Dell 1747 on its way.

hyster

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After have pretty good luck with Dell's "sratch and dent", ,the netbook I bought my missus never had a mark on it....I decided to have a look for a laptop today.

I've been having a hunt for a laptop to mainly surf the net and run lightroom and hopfully photoshop cs5 soon.

Found this on their site for £573, pretty chuffed with that.

Studio 1747
English Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
17.3in High Definition+ (1600X900)
4096MB (2x2048) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
Hard Drive : 500GB Serial ATA (7200RPM)
Graphics 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
English Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)

Looks like it takes a second hard drive too, give the option to fit a solid state drive to run windows at a later date.

Looking forward to geting it now

:cool:
 
I got a 1747 4 month ago and its been very good. I Paid £741 for it. If you do a fresh install of windows remember to try and back up the webcam driver as its not on dells website or the disks. Also some people had problems with the 90w power brick so if you have stuttering under high load contact dell and they send a 130w.
 
hey there hyster, i don't suppose you know if HP do the same type of outlet service?

i was in pc world today browsing, and saw the HP Pavillion DV6-2110, which has very similar spec (15" tho), but was priced at 799 (vs 505 for 15" dell)
unfortunately, they don't have any studio laptops in store, so i can't see/feel what it is like, and i am very particular about the feel of a laptop. the new laptops that have a textured touch pad drive me insane. if i wanted to sand my fingertips, i'd become a carpenter.

cheers for any advice
atocp
 
That's a little extreme, the Studio 15 pad is textured but very lightly just so there's a transition between the bodywork and actual pad.
 
hey there guys,

sorry to tag another question onto this, but it is quite related.
I was looking at the 1558 laptop on the dell outlet site, and noted that it has a base of an Intel i5. But the processor states it is an i7. Does anyone know how you can find out extended specifications of the laptops on the outlet site, as the specs they give you only cover the mem, cpu, hdd, os and optical. Things like wifi (a,b,g,n), ethernet (10/100/1000) etc would be nice to know, not to mention all the other stuff like connectivity.


I know asking dell would be better, but i did, and their customer services sent me to the dell_outlet_auctions@ mail address, which seems to be unmanned by the time it is taking for them!
Do you just look on the dell website for the NEW laptop of the same kind, and fill in the blanks from that? Or because it 'could' have been customised, is that not wise?

Thanks for any help of this rather annoying situation,

atocp
 
Unfortunately it's very hard to find that info past the main specs such as CPU, RAM, GPU. Also due to nature of outlet and good deals selling out within half hour, it will most likely be gone by the time you get a response. There is a degree of gambling involved when ordering, as long as you're happy with the main specs then rest is just extras.
 
cheers for that. im weighing up what i would have to buy if i didn't get the extras i'd wanted. it would only appear to be the wireless as N, a gigabit and the HDMI. other than that, i don't really care too much. the gigabit and hdmi come as standard on the motherboard, and i could by a new wireless half-mini card if i needed. now i need to weigh up my options and figure out if the specs meant i5 or i7!

thanks for the help neoboy

atocp
 
just got the exact same model and specs as OP today off the dell outlet for £545 inc free postage today :D

did the OP get a the laptop yet? if so how long did it take to arrive and what's your general opinion of it?
 
-Exodus- said:
just got the exact same model and specs as OP today off the dell outlet for £545 inc free postage today :D

did the OP get a the laptop yet? if so how long did it take to arrive and what's your general opinion of it?
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Congrats on the deal, I don't get mine till Monday so I can't give you my opinion just yet.
 
it seems varied.
Its definitely faster then ordering one, but some have taken a while and some pretty quick.
Mine was here within 3days, but I did not expect it for a week.

My 1749 is clocking up a good few hours gaming per day so far, and is doing just fine.
 
Hey guys

Some of the deals on the dell refurbished laptops seem too good to be true? What's wrong with these laptops? I might be interested in buying one but there doesn't seem to be any details to what's wrong with them and I don't want to spend £500 for a half working laptop.

Can anyone give me some more information on this?

Thx;)
 
Mine was purchased as a 'scratch or dent' and I have been over it with a very close eye - nothing.
The only thing I can assume is maybe it was dmg, and they replaced something then put it onto the outlet.
I guess its all about luck, but you still are covered by the distance selling rules.
 
Yeah as they also build a lot of their stuff to order if a customers cancels order or returns it then they can't sell them as brand new either. Mine took a week to arrive, a couple of days before their ETA, they come packaged with all the accessories as if brand new and you still get standard 1 year warranty and can extend it as you please.
 
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