A fantastically low price for a great "all-rounder" with plenty of extras!
Perfect for students and "back to school"
FREE - 64mb USB Memory Drive - Worth £19.99
Holds the equivalent of 44 floppy disks! Extremely useful for backing up all your important keyfiles and transferring data to and from other computers - simply plug in and off you go - Actual model may differ in appearance from model shown.
FREE - Office, Anti Virus, Anti Spyware software
A complete software solution is also supplied with your laptop - what else do you need. Software includes master restore disks, Windows 2000, Office, Anti Virus and some other useful applications. More details here
The Inspiron 1000 is a perfect choice for the non-technical laptop user performing all the usual day to day computing activities - i.e. internet, email, office and other applications. It's a great quality laptop at an unbeatable budget price. The Dell brand assures you of quality and reliability. Although it's refurbished, the specification is completely up to date with entry level laptops available in the shops for £150 more!
It has plenty of power (2.2Ghz CPU speed and 256mb memory) to run quickly under windows XP. It's not really a 3D games machine - but it'll run the less demanding games OK. The 30GB hard drive should have plenty of room for most users - even data hogs are unlikely to fill more than 1/2 of it!
This machine also comes with DVD / CDRW drive, so you'll be able to watch movies when you're away from home.
This laptop is broadband ready - just plug in the modem supplied by your ISP into the USB port on side of the laptop and off you go - it's super easy with XP, a couple of minutes and you'll be away - no nasty complicated settings. If you want to use the laptop on a wireless network in the future - no probs, simply plug in a PCMCIA wireless card (about the size of a credit card) into the side of the machine and you're away. They cost around £20 - £30 and are readily available.
These machines have been professionally refurbished by Dell and are in almost as new condition - you will not find a better price for this or a similar product anywhere on the web - and that's guaranteed! They also come with the reassurance of a 6 month Warranty.
This is an outstanding price for such a great machine.
Specification
- Dell - Inspiron 1000
- Windows XP Home
- Intel Celeron 2200Mhz Processor
- Notebook 256Mb DDR SDRAM pc266Mhz
- 30Gb IDE notebook hard drive
- 14.1" XGA TFT Screen (1024x768)
- Notebook internal DVD
- CDRW Combo
- Graphics on Board
- Sound on board
- Standard onboard 10-100 RJ45 Network
- Notebook on board 56k V90 modem
- Three USB ports
- 0 notebook PCMCIA slot used 1 free
- UK keyboard layout
- 0 DIMM slots used 1 free
- Microsoft Works
How to buy a Inspiron 1000
There are so many places to buy a Inspiron 1000, how do you find the best one? First of all decide whether you are happy to buy your Inspiron 1000 online, or would you rather get your Inspiron 1000 from a local dealer. This is very much up to you. Many local dealers can offer much more competitive pricing on a Inspiron 1000 these days than they used to.
Getting the right Inspiron 1000 If you are not sure you are probably best to buy a proprietary make Inspiron 1000 with a good warranty and from about the middle of the range. Most people would notice little or no difference between a middle and top of the range Inspiron 1000. More importantly you should consider the specific features that you want supplied with your Inspiron 1000 - don't worry too much about gigabyte and MHz if you are buying new - even the cheaper Inspiron 1000 will be very quick and two year down the road the fast Inspiron 1000 will seem little different from the slower one
Which type of Inspiron 1000 For years Athlon and Pentium have been battling out to become king of the Inspiron 1000. I have had many of both types, both in the desktop and laptop variety. Most technical users would say that a Inspiron 1000 powered with an Athlon CPU is the better machine; it is my experience that the Pentium powered Inspiron 1000 are excellent, stable and quick - and would now get my vote
How much to spend on your Inspiron 1000 There are some fantastic deals available if you are prepared to take a refurbished Inspiron 1000, you could epact to save about 25% on the price of a new Inspiron 1000. There's no need to stretch yourself and the odds are that you really don't need and won't use all those features on the expensive Inspiron 1000 - you should save a few quid and take the kids out instead. Go for a good make, middle of the range with a good warranty and you'll be happy with your choice of Inspiron 1000. At the time of writing you'd be looking at about £500 for a low end Inspiron 1000, about £750 for a pretty good Inspiron 1000 and about £1000 for a top of the range Inspiron 1000
What other peripherals should you buy with your Inspiron 1000 Even though there may seem to be a bewildering range of Inspiron 1000 accessories, you should only buy what you thought you needed before you encountered all those other devices that you can plug into your new Inspiron 1000. The most useful extras to use with your Inspiron 1000 are a printer, digital camera, good speakers matched with a good sound card. It's also worth having a good optical mouse connected to you Inspiron 1000.
Your Inspiron 1000warranty Getting the right warranty is a very important consideration with your new Inspiron 1000. An onsite warranty is certainly better than a return to base, which can be inconvenient - especially if you no longer have the original box for your Inspiron 1000. To make sure your unit is nor damaged in transit it is a good idea to keep hold of the original box that your Inspiron 1000 came supplied in.
Maintenance of you Inspiron 1000 There are a few essentials for keeping your Inspiron 1000 in good condition, free from errors and viruses. Using the live update and scheduled maintenance option with Norton anti-virus will almost certainly protect you from nasty viruses. Likewise a firewall will stop your security being breached when you take your Inspiron 1000 onto the internet. A regular defrayment or run of Norton system works or utilities will help to keep the hard drive in good condition. Those are the core bits of software that will keep your Inspiron 1000 running nicely. Of course, using your Inspiron 1000 in a dusty environment could cause the cooling fan to clog up and consequently result in an over-heat of your Inspiron 1000.
Specifications may be subject to change without notice. All Trademarks acknowledged. E & OE. Photographs are for illustration purposes only. Intel, Intel Inside and the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor - M Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Intel Corporation or it’s subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All models shown are subject to stock availability. Iridium will replace/repair any one of its notebooks/LCD Monitor if it has more than 5 bad pixels during the first 12 months from its date of purchase.
