RE: [OT] Laptop Recommendations

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm keeping an eye on the outlet site at the moment (a couple of laptops
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work).  There's not a whole lot on there at the moment, but it does change
pretty quickly.  From your spec, it sound like you need to be looking at
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Inspirons, as they tend to be better value than the Latitudes, and come
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'consumer' niceties such as TV-out, DVD drives etc.  The downside is that
they tend to be heavier than the Lats, and not quite as robust, but they're
fine.  You could pick up an Inspiron meeting your spec for around =A3600 +
VAT/p&p.  The outlet price is normally around =A3250 off list price.
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In terms of memory, you don't get much choice on the outlet site, but if
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find a laptop that's OK in every other respect, just buy the additional
memory from Crucial; they're normally cheaper than Dell anyway.
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Pete

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From: Jim Noble [mailto:yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 23 November 2004 10:52
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Laptop Recommendations


Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) wrote:

> It's wanted for general email & web-surfing, not specifically
games,
> video editing or anything else 'demanding'. On board LAN & modem
would
> be good, on-board wireless not essential, XP Pro or Home - no
> preference, TV-out would be useful but not essential. I was going to
> suggest no less than 256MB RAM, 40gig HDD - is this good enough ?


Yep, that'll do it. Bit more RAM wouldn't hurt though, especially for XP=20
(I have 368Mb on my win2k lappy, and could sometimes do with more).

> Budget is max of 800 quid including VAT & delivery.
> Any suggestions ? (off-list if preferred)


Dell factory outlet...

Jim