£2k laptop

Maccapacca

Maccapacca

Maccapacca

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Hello folks, I'm looking to spend £2k on a laptop maybe a bit more but absolutely nothing less, not even a penny.

For small business.
Must have a large screen to look at large format pdf's dwg's a msproject.
Must have MS project and Office 365 included in price as a one invoice purchase.

Other than that I'm not fussed I just want the best I can get. Any suggestions.

Thanks :)
 
tom_e said:
To be fair that was the number one thing stated on the first line of the post :D
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Actually the price on the laptop I pointed out has dropped so he could grab himself a bargain.

But if he wants to spend more then it is up to him? Funny dude arguing about a penny though :D
 
Andy7 said:
Actually the price on the laptop I pointed out has dropped so he could grab himself a bargain.

But if he wants to spend more then it is up to him? Funny dude arguing about a penny though :D
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maccapacca said:
If I spend in excess of 2k I can claim the vat back so costs me 1666. If I spend 1999.99 it costs 1999.99.

Flat rate vat
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This.

And who says he's footing the bill?

I'd be looking at something sleek, aluminium body etc..
 
Will the book price for Ms project is around £950 and it's not the sort of software you can pick up cheap. Could be worse could be using p6 then you'd be in real trouble
 
Been offered this with MS Project and Office 2013 for a smidgen over £2k

Inspiron 17, 7746 1 SR
5th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3.00 GHz) 1 SR
Intel(R) i7 CPU label 1 SR
17.3-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Truelife LED-Backlit Touch Display 1 SR
LCD Back Cover for Touch Screen -Silver 1 SR
No Option Included 1 SR
English, French, German, Italian, Dutch Shipping Docs 1 SR
Placemat Documentation 1 SR
Shipping Material 1 SR
Wireless Card Driver for Intel(R) 7265-AC 1 SR
16GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (8GBx2) 1 SR
1TB (5400rpm) Hybrid HDD with 8GB Flash 1 SR
Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD) 1 SR
Cyberlink Software for Windows 8 without media 1 SR
Power Cord UK 1 SR
58 WHr, 4-Cell Battery (integraged) 1 SR
Palmrest Label 1 SR
NVIDIA GeForce 845M 2GB GDDR5 1 SR
90 Watt AC Adaptor 1 SR
Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265 2x2 + Bluetooth 4.0 1 SR
Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Backlit Keyboard 1 SR
Windows 8.1 (64Bit) English 1 SR
Microsoft(R) Office 2013 Software Image (Multi-Language) 1 SR
McAfee(R) Live Safe Image 1 SR
System Regulatory Label for EMEA 1 SR
System driver for Windows 1 SR
Amazon Kindle Metro App 1 SR
Amazon Shopping Taskbar Icon 1 SR
Amazon Shopping Metro App 1 SR
McAfee LiveSafe Consumer 12 Month Subscription 1 SR
 
I don't believe it's against the rules as you're not linking to a competitor, just discussing the hardware

That looks mostly decent with Project included, but I'd be wanting an SSD for this sort of money, not a HDD.

Also, ask them to remove this bloatware crap...

McAfee(R) Live Safe Image 1 SR
Amazon Kindle Metro App 1 SR
Amazon Shopping Taskbar Icon 1 SR
Amazon Shopping Metro App 1 SR
McAfee LiveSafe Consumer 12 Month Subscription 1 SR
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And as an aside, if you have a funny requirement like a minimum price of £2,000, perhaps you should explain why in future, so people don't think you're taking the ****? Because while there was a good reason for it, that's how it came accross over the first few posts of this thread.
 
Another option excluding software

Dell Precision M6800 BTX Base 1 SR
Smartcard Reader Base (Non FIPS) 1 SR
Intel Core i7-4810MQ Processor (Quad Core 2.80GHz, 3.80GHz Turbo, 6MB 47W, w/HD Graphics 4600) 1 SR
No Energy Star 1 SR
17.3 inch UltraSharp FHD(1920x1080) Wide View Anti-Glare LED-backlit with Premium Panel Guarantee 1 SR
Smart Card Reader (Contact Only, No Contactless Smart Card Reader) and No Fingerprint Reader Palmrest 1 SR
Software for Integrated Camera 1 SR
Integrated Camera, Microphone bezel 1 SR
Back cover for HD+/FHD panel no WiGig 1 SR
English Shipping Docs 1 SR
English Setup and Features Guide 1 SR
Dell Precision M6800 Packaging 1 SR
Dell Precision Ship Material 1 SR
UK/Irish/MY/SG/HK/Sri Langka/ Brunei Power Cord 1 SR
16GB (4x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3L 1 SR
1TB 2.5inch SATA (5,400 Rpm) Hard Drive 1 SR
8X DVD+/-RW Drive Slot Load 1 SR
PowerDVD Software not included 1 SR
Dell Precision M6800 Resource DVD 1 SR
240W AC Adapter 1 SR
9-cell (97Wh) Lithium Ion battery with ExpressCharge 1 SR
Intel Core Label i7 for vPro 1 SR
Dell Precision M6800 Regulatory label for Non-Touch Screen 1 SR
NVIDIA Quadro K3100M w/4GB GDDR5 1 SR
Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 802.11ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 + Bluetooth 4.0 LE Half Mini Card 1 SR
Intel Wireless 7260 Driver 1 SR
Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Backlit dual Pointing Keyboard 1 SR
Windows 7 Professional (64Bit Windows 8.1 License, Media)- English, French, German, Dutch, Italian 1 SR
Windows 8.1 (64Bit) MUI Resource DVD 1 SR
Microsoft Office 2013 Trial, MUI 1 SR
Intel vPro Technology Enabled 1 SR
Dell Backup and Recovery Basic 1 SR
Waves Maxx Audio 1 SR
Dell Applications for Windows 7 1 SR
Adobe Reader 11 1 SR
Dell Data Protection | Protected Workspace 1 SR
Not Selected in this Configuration 1 SR
Visit www.dell.com/encryption 1 SR
Not Selected in this Configuration 1 SR
Dell Data Protection | Security Tools Digital Delivery/NB 1 SR
MY DELL 1 SR
McAfee SecurityCenter 30 Day Trial 1 SR
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FRS is the reason, but the beauty is that as long as the single invoice is £2k+, all is well. Personally, when the time comes to replace MyCo's P35k, I will be looking at a printer refresh, external HDD, replacement NAS and/or whatever else - saving is not to be sniffed at, so long as you actually have need of the other bits and bobs :)
 
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