Oh dear,another poor person!

Are plus points worth noting. :wink:

Arrived yesterday

Plays Overwatch on Ultra at a steady 60fps

Will do me nicely!

This still works if you open a chat and ask the rep for a discount - bought one today for £696

this deal is technically back on is you use the 7% code LOVE7 valid until tomorrow

confirming that if you open a chat session and ask for a discount, they offer you £696

bargain IMHO, ordering one as we speak

It isn't stuck down, the keys along the top are just configured to be useful function keys rather than the old F keys we all know and love. My only (slight) annoyance at this is F5 refreshing, the volume/brightness/media keys are very useful.

I have this laptop and have been very impressed with it performance wise, absolute bargain IMO.

BTW: It DOES have a num pad. I'm sure there is some hot deals on at SpecSavers...The M2 slot is SATA only, not PCIe. No big deal, the difference in real world use between ~500MB/s and ~2GB/s are minimal - benchmarks not withstanding.

Sorry, I'm not experienced when it comes to this stuff. so:
Unscrew base plate with one screw
Fit drive as you would with an extra stick of memory
What do I download?
How do I mirror drive?
How do I switch bios?
How do I enable old drive in disk management? Isn't it already enabled?
Sorry to seem dim.

Hunt for the other thread on this laptop. Plug it in. Download Samsung software. Mirror drive. Swithc bios to boot from m2. Enable old spinny drive in disk management in windows

Re the SSD, is it just plug and play, in other words does it show up on My Computer as another drive?

Yes that ones perfect. I've got the bigger one.


The function key on my laptop is stuck down, anyone else had this on a dell?

Will this one do? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-120GB-850-EVO-SATA/dp/B00TWIUXVW/ref=sr_1_27/278-1507921-9932024?m=A2OAJ7377F756P&s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1454017221&sr=1-27

Amazon Warehouse sales are often one off items so take a look at this link to see what is current - LINK.

I've got this. A 250 gb m.2 ssd for 60 quid from amazon warehouse and it boots in 4 seconds.

Good bit of kit, I paid this price for it. Bare in mind it ships from china. So takes a week.

It DOES have a number pad.

​Appreciated, cheers.
Anyone seen any good offers on a 250gb m.2 ssd drive? Can only find one for £68 Inc postage on Amazon warehouse - is that the best one?

I'm after the UHD version with 8gb ram. £850 on Dells site brings it down to £790, which is same price as a company on ebay. Even though the company is closed till Monday, it would still be quicker from them.
Dell said they had no more 10% off vouchers available.

Does it usually take 10 days from ordering from Dell to get it?

No dvd drive,
No numbers pad.

Lol-ing at some who fall for the i7 badge engineering trick done by Intel. Stop posting laptops that have a pathetic dual core processor and comparing them to this one.

This laptop is a TRUE i7 (e.g Quad core + Hyperthreading) with a semi-decent graphics chip as well.
This laptop will also be good for many years (unlike the low end ones that people will feel the need to upgrade in 2-4 years).
When i buy a laptop, i always go for the top end ones because they last far longer before they need to be upgraded.

Trying to get the price also bring warranty price down, will add a m.2 card if I get it

Only 7% off codes available today for students, if the codes are actually for students, as I havent been asked for a .ac email address... Takes 10 days to arrive supposedly too, as they come from China!? That's what I've been told by someone on Dell's Live Chat

Is this the right ram to upgrade?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT102464BA160B-PC3-1600-Unbuffered-Memory/dp/B00AZGZFGS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1453804162&sr=8-6&keywords=8gb+ram

Cruital website say it should be this one with a lower vol and speed

http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/inspiron-15-%287559%29/CT7932565

It's a hybrid drive so it is quicker than your average 5400rpm in some respects. Boots quick for me, and de_dust2 loads at the same speed as those with SSDs :innocent:

extra fans too :smiley:

stupid man with lots of money will Dell（just a joke）

Well it depends on what your normal tasks are.

If it's things like browsing, Word, Excel, Skype and so on, then the U series is perfectly capable. It's still reasonably good for a dual core chip, and will give you better battery life due to being lower wattage.

Exactly!

Sorry to be dim, could you explain more. If this is fitted could you use the SSD for everyday use and still store stuff on the 1TB drive and get the best of both worlds, fast boot and plenty of storage?

I don't play games so would I see any benefit for normal tasks...would it be super fast for example?

Good find. Thanks OP.

This will play most AAA games on high or at least medium. Hot pricing, cool system too surprisingly due to the 3 heatsinks.

Definitely not. I think £200 is the max I would pay for ANY phone - both now and in the future. I currently am using a Nexus 5 which I purchased used (but great condition) via eBay, £150(ish). Such a great phone. Understated, coupled with good hardware and pure Android.

You're comparing a top end i7 (HQ) to a low power one (U). The difference in performance is vast : http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2607&cmp[]=2586

2 extra cores, and around double the performance.

Only the 6820HQ and 6920HQ are above this chip in performance and you'll pay a massive premium for them. This is quite simply the best 'real full fat' i7 for the sub £1k range. Loads of performance for the price. Linked with a 960M, you have a nice machine that's quite light and packs a punch.

Can someone explain whats good about this except the graphics?

The one suggested for £599 http://m.dell.com/mt/www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-5559-laptop/pd?oc=cn55908&model_id=inspiron-15-5559-laptop also has a latest i7, AND double the RAM AND double the HD capacity.

Just ordered £696 via sales rep. Thanks OP.

I think this is better:
http://m.dell.com/mt/www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-5559-laptop/pd?oc=cn55908&model_id=inspiron-15-5559-laptop

Many reviews stating this has a very poor display unless you get lucky and they place an LG one in.

I have been looking at this laptop with interest over this but the poor display would put me off as I am moving from an Alienware to something a bit cheaper.

Anyone have one and can comment on screen dimness?

£700(ish), for a laptop!? Makes little sense...

No, not poor, just NOT a lamb.

Dell's warranty is very poor. I had a xps 15 refurb, turned up and looked about 10 years old, was actually 2 years old having checked the service code. After a couple of months of use, with only a couple of Adobe programmes installed. It became so slow and sometimes took 10 mins to switch off, despite regular updates. I contacted dell a number of times through their system for warranty issues without any luck. Called them up and was told it was a software issue and not a hardware issue which was rubbish as I have two laptops running the same software. They wanted to charge me £65 to have someone talk through over the phone on how to format the hard drive and delete everything. I kicked up, they said that would be free, but refused to have the laptop in for an engineer to look at. Cost £660, utter junk. I had many more conversations/chats without luck, even though the machine started playing up not long after getting it. I contacted AMEX who refunded me. Ended up getting a MacBook, via student discount for £1000, similar spec except for the screen which is lower res. Worth spending the extra. I will never buy a DELL again. Shocking service.

Also if they offer at £696 do i still have option to use a Dell VIP code for another 10%?

You need to talk to a representative on the chat, he will ask you for some details to verify you are a student. He asked me my uni email and sent me the code to it so I am not sure if having nus card is enough (you need .ac.uk email address), but it is worth a try I guess, good luck.

How do you get the 10% student discount off Dell Outlet? I have a NUS card.

people who a dissing the laptop coz of the 960m:

I can run fallout 4 on high preset with some things on ultra at 35-40 fps.. which is more than adequate! Yes it doesn't compare to PC GPUs blah blah blah but you have to accept it for what it is...

Apple gives 15% I believe.

If you are looking for XPS13 and are not bothered with a refurb/return, check Dell outlet once in a while, last week they had xps13's from 700£ onwards plus extra 10% student discount. You still get a full warranty and can return if you don't like how it looks like, most of them are returns and are virtually new.

Also ebay has a good deal on xps 13 from US once in a while, a week or so ago there were a dozen going for about 500£ new (including import charges and delivery) (they were first gen) they went before I decided whether to buy an import or not...

I would personally go for dell especially as I believe their machines currently are better than macbook pros, that screen is really awesome and the laptop is super small and portable.

I understand that, I was referring to the additional student discount which dell offers via code and someone suggested combining the codes or something.

Do you know what rates apple gives and on which price respectively? Seems a shame Dell are quite stingy with their discounts. Macs are generally overpriced but they generally give a much higher discount for students - probably the only thing making me consider a rMBP13 over a Dell XPS 13

I got it at 696 on the regular store. Just asked the online chat sales rep and immediately got this price in an email quote

Can we have a proper link?

Sata m.2 i woudl think, not many pice laptops at the moment,

I think that 10% is for outlet only, they give you 2/5/8% if you spend more then 400/800/1200£ in the regular store, so you would only get 2% on this machine.

Does it support PCiE or is it only SATA M.2?

He meant gaming on low quality settings, I actually think this would work even at medium or even high if you sacrifice some fps.

If only they'd put in SSD's on higher end laptops, it seems such a waste of good hardware. Do people really entrust all their data on a 2TB drive in a laptop that could get dropped/stolen etc? I'd rather a 256GB SSD or at least a 120GB OS SSD and a regular drive where the DVD should be :smile:

Great price. Also read somewhere they put an additional fan in place of a disc drive which is a smart thing to do especially with quad cores.

Low gaming?? ​Surely this is a tiny bit excessive to play solitaire or run a snes emulator.

Same :stuck_out_tongue:
Seems a good specced laptop for low gaming

Literally just watched this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJPQfWCuxAo

looks nice.

why?