Cha-ching!

[kingandy]

Fancy a 15" flatscreen monitor for less than £200?  You have to take a computer off their hands first...

Using the Shop By E-Value Code option on the Dell UK site, enter 305-d1027d (ut's a shortcut to thr pre-packaged system).  What's that you say?  £500+? Time to do something about that - drop the "Enhanced Service Pack" to 1 year CAR, "Memory" option to 256MB Single Channel DDR 333, and select the Dell E153FP 15" Value Flat Panel Monitor as your monitor.  Leave all the other options as they are, Continue  through Services and Accessories, and add it to your cart.  But that's still £230, you say.  Not so!  Dell's offering £40 off selected setups this month; enter voucher code 2CH8N$N0BGN5V9.  Total cost: £189.67.

It looks like a pretty good deal to me, most of the people in the office seem to be excitedly ordering them.  (Hell, even if it's a shitty flatscreen, it's still a flatscreen, with a not-too-bad-at-all system thrown in to boot.) If anybody who knows more about hardware or - f'rexample - the hardware retail business could point out any obvious flaws, I'd welcome any input...

UPDATE: Looks like they have noticed their mistake - they've moved the goalposts. Base price is still the same, only the cheap-ass monitor and minimum RAM is standard rather than a lower-scale option. So the lowest you can get it is £400. Should have placed that order while I could...


IN UNRELATED NEWS, the description of November's Doctor Who book release, The Indestructible Man, seems strangely familiar. One man fate has made indestructible? PRISM? SILOET? Secret airborne landing strips? This is the voice of the Myloki...

Note to self: Use fewer ellipses...

Comments

[pkgem.livejournal.com]

It may be flat but 15" is too small for Optimus. He's a big boy and enjoys his 21" monitor, now matter how bulky and obtrusive it is. Size matters.

If only I had a spare grand...

[pkgem.livejournal.com]

Surfing around Neil's work's website, I found my new monitor (http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=1737&category_id=40&manufacturer_id=0)!

I wish.

Re: If only I had a spare grand...

[mrssshhh.livejournal.com]

Wait until the new year - you'll see high spec 19" TFTs for under 350 quid, and that will be almost as large as your current screen.