renno rannes

Does anyone have one of these. Dont need anything major just windows wireless internet and all that. Do you think this one is an akright one or should i go a bit higher. And advise would be great.

Renno

NickAdams

iTrader: (5)

Depends what you want it for and what sort of money you have to spend?
I bought a 6000 recently to sell onto somebody when Dell made one of their usual c0ckups on the website and personally,I wouldn't touch the Celeron processors unless you have to,but if it's cost effective,upgrade to the Pentium mobile (It was about £40 to upgrade from a Celeron to a P-Mobile 1.6ghz when I ordered)
One other thing to do on the 6000 is to upgrade to the 1680x1050 display which adds £35 to the price but is a worthwhile upgrade!

Good luck

NickAdams

iTrader: (5)

What about this system for £675.98 inc vat and del?? (This was specced up from an e-value code and the 'normal' retail price on Dells website is £1037 plus you get a free 720 printer - Which ain't the best but it's free!!)


Module Description Show Details
Base Intel® Pentium® M 740(1.73GHz 2MB L2 cache 533MHz FSB)& ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 graphics
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
Memory 512MB 400MHz DDR2 RAM (2x256)
Keyboard Internal Keyboard (UK/Ire)
Video Card ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X300 64MB HyperMemory®
Hard Drive 80GB (5.400rpm) IDE Hard Drive
Floppy Drives No Floppy Drive Option
Modem Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem
CD/DVD Drives Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with Software
Wireless Local Area Networking Intel® ProWireless 2200 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card
Shipping Documents English - System Documentation
Gedis Bundle Reference List N10606A - DHS 6000 Better
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 7.0
Standard Warranty Base warranty
Cover It with Dell Support Services 1 Year European Collect and Return Service
AntiVirus & Security Software No security subscription
Power Supply AC Adapter D-Series 65W Power Cord
Dell Photo Album Photo Album ™ SE Basic
Paint Shop Paint Shop™ Pro® Basic Edition
Order Information Inspiron Order - UK
Primary Battery Primary 6 Cell 53 WHr battery
Carrying Cases No Carrycase
Money Off Savings Save £100 inc VAT
Colour Choice No QuickSnap™ Cover Option
Dell Media Experience Dell Media Experience 3.0 Delux - Inspiron
Adobe Reader English - Adobe Reader 6.0
Promotions Hidden Option Class Promo Hard Drive Ugrade 60GB (5400)-80GB(5400)
Dell Internet Order Dell Internet Order.
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen UltraSharpTM WXGA (1280 x 800) LCD Panel

ACCESSORIES
Dell Colour Ink Printer 720 (including trial ink cartridges, excluding cable) Qty 1
Unit Price Incl. VAT £0.00

TOTAL Incl. VAT:£675.98

renno rannes

Thanks Nick. So with those upgrades you said in your first post id have a decent enough one yeah.Do you think i should i look at Compaq also.

Seen this one. Compaq NX6110

Features include:
Intel Processor Technology
15” TFT Display
DDR SDRAM Memory upgradeable to 2GB
Integrated gigabit LAN and 56k v.90 data fax modem
2 USB 2.0 Sockets
Integrated wireless LAN
4.5-hour Maximum Battery Life
Weight from 2.7kg
Includes 1 Year Warranty

Cheers.

Renno

NickAdams

iTrader: (5)

What processor is in the NX and how much memory?
What price?
The system I quoted above will take some beating but it really depends whether you wanna spend that much money really (The spec I quoted didn't include the screen upgrade so add £35)

Cheers

renno rannes

This is the spec i think. Ill prob go for the dell one so. Thanks for your help mate.




Intel CPU Type
Celeron M CPU Model
360 CPU Clock Speed
1.4 GHzCPU L2 Cache
1 MB Front Side Bus Speed
400 MHzMotherboard Chipset
Intel 915GM RAMInstalled RAM
256 MBMaximum RAM
2048 MBRAM Clock Speed
PC-2700, 333MHz RAM Generation
DDR SDRAM RAM Form Factor
200-pin SoDIMM RAM Slots Free
1 RAM Slots In Total
2 StorageFloppy Drive
No Hard Drive Capacity
40 GBStorage Controller
Parallel ATA Optical DrivesDrive Type
CDRW + DVD Combo Drive Location
Internal Drive Installation
Fixed Video

NickAdams

iTrader: (5)

That sounds to me like a Celeron processor based on the 333 memory and 1mb cpu cache.You never mentioned what price but bare in mind with that system you'll have to upgrade the memory anyway as it only comes with 256mb and I notice it doesn't have a dvd writer either. (Plus only 40gb hdd).
Mind you,it's down to what you wanna spend and what you need the system to do....

renno rannes

Yeah your right ill just spend the extra few quid and get one with the lot on it. That on is around £500 i think. Thanks for the help Nick.

renno

gregjd

Just ordered one too off their small business section. I went for a very boggo spec 6000 (celeron 1.4, 256MB RAM, 60GB HDD, DVD/CDRW, Intel Graphics) as it's just for the missus to surf on. Only upgrade I made was to the screen for £35. Total price with vouchers etc was £479 delivered. I gather you can get another 512MB RAM off the net for £40 if I find it needs it.

NickAdams

iTrader: (5)

Yep,about £45 from www.crucial.com
Don't **** about with memory and buy stuff cos it's a little cheaper as it can give you all kinds of problems.With all the Dell machines I've bought recently for people (20+) those that needed memory upgrades I've bought from Crucial and they've behaved 100% fine.It's free delivery on orders over £30 too IIRC

gregjd

Cheers Nick, will order it now. Looks like there's no issue mixing and matching chips on this machine (?) so will add a 512MB to the single 256mb one that's in there. Should be plenty.

Beefy

Ive got an Inspiron 6000, Centrino 1.6ghz, 512mb ram, 40GB HD, CD-RW, 128MB X300 ATI gphx card, 1280 x 800 display - cost was £580 a few months ago.

Got the missus one at the same but with a 1.3ghz celeron prossie and intel grphx but shes made up with it anyway and it only cost £440.

Highly recommended from my own personal experience.

renno rannes

Lads what do you think off this offer and is it a decent enough set up with the upgrade,

Cheers

Dell InspironTM 9300
Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technology with Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB) & Intel® Pro Wireless 2200 (802.11b/g)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
56K Data Fax Modem
17.0" UltraSharpT Wide Screen WXGA TFT Sharp
60GB Hard Drive
NOW 512MB (Was 256MB)

Free Delivery €59.29 (Inc. VAT)

NOW RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 15% DISCOUNT!

TopBanana

The Inspiron 6000 is fine, the 9300 is massive. Make sure you extend the warranty for as long as you intend to own it - every one of my three Dell laptops has gone wrong at least once

renno rannes

Ok thanks mate.

andypugh2000

I bought an inspiron 6000 a few weeks ago with the intel pentium processor, 1024 ddr ram etc for 728 quid delivered, very pleased with it so far