M4tt_Envoy
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Start a new job in a month and have been given 1k budget to purchase a laptop from Dell
Would like something which is light, 3D Ready, Least 500GB HD and 4GB RAM, any reccomendations?
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Someone in my office just got bought a Precision Workstation, looks good for a Dell.
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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Macbook Pro
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C2RL R
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Get an xps and add the extras you want. Might have to be a 15 in that price range.
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ed
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Don't get an XPS, they're crap.
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John
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Just get whatever latitude fits that budget, I've got an E4310 here and it's a good bit of kit.
The newer models have changed the styling to be more like HP, which I don't like, majority of people must though if that's the way they are going.
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C2RL R
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quote: Originally posted by ed
Don't get an XPS, they're crap.
Fuck all wrong with mine. Although it's pimped to the max!
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Sam
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Matt, my company has got an account with Dell.
If you know which model you are after let me know and I'll see if I can get you a better price than retail.
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John
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How have you found the account to be compared to retail Sam?
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pow
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ALIENWARE
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ed
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quote: Originally posted by C2RL R
quote: Originally posted by ed
Don't get an XPS, they're crap.
Fuck all wrong with mine. Although it's pimped to the max!
If you're satisfied with poorly manufactured junk after spending Apple money on a laptop then
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A2H GO
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My dell Inspiron seems to break weekly which usually ends up in me loosing all my stuff. Massively frustrating.
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Sam
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quote: Originally posted by John
How have you found the account to be compared to retail Sam?
Well I can get discounts on pretty much anything (except Inspiron stuff for some reason), any quote requests over £10k take forever to get qualified though.
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C2RL R
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quote: Originally posted by ed
quote: Originally posted by C2RL R
quote: Originally posted by ed
Don't get an XPS, they're crap.
Fuck all wrong with mine. Although it's pimped to the max!
If you're satisfied with poorly manufactured junk after spending Apple money on a laptop then
It ain't poorly manufactured. I know the older xps was a bit shoddy but there is nothing wrong with these. It doesn't even have the dell wobbly screen. I'm over the moon with mine!
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Sam
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TBH with anything mass produced you are always going to get good examples and bad examples.
It's a shame you can't build your own laptops like you can desktop PCs.
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pow
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My M11x is apple money and has the spec to go with the pricetag
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Dom
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quote: Originally posted by adiohead
Macbook Pro
Would only get you a pauper spec 13" MBP for that budget.
If it has to be from Dell then XPS 15 / XPS L702 etc and max it out otherwise Alienware M14x (14.1" screen). The XPS's feel pretty sturdy from looking at them in the past, certainly my aging Inspiron has stood up well considering the abuse it gets.
As Sam said, you get good and bad examples with all hardware. Even, shock horror, Apple's
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Russ
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pauper spec MBP please
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adiohead
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
pauper spec MBP please
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ed
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quote: Originally posted by M4tt_Envoy
purchase a laptop from Dell
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adiohead
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Dell should sell Apple
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AlunJ
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quote: Originally posted by adiohead
quote: Originally posted by Russ
pauper spec MBP please
+1
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