[dontfollowme]

Hi guys, I am thinking of treating myself to a Dell laptop which will mainly be used for browsing the web and checking email with - it won't be my main computer.

The spec is as follows:
Intel® Celeron® M Processor 380 (1.60 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB)
768MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM Memory
40GB (5.400rpm) Hard Drive
14.1inch WXGA (1280x800) LCD Panel
Dellâ„¢ Wireless 1370 802.11b/g Mini PCI Card
56k modem

The model is Dell (N05136) Inspiron 1300 and £398.99 Includes VAT & Shipping.

I'm tempted because it comes with a lot of memory for the price point but I am not up on what is good in the processor world.

Is it good value for money?
 
 

[Jim]

Seems to be pretty good although I'm not up on laptops

[Palomides]

Those cheap Inspirons are very good value - with the caveat that you're getting what you pay for...

For an "occasional use" or second PC it should be alright, but i wouldn't leave any valuable data on it.

A couple of things though;
The 768MB RAM offer ends today
The price you've shown only includes a 90 day collect&return warranty. I've seen a suggestion on another forum that this isn't actually legal, as you could reasonably expect a laptops life to be more than 3 months, so you've really got two choices. Either suck it up and pay another £100-ish for the 3-year warranty, or take the 90-day bollocks and try and argue your customer rights if it breaks down too quickly. Of course you could be lucky and have no problems, and for £400 for a reasonable laptop you might decide it's worth the chance

Oh yes, it is this one isn't it?
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=ukdhs1&kc=ukdhsonl&oc=N05136&x=0&y=0

[dontfollowme]

I have gone for it but added the 6 cell battery for an extra tenner, it is the one in the link provided. Cheers for your thought everyone.