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ed

posted on 4th Oct 08 at 11:01

Slow XP is bad though. As is slow OSX and anything else :lol:


John

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 21:41

When have you came across a pc with not enough cahce on the processor to cope with vista :lol:


Tom J

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 21:36

if its got vista make sure it has enough cache to cope with it, nothing worse than slow vista


ed

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 18:20

Think I'll go for it because I'm going to get it on the buy now pay later thing they have on offer at the moment if I can figure out if I can just pay the balance off in one go rather than having to do the finance for god knows how many years :lol:


John

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 18:10

1280x800 does the job i'd always take the higher res if the money was available though.

In saying that though, if it's only for use in uni for reading and typing up it could very well be a waste of £80.


ed

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 16:55

Just trying to think if it's worth getting the 1440x900 display over the 1280x800. The thing is only a 15" :lol: It's £80 extra, this is the frustrating thing about not being able to see it before you pay up...


deano87

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 16:45

quote:
Originally posted by John
The same spec pc's on the small to medium business page would have most likely been priced without vat and delivery.

They were, bit it still worked out cheaper :)


ed

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 16:31

Oh, missed the part about the processors having faster FSB's and cache's, but seeing as I'm just buying this to take notes and word process, that shouldn't be a issue.


John

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 16:27

The same spec pc's on the small to medium business page would have most likely been priced without vat and delivery.


deano87

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 16:24

quote:
Originally posted by ed
Is there something I'm not taking into account, or are Dell just praying on the ignorant?

Just praying on the ignorant really.

Dad needed 2 new PC's for his business. The same spec PC's were cheaper via 'Small-Medium Business' than 'Home Office' or something.

EDIT: It's a bit like Sainsbury's Basics loo roll. A lot cheaper than their normal Sainsburys brand, but you also get less on the roll, yet the same amount of rolls. False economy n'all that.

[Edited on 03-10-2008 by deano87]


John

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 15:35

They all have varying specs when I go to that page, mostly similar but more ram, truelife display (con) etc.

I've done what you've done before though so just do it whatever way is the cheapest.


ed

posted on 3rd Oct 08 at 14:55

I'm looking at buying a Dell Studio laptop some time soon and I'm just checking the prices...

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop_studio_15?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

I've noticed they all have the same:

Processor
OS
Display
GPU
Optical Drive
Warranty

The only thing that differs from the base spec is the HDD and the RAM. So I go and price it up using the cheapest system and spec it with a 250gb HDD and 3gb RAM and the cost is less than the system that comes with that spec as base.

Is there something I'm not taking into account, or are Dell just praying on the ignorant?