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Packard Bell laptop with DVD burner €690!

  • 31-05-2005 7:19pm
    #1
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭


    got an "insider tip" on this....

    There's an upcoming radio campaign starting tomorrow AFAIK, but here's the model:

    http://www.packardbell.co.uk/products/node1601.asp?partNumber=pb15b00201

    It's this model with a 40Gb drive, I am told. The jist of it is that it is a semperon machine with a multi (+ & -) DVD burner. Comes with firewire too.

    Goes on sale this Saturday (June 4th) at Back From The Future, 77 Aungier Street.


Comments

  • #2
    okidoki987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,632 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    It's very like the one in Dunnes Stores but only has 256 RAM.


  • #3
    savemejebus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭savemejebus


    yeah but the semperon chip is better than the celeron so it kinda evens out. still i've heard that packard bell don't have the best rep. for their laptops so checking a good warranty may be essential


  • #4
    SouperComputer
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    savemejebus wrote:
    yeah but the semperon chip is better than the celeron so it kinda evens out. still i've heard that packard bell don't have the best rep. for their laptops so checking a good warranty may be essential

    Well, both the Fujitsu & the Packard Bell in question are made by FIC, so I would say quality wise they would be on par with one another.

    The PB has firewire, faster CPU (possibly at the detriment of battery life, although the others I have tried before in this range last about 2hrs, generally) and a card reader (SD, SM & MMC, I think). Adding another 256 would cost feck all to bring it to 512. Warranty, the guys usually try to sort things out for you, rather than having to get on a phone to some 3rd party place, it would be fair to say they are more useful than Dunnes!

    Hopefully ill get to play with one tommorrow, so I can give more specifics for anybody who is interested........


  • #5
    Darwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,714 ✭✭✭Darwin


    SouperComputer, any more info on this machine - sounds interesting.


  • #6
    Sarsfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭Sarsfield


    What does "Wireless Network - as above" mean? Do I need a Wifi card separately?


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