£500-£600 Laptop

Fraggr · 10 Sep 2009 at 15:38

Hey guys. Long time no post, but I'm in need of some help!

I'm going off to uni to do mechanical engineering, and am looking for something with a fairly powerful processor, 4gb ram, and an okay-ish graphics card so I can run maple, and autoCAD, etc.

It's been a long time since I've looked at hardware prices, so I've got no clue about what's good anymore!

Budget is £500-£600!

iMacMart · 10 Sep 2009 at 16:14

Dell outlet?

sketch145 · 10 Sep 2009 at 16:39

tweakinfreak said:
Dell outlet?

definitely have a look at this, I just got a studio 15 from the outlet and it was like new (I presume it was a cancelled order.)

specs were:

p8600 @ 2.4Ghz 800Mhz 3MB
4GB ddr2 800Mhz RAM
320GB HDD (5400rpm)
512MB ATI mobility radeon HD4570
WXGA WLED Truelife (glossy) display
slot loading dvd/rw
spring green microsatin (a kind of rubbery texture) lid
and as a bonus it came with the backlit keyboard option which wasn't even mentioned on the outlet site.

Got it for £450 including delivery which is about £300 off that specs new price \o/

When I looked there were a few studio xps 16's at your budget; not sure on specs though.

iMacMart · 10 Sep 2009 at 18:12

Only issue is I can't see the graphics card spec on the Outlet so how do you know what your getting?

Skyboat · 11 Sep 2009 at 18:22

Phone them quoting the system identifier and they'll tell you.

iMacMart · 11 Sep 2009 at 18:46

Skyboat said:
Phone them quoting the system identifier and they'll tell you.

Sweet!

Sale number is the right one to call?

sketch145 · 12 Sep 2009 at 18:10

I think so, either use that or contact them via their twitter page.

iMacMart · 14 Sep 2009 at 18:37

sketch145 said:
I think so, either use that or contact them via their twitter page.

Called the sales number and they said email [email protected]

Pretty pants as there is noway they are going to respond within 15mintues and the unit gets pulled out of your basket again?

Haven't got a twitter account....