Shoutbox

Been looking around at laptops and the such and I can't understand why this laptop has such a low price when has much better chip speed, hard drive size and mem size then many others I've looked at?

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-1613.aspx

Built in graphics is the only thing that sticks out at me?

or am I missing something terribly wrong with it?

Everything looks ok to me, Dell seem to be doing some pretty good laptops at the minute for good prices.

It's not that much different compared to other models in the same price range. Laptops in general seem to be getting down in price last couple of months.

''The name tag''.
Isn't that the line that dell is dropping soon?

I put '''' since it's not really anything wrong..

investigate a bit, dell might be really dropping the inspiron line for their new line they just released, but i dunno

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Originally posted by Voldemort
investigate a bit, dell might be really dropping the inspiron line for their new line they just released, but i dunno

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Something along those lines. I know you can pick up their 24" monitors for $200 now. There is also the 1920x1080 24" of theirs going for $150. They are making way for the newer models.

Also something funny... dell website, same price laptop but compare the stats

Dell.co.uk - Inspiron 1525

Processor:
Tesco - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5750 (2 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
Dell - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5550 (1.83 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)

RAM:
Tesco - 3GB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Dell - 2GB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM

Hard Drive Size:
Tesco - 250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Dell - 160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive

Price:
Tesco - £429
Dell - £429


:/

BLAH.

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Originally posted by MenthiX
It's not that much different compared to other models in the same price range. Laptops in general seem to be getting down in price last couple of months.

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Compared to anoter laptop in the same price bracket:
http://direct.tesco.com/compare/?c=204-6256+204-1...1999033%24276.aspx

£20 more for a slightly faster processer, but less ram, less disk space, no built in webcam.

See what I mean?

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Originally posted by albert
''The name tag''.
Isn't that the line that dell is dropping soon?

I put '''' since it's not really anything wrong..

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They still show the 1525 adverts on tv though :/

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Originally posted by Stigmata
They still show the 1525 adverts on tv though :/

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That's so they can get rid of the remaining stock, before the new line hits and they can't sell them directly anymore .

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Originally posted by Stigmata

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Originally posted by MenthiX
It's not that much different compared to other models in the same price range. Laptops in general seem to be getting down in price last couple of months.

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Compared to anoter laptop in the same price bracket:
http://direct.tesco.com/compare/?c=204-6256+204-1...1999033%24276.aspx

£20 more for a slightly faster processer, but less ram, less disk space, no built in webcam.

See what I mean?

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Actually no.... 20 pound more (or less) is nothing, it is still roughly the same price and roughly the same specs.

The price savings from less ram, less disk space and no webcam + the extra 20 pound = difference in price for the slightly faster processor...

It all equals out.

Just so you know Stig, My mom has that same laptop and it's a bit of a beast, it's huge, heavy, awkward, and just doesn't perform. Just so ya know. Part of the performance issue is more towards the fact she downloads alot of junkware and malware, but, it was still slow when it had a fresh load of XP or Vista on it.