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[miffy]

The pressure is on ! Not got it yet, will I be or !?

I think you'll be .

I really like mine. Bargain price and perfect for everyday contractor stuff.

[rootsnall]

No, not at all. 2GB ram and it's as good as gold. I was intending to put XP on it when I got it, but it runs really well with Vista.

The pressure is on ! Not got it yet, will I be or !?

[miffy]

Hmmm - A celeron processor & Vista.
Might be a bit slow

No, not at all. 2GB ram and it's as good as gold. I was intending to put XP on it when I got it, but it runs really well with Vista.

Has more than enough horsepower for most people. It's as good as my dual core 64 bit lappy for work, surfin and everyday tasks.

Runs cool and has great battery life. I've learnt that high spec isn't always the order of the day.

[Jefferson]

Well done, a wise purchase!

You're right about the price, it was £400 something at one point, then high threes, then it was discounted. They had about 100 when I bought mine and they'd sold the lot within about 3 days.

I think it's a great laptop, I borrowed my friends HP 530 and thats very similar. I think the keyboard is much better on the 6720's. They must have used different switches to the 530 because visually the keyboards are identical. Perfect for the lazy typist (me) because you don't have to pound the keys.

Hmmm - A celeron processor & Vista.
Might be a bit slow

[miffy]

Got the second one in the end, the first one was high £300s when I followed the link. I'll blame you if it's tulip !

Well done, a wise purchase!

You're right about the price, it was £400 something at one point, then high threes, then it was discounted. They had about 100 when I bought mine and they'd sold the lot within about 3 days.

I think it's a great laptop, I borrowed my friends HP 530 and thats very similar. I think the keyboard is much better on the 6720's. They must have used different switches to the 530 because visually the keyboards are identical. Perfect for the lazy typist (me) because you don't have to pound the keys.

[Spacecadet]

Dell laptops might be very high spec for the price but the call centre is a complete nightmare. stear well clear. You might be lucky and have no problems but beware if anything goes wrong.

personally i didn't have a problem buying mine. I used the webforms and they then called me. Then just emailed and always a quick response.
Got the 3 year international support thrown in for free
Had to phone the support line once and got through to an Irish call center who then called me straight back when i told them I was abroad and the call was costing a fair bit.

I've used dell a lot over the past 5 years and I really can't see where they get the bad reputation from. Always had first class service from them.

[dang65]

Talking of buying laptops, what happened to that geezer on here who set up his own internet shop (Ram something or other) a few years ago. Did it go tits up?

The ones with tits up are the only kind of sites that make money. From what I've heard.

[PAH]

Got the second one in the end, the first one was high £300s when I followed the link. I'll blame you if it's tulip !

I'd have gone for the HP 530 T2400 with core2duo, 1gb ram, 120gb HD for another 70 quid at other etailers such as Dabs.

Talking of buying laptops, what happened to that geezer on here who set up his own internet shop (Ram something or other) a few years ago. Did it go tits up?

[dang65]

That looks like it's made by vtech.

True. Fisher-Price others have said. Not likely to be nicked is the way I look at it. Amazing piece of hardware anyway, however daft it looks.

[BoredBloke]

That looks like it's made by vtech.

[dang65]

I just got an OLPC laptop which has more hardware innovations than you can shake a stick at and is completely open source. It has wireless built in and you can put Opera on it instead of the installed browser.

Possibly for geeks and children only, but it's the future IMHO.

[rootsnall]

Try one of these...
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133523
£289 with the cashback from HP.

Or if you want the same with Home Premium Vista instead of Business...
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/136220
£299

Got the second one in the end, the first one was high £300s when I followed the link. I'll blame you if it's tulip !

[DodgyAgent]

tinternet

HTH

Titernet

I insist

[realityhack]

www.novatech.com

Very good suggestion. A mate of mine shopped with them with no probs.

[Tensai]

"titernet"

tinternet

HTH