Just bought this Laptop Views please

Irish Gunner

Just bought a Dell LCD Inspiron 6400 Laptop from the Dell Outlet Store

Spec below

Base: Inspiron 6400 Duo T2300 1.66 GHz, 2 MB

DVD Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW

Floppy Drive: D Series No Floppy Drive

Hard Disk Drive: 80GB (5, 400 rpm) Hard Drive

MISC: NO SNAP COVER OPTION

MISC: 65W AC Adapter

MISC: Photo Shop Photo Album (5.22) - trial version

MISC: UK/Ire - Internal Keyboard

MISC: DVD Cyberlink Decoder Software (No Media)

Memory: 1024MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x512)

Modem: Internal V.92 Modem Adapter IRL,SPN

NoteBook Screen: 15.4 Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) TFT

Software: English - Adobe Reader 6.0

Software: AOL 8, BT + Tiscali ISP combo - UK

Software: English - Microsoft Works 8

Video: 128MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1300 graphics

Operating System: Genuine Windows XP Professional SP2

Only gone to use if for internet browsing, email, music files(not many) so dont need that much memory. Wont be putting much software on it other than firewall and AV protection. Will take half the crap Dell put on it

Anyone got any views, opinions etc on this ?

BostonB

I reckon you should give it to me. IMO of course.:D

ajmull

How much?

Gurgle

Nice specs, more than enough for what you want it to do. Though it pisses me off the way Dell list the free software they install as if it makes it more of a bargain.

Irish Gunner

Cost me €741 + €30 delivery charge

Want to get rid of half the crap/free software on it not sure if it comes with AV or Firewall have nod and Zone Alarm so will put this on. Also Ad Aware

Whats the usual crap they put on ?

Also would I need a Lan adapter key in order to go wireless or are these usually built in ?

Ghost Train

Not too sure if it such a good deal, just looking at the dell website, for 866euro you can get a similar spec machine, although with only 1mb l2 cache, but you get vista home premium, 1084euro for the core 2 duo 1.6 2mb.

but then maybe you get the vista upgrade cheap enough from dell

petes

Use the Dell decrapifier to get rid of the preinstalled stuff.

Irish Gunner

Did not want Vista as some of the programs I have do not 'agree' with it

Not a massive saving in comparison to a new one but hey still a saving and it does the job

Will have a look at the dell decrapifier later thanks

Ghost Train

have a similar spec 6400 myself(t2300 & x1300), battery life not brilliant and bit bulky, but otherwise I'm happy with it. If it's what your looking for then it's probably a good buy, the outlet machines seem to be as good as the new machines

Irish Gunner

eolhc wrote:

have a similar spec 6400 myself(t2300 & x1300), battery life not brilliant and bit bulky, but otherwise I'm happy with it. If it's what your looking for then it's probably a good buy, the outlet machines seem to be as good as the new machines

Does it have wireless facilities or do I have to buy the usb key

Thanks

Ghost Train

Irish Gunner wrote:

Does it have wireless facilities or do I have to buy the usb key

Thanks

Yep, all laptop have wifi these days, so even if it doesnt list it, would be extremely surprised if it doesnt have it

empirix

pity its as ugly, chunky and heavy as sin though!

CtrlSource

petes wrote:

Use the Dell decrapifier to get rid of the preinstalled stuff.

Decrapifier! LOL

Dell seem to be slipping a bit on quality of late (anecdotal evidence)... I'm pretty happy with my 2nd hand D610 though.

Irish Gunner

empirix wrote:

pity its as ugly, chunky and heavy as sin though!

Don't want it as a fashion accessory..

As long as it does the job don't give a monkeys what it looks like

Wont be carrying far either so wont be worried about the weight of it

DemonOfTheFall

I'd suggest downloading all the latest drivers and burning them onto a dvd when you get it. Then reformat the thing and go from scratch. Dell do a pretty good job of making their decent hardware run like **** with their awful software.

petes

empirix wrote:

chunky and heavy as sin though!

Wouldn't bother me, as long as it did the the job.