Help me get an Easter bargain - Dell, Lenovo

antipody · 10th April 2009, 1:47 PM

Ok, Lenovo has 20% off (already apparently pretty discounted )T series over this weekend, and Dell has a $200 cash back offer on Vostros.

I need to pick up a machine for one of my staff. It's mostly for spreadsheeting, the occasional word processing and emailing.

I've heard good things about Lenovo and am tending towards the T400 or T500 for $1500. Not sure which one of these two to pick but thinking the T500 as the base model comes with 6-cell battery while the T400 base model is 4-cell.

I've got to decide in the next day, so if anyone has any suggestions, would be great to hear them!

Cheers,

kingyubbo · 10th April 2009, 2:16 PM

Check out Notebookreview for more details on each model and how they perform.

From what I've read, the T400 is an excellent unit. The T400 comes with a 6-cell battery to my knowledge which gets almost 6 hours of light use. Also the build quality and keyboard are the best going around. For what you want it for, it's a great deal.

20% isn't the best deal they will have. They had 30-35% off sale recently which was better value, but this isn't bad either.

antipody · 10th April 2009, 9:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kingyubbo

Check out Notebookreview for more details on each model and how they perform.

Ta, some good info there.

After going through the shopping cart options I'm tending towards the T500 now. It's a work machine, but hey, it's always nice to be able to play games I guess. So, the shopping cart says AU$1,954.93 for this:

Intel Core 2 Duo processor P8400 (2.26GHz 1066MHz 3MBL2)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium US English
15.4" WXGA TFT with LED Backlight
ATI Mobility Radeon 3650 with 256MB
2 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 (1 DIMM)
US English Keyboard
250GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm
DVD Recordable, Ultrabay Slim
Express Card & PC Card Slots
Integrated Bluetooth PAN
Intel WiFi Link 5100
Modem Yes - AMoM
6 cell Li-Ion Battery
90W AC Adapter; ANZ

For the same money I can get a shiny aluminium Macbook. Hrmmm.

Oh well, got 33 hours to make up my mind.

mrpats · 10th April 2009, 11:09 PM

you can't fault lenovo's build quality.

my only suggestion is if it is a work machine and is important to the day-to-day tasks, then get the extra warranty and support package.

antipody · 12th April 2009, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrpats

you can't fault lenovo's build quality.

Same applies to those shiny new Macbooks. For $2100 I can get a 13 incher.

Lenovo have only given me 6 more hours to make my mind up, so I'm thinking it might be the Macbook after all...

Or I could get 2 cheapy 15 inch vostros for that.

Offer expires 15/4

Looks like they are dumping their LCDs onto the market nice and cheap as theres no LED versions on the menu.

antipody · 13th April 2009, 11:01 AM

Looks like I'm gonna save some dosh and go a Vostro:

$1,044.70 for:

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T5670 (1.8 GHz, 2MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista(R) Home Basic SP1 32 bit Edition (English) edit
Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 (Does Not Include Microsoft(R) Office 2003/2007
15.4" Widescreen WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display edit
4GB ( 2 X 2048MB ) 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM edit
250GB (5400 RPM) SATA Hard Drive edit
Slot load 8X max DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write
Integrated Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 edit
6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery edit
65W AC Adapter edit
ntegrated 1.3 Mega Pixel Web Cam with Digital Microphone edit
Dell(TM) Wireless 1395 802.11g 54Mbps Wireless Mini Card edit
Dell(TM) TrueMobile(TM) 360 Bluetooth Module

Might have to see if Vista home basic needs to be upgraded. Apart from that just about ready to high the buy button.

mashimus · 15th April 2009, 2:27 PM

14.1" Lenovo T400 P8400-2.26 2GB 250GB switchable HD3470/X4500, 7+hrs bat life $1399 today only

http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/11788

Bargain...!! ... and you can game as well...!

nsgtr34 · 15th April 2009, 2:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mashimus

14.1" Lenovo T400 P8400-2.26 2GB 250GB switchable HD3470/X4500, 7+hrs bat life $1399 today only

http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/11788

Bargain...!! ... and you can game as well...!

I'm eyeing this now. Seems like a really good deal.

kingyubbo · 15th April 2009, 3:06 PM

Tis a good deal however you can only get it when you downgrade the screen from WXGA+ to a WXGA screen. It's just a regular 20% like last week except people finally realised that you can save lots of money by getting the lower res screen.

35% March sales were much better... but I guess this is a good deal too.

10th April 2009, 1:47 PM	#1
antipody Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Posts: 715	Help me get an Easter bargain - Dell, Lenovo Ok, Lenovo has 20% off (already apparently pretty discounted )T series over this weekend, and Dell has a $200 cash back offer on Vostros. I need to pick up a machine for one of my staff. It's mostly for spreadsheeting, the occasional word processing and emailing. I've heard good things about Lenovo and am tending towards the T400 or T500 for $1500. Not sure which one of these two to pick but thinking the T500 as the base model comes with 6-cell battery while the T400 base model is 4-cell. I've got to decide in the next day, so if anyone has any suggestions, would be great to hear them! Cheers, Last edited by antipody; 11th April 2009 at 9:59 PM.

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13th April 2009, 11:01 AM	#6
antipody Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Posts: 715	Looks like I'm gonna save some dosh and go a Vostro: $1,044.70 for: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T5670 (1.8 GHz, 2MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB) Genuine Windows Vista(R) Home Basic SP1 32 bit Edition (English) edit Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 (Does Not Include Microsoft(R) Office 2003/2007 15.4" Widescreen WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display edit 4GB ( 2 X 2048MB ) 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM edit 250GB (5400 RPM) SATA Hard Drive edit Slot load 8X max DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write Integrated Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 edit 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery edit 65W AC Adapter edit ntegrated 1.3 Mega Pixel Web Cam with Digital Microphone edit Dell(TM) Wireless 1395 802.11g 54Mbps Wireless Mini Card edit Dell(TM) TrueMobile(TM) 360 Bluetooth Module Might have to see if Vista home basic needs to be upgraded. Apart from that just about ready to high the buy button.