has anyone managed to pick one up yet?
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has anyone managed to pick one up yet?
no, I'm sad to say there is no-one stocking the S270 in the UK yet, and the base spec S260 for sale is pretty poor and at an over inflated price than first offered.
Best price I've found for the S260 is £898 including VAT plus £4 delivery, £900 is a fry cry than the sub £700 price Hexus quoted in the review. And this whopping £900 price tag is for the bottom spec centrino system with 256...yes 256ram and a 40 gig harddisk. I'm not looking forward to see what the S270 comes in at.
Desipte the fact that this machine is pretty much what I'm looking for for portable work I've had to re-consider this machine (S260) simpley because £900 is way too much for this low spec machine.
i have come to the same conclusion as yourself too expensive at the moment ill give ebay a look later...
ha ha, I've been battering ebay for weeks now.
the only one I've found is the meridion badged version of the S250, but its again a bit poor.
There is an option I'm looking at
http://www.etech4sale.com/notebooks/...id-141907.html
a barebone S260.
I've mailed them asking if they have/can get one with a UK keyboard layout, if this is the case, I'll certainly be purchasing one of these and dumping in some extra's to pad it out. I'd probably be able to make a top spec S260 for the price of the bottom spec S260.
Why don't you just get those little lettering kits from stationary box? Bit of sand paper on the keys and just apply the stickers. You should be able to find them in white text.
not really a fan, if I end up spending £800 on all the kit for a nice little laptop I'd quite like it to come with the right keys on.
looks interesting ill keep an eye on that link im looking forward to a bit more info on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ikonia
I'll let you know what the response comes back is.
I bought one. I damaged it and sent it to MSI UK for repair. They repaired it with inferior quality parts and cracked the LCD while repairing it.
I sent it back but they insist it was damaged in transit. (Their courier mind you!) Now, have no notebook and MSI wanted to charge me for the screen they damaged.
Be very careful buying from these guys as although it's a nicce little notebook, their UK operation isn't really up to servicing these systems. Think they only normally deal with motherboards and components. You might find your warranty is worthless like I did.You can't phone anyone there and they take about 2 weeks to answer emails, if at all. As long as you never need the notebook repaired or serviced though, they're a good little PC but a bit flimsy in construction.
thanks for that gives me something to think about...are you going to try the courier for a claim? i always sign unchecked in case the contents are dammaged...
Was going to but in all honesty, the box it arrived in was undamaged and the screen lid wasn't put on correctly (big gaps on each side)which made me think it was just a poor repair. Also, another piece of it fell off when I took it out and it didn't look like t was battered as it was thin plastic. They replacement lid ws plastic, not magnesium, like the original and it looked dodgy. They're conveniently passing it on to the courier and the original damage but they're not interested really. They charged me for all this too which is the worst bit. I paid to have it made worse.
i would write to the managing director mark the letter personal and private that has known to work...dont let up for all our sakes..
This is on sale at Lidl tomorrow for £499. I say 'this', I mean a rebranded Targa one
The one thats up for £699 atm yeah? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by koocha
aye. Just picked one up from Lidl. Stonking little thing
See PM please mate :DQuote:
Originally Posted by koocha