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Help... please!! if you have approx €700 to spend what woudl u do?!

  • 04-09-2006 11:01pm
    #1
    cramming
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭


    Hi i'm sorry to rehash the whats the best laptop thing.....

    I need to buy a laptop and am utterly confused... i really am not terribly computer savvy - just wondering what kind of machine you would recommend for this kind of price range .... could stretch it to about €800 if i had to....

    Some IT knowledgeable friends have explained that you need to make sure you get a minimum of 512 mbs of RAM... any other things to watch for???

    Starting back to college soon and use my computer for all the usual stuff... essays etc... i do a fair bit of research online and would really really like to have a laptop which is wireless enabled....

    Lots of people say don't touch Dell with a barge pole... others say its the only way to go for the lower price range stuff...

    Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated...


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  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Well if you only want it for basic stuff like internet, email and word processing then one of the Dell Inspirons will do fine (you can customize it a bit to get your wireless card in there). I would suggest upgrading the RAM yourself later on perhaps as it would be cheaper and also get a decent 2-3 year warranty with it to be sure nothing goes wrong.


  • #3
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,504 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    Agree with Ruu, i think a recent thread here deals with the inspiron 1300

    Buy the basic configuration with a wireless card for €485 incl. VAT and shipping. Its gonna do all you need but it is VERY basic. If you desire, you can fiddle with the dell config utility to get a machine thats better and within budget.

    RAM and hard drives can be bought cheaper afterwards from a 3rd party supplier (komplett, et al), dell make alot of cash on these upgrades so charge over the odds for them. If you cant install it yourself, google a few inspiron "step-by-step" guides with big colour photos (the best kind of guide) or find/make a friend who has the know-how.

    EDIT: www.dell.ie/outlet, good if you can find a deal, but prices vary and are not consistent with specification. Also dont include VAT as listed, so go to checkout to get the total price. I saw an XPS M1210 last nite for 1000 euro excl.VAT and a lower spec for 1400 excl.VAT. Caveat Emptor.


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