Notebook with international warranty

by FaTTony • 8 Apr 2008, 12:37 • Journals
my sister is gonna study in liverpool soon

she wants me to order her a new notebook. budget: 1200 Euros
the notebook must have international warranty (europe should be enough)

1. Who owns a Dell-Notebook? Is it worth to pay for the name? Those r most expensive ones but warranty should be easy also in england?

2. Any other? I know of FSC´s international warranty... HP is out of interest!


My Dell choice:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo-Prozessor T8100 (2,10 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2-Cache)
Original Windows Vista™ Home Premium (32 Bit) - Deutsch
4 Jahre XPS-Premium-Hardware-Support für Privatanwender (inkl. Game-Support & Support vor Ort) ändern
2,0-Megapixel-Kamera in Smokingschwarz für CCFL-Display ändern
LCD 15,4-Zoll-Breitbild-WXGA-TFT-Display (1280 x 800, 220 cd/m2) mit TrueLife™
4096 MB 667 MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2 x 2048]
320 GB SATA-Festplatte (5.400 U/Min.)
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT mit 256 MB
Festes 8x DVD+/-RW-Laufwerk (Slim) mit automatischem Einzug, einschließlich SW
Lithium-Ionen-Hauptakku mit 6 Zellen und 56 Wh

1.247,99 €
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diph 8 Apr 2008, 13:41
ur choice doesnt fit to ur budget^^
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cuttyP 8 Apr 2008, 13:43
I doubt she needs 4gb of ram and a geforce 8600.
Normally an on board gpu should suffice.
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FaTTony 8 Apr 2008, 13:47
only this geforce avi @XPS M1530
RAM is performance...she studys "Elektrotechnik" ... "technisches Zeichnen" etc ... so it will be more an advantage than waste of money
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cuttyP 8 Apr 2008, 13:52
my girlfriend studies industrial engineering and does a lot of CAD on her ibm thinkpad with 2gb of ram and nvidia gf 8200 mobile. So maybe she should take a look at ibm/lenovo
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wsk 8 Apr 2008, 13:55
he lies without getting red!
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TosspoT 8 Apr 2008, 14:15
no dont! The old thinkpads have a great reputation the new ones are fucking shit, I told my housemate to get one and it was the biggest mistake ever!
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wsk 8 Apr 2008, 13:51
cutty got pwned!
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cuttyP 8 Apr 2008, 13:53
lol, look what you got http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI
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wsk 8 Apr 2008, 13:54
didnt know u like rick astley.
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nackjee 8 Apr 2008, 13:47
dell xps m1330 13.5"

buy that

i just did=)
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Echo 8 Apr 2008, 13:51
she's a hardcore gamer or smth?

edit:

4 gb is a waste of money as an 32bit O/S doesn't use more than 3gb afaik
also, you shouldn't buy a 8600GT unless it's necessary.. it takes a lot of power and therefore reduces battery time..
2gb ram + intel c2d is fine.. things like battery life, design and the laptop’s temperature after a few hours are more important than a 8600GT
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TosspoT 8 Apr 2008, 13:54
Ive had and used many many notebooks, I currently have my first dell that I've owned and I will never buy anything other than Dell in future.

In short, Yes its worth the extra for the name. Dell offer brilliant warranties and insurance, so this would be the best option for her needs.

Personally I'd recommend getting a 15inch vostro, which you can get for probably less than 1200 euro
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FaTTony 8 Apr 2008, 14:11
thx, thats an opinion i can work with...

i had a look at the Vostros...prob is they dont offer international warranty for them...but the Latitudes do have 3 years of intern. warranty! The vostros look better but thats not important.

service & warranty r very important! so i just decided to call dell...they´ll send me some personal offers via email soon

i think this will be my first order@dell today
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TosspoT 8 Apr 2008, 14:13
Call dell small business and use the crossfire account you'll get some sort of discount. Just haggle with them, say that crossfire has an account in the states and you are just starting up the european division blah blah, you'll definately get either a discount or a free carry case.
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FaTTony 8 Apr 2008, 14:15
nice :)))
thx again! I´ll let u know if i get sth!
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TosspoT 8 Apr 2008, 14:28
Dont worry, I'll look after your sister ;)
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hellgoat 8 Apr 2008, 14:41
Highly distubring fellow you are.
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FaTTony 8 Apr 2008, 14:45
2 tickets for liverpool in sept/oct and i´ll introduce u to her :)...though i already have an offer bout 10 camels and 2 kilo gold (while our holidays in egypt 5 years ago xD)
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wsk 8 Apr 2008, 13:56
how old is ur sister?
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v1ech 8 Apr 2008, 13:56
i ve got to offer my TOSHIBA Sattelite Pro P100 for 400 €
bought it 1,5 years ago for 1700...
Intel Core duo T2400 @ 1,83 ghz
geforce 7600 go
win xp home
1 gigabyte ram...

i ve studied with it enough, i ve been constructing 3D Projects in Solid Works and CATIA...
and ofc i played every little shit game like et, q3, q4, painkiller, cs, css, cod2 and stuff with it... np
you rly dont need anything better for technical constructions and electronic circuties
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cuttyP 8 Apr 2008, 13:58
CATIA, biggest crime on human rights since the invention of xfire
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v1ech 8 Apr 2008, 13:59
not rly
nice program with a pritty shitty structure
but u can construct nice stuff :D
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xedos 8 Apr 2008, 15:14
my last company bought Dell laptops for all managers and co. If she isnt gaming and needs a nice machine that can handle Autocad etc, then your choice is perfect...go for it!

However, as she is going to Liverpool, I recommend a hefty insurance for it, and other security devices xD
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AmCorp 8 Apr 2008, 15:40
security devices xD
image: axsold
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xedos 8 Apr 2008, 15:41
xD, indeed...
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pumu 8 Apr 2008, 17:12
fsc ofc
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lweebo 8 Apr 2008, 20:29
macbook!
together with the apple care protection plan you will have warranty all over the world
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