Should I buy this laptop for the young 'un?

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  1. Gue

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    Looks like a good buy, am I missing anything?

    Ta.

    Here.
     
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  2. Gue

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  3. Gue

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    RE: Oh and...............

    here
     
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  4. Gue

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    Nope!

    I'd personally stay away from laptops. They are impossible to upgrade and expensive when something goes wrong.

    You'd be better off buying a desktop. You get more for your money, cheaper to upgrade, and easier to fix when something goes wrong.

    Dell have some good deals at the moment.
     
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    Well it depends

    Personally I prefer laptops - so for example now I am sitting on my sofa writing this - if I was using the desktop I would need to be in the study.</p>

    There is no question you get a better spec for the same money if you go for a desktop - and you can upgrade it etc - but the downside is portability</p>



    The only problems I can see with the Laptop Windy has picked is the battery life is a bit short, and its a make i've never heard of so no idea on reliability</p>

    The desktop looks fine apart from I'm not over impressed with Lexmark printers - cheap but you pay for that in cartridges. And some of the software bundled in isnt that brilliant - Star office for example - unless it has been significantly improved since I last saw it does everything that Microsoft office does but not as well. Same comment on reliability</p>
     
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    PS

    The Ram is a bit light in both - I'd go for 512 if buying a new PC personally. And check that the Desktop has a network card - not listed in the spec but you will need one if you want to connect it to your other PC's router etc. (if not you can get one for about a tenner but you have to take the cover off to fit it and easy to see that causing warranty issues )</p>



    Check the Dell website for comparisons by the way - you may find that they have a special offer on on something which will give you a better machine for the same dosh</p>
     
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  7. Gue

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    Thanks Tatts, thanks Farnham - much appreciated.
     
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    RE: Well it depends

    battery life on all laptops is bad really. mine get about 1 and half hour. its about standard. there fine on battery until u actually try and do anything.:pff
     
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    well the battery on my Dell

    is good for well over 3 hours when surfing the net wirelessly including listening to footy commentary. I can get over 4 hours if I turn off the wireless and dim the monitor a bit etc. and am doing basic word processing spreadsheet offline email etc.</p>

    (You can get a bigger battery for it as well)</p>
     
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    I wouldn't mate. very poor after sales. All their spare parts have to come from Germany and it takes an age to get them fixed. It took two months for the screen on my work one to be fixed
     
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  11. Gue

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    Dell ar doing good deals at the moment I think
     
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  12. Gue

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    Thanks all - I've just ordered two of these.

    Dell Inspiron 6000
    Pentium M 725a 1.6GHz processor
    512MB RAM
    60GB hard drive
    15.4" widescreen display
    8x DVD+/-RW
    802.11g wifi
    Windows XP
    One year cover.

    £498 each.
     
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    For what its worth

    I think thats a much better idea than the Woolies one you first though of
     
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    RE: Well it depends

    Well, my battery lasts for a good three hours. A God send in an area where flipping power cuts are part of every day life!
     
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    You made a good choice there.
     
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    well what do you expect

    living out in the countryside like

    :pff
     
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    RE: Nope!

    They also take up a lot more space and you can,t take them about with you,sorry but i,ll stick to a laptop thanks!
     
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    RE: well what do you expect

    Well, I did expect the occasional power cut, but down here really takes the biscuit. I'll give them credit tho' because they don't do things by half, oh no. It's not a case of several five minute periods with no lecky; they last for hours!
     
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    RE: Nope!

    Same here. Don't think I could go back to using a PC now. I still hate the mouse on a laptop tho'.
     
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