptop...must have good graphics card and wireless G enabled...the rest I can compromise on?

Anyone seen any good offers recently?

zod

dell outlet?

SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
Inspiron 6000 (System Identifier. FCRRBG9Z)
Inspiron 6000 Cel 350 15.4 1.30GHz
English - Win XP SP2 Home (Backup Media)
System Price EUR 693.66

Dell recommends Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Operating System: English - Win XP SP2 Home (No Media)
English - Win XP SP2 Home (Backup Media)
Memory: 512MB 400MHz DDR2 SDRAM Memory (1x512MB)
Floppy Drive: No Floppy Drive
Hard Disk Drive: 40GB 5400rpm ATA/100 HDD
NoteBook Screen: 15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel
Network Interface Card: IntelPro/Wireless2200 802.11b/g Eur Cel
CD Read-Write Drive: 24x/10x/24x CD-RW and 8x DVD Combo
Software: Microsoft® Works® 7.0
English - Adobe Reader 6.0
MISC: 6 cell Li-Ion 53WHr primary battery
D-Series 65W AC adpater
NO SNAP COVER OPTION
Inspiron Internal Keyboard No pointer UK

ClonmelMan

Cheers Zod that looks good

Is that inc VAT?

Have you a link to that?

7mountpleasant

Wait for the next Aldi one. they usually are fantastic.Or go onto www.gericom.com (the crowd aldi get thier laptops from) you get some good bang for your buck and a 3 year warranty and insurance.

zod

ClonmelMan wrote:

Cheers Zod that looks good

Is that inc VAT?

Have you a link to that?

www.dell.ie/do

express shopping
change the type to inspiron
sort by the price column
add to basket
select further €79 euro discount

total = 693 - 79 + 50 (shipping) = 664 + VAT = ~€800

If your company deals with Dell I would check out the employee purchase scheme first .. www.dell.ie/epp

ClonmelMan

Wait for the next Aldi one. they usually are fantastic.Or go onto www.gericom.com (the crowd aldi get thier laptops from) you get some good bang for your buck and a 3 year warranty and insurance.

WOW thats good spec for the price 7mountpleasant thanks

Anyone have any problems with the ALDI one?

What kind of price were they and what spec?

ClonmelMan

www.dell.ie/do

express shopping
change the type to inspiron
sort by the price column
add to basket
select further €79 euro discount

total = 693 - 79 + 50 (shipping) = 664 + VAT = ~€800

Must be gone I can't see any Inspiron 6000 listed?

zod

ClonmelMan wrote:

Must be gone I can't see any Inspiron 6000 listed?

Its gone!

but if you go to www.dell.ie/epp

select notebooks - inspiron - inspiron 6000 then DOWNGRADE the warranty to one year .. you can get the Inspiron 6000 (N04605)
€ 710
Includes VAT & Shipping

DingChavez

7mountpleasant wrote:

Wait for the next Aldi one. they usually are fantastic.Or go onto www.gericom.com (the crowd aldi get thier laptops from) you get some good bang for your buck and a 3 year warranty and insurance.

Yeah, I've been waiting for a few months for them. They should have released it this month, but I'm hoping may 5th now.

7mountpleasant

I have had an aldi/gericom one for over 6 months now. Purrs like a kitten.

ClonmelMan

what was the cost of the last one and what spec?

dearg_doom

I can vouch for the last ALDI one too, I got it on Sept2 and it's been great, excellent battery-life, games ability, I make music, video's, copy DVD's etc... I've had good help from their tech support too.

dearg_doom

ClonmelMan wrote:

what was the cost of the last one and what spec?

I got it for 1500e at the time (the closest equivalent DELL - I say closest because even DELL wouldn't match the 80Gb HD!- was about 2800e, don't remember if that even included VAT), but I believe they(ALDI - that is;)) sold some for 1299e at Xmas too.

ClonmelMan

Thanks to everyone for the replies, I might wait for the next ALDI offer (a few more weeks to increase the funds as well) it looks like past offers were very good value and the spec is top notch

|Referee|

ClonmelMan wrote:

Look for best value Laptop...must have good graphics card and wireless G enabled...the rest I can compromise on?

Anyone seen any good offers recently?

I would definitely rccommend this
http://www.gericom.de/index.php?id=77&backPID=77&tt_products=55
comes with uk keyboard, good luck

Atlas_IRL

nice price a lot of those high end laptops are 2-5 to 3 grand..

DingChavez

|johnsadro| wrote:

I would definitely rccommend this
http://www.gericom.de/index.php?id=77&backPID=77&tt_products=55
comes with uk keyboard, good luck

That's the one Aldi will be selling next month............I assume.

commited

ClonmelMan wrote:

Look for best value Laptop...must have good graphics card and wireless G enabled...the rest I can compromise on?

Anyone seen any good offers recently?

Fujitsu Amilo A1630 - about €1350 from Microaid.ie now i think.
AMD 64 3200+, 512mb ram, 40GB HDD, 128mb ATI 9700, DVD-rw, wireless G, 15.4" Widescreen etc

ClonmelMan

Fujitsu Amilo A1630 - about €1350 from Microaid.ie now i think.
AMD 64 3200+, 512mb ram, 40GB HDD, 128mb ATI 9700, DVD-rw, wireless G, 15.4" Widescreen etc

Cheers commited they have very good prices on other hardware as well

LegacyUser

think i'll hang on for the aldi one too, is there one due in may?

twinkie

I've an dell inspirion 6000 great laptop and great price
Tesco have an acer one at the moment for 999 including a printer

ClonmelMan

Hi twinkie

Whats the spec of the dell inspirion 6000 ( was looking at one of these) and what price was it?

LegacyUser

how are you getting €710, i get €868

zod wrote:

Its gone!

but if you go to www.dell.ie/epp

select notebooks - inspiron - inspiron 6000 then DOWNGRADE the warranty to one year .. you can get the Inspiron 6000 (N04605)
€ 710
Includes VAT & Shipping

ClonmelMan

yep that offer is gone now but it was as zod said at the time

LegacyUser

that was a different offer on the outlet site

ClonmelMan wrote:

yep that offer is gone now but it was as zod said at the time

LegacyUser

this is the laptop german aldi have at the mo, will prob be the one that we'll get.

http://www.aldi-essen.de/OFFER_D/OFFER_18/OFF001.HTM

esperanza

Dell's laptops seem to be rather cheap. Has anyone had any experience with their after-sales service though?

dawballz

If you're talkin about their customer service it's crap. I have heard numerous people complaining that you are put on to an indian who doesn't speak proper English, who you can't understand, and he can't understand you.
Someone I know said the Indian got angry with him and started shouting just because he couldn't understand him.

esperanza

Yeah, I've heard negative things about dell's customer service too. Anyone got an idea where would be the cheapest store to buy a laptop in the Munster: Cork/Waterford area? Or would it be cheaper to buy it in the UK?

newgrange

Dell's customer service is brutal. I spent three days trying to cancel an order they buggered up on me. They are quick enough to take your money, not so quick about giving it back.
In fairness the only remotely helpful people I encountered in Dell were the Indian people.

secret_squirrel

Try the Official HP/Compaq shop on Ebay.co.uk. I got mine for 2/3 retail with some careful bidding.

esperanza

Thinking of buying a notebook from PC World in Waterford. Does anyone know what their customer service is like or has anyone bought from them in the past?

I saw a couple of complaints on complaints.com about their customer service so I'd be interested to know if it's a bit on the dodgy side.

Dublin8

jesus lol ROFL ROFL ROFL THATS HILLLAROUS MAN shud b in jokes section
ahhhh come on indians are not that bad
aff course they are not going to speak in irish accent but its english at the end of the day

dawballz wrote:

If you're talkin about their customer service it's crap. I have heard numerous people complaining that you are put on to an indian who doesn't speak proper English, who you can't understand, and he can't understand you.
Someone I know said the Indian got angry with him and started shouting just because he couldn't understand him.

Dublin8

Point proved

newgrange wrote:

Dell's customer service is brutal. I spent three days trying to cancel an order they buggered up on me. They are quick enough to take your money, not so quick about giving it back.
In fairness the only remotely helpful people I encountered in Dell were the Indian people. :eek:

secret_squirrel

esperanza wrote:

Thinking of buying a notebook from PC World in Waterford. Does anyone know what their customer service is like or has anyone bought from them in the past?

I saw a couple of complaints on complaints.com about their customer service so I'd be interested to know if it's a bit on the dodgy side.

PC world will rip you off unless its a very good special offer.

Also bear in mind that most of the spotty youths in there will know less about laptops than my granny.

muppetkiller

I'm after ordering from the dell outlet ..jsut got this laptop for 560 delivered
Inspiron 2200 Celeron M Processor 360 (1.40 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400MHz FSB) 8X DVD/RW 512mB Ram 15 inch LCD and all the usual software (Winxp home etc..)
Great deal