IS the Vostro 1500 the only affordable laptop with good graphic

masten · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:40

Ive read some of the posts on the Vostro 1500 and it seems perfect for my needs i.e a basic home/business pc that will aslo run games (with the 8600m gt option). It works out at £634 inc vat and delivery.

Onle cons seems to be it's heavy - 2.7Kg.

Are there any other choices for this kind of price.

benjo plz. · 27 Oct 2007 at 19:46

You can get the 1700 for not much more. I think the Acer Aspire 5920's a bit out of your price range.

masten · 27 Oct 2007 at 22:54

1700 is probably even heavier thought isn't it?

benjo plz. · 27 Oct 2007 at 22:58

Yeah, it's 3.5kg+, although tbh, that's not heavy at all

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masten · 27 Oct 2007 at 23:03

Hi. I'll be carrying it around quite a bit so that extra 0.8 Kg is quite a lot. Dont really need 17in screen either I dont think. Looked at the Acer - £800. Yeah, out of budget. Are these the only options. Surely not. All I really need is a basic budget (£300-400) laptop but with a 7600/8600 gt with it.

benjo plz. · 27 Oct 2007 at 23:07

ok, £409 for a basic vostro 1500 with an 8600gt

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masten · 27 Oct 2007 at 23:20

No way. How did you get that? Is that with delivery and vat?

masten · 27 Oct 2007 at 23:27

Oh, I got it. Add vat and shipping = £550. Pretty good, but that's with the 1.4Ghz processor (just realised are we breaking the terms by talking about this. Everyone else seems to though in that official dell vostro thread)

benjo plz. · 28 Oct 2007 at 00:04

I didn't link it or anything. $5JS0PN10JL7FT gives 5% off as well.

gamesaregood · 28 Oct 2007 at 01:17

Another Laptop to Consider is the Toshiba Satellite A210-11P..

Here are the Specs:

AMD Turon TL-56
2GB Ram
15.4 inch TruBrite 1280x800 Screen
200GB Hard Drive
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 256mb
1.3 Mega Pixel Web Cam
802.11b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
Vista Home Prem
2.7KG

Can be Had for £600... from an site i can't say...

Another Option....

fish99 · 28 Oct 2007 at 02:17

masten said:
Oh, I got it. Add vat and shipping = £550. Pretty good, but that's with the 1.4Ghz processor

And with only 1 GB.

masten · 28 Oct 2007 at 11:49

Hi. Yeah the satellite seems OK, Similar price. Nearly as fast as the dell in gaming. Same weight. Looks nicer But Is a bit wider and uses 'monstrous' external power supply according to a review. But what's the dell power supply like? Also battery life was 1 hour 10 minutes. Has 2 GB, but I only need one. I also want XP. Not sure whether you can choose that as an option.
Portability probably more important than specs for me.

Dureth · 28 Oct 2007 at 14:45

Check out he HP dv2000 series of laptops.

For £700 mine here is running a T5450, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD, 8400GS 64MB Graphics, DVD-RW Lighscribe, 14" 1280x800 screen, built in webcam/microphone, finger print scanner, media remote control, memory card read, a/b/g wireless.

The graphics is a bit weak but enough to play HL2 EP2 at native res with medium settings and 2xAA,Tri-Linear Filtering. Not great but enough to get by. The battery life is about 2.5 hours but the weight is nice and low. Plus the built in speakers arn't that bad, altec lansing ones that while not brilliant are better than the usual fodder you get.

manic_man · 28 Oct 2007 at 14:51

I dont think a Vostro 1500 with the 8600 graphics can be beaten by any manufacturer atm. Certainly should work out < £700 and having seen one, they are a vyer nice sleek laptop. No silver areas to wear etc, just a nice matt black finish throughout.

The screen is excellent, its silent in use from what i could tell and the keybaord was very nice to type on.

I really cant find anything better, i just hope the prices hold for when i want to buy next month!!

5ingh · 28 Oct 2007 at 15:16

masten, use the voucher code as above, and quidco to get a further 5% off!

cavemanoc · 30 Oct 2007 at 19:34

And don't underestimate the power of bartering - Dell will always cut a deal if you phone them up and play hardball. Don't ask, don't get