quick system/value check 17" Dell Laptop
I'm hoping to buy this for my sister:
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Inspiron Studio 1737
Studio 1737 Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 (2.2GHz,800MHz,2MB)
Windows Vista® Home Premium;Windows Vista® Home Premium
System Price : £493.28
Memory
6144MB (1x2048 + 1x4096) 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel
Hard Disk Drive
320GB HD 5400
Video Graphics 256 MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3650
Certified Refurbished
Display 17.0 Widescreen WXGA+ Truelife CCFL
System ColorLCD Back Cover Sea Sky
MISC
MS Vista Premium Logo Label NB (small)
Wireless Intel WiFi Link 5100
Keyboard Internal UK English Qwerty
Battery Primary 6 cell
Wireless Europe Dell Bluetooth 370 Card
Base
Studio 1737 Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 (2.2GHz,800MHz,2MB)
Media Bay
DVD+/-RW
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Could anyone confirm that at £493 + Del and VAT this is infact a decent deal?
She will probably only watch YouTube on it so the GPU may be overkill!
:)
Re: quick system/value check 17" Dell Laptop
Firstly it is a refurbished notebook and secondly 6GB is OTT for light usage. If your sister is not doing any sort of gaming I would go with a low end HD4*** graphics card as it has the improved UV2 media decoder as opposed to the earlier UVD in the HD3*** series.
I would also be looking to get Windows 7 too.
Also the newer Dell notebooks have LED backlights which are better IIRC.
I would probably go for one of the Dell notebooks listed here:
http://www.dmxdimension.com/dell-uk/...codes-coupons/
The website I linked to lists the current Dell deals and the links are directly to the Dell website.
Re: quick system/value check 17" Dell Laptop
Re: quick system/value check 17" Dell Laptop
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Originally Posted by
CAT-THE-FIFTH
Firstly it is a refurbished notebook and secondly 6GB is OTT for light usage. If your sister is not doing any sort of gaming I would go with a low end HD4*** graphics card as it has the improved UV2 media decoder as opposed to the earlier UVD in the HD3*** series.
I would also be looking to get Windows 7 too.
Also the newer Dell notebooks have LED backlights which are better IIRC.
I would probably go for one of the Dell notebooks listed here:
http://www.dmxdimension.com/dell-uk/...codes-coupons/
The website I linked to lists the current Dell deals and the links are directly to the Dell website.
Thanks mate :)
Re: quick system/value check 17" Dell Laptop
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Originally Posted by
CAT-THE-FIFTH
Firstly it is a refurbished notebook and secondly 6GB is OTT for light usage
yes and yes - but credit to Dell, I've bought two things from Outlet and they've been good as new
Re: quick system/value check 17" Dell Laptop
The spec you originally listed is decent for the price but it does seem a tad OTT in some regards for normal usage. If anything I would rather have less RAM,a newer but less power graphics card(with better media decoding abilities and lower power consumption) and a more powerful CPU but I suppose I am nit picking. However the fact that the newer notebooks have an LED backlight and Windows 7 would sway it for me personally.
Re: quick system/value check 17" Dell Laptop
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CAT-THE-FIFTH
The spec you originally listed is decent for the price but it does seem a tad OTT in some regards for normal usage. If anything I would rather have less RAM,a newer but less power graphics card(with better media decoding abilities and lower power consumption) and a more powerful CPU but I suppose I am nit picking. However the fact that the newer notebooks have an LED backlight and Windows 7 would sway it for me personally.
gotcha - that's what I'm going for. Will let you know what I finally decide on
