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Dell 14z old or new tech ????

  • 24-09-2010 12:05AM
    #1
    41Stan41
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭


    carphone warehouse are selling a dell 14z laptop for 499 euro . is this last years model or more recent ? the spec seems fairly good or am i wrong ??

    thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Yup. It's fairly good for what it is.

    What do you need it for?


  • #3
    41Stan41
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭41Stan41


    nothing special really just internet and general mobile messing around .
    what was worring me is that only reviews i can find are all early 2009 so is this old stock they are trying to flog off ?


  • #4
    41Stan41
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭41Stan41


    also it has an optical drive which didnt seem to be a feature in original spec
    it is not available on the dell website thats why i was wondering if its old stock


  • #5
    here.from.day.1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭here.from.day.1


    Looks like was released mid last year from most sources.


  • #6
    41Stan41
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭41Stan41


    would Dell inspiron 15R be a better buy ?? more recently released .Is the spec better ??


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  • #7
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Carphone warhouse are advertising it as a Studio 14z which seems unlikely as the Studio 14z didn't have an optical drive.

    Its possibly an Inspiron 14z which did have an optical drive.

    Likewise just saying it has a 1.6GHz processor doesnt mean much, you need to know the exact model (to tell you the architecture, number of cores etc). Actually I suspect they have gotten this part of the spec wrong also, there's only a couple of ULV processors running at 1.6GHz and I doubt this uses any of them.

    Before giving an opinion on it, i'd need to know exactly what im giving an opinion on - model number, processor, battery size, screen res, everything. There's too many question marks here to give a useful opinion.


  • #8
    paulgalway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 535 ✭✭✭paulgalway


    You should look at this. I don't think it is a 14z.


  • #9
    paulgalway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 535 ✭✭✭paulgalway


    41Stan41 wrote: »
    carphone warehouse are selling a dell 14z laptop for 499 euro . is this last years model or more recent ? the spec seems fairly good or am i wrong ??

    thanks


    Did you buy this?


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