Yup, and I think it's upgradeable to 4GB.
Its £299 ex VAT or £351 inc VAT to get free delivery.
> Sounds fairly reasonable. At least with 2GB ram, 160GB hard drive and a
> Core 2 Duo you've got a bit of future proofing (or well, maybe a load if
> you're going to run Ubuntu on it).
>
> Does th
> Free delivery over 200 quid. I think I herd before.
That is, if it's not free... Ring them :)
You will get a lot of money off.
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On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> James Grabham wrote:
>> Talked to my Dad, and I think Ill get a vostro 1510, C2D 2GB 15.4 160GB
>> for about £350 inc VAT.
>>
>
> Sounds fairly reasonable. At least with 2GB ram, 160GB hard drive and a
> Core 2 Duo you've got
James Grabham wrote:
> Talked to my Dad, and I think Ill get a vostro 1510, C2D 2GB 15.4 160GB
> for about £350 inc VAT.
>
Sounds fairly reasonable. At least with 2GB ram, 160GB hard drive and a
Core 2 Duo you've got a bit of future proofing (or well, maybe a load if
you're going to run Ubunt
Matt Jones wrote:
> I assume you are talking about the vostro 1000, which is basically a
> black inspiron of a couple of generations ago. The build isn't as good
> as the newer vostro's, as it is essentially a consumer product. It
> doesn't really fit into the smallish size requirement.
>
> Mj
Try this place http://www.mcscom.co.uk/
It has a wide selection of laptops all refurbished but could be
perfectly fine.
Hope it helps,
Toby.
James Grabham wrote:
> Talked to my Dad, and I think Ill get a vostro 1510, C2D 2GB 15.4 160GB
> for about £350 inc VAT.
>
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Talked to my Dad, and I think Ill get a vostro 1510, C2D 2GB 15.4 160GB for
about £350 inc VAT.
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On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Stephen Courtney
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> James Grabham wrote:
>> So, is the general consensus, get a Vostro 1000, and live with having to
>> lug a 15.4 inch thing around every day, granted, if the battery on the
>> acers is terrible, it would be pointles luggi
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:13 PM, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, is the general consensus, get a Vostro 1000, and live with having to lug
> a 15.4 inch thing around every day, granted, if the battery on the acers is
> terrible, it would be pointles lugging anything around. It's get
James Grabham wrote:
> So, is the general consensus, get a Vostro 1000, and live with having to
> lug a 15.4 inch thing around every day, granted, if the battery on the
> acers is terrible, it would be pointles lugging anything around. It's
> getting more and more complicated :)
>
You could a
So, is the general consensus, get a Vostro 1000, and live with having to lug
a 15.4 inch thing around every day, granted, if the battery on the acers is
terrible, it would be pointles lugging anything around. It's getting more
and more complicated :)
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Kris Douglas
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Colin McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:57 PM, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I'm quite interested in an acer Extensa 4220-101G08Mi (Catchy name)
>
> We have a lot of Acer laptops at work and they are terrible. Also Ace
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:57 PM, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm quite interested in an acer Extensa 4220-101G08Mi (Catchy name)
We have a lot of Acer laptops at work and they are terrible. Also Acer
customer service is the worst on earth. I would not wish an Acer
product on my w
Rob Beard wrote:
> James Grabham wrote:
>
>> Sooo, 16th birthday a week on Sunday, college starts in Sepember, so I
>> want a laptop.
>>
>> Looking at £300 or less.
>>
>>
>
> If you could manage to stretch your budget just a slight bit more you
> could get a Dell Vostro with AMD Mobile At
James Grabham wrote:
> Sooo, 16th birthday a week on Sunday, college starts in Sepember, so I
> want a laptop.
>
> Looking at £300 or less.
>
If you could manage to stretch your budget just a slight bit more you
could get a Dell Vostro with AMD Mobile Athlon X2 or Turion X2, 2GB Ram,
160GB ha
I'm quite interested in an acer Extensa 4220-101G08Mi (Catchy name)
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/5112498/Acer-Extensa-4220-101G08Mi-Celeron-M-540-1-83GHz-1GB-80GB-14-1-DVD-SM-Vista-Home-Basic-Laptop-Notebook/Product.html
- *Product Specifications*
- Processor: Intel Celeron M 540 / 1.83 G
James Grabham wrote:
> Dell Vostro 1310?- business grade, should have decent compatibility-
> They start at £250, plus VAT, plus £60 delivery! Far too expensive,
> shame, I'd love one.
Ring them. Explain your total budget is £300 and not a penny more.
They'll almost certainly knock the pri
> Another thing, probably fairly obvious, but avoid PC World, Comet,
> Currys et al. I learned that lesson the hard way
>
> Mj
Agreed. PCW is definately somewhere to avoid at all costs, as are the
others, they are the same company, I think.
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Dell Vostro 1310?- business grade, should have decent compatibility-
> except dell wireless which is most likely Broadcom. Remember you need to
> add VAT onto the price Dell state on their website, the exvat price
> should wind up about £250
They start at £250, plus VAT, plus
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Matt Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> James Grabham wrote:
>> Sooo, 16th birthday a week on Sunday, college starts in Sepember, so I
>> want a laptop.
>>
>> Looking at £300 or less.
>>
>> I want to get spomething with a 14inch; 15.4 inch seems the norm, but
>> it'
Another thing, probably fairly obvious, but avoid PC World, Comet,
Currys et al. I learned that lesson the hard way
Mj
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On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Dave Morley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 20:11 +0100, James Grabham wrote:
>> Sooo, 16th birthday a week on Sunday, college starts in Sepember, so I
>> want a laptop.
>>
>> Looking at £300 or less.
>>
>> I want to get spomething with a 14inch;
James Grabham wrote:
> Sooo, 16th birthday a week on Sunday, college starts in Sepember, so I
> want a laptop.
>
> Looking at £300 or less.
>
> I want to get spomething with a 14inch; 15.4 inch seems the norm, but
> it's a bit big to lug around every day.
>
> I wish I could get dual core, but I t
On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 20:11 +0100, James Grabham wrote:
> Sooo, 16th birthday a week on Sunday, college starts in Sepember, so I
> want a laptop.
>
> Looking at £300 or less.
>
> I want to get spomething with a 14inch; 15.4 inch seems the norm, but
> it's a bit big to lug around every day.
>
> I
Sooo, 16th birthday a week on Sunday, college starts in Sepember, so I want
a laptop.
Looking at £300 or less.
I want to get spomething with a 14inch; 15.4 inch seems the norm, but it's a
bit big to lug around every day.
I wish I could get dual core, but I think bcause of the budget I'll be
look
I wonder what controls Alan's Sky boxes? I bet it's not Windows - is it?
-- Well, that phone in the bottom left foreground, an E3 I think, runs Linux...
:)
History shows that
whatever starts in the business and back-end world ends up finding
it's way through the servers, to the corporate deskto
A few random ramblings...
Alan talked about "Microsoft being in every office", although it
interests me that he then specifically mentions that "everyone uses
Word, Excel, ..." - I guess an operating system isn't really the
important thing at all, it's the applications that are used. A shift
to OD
Josh Blacker wrote:
> Something of an, er, interesting comment beginning 7:11 on this video:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7462104.stm
>
> The rest of the video is pretty boring, including the preceding section
> on 'Is Microsoft a monopoly?'.
I haven't watched this clip, but according to
I found the interview quite interesting... what "Alan Michael Sugar
Trading" (Amstrad) achieved in the 80s was nothing short of
extraordinary... their machines were actually pretty naff, but they
were cheap... and they kept up the free thinking that had
characterised computing up until the mid-80s
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> Thanks for the pointers. Will consult Google.
> David.
you could also consider the benefits of recordmydesktop, it can be
sized to a custom window size when in use.
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Josh Blacker wrote:
> Something of an, er, interesting comment beginning 7:11 on this video:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7462104.stm
>
> The rest of the video is pretty boring, including the preceding section
> on 'Is Microsoft a monopoly?'.
Alan Sugar's business model is a strongly con
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