scott8629

I have managed to get a cheap laptop out of dell, here are the specs

Pentium celron M 370 (1.50 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB)
512 meg RAM
40GB (5.400rpm) Hard Drive
15.4inch WXGA (1280x800) LCD Panel
6 Cell 56Whr Battery
8X DVD+/-RW with Software
Dell Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card
Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem

For £350.00 deliverd.

It may not be the best laptop out there but for this price im well happy.

What do you lot think?

If you need a cheap laptop then this is the one

NickAdams

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It's an ok deal although it only has a celeron cpu in it...
There's a better (More expensive) deal to be had on the 630m.Be back in 5 mins with the details

NickAdams

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It's on the small business section at Dell (People can still order that don't have a business,you simply make a business name up)

Anyway,the laptop is an Inspiron 630m with the following spec:

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
256MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (1x256)
40GB (5.400rpm) Hard Drive
14.1 inch WXGA (1280x800) LCD Panel Std
8X DVD+/-RW with Software (No Media)
Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem
Intel® ProWireless 2200 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card


Straightaway,it needs another 256mb ram but it doesn't cost much from Crucial...

Thinking about it now,the only advantage of that one I list is the cpu...

What model did you buy? Inspiron 6000??

scott8629

All im going to use it for is a bit or M-shaft word an powerpoint, email on surfing the net!

Im sure it will do the trick and for that price!

scott8629

Inspiron 1300
I have the bigger screen, more RAM and the better battery. Im well happy

NickAdams

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Or what about this Inspiron 1300 for £288.47 delivered from Small Business section?? (Again,needs a memory upgrade though)

Base Intel® Celeron® M Processor 370 (1.50 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
Memory 256MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (1x256)
Keyboard Internal Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
Hard Drive 40GB (5.400rpm) Hard Drive
Modem Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem
CD/DVD Drives 8X DVD+/-RW with Software (No Media)
Wireless Local Area Networking Dell™ Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card
Shipping Documents System Documentation
Gedis Bundle Reference List N03135 - DHS 1300 Good
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 7.0
Standard Warranty 90-Day Collect and Return service
Cover It with Dell Support Services 90-Day Collect and Return service
AntiVirus & Security Software No Security/Anti-Virus Software
Power Supply 60W AC Adapter
Dell Photo Album No Photo Organising/Sharing Software
Paint Shop No Photo Editing Software
Order Information Inspiron Order - UK
Primary Battery 4 Cell 29Whr Primary Battery
Carrying Cases No Carrycase
Money Off Savings Save £50 inc VAT
Dell System Media Kit No Resource CD
Dell Media Experience Dell Media Experience 3.1 Basic - Inspiron
Adobe Reader English - Adobe Reader 6.0
Dell Internet Order Dell Internet Order.
Operating System Backup & Recovery PC Restore recovery system by Symantec
LCD 14.1inch WXGA (1280x800) LCD Panel

scott8629

They are well cheap, I wanted the bigger screen and the 6 cell battery.
I will probally upgrade to 1GB ram to help it along, not from dell though. I will do it myself.

Im also thinking about a clean install, get rid of all the crap they put on there and put my copy of XP pro on.

NickAdams

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www.crucial.com/uk for your memory...
Not the cheapest but definitely the best!
For all the Dell systems that I've sold that have required memory upgrades,I've ordered the memory from them without any problems whatsoever ie System lockups etc (The usual signs of memory incompatibility)

scott8629

If I ever wanted to upgrade the hard-drive is that a pain?

NickAdams

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Pretty straightforward to be honest....

Beefy

I got something similar last year, for the money you cant go wrong tbh.