New Laptop - Insprion 17 Opinions

[digger600]

Hey people

My laptop is on it's very last legs and down to 1.6Gb free so been looking at getting a new one, had a look round and come up this this dell. Any opinions on the specs and could I get better for the same price anywhere

Intel Core i3-330M 2.13GHz
Windows 7 Home Premium
17.3" WLED High Definition + (1600 x 900) TFT
4096MB RAM
500GB Hard Drive
1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD5450 Graphics Card
DVD Writer
For £529

Think this is okay or should I get something else

Cheers
Jake

[ElectroGirl]

Looks pretty good, for money too
The specs look pretty good, and I trust Dell...
So for me, go for it!

[digger600]

Just reading some reviews and it looks good should last me a while too

and I can get £27 quidco as well, this is starting to look good

[Wem101]

Check Topcashback too!

[Djoscar]

That is a very good deal mate! Looked around and same spec laptops are around £580

[Crazy]

Originally Posted by digger600

Hey people

My laptop is on it's very last legs and down to 1.6Gb free so been looking at getting a new one, had a look round and come up this this dell. Any opinions on the specs and could I get better for the same price anywhere

Intel Core i3-330M 2.13GHz
Windows 7 Home Premium
17.3" WLED High Definition + (1600 x 900) TFT
4096MB RAM
500GB Hard Drive
1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD5450 Graphics Card
DVD Writer
For £529

Think this is okay or should I get something else

Cheers
Jake

As you all should know by now that i work in currys.digital and sell computers as my part time job. @ the age of 16 im very experienced in this area. uum i would go for the new i5 core 2 duo cpu ..currently toshiba is stocking these. Actually it depends on what your going to use it for.

Did you know that some people have core2duo cpu and they dont even use it too half its potential. if its for basic use go for something with a pentium dual core. You can get a T - 000 series with 2mb cache

Anyways thats just my opinion

[imsilly123]

Originally Posted by Crazy

As you all should know by now that i work in currys.digital and sell computers as my part time job. @ the age of 16 im very experienced in this area. uum i would go for the new i5 core 2 duo cpu ..currently toshiba is stocking these. Actually it depends on what your going to use it for.

Did you know that some people have core2duo cpu and they dont even use it too half its potential. if its for basic use go for something with a pentium dual core. You can get a T - 000 series with 2mb cache

Anyways thats just my opinion

didnt understand a word of that, haha

i have (and am on) a laptop similar to what you said, not sure if its the exact same model but.............it seems to work pretty well, never had any trouble with the actual laptop, just the charger, sometimes it cuts out and i have to turn it on and of again. but other than that its great!

[Crazy]

Originally Posted by imsilly123

didnt understand a word of that, haha

Basically what im saying is that be sure to select the right laptop so you have no regrets.

I sell computers for the bigest computer company in the UK so know what im talking about lol

Dont select a computer with the i3 core2duo cpu if your not going to use it to its full potential.

AVOID CELERON - JUST NOT WORTH HAVING ANYMORE

If your going to be using it for school /college work and basic everyday to everyday computing then select a machine with a PENTIUM dual-core processor, you can can a T3*** 64 -bit version of this with 2mb of cache

NOW..IS THAT BETTER LOL

[sandhuharv]

Originally Posted by Crazy

Basically what im saying is that be sure to select the right laptop so you have no regrets.

I sell computers for the bigest computer company in the UK so know what im talking about lol

Dont select a computer with the i3 core2duo cpu if your not going to use it to its full potential.

AVOID CELERON - JUST NOT WORTH HAVING ANYMORE

If your going to be using it for school /college work and basic everyday to everyday computing then select a machine with a PENTIUM dual-core processor, you can can a T3*** 64 -bit version of this with 2mb of cache

NOW..IS THAT BETTER LOL

Errm the i3 chip and the core 2 duo are separate and different chips. You can't get an 'i3 core2duo'. The i3 has 4 cores and the core 2 duo has 2 cores.

I think you're a bit confused.

[burnie3107]

Originally Posted by Crazy

Basically what im saying is that be sure to select the right laptop so you have no regrets.

I sell computers for the bigest computer company in the UK so know what im talking about lol

Dont select a computer with the i3 core2duo cpu if your not going to use it to its full potential.

AVOID CELERON - JUST NOT WORTH HAVING ANYMORE

If your going to be using it for school /college work and basic everyday to everyday computing then select a machine with a PENTIUM dual-core processor, you can can a T3*** 64 -bit version of this with 2mb of cache

NOW..IS THAT BETTER LOL

Any tips on a mac book pro? whats suitable if im using it every day at uni for graphic design and will have various software on it

[digger600]

Thanks for all advice people, looks like I'm gonna go for this one, with quidco I can get it for £502 and specs seem fine for what I'll e using it for

[Djoscar]

Originally Posted by sandhuharv

Errm the i3 chip and the core 2 duo are separate and different chips. You can't get an 'i3 core2duo'. The i3 has 4 cores and the core 2 duo has 2 cores.

I think you're a bit confused.

The i3 has 2 cores, mate. So does the core 2 duo.

The 'i3' chips have the same number of cores, but have so much more than core 2 duo, for eg. 32nm (less power hungry and less heat), integrated graphics, hyper threading, integrated memory controller - all of which the core 2 duo doesn't have.

[sandhuharv]

Originally Posted by Djoscar

The i3 has 2 cores, mate. So does the core 2 duo.

The 'i3' chips have the same number of cores, but have so much more than core 2 duo, for eg. 32nm (less power hungry and less heat), integrated graphics, hyper threading, integrated memory controller - all of which the core 2 duo doesn't have.

I was under the impression that the i-series was all 4 cores, not sure why. Looks like i was the confused one lol. Thanks for clearing it up!

[Djoscar]

Originally Posted by sandhuharv

I was under the impression that the i-series was all 4 cores, not sure why. Looks like i was the confused one lol. Thanks for clearing it up!

Yeah lol, the i3 series have 2 cores, some i5 have 2 cores, some 4, i7 has 4 cores and Intel should be releasing the new i9 with 6 cores this year.

[Crazy]

Originally Posted by sandhuharv

I was under the impression that the i-series was all 4 cores, not sure why. Looks like i was the confused one lol. Thanks for clearing it up!

its allot to take in and can be confusing..dont wory..he just explained it in a clear way then I did. Bith ment the same thing

[digger600]

Just ordered it now, just got to wait and see how long it'll take to deliver but very happy

And hopefully the £27 quidco has tracked

[digger600]

Arrived yesterday, problems with my dads card getting blocked the day after we ordered then no one was in on friday, but it actually took a week from order to first delivery so impressed with dell

love it so far, very swish except got to fget used to this keyboard still and still moving everything important across

[MJ10]

Nice one... i figgin love that laptop! Just cant afford it!

[ElectroGirl]

Nice one Digger
Good to see you got it!

[cameronlaw]

Congrats Digger - I'm using the Inspiron 15 and love it