Dell Credit note/replacement advice.

Too Tall · 7 Aug 2011 at 12:02

Has anyone had any experience with Dell and credit notes?

My laptop is going back after a few problems and they have offered me either a refund or a credit note, I was thinking for the money i paid for my laptop (£802) I could get a better machine with the offers that are on at the moment, for instance the machine below with the added extras and with the discount and offers is only £37 more.

SYSTEM COMPONENTS

2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz, English Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) Unit Price £1,431.00

Get Free Memory Upgrade to 6GB until 10/08/2011

Get Free Hard Drive Upgrade to 1TB until 10/08/2011

FREE Design Studio cover here - £69.00

Save £453 (Inc Vat) until 10/08/2011 - £453.00
Get £70 off! Expires 10 August 2011 View Details - £70.00

Catalog Number: 202 N00X7M06

i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Memory 6144MB (1x2GB, 1x4GB)
Keyboard Backlit UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
Video Card 3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card
Hard Drive 1TB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Dual HDD - (2x500GB)
DVD+/-RW (DVD, CD read and write)
Wireless Networking Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 (EUR)
Cables UK 250V Power Cord
Service Standard Service - 1 year of Collect & Return 10 day coverage included with your PC
Extended Service 1 year of coverage included with your PC
Primary Battery 9-cell 90Whr Lithium Ion battery
Color Choice Bold and the British
LCD 17.3"(44 cm) HD+ WLED True-Life (1600x900) with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
Power Supply 150W AC Adaptor

TOTAL :£839.00 Inc VAT & Delivery.

Compared with the machine i currently have;

Get Free Hard Drive Upgrade to 500GB until 10/08/2011

Save £104 (Inc Vat) until 10/08/2011 - £104.00

Get £70 off! - £70.00

Intel® Core™ i5-2520M processor 2.50 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.20 GHz
Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Memory 3072MB (1x2GB, 1x1GB)
Keyboard Backlit UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
Video Card 3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card
Hard Drive 500GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
Optical Devices DVD+/-RW (DVD, CD read and write)
Wireless Networking Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 (EUR)
Service Standard Service - 1 year of Collect & Return 10 day coverage included with your PC
6-cell 56Whr Lithium Ion battery
Color Choice Silver Anodized Aluminum Cover
LCD 17.3"(44 cm) HD+ WLED True-Life (1600x900) with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
Power Supply 150W AC Adaptor

TOTAL £818.99 inc VAT & Delivery

To be fair that is quite a good deal as it is, my other option would be to hold onto the £802 credit not and wait for a system around £802 to pop up on the outlet.

What do you guys think?

Knightinator · 8 Aug 2011 at 14:21

Are the lower clocked i7 mobile processors still superior to a higher clocked i5? Been wondering for a while now if that's the case. Surely a 2ghz processor compared to an 2.5 is going to slow things down quite a bit unless i7 is that much quicker clock for clock?

InfiniteNoise · 8 Aug 2011 at 23:02

If it's i7 running at 2GHz then it's quad core, which is faster than i5 if you're using applications that takes advantage of multiple cores.

Too Tall · 9 Aug 2011 at 01:11

I have been offered another system, of the spec below. It doesnt have the extra 500gb hard drive or the memory upgrade but i have a 4gb stick here to go in it anyway.

This one includes the 1080p 3d screen and 3d glasses which to be honest i will likely sell. I would remove them from the options but its part of a "3d" bunndle discount they are doing)

XPS 17

Unit Price £1,340.00

Save £344 (Inc Vat)- £344.00

Get £70 off! - £70.00

i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Memory 4096MB (2x2GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
Backlit UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card - 3D Capable
Hard Drive 500GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
Optical Devices 8x DVD+/-RW, & Blu-ray Disc™ combo drive
Wireless Networking Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 (EUR)
Primary Battery 9-cell 90Whr Lithium Ion battery
Color Choice Silver Anodized Aluminum Cover
LCD 17.3"(44 cm) FHD 3D WLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera

ACCESSORIES
NVIDIA ® 3D Vision Active Shutter Glasses £109.00

TOTAL :£1,035.00

What do you guys think?

scrlk · 10 Aug 2011 at 23:16

Seems OK to me, good spec.

Too Tall · 11 Aug 2011 at 14:45

Cheers for the input, i wish they had better gfx cards available on the xps 17's else id consider using it as a desktop replacement. I guess they would be entering into alienware territory then.

scrlk · 11 Aug 2011 at 16:34

nrenz123 said:
Cheers for the input, i wish they had better gfx cards available on the xps 17's else id consider using it as a desktop replacement. I guess they would be entering into alienware territory then.

Pretty much, they don't want to cannibalise sales from the overpriced Alienware division. Cheap gaming laptop with decent spec = MSI or Asus most of the time.

Too Tall · 12 Aug 2011 at 12:09

Thought as much, well im getting a callback today from dell to see what they can offer me after my horrendous experience with my previous l702x which has now gone back.

nate922 · 12 Aug 2011 at 12:13

There are several decent deals at the outlet at the moment.

Spec wise it may not be as the one you wanted however you can pick something up with similar specs (GT525 though) for around £200 off.