I wasn't going to get a refurb. I'll get a dell Inspiron 1500 for ?329.

Seems plenty for what I want. However, as I generakky don't like laptops and will keep my desktop, I just wondered if Netbook would be better as it's much smaller and lighter

Posted By: CB41 on April 23rd 2009 at 12:52:38

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I would like some techy advice please. (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 12:39:39
- i've got a dell inspiron (General Chat) - Dave in France, Apr 23, 13:13:41
  - is your battery still holding up on yours? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 23, 13:20:05
    - first battery died fter about a year (General Chat) - Dave in France, Apr 23, 13:23:55
      - didn't consider the heat killing it quicker... (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 23, 13:48:58
- These are quite good. (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 23, 13:01:53
  - or these (General Chat) - Dave in France, Apr 23, 13:24:47
  - Nah, it's unstylish and has no keyboard (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 13:16:37
- I don't see the point in netbooks (General Chat) - Ben, Apr 23, 12:53:12
  - Thankyou Ben. That's exactly the sort of answer I was looking for. (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 12:55:04
    - Nah, you want an iPhone. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 23, 12:58:50
      - They're really good (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Apr 23, 12:59:22
        
        So are Space Shuttles but I'm not going to get one (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 13:04:24
        
        Space shuttles are a bit rubbish really. 70s technology. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 23, 13:12:28
        
        Yeah I know, poor choice but you know what I meant (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 13:15:09
        
        ^ he's right you know ^ (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Apr 23, 13:00:09
- nice laptops are cheap enough with everything you get (General Chat) - pants, Apr 23, 12:46:15
  - Here's the cheap lap top market (General Chat) - pants, Apr 23, 12:54:08
  - I wasn't going to get a refurb. I'll get a dell Inspiron 1500 for ?329. (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 12:52:38
    - We've got one of them at home (General Chat) - pants, Apr 23, 12:56:24
      - Cheers Pants. My laptop is a Dell and we've just got f*** off big (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 12:59:25
    - have a look at dell factory outlet (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 23, 12:55:16
      - Do you have a link? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 12:57:15
        
        ... (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 23, 12:58:58
        
        Cheers Camcan. You're the sort of Auntie everyone should have :-) (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 13:01:37
        
        it falls into pants' refurb category (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 23, 13:00:33
        
        Ta. You could sell it to a blind person:-) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 13:05:20
- "just use the net for research" (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 23, 12:45:18
  - You'll need a good anti-virus on it as well if you're doing a lot of one-handed surfing of (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 23, 12:49:27
    - he won't want a netbook then, he'll want a laptop with as big a screen as possible (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 23, 12:50:55
- You should get an iPhone. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Apr 23, 12:43:54
  - I most definately shouldn't. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 12:45:30
    - if OG can manage it i'm sure you can too (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 23, 12:48:28
      - I have no doubt I can manage it, I just don't want one (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 12:53:22
- what's bog standard pc use (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 23, 12:41:42
  - Well by normal I mean I don't play games, download films, (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 12:45:00
    - yep (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 23, 12:46:05
      - Really? Do all Netbooks run a different operating system then? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 23, 12:50:05
        
        Most of them. One chap here has just bought an Asus Eee PC (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 23, 13:17:40
        
        Some do (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 23, 12:52:11

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