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Hi all,

Im purchasing a new laptop and saw this one.

Is it any good?

The specs are (its a dell)

Base   Inspiron N5010 (UK,FCG92) - I3-380M (2.53GHz)   
Gedis Bundle Reference   N11N5018   
Order Information   Inspiron N5010 BTS Order - UK   
LCD   15.6" High Definition (1366x768) WLED   
Shipping Documents   Documentation Inspiron N5010   
Memory   4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]   
Hard Drive   500GB (5400RPM) Serial ATA Hard Drive   
Dell System Media Kit   Inspiron N5010 Resource DVD (Diagnostic & Drivers)   
Optical Devices   DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)   
Power Supply   90W AC Adaptor   
Primary Battery   Primary 6-cell 48 WHr Lithium Ion battery   
Cables   1 Meter Power Cord   
Video Card   Graphics : 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650   
Wireless Networking   Wireless : Intel Wireless 1000 Card   
Keyboard   Internal Keyboard   
Camera   1.3 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera   
Standard Warranty   1 year Collect & Return Hardware Support included with your PC   
Microsoft Operating System   Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit   
Processor   Intel® CoreTM I3-380M Processor (2.53 GHz)   
Bluetooth   Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Module

how much?

How much you stupid cunt

529 reduced from 729

That's shit.

The new Dell Vostro ones are nice.

I've got a Studio 17.

Power Cord's a bit short.

Its fairly expensive and its a Dell and everyone knows my views on those! but its a nice spec.

It's £20 cheaper at Tesco. EDIT: Slightly slower processor

Looking at the spec it is decent, haven't looked any further than Tesco to see what else you could get for the money.

thanks chaps

ill have a look around for that model at a cheaper price then

imprtant question

how well will fm 2011 play on it?

It'll play it fine.

You could probably lower your budget if FM2011 is your primary concern.

Nah its not a primary concern

Cheers

Its a good spec and its very hard to get another that comes close to that spec for that price.

But its a Dell.

Otherwise I would go for it, ah fuck it, go for it anyway mate, its worth it, good processor, good ram and HD and excellent onboard graphics.

I've had my Dell for 18 months now and it's been superb, don't get the Dell bashing?

He is a cunt

Tans or Michael Dell ?

They used to be a lot worse.

They have had a huge reputation of selling PC's with slightly inferior parts that are borderlin when it comes to breaking so that they break under heavy stressing and have to be replaced.

To be fair to them they do produce a huge amount of PC's and lappys so there will obviously be a percentage that will suffer.

At one point a couple of years ago almost 50% of the PC's I had to fix were Dell or HP and they all use tattooed motherboards so replacing parts with non standard (normal cheap prices) was not possible so you had to replace like for like and not be able to upgrade at all.

So what is a good make of laptop then jj? For when I need to consider a new one.....

Acer or Toshiba are pretty good.

Acer, I wouldn't have if someone gave me one

http://www.geckoandfly.com/6311/the-most-reliable-laptop-survey-best-netbook-reliability-comparison/

Well, my Acer's just fine.

Calm down you two.....I have an HP and Compaq (Cheap HP) that have served me fine for 5 years, but I might be looking to replace one soon. Are Sony really worth the premium, or are they much of a muchness too?

Going to tempt fate now by saying I have a:
6 year old HP going fine
5 year old Acer going fine
4 month old Acer going fine

One of the things that I looked at when buying the HP was 'running temperature'. Saw lots of reviews of laptops running hot. Dont know much about computery or electronics, but I do know that heat isnt your friend! Chose a model that doesnt run hot but also bought a cooling pad fan, which keeps it even cooler.

Got an Acer,its died and been brought back to life twice.

TBH I have had to fix all kinds and makes of laptop but the least amount I see are Toshibas, I had to return an Acer after the disk failed after 2 days last week, but thats the same with all new laptops there is an element of non working items straight out of the box at times, so much solid state hardware these days in them, often difficult to fix without a return to be replacement.

Haven't had too many problems with HP in the last year or so.

If you're still looking for one Tesco are doing 20% off a lot of their laptops from today.