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I would really br greatful of an honest review of the following system...
Dell Inspiron 6000, Pentium M 1.7GHz, 512MB RAM, 15.4" WXGA, Windows XP Media Center - £588 - N01605 (e-value code, direct from Dell)
Is it a good price or is it worth holding out?
Oh, requirements are wireless internet surfing, usual software (ie, itunes, word, excell, excell etc) & I want the system to last in terms of build and general spec for a few years!
Thanks for the input.
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Windows XP Media Centres are a hit, i think u have a winner. However i've seen a couple cheaper offers than that. I don't think you can go wrong.
Look on
or click here
One for £410
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its a decent system (i have one!)
however note the 6000 doesn't have an inbuilt mic or infrared.
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Dell laptops are generally good and one of the best things is the availability of spares and accessories such as batteries. I just got a brand new one for my Inspiron 8100 for £65.
One downside though is that if you have a problem you will have to deal with their infamous call centre. Despite being in India it's staffed with 'cowboys' rather than Indians!
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Thanks for the help guys. In terms of price is it a good deal or is it worth waiting for another to crop up as they often do with dell?!?!
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Thanks for the help guys. In terms of price is it a good deal or is it worth waiting for another to crop up as they often do with dell?!?!
Hi
Check this site, it usually give you the best deal on Dell at the moment
Hope this helps
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Is it a good price or is it worth holding out?
I paid £609 for pretty much the same spec'd machine about 6 months ago. However mine came with the ATI X300 64MB graphics card and a free laser printer.
However mine didn't come with XP Media Cetre (had XP Home SP2).
Also remember to use one of the referral sites for extra money off.
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I have the model that turned into the 6000, aka the 510m, and for the couple of years ive had it, i have had no problems, i only took out the one year warranty as well, not had to do a thing to it. The only advice i would give is to deffinatly add the backup cd rom to the price its about £5.88, there was no option with mine and when i want to install new features or software that came supplied i have to reformat the whole computer and loose all the work.
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bought 6000 just before xmas - similar spec but 1.6 chip and WSXGA screen and dvd rewriter with 1 year collect and return warranty - paid £500 incl and am still waiting for 5% cashback via quidco which will bring it down to £460 or thereabouts - have to say i have found it excellent to use (am typing this on it whilst connected wirelessly to web) and it seems very well built - i can only recommend it - highet
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bought 6000 just before xmas - similar spec but 1.6 chip and WSXGA screen and dvd rewriter with 1 year collect and return warranty - paid £500 incl and am still waiting for 5% cashback via quidco which will bring it down to £460 or thereabouts - have to say i have found it excellent to use (am typing this on it whilst connected wirelessly to web) and it seems very well built - i can only recommend it - highet
Highet,
How fast is your connection to the net? I have a 1MB NTL connection and I understand I would need a cable router. What kind of cinnection speeds could I expect? Thanks
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Highet,
How fast is your connection to the net? I have a 1MB NTL connection and I understand I would need a cable router. What kind of cinnection speeds could I expect? Thanks
I think i can answer that for you,
With NTL you would need a wireless router (not ADSL router), connect that up, even with the slowest version 11mbps its 10 meg faster than your broadband connection, or you could get 54mbps which would be a lot faster than your broadband, you wouldnt get faster broadband just no loss of speed.
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I have just bought a new laptop from dell. The biggest problem I have had to date is working out from there list of updates which ones are needed for my machine. Here's the list of updates:
I still cannot find some of the information/spec to know which are the right downloads for my laptop, anyone any ideas where I may find it please?
Applications
Dell Dell Support 3.1
Dell QuickSet
Sonic Solutions DLA 5.x
Audio Drivers
SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio
Chipset
Intel Mobile Chipset
Communication Drivers
Conexant D110,HDA,MDC,v.92,modem
Diagnostic Utilities
Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics (Graphical User Interface version)
Dell 32-bit Diagnostics Utility Partition Contents Upgrade Tool
Display Devices
Dell E156FPb
Dell E156FPc
Dell E156FPf
Dell E176FPb
Dell E176FPc
Dell E176FPf
Dell E176FPm
Dell E196FPb
Dell E196FPf
Dell E773c
Dell E773s
FlashBIOS Updates
Dell ME051 System BIOS
Input Device Drivers
Synaptics Touchpad
Network Drivers
Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Dell _Wireless (Except US,Japan) WLAN Card
Dell _Wireless (Japan) WLAN Card
Dell _Wireless (US) WLAN Card
Dell Wireless 1350 WLAN PC Card
Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN MiniPCI Card
Dell Wireless 1470 Dual-Band WLAN miniPCI Card
Printer Drivers
Dell Laser Printer 3100cn
Dell Laser Printer 5100cn
Removable Media Storage Devices
Philips SCB5265 slim 24x combo
SMART LF G2 128/256/512MB Memory Key
System and Configuration Utilities
Dell Notebook System Software
Video Drivers
Intel Graphics Video
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I think i can answer that for you,
With NTL you would need a wireless router (not ADSL router), connect that up, even with the slowest version 11mbps its 10 meg faster than your broadband connection, or you could get 54mbps which would be a lot faster than your broadband, you wouldnt get faster broadband just no loss of speed.
Thanks for that. I was hoping to disconnect the desktop from the internet and run a cable router from the cable (ntl) modem upstairs so I could have wireless internet access on the new laptop.
Is that possible? How can I do it, if I want to disconnect the desktop and but advance to the world of wireless??!
Thanks again for any help
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I would really br greatful of an honest review of the following system...
Dell Inspiron 6000, Pentium M 1.7GHz, 512MB RAM, 15.4" WXGA, Windows XP Media Center - £588 - N01605 (e-value code, direct from Dell)
Is it a good price or is it worth holding out?
Oh, requirements are wireless internet surfing, usual software (ie, itunes, word, excell, excell etc) & I want the system to last in terms of build and general spec for a few years!
Thanks for the input.
Hi Jordan,
I have been looking at exactly this system, the Dell Inspiron 6000. A couple of guys at work bought some before Christmas and they have been really happy with theirs.
So far I have held off because I think I should be able to get them a little cheaper than they are at the moment. My work mates got theirs for around £500 and I'm expecting that price to re-appear soon. With respect to Windows Media Center, to me it looks as if Dell are going to make that a standard setup, there have been numerous "free" upgrade to Windows MCE recently, i.e. almost continious.
My Advice? Hold on a few more days and see what turns up in the next wave of offers when the current ones run out on the 25th & 1st Feb.
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I would really br greatful of an honest review of the following system...
Dell Inspiron 6000, Pentium M 1.7GHz, 512MB RAM, 15.4" WXGA, Windows XP Media Center - £588 - N01605 (e-value code, direct from Dell)
Is it a good price or is it worth holding out?
Hi
Just posted this on another thread an extra 5%
Offer valid on selected Dimension desktops and Inspiron notebooks.
Due to End 25/01/2006