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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 11:37:39 GMT
Is this a good laptop to buy for £603? They wanted £750 for it, which I thought was too much, so went searching for discount codes.
Dell Inspiron 15R SE
Windows 8 64bit
Memory Ram 8192MB (2x4096) 1600MHz DDR3
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3632QM Processor (up to 3.20 GHz, 6M cache)
Qwerty Backlit Keyboard with Multi-touch Touchpad
Video Card 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7730M
Driver Driver : 2230 Wireless Card
Hard Drive 1TB Serial ATA (5400RPM)
Blu-ray Disc BD-Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 Card (802.11n + BT 4.0)
Additional Hard Drive 32GB mSATA SSD
LCD 15.6in Full High Definition (1080p) WLED with AntiGlare
McAfee® Live Safe 12 Month Subscription
TOTAL :£603.57
Wanted a laptop that is prepared for almost anything.
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Post by DelB on Sept 26, 2013 11:50:31 GMT
I'll admit right now that I'm no IT expert, but the spec sounds very good indeed. My only reservations are Windows 8, which hasn't had great reviews, and McAfee security which will just try to take over your system!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 11:54:56 GMT
What are you planning to use it for? I'm using windows 8 and tbh and isn't that bad. Got startisback installed so it feels the same as windows 7. Meant to be more optimised than windows 7 and use ssd's better. Certainly no complaints from me (well, no more than normal). McAfee I don't know much about, but if you don't want to use it there are perfectly good free antivirus programs  |
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Post by baz on Sept 26, 2013 12:22:25 GMT
Looks a good spec lappy for that price m8, windows 8 i haven't tried , get rid of the McAfee as Del says it'll hog your lappy, AVG free does just as great a job and much lighter on the system, bit of advice .... buy a mouse for it, track pads on laptops are so annoying imo.
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Post by Spoakes on Sept 26, 2013 12:23:42 GMT
It's not very good I'm afraid it doesn't make the tea and hasn't got a kitchen sink! You said anything!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 12:24:03 GMT
Just bits of everything from and odd game to watching films, writing documents, editing photos. Maybe some design programs in the future. I want to be able to get a computer that is good for many years, so don't end up having to buy a new computer because it is not good enough to run somthing new.
Yeah I do not like windows 8 layout that much, have it on the laptop I have now. But it is quick to load up etc.
No experience with Mcafee, have always used Norton, which has saved my computer many times. Have tried free AVG etc in the past, maybe 5 years ago, and it did not protect my comp very well when on dodgy sites downloading, so wary to go free again.
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Post by baz on Sept 26, 2013 12:26:54 GMT
Ive been using AVG free for years now, not one virus have a caught and believe me i "cough" borrow a lot of stuff from you know where  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 12:32:07 GMT
Ive been using AVG free for years now, not one virus have a caught and believe me i "cough" borrow a lot of stuff from you know where Really? Do you get a lot of pop ups or anything? When I had it I was downloading and occasionally would pick up a virus etc. Had to do allsorts to get them off. I got my bank account rinsed around that time too. But Norton always caught and quarantined anything dodgy. Always got it faiurly cheap. £20 or so. But it does use up computer power with its bloody scans and updates. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 12:38:15 GMT
I've used avast for years now, free and never had any problems. Don't need to do weekly scans or anything as it does it all on the fly as you access things to stop it before you even get the virus - tried to go to a couple of sites where it has popped up and blocked access. Doesn't seem to hinder performance at all either, or at least not noticeably.
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Post by baz on Sept 26, 2013 12:46:11 GMT
Ive been using AVG free for years now, not one virus have a caught and believe me i "cough" borrow a lot of stuff from you know where Really? Do you get a lot of pop ups or anything? When I had it I was downloading and occasionally would pick up a virus etc. Had to do allsorts to get them off. I got my bank account rinsed around that time too. But Norton always caught and quarantined anything dodgy. Always got it faiurly cheap. £20 or so. But it does use up computer power with its bloody scans and updates. Pop ups? haven't had any in years also, you must be getting them from clicking links or by installing things that have add-ons, i use Firefox browser which has a pop up blocker which prolly helps, dont know which your using but worth while to see if it has a blocker and turn it on also d/l malwarebytes for spyware removel...... used that for years also |
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Post by Steph on Sept 26, 2013 14:41:15 GMT
Pretty good for the price. I personally prefer nVidia graphics cards, but that AMD one is good.
I was unsure about Windows 8 at first but I've grown to quite like it. A few things are annoying, and it takes a bit of getting used to, but overall it is a good OS. Also the built in antivirus stuff is perfectly fine so I wouldn't bother with McAfee. If you did want to get a separate antivirus then I would suggest AVG Free.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 19:39:53 GMT
Nvidia is usually more expensive than amd though
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Post by Steph on Sept 26, 2013 19:48:12 GMT
Nvidia is usually more expensive than amd though Possibly slightly, but you get what you pay for. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 20:38:48 GMT
That could be a whole new debate Generally I think it depends on the game and different generations of the hardware, probably swings between the two so I wouldn't say nvidia is necessarily better than amd. |
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