Dunnes stores laptops **699**

Brock

dunnes are selling laptops from sunday here is a link to what one although on that page it says 256 mb of ram where as dunnes one is 512mb

http://www.gadot.info/hardware/lap.asp?id=23

not too bad for 699

secret_squirrel

Just dont forget to bring a large bag of New Israeli Sheckles with ya!

Brock

LOl twas teh only pic and spec i could find of the model

dwaned

Thats the machine we have. It's pretty good, no real complaints. Battery lasts about an hour if not using cd.

Saruman

Only an hour?? That cant be right... My Dell is a much more high powered one with a full 3.06ghz P4, NOT the low power using centrino or mobile processor. And it even gets 4 - 5 hours depending on whats being done.

Still 699 regardless is a good price for any new laptop.

okidoki987

Where did you see this about Dunnes?

Brock

i work there,they wont be on sale til sun and they aint bein advertised yet but i assure u they will be there

RicardoSmith

Saruman wrote:

Only an hour?? That cant be right... My Dell is a much more high powered one with a full 3.06ghz P4, NOT the low power using centrino or mobile processor. And it even gets 4 - 5 hours depending on whats being done.

Still 699 regardless is a good price for any new laptop.

Since the best centrinos only get 4-5 hours I think you'll have to post the model number of your machine to prove that you're not talking absolute tripe mate. I have a 2.8 P4 desktop replacment and when new it only lasted about an hour. The celeron cpus have no power saving features. hence the poor battery life.

MarkR

I know he said he didn't have the centrino models, but I use to do tech support for samsung notebooks, and some of their models had up to 8 hours battery life with the extended batteries. That was a centrino model though, with a extended battery.

RicardoSmith

MarkR wrote:

I know he said he didn't have the centrino models, but I use to do tech support for samsung notebooks, and some of their models had up to 8 hours battery life with the extended batteries. That was a centrino model though, with a extended battery.

Whats your point? How is a completely different laptop relevent?

brian_ire

did anyone pick up this laptop? or even see it in dunnes today?

darkmaster2

They were in Blackpool, Cork today. nice looking laptops. Really good price too.

emmo16

I just got the Dunnes Dtores leaflet, it is slightly different to the one that is at http://www.gadot.info/hardware/lap.asp?id=23 the one on sale at the mo has DVD +/- RW Drive dual format double layer, Intel Celeron M360 and graphics are unicode intergrated and it has a 1 year collect and return all for €699 not bad

secret_squirrel

They are also in Swords in the Dunnes at the Pavilions. Didnt check out the spec but they were definately F-S Amilo's.

Alun

They had a couple of them in Cornelscourt today.

MarkR

Originally Posted by RicardoSmith
Since the best centrinos only get 4-5 hours I think you'll have to post the model number of your machine to prove that you're not talking absolute tripe mate.

RicardoSmith wrote:

Whats your point? How is a completely different laptop relevent?

I had hoped that my point was clear. You had said the best centrinos only get 4-5 hours. I was pointing out that you were wrong.

Saruman

RicardoSmith wrote:

Since the best centrinos only get 4-5 hours I think you'll have to post the model number of your machine to prove that you're not talking absolute tripe mate. I have a 2.8 P4 desktop replacment and when new it only lasted about an hour. The celeron cpus have no power saving features. hence the poor battery life.

Its a Dell inspiron 5150 not that it helps prove anything unless you have used one I use it all the time for watching movies (divx/xvid) on the TV. It can easily go for 4 hours non stop play back before gicing me a battery low warning at 30 mins estimated power left.

Maybe because i dont use it off the mains much so the battery is not always being overcharged. And if i do i tend to take the battery out. Otherwise battery life will reduce.

Oh on battery the laptop power halves

father_ted9t9

2 left in clondalkin
0 left in kilnamanagh
3 left in the square

if anyone wants to get one. I Just did, well worth it for the price!

oxygen_old

Advertised today in the Irish Indo. Anyone get one? Cant find any offical links for it,The fujuitsu website doesnt have any links for it.

father_ted9t9

basically same as this one but with 512 ram and dual layer dvd +- Re-Writer

http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfullat.asp?productcode=ECE1008053&productID=124017

odie

Mate bought one - He wanted something for his daughter in college. Configured it for him. Ideal for what he wants it to do. Battery lasting about an hour and a half, when online with wireless connection.

Also checked out dell to buy a similar lappy and it came in at €950, €250 yoyo saving. Only difference was Dell had Intel graphics, his has Unichrome.

Definite bargain

RicardoSmith

MarkR wrote:

I had hoped that my point was clear. You had said the best centrinos only get 4-5 hours. I was pointing out that you were wrong.

Thats just being pedantic. Obviously I meant with standard batteries. (the batteries which are supplied in the base price) You can put two batteries in some laptops and double the battery life. So you're also wrong if you want to play top trumps However discussing extended or dual batteries (which are expensive) is getting off topic when buying a €699 laptop. IMO.

Saruman wrote:

Its a Dell inspiron 5150 not that it helps prove anything unless you have used one .... Oh on battery the laptop power halves

AFAIK its not a desktop CPU. Desktop CPU's do not have the power saving functionality speedstep where the speed changes on battery power. Only mobile Intel Pentium CPUs have this feature. http://www.bay-wolf.com/speedstep.htm However your Dell Laptop could have some form of customised Dell bios/chipset that does a similar thing with a desktop CPU. I've never seen it myself. The 5150 I've used were all mobile P4's and they have an especially large battery as standard. Most reviews of it make note of the large battery. http://www.justechn.com/reviews/articles/2004/08/31/inspiron-5150.php

okee

Got one one of these for my sister, thought it might not come with XP
on Cd but it does. Nice little laptop.
What are those UniChrome Pro graphics cards like ?
From the settings the max resolution was 1024.

The spec is:
Amilo L7300 Laptop

Intel Celeron M 360
152 XGA Tft screen
512 MB Ram
40GB Hard Drive
Wireless lan
Unichrome Pro up to 64 MB shared Graphics
DVD Burner
4 Usb 2.0 ports



okee

penumbra

Does anyone know can u get a longer guarantee (3 yrs) on the dunnes laptop?

secret_squirrel

Why? It will be on its last legs after 3 years. Battery will be fusced, lots of scratches and it will run Longhorn like a dog.

Anyone have a clue whether this is still on sale or what?

Makaveli

Well this was originally posted in May, so I doubt it.

I found this after, but was wondering on more of an update. Might just pick up the phone and give Dunnes a bell though...