you can extend a dell warranty anytime you want even after 1 year the warranty has ended :)

mine broke before i extended it :| :!

so I just called, put a new warranty for 3 years (all hardware except battery) and then after 3 days phoned Tech Support that it wasn't poering up

New P.Supply
New DVD-RW
New Motherboard

all in 2 days. Changed on site:cool:

super service

The inspiron 6400 seems to be a very good deal

I also have a friend who buys from the dell outlet and sells at much better prices. If interested let me know
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I have an Acer...paid £550 for mine a year ago...cant fault it really...

80GB HD
1024 DDR2 RAM
3100+ Semperon Processor
Wireless

Only use it for word processing and tinterweb...so does a job...

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Ah-ha, good thinking, i was gonna take the 1yr warranty anyway if i did choose Dell, can sort out the software issues myself, and hardware usually breaks a day after the 1year, so if you can extend it at the end of 1 then that's good :)

don't add up the warranty now, do it after a year then extend by 3 yrs, you'll end up paying less than £100 for the 3 years.

I just did the same with 2 of my dell laptops.

oh and I paid £128 extended 3 years for both making it £64 each and it is an on-site warranty

Just got a new power supply, new dvd drive and new motherboard re-installed
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[Edited on 12-11-2006 by abdus]

Yeah, that Dell i'm looking at, with 1yr Warranty it's £590 or something, (3yr puts it up to £700 or so) with double memory Up to 1024mb, and Free del, free all-in-one printer ...

Dell can be good if you catch a promotion, double memory, free delivery etc. The regular stuff isn't so keenly priced.

Not sure about Acer, no experience of them.

Yep, that's right.

I'm fairly out of touch these days with computers and stuff, so...

Recommend me a laptop for £500-600 please :)

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/118194

That's the best value i've looked at but don't know about Acer being a good laptop make they used to specialise in monitors from what i remember.

Also the Dell 6400, but it seems to cost more than that Acer.

Cheers