Monitory stuff - Page 2

LeperousDust · 30-04-2007, 15:38

Ooooooh, is the 1710 good? I'm convincing my friend to buy one thats on the MM for £1400 (check the MM is probably front page or at most 2nd) Seems an excellent laptop, and as you say it retails for around £2050-2100 from dell... Reckon i could get cheaper from him, he lives in glasgow (next door on the train basically!) and my friend will pay cash in hand... Is it worth pushing him?

Haly · 30-04-2007, 15:40

I think the MM's the only thing I miss about my membership over there.......then again it's probably saved me a fortune from not being able to impulse buy

LeperousDust · 30-04-2007, 15:48

It's THE only real reason i'm over there

Stan_Lite · 30-04-2007, 16:03

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Originally Posted by LeperousDust

Ooooooh, is the 1710 good? I'm convincing my friend to buy one thats on the MM for £1400 (check the MM is probably front page or at most 2nd) Seems an excellent laptop, and as you say it retails for around £2050-2100 from dell... Reckon i could get cheaper from him, he lives in glasgow (next door on the train basically!) and my friend will pay cash in hand... Is it worth pushing him?

That one's better than mine - it's the newer spec (mine has the T2600 Core Duo processor at 2.16GHz, a "lowly" Geforce Go 7900GTX and only a 5400rpm HDD).

I would go for it, mine's bloody good - I haven't found a game it can't play at max res yet and that one is better than mine. If you're mate can afford it and he'll get the good out of it, I would do it if I were him

Stan

LeperousDust · 30-04-2007, 16:24

Excellent, yeah he can afford it, hes pretty lucky with money

Not sure if he'll use it to its max but "he wants the best laptop" etc... I thought i'd do him a favour and save some money anyway.

Admiral Huddy · 30-04-2007, 17:13

I'm saving some money aside for the Dell 2407 (A04) which Zirax bought a while back... Currently around £410 plus P&P. I like that fact it has a native resolution of 1920 x 1200 with 1:1 mapping.

Tak · 01-05-2007, 13:32

Any more opinions or suggestions? Mic will probably be ordering whatever one he ends up getting over the next few days so advice would be muchly appreciated

Mark · 01-05-2007, 13:57

My only experience is with the E195 which is last year's model, but just from that I'd be a little careful with the value range if you're into gaming (as I know Mic is). The E195 suffers badly from slow response times, and while it's OK for word processing or web browsing, gaming with it wouldn't be too clever. I suspect that Dell use previous generation panels in them, so hopefully the E207 uses panels similar to the 2005WFP which was at least competent at gaming.

Stan_Lite · 01-05-2007, 14:06

Had a bit of a look around and the Samsung SM-206BW seems to be a decent choice in that sort of price range. I couldn't find any professional reviews on it but the end-user comments I found on some sites seemed to be quite complimentary - might be worth a look.

The cheapest place I could find was Komplett who are selling it for £199 + postage (£6.75). A lot of places are out of stock but Komplett had 7 in stock when I looked.

Stan

Jhadur · 02-05-2007, 12:20

Thanks for the responces but this has been put on hold for the moment as money needs to go to other things.

30-04-2007, 15:38	#11
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Ooooooh, is the 1710 good? I'm convincing my friend to buy one thats on the MM for £1400 (check the MM is probably front page or at most 2nd) Seems an excellent laptop, and as you say it retails for around £2050-2100 from dell... Reckon i could get cheaper from him, he lives in glasgow (next door on the train basically!) and my friend will pay cash in hand... Is it worth pushing him? __________________

30-04-2007, 15:40	#12
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	I think the MM's the only thing I miss about my membership over there.......then again it's probably saved me a fortune from not being able to impulse buy __________________ Halycopter

30-04-2007, 15:48	#13
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	It's THE only real reason i'm over there __________________

30-04-2007, 16:24	#15
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Excellent, yeah he can afford it, hes pretty lucky with money Not sure if he'll use it to its max but "he wants the best laptop" etc... I thought i'd do him a favour and save some money anyway. __________________

30-04-2007, 17:13	#16
Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	I'm saving some money aside for the Dell 2407 (A04) which Zirax bought a while back... Currently around £410 plus P&P. I like that fact it has a native resolution of 1920 x 1200 with 1:1 mapping. __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log

01-05-2007, 13:32	#17
Tak L'Oréal Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 9,977	Any more opinions or suggestions? Mic will probably be ordering whatever one he ends up getting over the next few days so advice would be muchly appreciated __________________ The look on your face when a toddler rips out your heart and shows it to you? Priceless.... For everything else, there's FWOOSH!

01-05-2007, 13:57	#18
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	My only experience is with the E195 which is last year's model, but just from that I'd be a little careful with the value range if you're into gaming (as I know Mic is). The E195 suffers badly from slow response times, and while it's OK for word processing or web browsing, gaming with it wouldn't be too clever. I suspect that Dell use previous generation panels in them, so hopefully the E207 uses panels similar to the 2005WFP which was at least competent at gaming.

01-05-2007, 14:06	#19
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	Had a bit of a look around and the Samsung SM-206BW seems to be a decent choice in that sort of price range. I couldn't find any professional reviews on it but the end-user comments I found on some sites seemed to be quite complimentary - might be worth a look. The cheapest place I could find was Komplett who are selling it for £199 + postage (£6.75). A lot of places are out of stock but Komplett had 7 in stock when I looked. Stan __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

02-05-2007, 12:20	#20
Jhadur Peter Pan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lost Inside My Head Posts: 1,068	Thanks for the responces but this has been put on hold for the moment as money needs to go to other things. __________________ "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."