Dell Laptops

Post by **-Nick-** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:36 pm

for around the £350-£400 range.

Looks like alot for my money, any hidden dangers in Dells?

Post by **PhoeniX** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:39 pm

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/store/5/cat/Laptops

Some of these are very good, and you're probably not paying as much as you would through Dell

Post by **Foo** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:43 pm

Foo wrote:If you're thinking of it, I'd recommend buying second hand and being prepared to buy a new battery for the unit. Go for a model which was high-end when released, doesn't matter if they're old cause the old high-end laptops absolutely smoke the new low and mid-ranged laptops, even if the newer ones have much higher specs. They're just built worse, run hotter, clunk along, have shitty BIOS... and so on.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun May 13, 2007 9:07 pm

ah, build quality, Foo sees everything

Post by **dzjepp** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:24 pm

Foo wrote:
Foo wrote:If you're thinking of it, I'd recommend buying second hand and being prepared to buy a new battery for the unit. Go for a model which was high-end when released, doesn't matter if they're old cause the old high-end laptops absolutely smoke the new low and mid-ranged laptops, even if the newer ones have much higher specs. They're just built worse, run hotter, clunk along, have shitty BIOS... and so on.

I'm enjoying my c2d lappy, k thx

Post by **Underpants?** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:40 am

Mostly I agree with you, Foo. However, one thing is important-laptops are fragile and the highly expensive display will eventually fail, so new or used, a warranty is sort of like hedging your bets it will work when needed.

Also, the turion64's I bought for field superintendents cost $540.00, have on top of that year warranty, a gig of ram, dvd-r /rw, nice 15" display and an 80 Gig sata drive. Can't really say they're incredible laptops, but they work fine for the price.

Post by **plained** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:19 pm

the problem with dells is they are dells.

sony.

the sonys are pretty tough mine gets right thrashed i'm surprized its still up.

dont go bottom line tho.

sony dont even make desktops anymore and it is kinda a dated concept

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:26 pm

sony fucking suck

Post by **Grudge** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:55 pm

if it's second hand it means it's had some other dude touching it all over while wanking

Post by **menkent** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:22 pm

i haven't been impressed with my woman's dell. it's a design clusterfuck and has a fan that's always on.

Post by **plained** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:26 pm

this sony is dead quiet, fan almost never comes on, never had a crash ever , great screen, good software included. durable.

and now they are cheaper and have more even.

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:50 pm

plained wrote:.

sony dont even make desktops anymore and it is kinda a dated concept

yeah no-one gets a desktop pc anymore

Post by **duffman91** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:06 pm

-Nick- wrote:for around the £350-£400 range.

Looks like alot for my money, any hidden dangers in Dells?

Personally, I'd buy a Lenovo (IBM). Most durable laptops I've ever seen.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:28 pm

plained wrote:the problem with dells is they are dells.

sony.

the sonys are pretty tough mine gets right thrashed i'm surprized its still up.

dont go bottom line tho.

sony dont even make desktops anymore and it is kinda a dated concept

for the price he wants, he won't get a good Sony.

Post by **plained** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:37 pm

oh yea i see now right there he says how much.

I am a big dummy that cant read.

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