Luminous

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I just about to buy a new machine and stumbled on this Dell. I was looking at HP and other vendors, but the spec and price of this machine seem to be at least £200 less than other manufacturers. Anyone think I am missing something here?

Oh, and if anyone just happens to have some promo codes going for Dell that would be appreciated


SYSTEM COMPONENTS Vostro™ 1700 NB(N0517014)
Qty 1 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB), Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English Unit Price
£574.00 £50 Money Off
Expires 07 May 2008
- £50.00 Catalog Number: 202 N0517014 Module Description Show Details
Base Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB) Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
Memory 3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x1024 + 1x2048 MB)
Keyboard Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Video Card 256MB nVidia® GeForce® 8600M GT
Hard Drive 320 GB (5400rpm) SATA Dual Hard Drive (2x 160GB)
Modem 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - UK
Optical Devices Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
Wireless Networking Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 (802.11 a/b/g) MiniPCI Card
Shipping Documents English
Documentation with English/Irish Power Cord
Gedis Bundle Reference N0517014
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 9.0 - English
Standard Warranty 1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day Enhanced Service Packs 1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day Included - No Upgrade Selected CompleteCare Declined CompleteCare Protect your new PC
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection Power Supply 90W AC Adapter Bluetooth
No Bluetooth® Card included Order Information Vostro Laptop Order - UK
Primary Battery Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Carrying Cases Nylon X-Large Carrycase
(17') Dell System Media Kit Resource CD - contains Diagnostics and Drivers Colour Choice Matte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel camera Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs Dell Internet Order LCD 17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display TOTAL :£524.00

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I'm guessing one downside is that there are two harddrives in there rather than one. That means more heat, noise and weight compared to one. I also don't think the DVDRW is lightscribe compatible, which is a shame.

Need to check if its gigabit LAN, but I fear not.

Sonic'

I would really like a Laptop with 2 hard drives, I didnt realise they did them

StiX

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Not sure about whether VAT is on that, but I bought a Vostro 1700 about 2 months ago and its been excellent.

Can't recommend them enough, superb spec for the cash.

Mine was £600 all in, v similar spec to that one apart from 2Ghz CPU and smaller single hard-drive - oh and at the time they threw in a 9-cell battery.

Luminous

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The price quoted is without delivery or VAT. However they are doing an offer that gives free delivery. As it is for a business we can reclaim the VAT.

Thanks for the comments, I'll have a chat with them tomorrow about the last couple of things I could not find out from the website. Looks like I will be going with that one. I always find Dell a hard place to shop at, that is actually the most expensive Vostro, but as it does not need configuring it actually ends up being cheaper than the lower spec machines

Luminous

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why would you want that? I can only see downsides really. I suppose you could flip a drive out into another machine to move data about quickly, but...well...even still

Sonic'

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Luminous

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oh, yes I can see how that would help a little. I'm not into that, I can do without

DemonDave

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Price is now £499 plus vat + del

check here for the best dells deals available ... someones does all the work for you

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and then always ring up, they will always do a little more discount over the phone if you push them

Dave.

finalzero

That's a pretty good deal actually considering the spec. I have ordered an IBM T61p as I needed something a bit more business like and with enough grunt to meet my coding and graphics & design demands.

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Another brand worth checking out is Novatech (Laptop Ranges : Computer Supplies and PC Components from Novatech) - they do some really smart laptops, the x80r shares the same hardware as the more pricey Rock X770 laptop and is a serious powerhouse when it comes to gaming and acting as a desktop replacement.

bioforger

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I've got a T61p thinkpad for work to, very nice lappy. Bit of a brute and on the heavy side thou And the screen isn't the best, suffers a bit from graining. Apart from that, very nice indeed.

alistair

They crop up in the Dell outlet on eBay every so often as well.

Luminous

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Super, thanks for all the extra input....I expect an order will be placed at the end of the bank holiday