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DaCheese
Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 1471 Location: GMR Towers, South Shropshire, UK.
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: Does this laptop look alright? |
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Dell Vostro 1500. Weighs in at £563 including VAT and delivery. Any good for the money?
I've had a look at the customisation page and it sucks that Dell expect more money for XP Pro than Vista Home Premium. That's about all I can find fault with though. _________________
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mad Site Admin
Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 1337 Location: Scotland
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: |
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the dell website gives a nice error when i try and view it
your not comparing like with like on the OS... XP PRO and Vista HOME.
I'll check the spec when you corect the link or I have time. What are you using the laptop for/expect from it? as this makes a massive difference to the spec required. |
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Steve
Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 852 Location: Sunny Wales
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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I did a Google search, and found this...
It has the same name, and im guessing its the furthest left one as all the others are over the price you specified.
Is that the one? |
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DaCheese
Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 1471 Location: GMR Towers, South Shropshire, UK.
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Right then, try this. The one on the right it is, found it in a Dell offers thing in a leftover Observer at work last night. Click on one year warranty when you've selected the package and there's the hardware.
That's a fair point Mad, and there's not really any point expecting XP Home on a business model. I'd probably just go for Vista HP. Failing that, something like that Novatech desktop you found Bunsen with XP would be nice. I'm basically looking for something that'll do a good job on TM and run some other more recent games I like the look of too (Bioshock'd probably be pushing it on that Laptop but I've no need for an Xbox 360). _________________
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mad Site Admin
Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 1337 Location: Scotland
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DaCheese
Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 1471 Location: GMR Towers, South Shropshire, UK.
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Mad, I think I'll keep looking and try to find a decent desktop. Incidentally on that Novatech system the button saying 'add to basket' doesn't do anything, it seems there's no link to anywhere from it. A slightly faster processor would be nice on that system, but that's all I can fault with it really. _________________
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DanTheMan
Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 1668
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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Why not build your own pc, cheese? it`s an easy task and parts are cheap from places such as yo yo tech and ccl online, a high powered amd x2 is 100 pounds now, mobo, £80 etc.. etc.. also if you want xp i have an unused copy i could post too you, £65 saved there _________________ Never underestimate the power of stupidity. |
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DanTheMan
Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 1668
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Here`s an example
Quote: | YOYO Deal Code :MULTIMEDIA DREAMZ - 32
Products
AMD AM2 Athlon 64 6000+ Dual Core 3.0GHz, 2x 1MB Cache CPU - Retail
Price : £86.32 ex. vat
Price : £101.43 inc. vat
Abit AN-M2HD Socket AM2, Geforce 7050PV, Dual DDR2, PCI-E, SATA 2, 7.1 Audio,HDMI, mATX Motherboard
Price : £42.90 ex. vat
Price : £50.41 inc. vat
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Xtreme Performance Memory
Price : £27.49 ex. vat
Price : £32.29 inc. vat
Actual Price : £184.13 inc. vat
Bundle Price : £181.46 inc. vat
You save : £2.67 inc. vat
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From yoyotech, not an extreme saving, but a case is £25, for a looker
PSU== £25
so £231, then get a 8800 for £131== grand total £362
all you need is a hard drive and a disc drive and ur flying _________________ Never underestimate the power of stupidity. |
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bunsenjetson
Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Stuart Hall
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:02 am Post subject: |
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I play TM on an Asus F3J laptop and it runs beautifully - on nations and united. My ageing (circa 2003) desktop can't handle it at all (I should put a computer on it sometime). Asus's mid-price laptops seem pretty good and they come with a 2-year warranty which is fantastic - and the battery lasts 6 hours for general work and wifi surfing, although you need it on mains to get a decent gaming fps. I got mine here: http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/ (they still do XP too if that's your thing). |
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