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Iqon "widescreen laptop"

  • 06-08-2005 3:18pm
    #1
    Bateman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭


    at DID Electrical

    -"Massive widescreen 15.4' LCD display"
    -XP Home
    -DVDRW Multidrive
    -Multicard reader
    -512 MB RAM
    -40 GB HDD
    -56k Modem
    -MS Works 8.0
    -Wireless
    -Firewire port

    When it says firewire, you would imagine a couple of USB 2.0s come as standard I suppose. Obviously it would be necessary to investigate the finer points of the spec a little, but at €799 (with some kind of interest-free payment option) it would be well worth a look IMO.


Comments

  • #2
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Processor?


  • #3
    woody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭woody


    Dont buy Iqon stuff, I have mates who work in the factory where the make them and they are very low quality best go for a dell


  • #4
    Charles Bronson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭Charles Bronson


    Bateman wrote:
    at DID Electrical

    -"Massive widescreen 15.4' LCD display"
    -XP Home
    -DVDRW Multidrive
    -Multicard reader
    -512 MB RAM
    -40 GB HDD
    -56k Modem
    -MS Works 8.0
    -Wireless
    -Firewire port

    Got one of these tonight. No Firewire. No multicard reader. 3 Usb Ports. 1.4 Ghz Celeron CPU. Bringing it back tomorrow. False publication of specs. If I can get him to knock 50 euros off I will keep it.


  • #5
    Charles Bronson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭Charles Bronson


    Brought it back. The guy said he would send it back to Iqon. It would take about 10 days to get one with advert spec. I said NO! He offered to give me a voucher for 799 Euro's. A bloody voucher. NO! NO! NO! I said. I insisted on getting my money. I got my money back in the end. Anyone know any good Laptop websites.


  • #6
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭RichyX


    Charles Bronson wrote:
    Anyone know any good Laptop websites.

    Can't go wrong with Dell.ie
    Great value compared to every other manufacturer out there.
    Check out the Inspiron 6000 in particular, can get a Pentium M 740 with a gig of RAM, 60 GIG HD and 64MB Radeon X300 for €1,064.


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  • #7
    Charles Bronson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭Charles Bronson


    Thanx. I will check them out.


  • #8
    WillieDH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 425 ✭✭WillieDH


    Dont touch them !!! utter crap !!!


  • #9
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭RichyX


    WillieDH wrote:
    Dont touch them !!! utter crap !!!

    Who?
    Dell?

    Guess I'll be finding out tomorrow when I get my Inspiron 6000 :rolleyes:

    I've heard conflicting reports on Dell's quality.
    Many say they're excellent but there are always a view voices on here saying how crap they are and never backing their comments up with hard facts.

    In my time researching which laptop to buy I've heard almost all of the major brands are rubbish from someone, aside from Sony that is.
    But when Sony's are so damn expensive they'd want to be well made.

    On the value front (from a component perspective), no-one gets near Dell.
    If I'd bought the same laptop from any other company it would have cost at least 1400€ as opposed to the 1050€ I did pay.


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