For Christmas Gill has requested a new laptop, as hers is basically shit and old (it's not too bad, and once I have replaced it I'll probably re-install it with XP, and use it for something random, but the battery connections are fuxored, and it's basically a clunky piece of shite)
Dell are doing this deal for £378.00;
(I've added Flamingo Pink as an option, as I know the target market here...)
Components
- Intel® Celeron Dual Core T3000 (1.80 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 1 MB L2 Cache)
- Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English
- Microsoft® Works 9.0 / English - (Does not include Microsoft® Word)
- 1 year of coverage included with your PC
- No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
- No Accidental Damage Support
- FailSafe® Theft Protection - track and protect lost or stolen laptops - 30 days free trial
- 15.6" Widescreen WXGA CCFL (1366 x 768) TFT Display with TrueLife™
- 3072MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [1x2048 + 1x1024]
- 250GB (5,400rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
- Intel Integrated GMA 4500MHD
- DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)
- 4-cell 24WHr Li-Ion primary battery
- Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g)
- No Bluetooth Upgrade
- No Camera Included
- Free Napster® with 60 Free Songs and 1 year Free Music Streaming
- Flamingo Pink colour with custom high-gloss finish
Accessories
- DataSafe Online Backup 2GB 1 year
Also Includes;
- N1154510
- Inspiron 1545 Order - UK
- English - Documentation Inspiron 1545
- Inspiron 1545 Resource DVD (Diagnostic & Drivers)
- 65W AC Adaptor
- No Carry Case
- 1 Meter Power Cord - UK
- Internal UK English Qwerty Keyboard
- 1 year of coverage included with your PC
- Wireless Label - Celeron Dual Core
- Black palmrest
- Datasafe Local 2.0 Basic
Adding Bluetooth and a Camera would be about £30 extra each. Does this sound like a decent deal? Laptops are not really my strong point...
What is it used for?
What is it used for?
Porn! :D
Porn! :D
Pretty much... Other than
Pretty much...
Other than that the normal (email, porn, dicking about on the internet, IM, porn, non-3D gaming, possibly some admin/personal work, for which I can arrage a copy of Office, porn).
Is battery life important?
Is battery life important?
To a certain extent...I'd
To a certain extent...I'd probably go for the 6-cell battery over the 4-cell one, but I think the 9-cell one will weight too much.
2+ hours would be acceptable...At the moment the battery on the current one doesn't charge unless you hold it just right, so anything would be an improvement.
As your not looking for
As your not looking for anything out of the ordinary Dell are normally reasonably priced and well built.
The one I had was good. Gid did have problems with one of his but I think support did keep sorting it out.
Didn't Gid also say he had
Didn't Gid also say he had dropped it a lot?
http://www.lack-of.org/node/816
Cheers...I shall confirm it with her, and probably get it ordered...
I bought mine as a business
I bought mine as a business machine so far its had:
2 New Hard Disks.
1 New Screen.
1 New Mainboard.
I think I still have the same case, processor and RAM. When I got mine the upgrade to the 3 year warranty was supper cheap. Yes they have Indian call centers, but there not bad at sending a chap to fix it once they've worked out what needs replacing.
It does get rather hot so much so that I had a burn mark on my leg that was through jeans.
So basically if you want your Dell laptop to last more then a year buy the extended warranty.
If you see a deal on another machine phone Dell often they'll match there own deals.
I should add each time I had a problem and tech support have diagnosed it the chap to fix it was with me next day with the replacement part that for me is pretty good.
Did you not think to lift
Did you not think to lift the laptop from your leg before it started sizzling?
Leg didn't sizzle it just
Leg didn't sizzle it just got a weird marking on it for a bit, its all cleared up now.