​Care to explain a bit more? Two word comments are not very helpful

feel free to post a deal thats better or infact feel free to post any deal at all

Wow...thought Black Friday started yesterday in the US.... protests on Wednesday and Riots by Friday :wink:

"Not sure if serious", but...
No option to install an optical drive on my i7 16gb Ram 4k touch screen XPS 15... just a netbook with a bigger screen, obviously!

(Didn't realise anyone even still used optical drives!)

nice find.

It says celeron for 129 and i3 for 199 not i5 on linked page.

Title of deal is misleading

It doesn't say when it starts I'm guessing it's 25th ?

Anybody know if that processor will run Roblox and Minecraft without any issues?

anyone know if these have single finger scroll option on the edge of the touch pad?

dell
cold

Wow...thought Black Friday started yesterday in the US.... protests on Wednesday and Riots by Friday :wink:

Link just goes to dell HomePage

if you look at the spec no optical drive on the low spec one even at full price of £269

Not confirmed so should be moved to misc

been online on these no option to install a optical drive just a netbook with a bigger screen.....move on next.....

is the £199 laptop this one:

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/pd?oc=cn35816&model_id=inspiron-15-3558-laptop

Cant zoom the picture in with an clarity to see the model number!!

Yeah im with you on this one, I didnt have an optical drive on my desktop for years, on the rare occasion of needing one I simply used an external one, there around the same price on amazon as internal ones and simply plugin via usb.
I would much rather pay less and save on weight and battery life for a laptop than buy one with, but even then in fairness I wouldn't turn a deal like this down based on such a small detail!

I agree the picture is crap, I edited my original post with more clarity/info. The £199 laptop is the £379 laptop on the same page (sorry your link won't open for me for some reason).

Is there a link for the £129?
Thx

this seems like a good deal, does anyone know if this laptop has multitouch as i want the old style 1 finger scroll on the touchpad.

The i3 for £199 looks like a good price to me. I have been on the lookout for a laptop, and that i3 has the IntelHD 5500 GPU which is decent enough to run some games in low settings which is what i was after. So at that price its a good deal imo.

Hoping for some big discounts on some of the better ranges

Just to add here (and please don't take this as raining on your parade), these processors are 5th gen.
Latest ones are 7th gen. It's a pre-Christmas clearout.

The Celeron will run Vanilla Minecraft fine but 4GB won't cut it for mods.
My daughter's i5 / 8GB / SSD laptop plays Crazy Craft 2.2 OK but won't play 3.0.

Are you serious? It's been a while since I've played Minecraft (and I've not played Crazy Craft) but the graphics were terrible. I used to play on a Core2Duo back in the day so surely any i5, even 1st gen should be okay? If not, what did Microsoft do to it?

Does anyone with 'Black Friday' and Dell experience know if it's likely there'll be any deals on the new Alienware 13 R3? Someone in a deal thread for the 13 R2 said it would go on sale in the UK tomorrow.

It runs in Java so RAM is very important for mods.
You GPU barely gets touched - your CPU will be doing most of the hard work for the PC / Mac version.
The Windows 10 version (more like Pocket Edition) isn't Java-based so it'll run well on lesser hardware.

Great find, cheers for a heads up

son is looking for laptop just for coursework what one would be best he wont use for games as has imac for that.

Surely the only reason for having an optical drive in a laptop is so you can pull it out and replace it with a second hard drive in a caddy. Or am I missing something?

what is the deal on the monitor on the advert, have you got a link to a larger pic??

I'd avoid the Celeron version

Thanks for the reply it's appreciated

lets hope they reduce the alienwares and gaming monitors

Looks good, hot from me
Does anyone know if Amazon 8gb Fire tablet has a price reduction on 25th?

Will the i5 one be able to play FM17?

cheers both will do , the Celeron will do my 9yr old, am currently typing this on an old inspiron 7250 , so might get the I5 aswell

anyone got this laptop know if the touch pad does 1 finger scrolling on the edge as i would really want to know before i buy it.

How would the £129 laptop be for someone who uses it for basic web browsing and mainly for storing millions of pictures/ videos and songs on it? can someone please help? thanks!!! :smiley:

would the £129 laptop be ok for basic college work, powerpoint and web browsing ? My teenagers use their iPads for most things but could do with a laptop for homework, would this be good enough ? Thank you :smiley:

Dell makes awful products these days.
I suspect the HDD will be 5200rpm, which is slooooooooow!

5400rpm. Remove it, replace with an SSD = Profit from both the i3, 8gb ram and the speed gained from the SSD. Job done.

Not bad at all, might go for the i3.
The product details definitely state Windows 10 Pro on both machines. Surprised it's not Home.

You could get far more than 30FPS on an i3.
I built my daughter an i3 based setup (Skylake 6100) last month and we are seeing around double that in Minecraft - have a look at Optifine https://optifine.net/home
Some idea of the differences you can get:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzbppfIIjOM

In fairness you are prob right I forgot to take into account I was referring to a Sandy Bridge with Intel 3000 Graphics, so the new Iris are supposed to be a lot better..

Buy my Mrs laptop has a Mobile Haswell i3 and its pretty weak too.

Yes, the Optifine mod for Minecraft is definitely worth installing on weaker systems, it can make a huge difference. But the Celeron N3060 still struggled in my experience. As someone else said, the Windows 10 version of Minecraft can run better but I still think that if Minecraft is important to you (or the kid you're buying it for), the i3 is the one to choose as it will cause you less of a headache!

Thanks :smiley:

That's very helpful thank you :smiley:

Good deal this for the i3. Shame I don't need one.

I'd avoid the Celeron one unless you don't have much of a budget.

Had a quick look couldnt see anything.

I thought pretty much all laptop drives were 5400rpm?
The reason so many laptops are crap is because they're too cheap, regardless of what we might all think, laptops have dropped in price so much over the last 10 or 15 years something has to give and it's build quality. £130 for a laptop is stupidly cheap really.

Personally I'd avoid the celeron in these models as they're based on the very low power consumption Braswell (Bay Trail replacement/Atom replacement) and are fairly low performers - this N3060 has a lower benchmark than a Core2duo E4300 from 2008 - while the Celeron will no doubt have much better HD graphics capabilities it's still a slow CPU but it's also low power consumption....and very cheap. Some Celeron's are actually very good performers (those that are cut down versions of the full fat desktop processors for example) but I'm not so impressed with these particular versions.

If you can stretch to the i3 5005u - this has nearly 3 times the benchmark performance. It all comes down to your requirements and budget - both these laptops would benefit from an SSD drive if budget allows.

From the quick start guide it shows the tracked as being a single dual click trackpad, as such i would guess that its a 2 finger scroll and not finger scroll to the left.

When i asked on the chat he did say it does 1 finger.

Oh right, well problem solved :smile:

I must stress, please buy extended warranty. I had 5 problems with mine, luckily I bought 3 years extended warranty and they were excellent at fixing any issues.

​gutted no 5 1/4 drive either lol

can this play battlefield one? or just older games like uncharted 4?

Does anyone know if the keyboard could be upgraded to a backlit type?

553 degrees for a deal that might happen in a couple or so weeks...................

dont need no celery in my laptop

The image shows it as i5, whats the deal?

Well if the i3 is the one at £379 and Dell are knocking off £180 to £199, there must be very few of them available.

Any XPS deals? The discounts appears to apply only to their junks

As long as CPUs here are BGA, it's not profitable offer IMO.

​hi, it's called premium support , around £60-£100 for 3 years depending on laptop.
they replace the parts in your home on the 2nd day after booking.
the replacement I had was , hard drive (twice) motherboard, (twice ) and then the mouse lost control and they couldn't fix it, although they tried very hard hence a brand new replacement :wink:
after going through all that my new laptop needed replacing a hard drive within 6 months of it being new. luckily the call centre staff are Indian, so she let me buy another 3 years warranty .

They will probably only have 10 available at those prices, if you can get on the website at all.

Trump will big mouth Britain on Black Friday after he's taken position to short sterling using his mate Pence.

Hot deal.. the I3 will suit the little one.

indeed, something does have to give, and quality is normally that.

My Sony Vaio is solid as...well, it's good. My old Dell is also good but these days, they are terrible.
Higher end laptops have 7200rpm or ssd's (apologies, I did mean 5400rpm in my previous post).

My current Dell Inspiron is 4.5 years old and I`ve had no probs, the same goes for all my previous Dells.

I wouldn`t waste money on an extended warranty when I get the i3 on the 25th for £199.

No, the anti-fascist rioters.

Went from a Macbook Pro, to a Dell XPS 15 at work and also ordered many other Dell laptops to replace staff machines, excellent build quality throughout, also Dell laptops often get Rave reviews and seem to be more stable with their Drivers etc, the only let down on Dell is their customer support.

It looks nothing like i3 to me.

well these people on the chat dont know much, they said to ring tech team, i did try them but couldnt get through.

you can you swap the disk with an existing SSD in these right? Not sure how would that work for windows licensing etc though.

From the blurry poster it looks as though it`s an i5 also it says win10 pro
It also says was £379, save £180
The Evalue code is CN55*** , I can`t make out the last 3 digits.

What site did the poster come from?

Thanks for this. I need to setup alerts for 34" ultrawide curved monitors

The American poster might help work out the details:
Although it specifically says 'Touch' on the i3

i am going to try and get the i3, finger on the trigger guys!!!

Good find

Not bought a laptop for a while, is this i3 a really good deal

I hope there will be some chromebook deals too.

Looking forward to seeing what comes up, further up the models. Swapping the hard drive out and putting a Samsung Evo SSD in for about £70. Will transform the laptop into a fast work laptop. Best upgrade you can get SSD

would either of these run diablo 3 and LoL at all well?
Thanks

would the celeron be okay for generic Uni work (programming in Java, Ruby, Html, and then word processing)?

The celeron is ok for, general Web browsing. It's more ram that you want 4gb is low for nowadays and with all the bloatware that will be on it you will soon max your ram out at 4gb.

I would go for the i3 and 8Gb of ram at £199 as you will have much more room to multitask and you do need to nowadays.

If I was to buy it, I would take the hard drive out sell it on eBay and put an SSD drive in. Will transform your experience of using no end.

But having said that I appreciate some on here might not be able to do this

Hopefully there's enough stock for everyone! This is a bargain :-)

I disagree, I have a 386SX with 2mb of ram and a 25mb HDD it runs it flawlessly even under Windows 3.11.

http://www.dell.com/support/article/uk/en/ukdhs1/SLN297924

Very easy to do you just remove the hard drive, most are just a couple of screws on the Base of the laptop

You create a bootable recovery disc, link above for instructions

Very easy to do

looking for the kids... LoL and diablo 3 run reasonably on either of these?
Thanks in advance

You could clone the drive using a USB-SATA cable - some SSD's come with free cloning software or there are free clone software programs. Otherwise you could just install the new SSD and install Windows 10 using the media creation tool. There are many guides on how to do this.

I would personally choose the i3 model then upgrade the ram and put in an ssd hard drive, this way you get the full performance of the i5.
The only thing you won't get is the "turbo" that the i5 has

Will this laptop play MiniDisc.

Will there be a link to the actual page on the day?

John Roberts, chief executive of AO, told The Sunday Telegraph that his online electricals retailer would be raising prices by between 4pc and 6pc next year. “Our Black Friday offers will be largely unaffected as they were agreed before Brexit so will represent even better value for customers in the run-up to Christmas”, Roberts added.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/11/12/no-january-bargains-as-electrical-stores-plan-new-year-price-hik/

get in now if you want to buy electricals

The 2nd Laptop in the [B:] Catagory is an i5 not an i3, if you think is says i3 please do not drive on UK roads.

Change the Thread title please as people are missing out on a bigger deal of thining it's an i3.
Enhanced image

I posted it as an i5 initially as I also saw it as i5 in the image, but both the article and the evidence in terms of price points it to an i3. Whatever happens I'll update the thread when the time comes.

Bit of a hardware noob here but was wondering if these specs are good enough to do some digital art with a drawing tablet? Not sure to get a cheap one like this or go surface for drawing?

The Surface's superior screen (and specs, unless you opt for the m3 edition) will be better off for drawing.

In that instance I cannot answer your question, I've not used a drawing tablet. But if you're drawing then what/how it looks like on screen would be important in my opinion, as is the number of pixels on screen. I am also unsure if the CPU matters against a drawing tablet and its software. You can maybe self answer this by comparing your current software/PC versus the i3 Dell laptop.

Would the celeron be sufficient to use iTunes? We have an old laptop which struggles with iTunes. Would I be better buying an i3 or is the celeron sufficient? Thanks

i'm looking for a basic(ish) 11-13" touch screen basic laptop for the kids for xmas. if only this was touch screen.

Thanks, my laptop is 2009 which doesn't sound too bad until I realise that is 7 years old! May go for a celeron then thanks :smiley:

Thank you, we have a main desktop which is newer and pretty good for big things but husband uses the laptop for iTunes. Will see if the budget can stretch but we have been on the lookout for a cheap laptop for ages.

Im a pirate. Torrent all day long. Use pdf etc everything.

No issues with windows. No viruses. Nothing. Ive reinstalled for upgrades only win 7>8>10.

Im also using a macbook 12 with bootcamped windows 10 and its a pile of horse####. Doesnt detect original charger to charge on windows with official apple drivers.

Macs are fine...for facebookers. For everything else it has to be windows!!!

To be fair they're just as helpful as the first comment in this thread: .

absolutely no help to me whatsoever.

Ha.. That's the silliest thing I've heard for a while! :0 first of all I use Macs for editing video, Photoshopping, and recording my own music not Facebook or browsing the Internet! (I use iPad Pro for that) These machines arnt industry standard for nothing? People arnt going out of their way to pay more for Mac because they look cool? that's purely coincidental :smiley: PC without doubt is for gaming.. Everything else is Mac all the way! I'm guessing you're not a film maker or musician or photographer? I am and are many people I know and I can assure you there are NO exceptions to this opinion! I've always had Windows and continue the fight with it, maybe I've just been really unlucky but I'll bet I've reinstalled it twice a year for as long as I can remember :s I torrent on Mac and as I said.. I haven't had a problem either :smiley:

I was pretty hyped for the i3, until I've read the reviews on Dell's website alone. Apparently people are having tons of problems with these, even though the spec looks very good for the money. In the end, there must be a reason why these models are getting huge discounts...

Three of us bought MBP's in 2009 for £1500 and two of them are still faster than most Windows laptops these day with no issues. Even mine after being dropped and corners bent, was fast for everything until water damage in 2014 when it died.
Yet this £500 Vaio i5 which has got minimal use by family in past two years is running like dog ****.
Mac's are by far superior, it's just software availability let's them down.
Windows is fine on a custom built PC but with companies like Dell and HP, I'd be wary.
However, the £200 deal may be worth a punt.

I'm a camera operator, video editor and photographer. I mostly use Macs but ONLY because they are pretty much industry standard. Windows machines are generally at least as good if not better for some applications (Premier Pro performance on Windows 10 was actually better than on OSX when I checked about a year ago). Each to there own though, just want you to know that not all people who work in these fields are total sheep who want a mac becuase they think they should have one. So there are exceptions.

Oh and I also have a second business repairing computers, mostly Macs, so my perspective is completely based on experience. Apple are past their prime now and they're going to start failing slowly but surely.

Apple dont make 17 " lap tops any more how daft is that? . If you are a graphic design artist then you are expected to use over priced Apple products . Viruses used not to be written for IOs because not enough people used them .

Windows phones are going the way of Blackburys . Hardly anyone uses internet explorer or bing any any more . Macs appear to going the same way.

And please do post some links for Mac's that can be purchased for £200 :b

Save your money on this one, We have a huge stock clearance coming up before the end of November, You can easily double the HDD.Memory and go i5 for £30 more...Wait it out

Can someone confirm if this is likely to be the i3 model:

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/pd?oc=cn35816&l=en&s=dhs

Its list price is £379, but it says it has a DVD drive, which I think previous posts said it didn't have.

I'm also sure it is the i3 - if you look at the bottom of the advert it has a big "Intel Core i3 inside" logo

So, if he enhanced the image and sees it as an i5, does that mean he's also unqualified to drive on UK roads? :stuck_out_tongue:

Any chance of them reducing the xps 13?

i didnt say i was buying the £129 one just was after a littel advice as he wants windows for his coursework.

Windows will run way better on his iMac than on anything in this price range. Look at getting bootcamp and a Win10 licence.

Yes it would save me trying to buy one at midnight on the 24th and then not being able to sleep all night because I did not get one:(

Windows is sufficient for most tasks. Many software designers and developers use Windows, and Photoshop amongst many other packages work fine on the operating systems. Although I use Premiere only casually, it's only a matter of time until Apple is no longer seen as vastly superior in the film industry. That's only one creative field, as is photography. There are many others and there's a reason Windows takes up the market share and OS X is only used by 3%: Windows is perfectly fine (sometimes better when an OS X software alternative isn't available) and satisfies most industries.

By the way, moving on from that topic, do these kinds of deals actually go live at midnight, or is it really just luck of the draw that we press F5 at the right time?

Really? Both comments are equally stupid

Some very poor reviews on Amazon of the i3 model. 3.5 stars total, but many say the same things:

Slow (based on general everyday use, not even gaming)
Clunky
Very poor touchpad

However, for the price, could be worth getting just to upgrade the components.

Amazon reviews here - some are for 4GB, some for 8GB

Speaking as someone who has a media degree, then retrained in IT, macs are basically the idiot friendly specialised equipment, so depending on how you interpret things Mac or Windows can be better than each other its similar to the Apple vs Android arguments.

Apple is a locked down OS which means theres not much out there so has quality over quantity, Windows on the other hand has both quality and quantity its just as theres so much selection you need to filter out everything.

Windows can also game, costs far less, can be customised more in hardware etc.

Are you a "film maker" or just someone who thinks they are because they grab their camera and film some stuff and put themselves up there with actual people in the industry, I mean no offense by that but its like people claiming they are artists when they work a 9-5 office job and do hardly any painting.

whats the chances of actually managing to get your hands on one though? Is it worth the misery of trying .

Ive had my celeron inspiron 15 (cost £165, n2830, 4gb ram, 500gb hdd, windows 8, good speakers too). Bought in may 2014, still runs well and it's been dropped plenty of times. I will probs change to Windows 7 if I ever have to format and start again, 10 is out to get ya!

Thabiz, please say you got a Dell Inspiron Laptop from Dell, please...

Yes mate it was bought directly from Dell, possibly got abit of quidco aswell. If it did have that feature on the touch pad I would of disabled it, I hate gimmicky stuff I ain't used to. You can go into the Dell touchpad driver app and change all that stuff, gestures, multi touch etc.

any good desktops on sale for gaming around £400?

129 or 199 which isit? link dont work

Sorry to sound dense but is 'midnight on the 24th' Wednesday night going into Thursday, so the sale is on the 24th, or is it Thursday going into Friday, so the sale is actually on Black Friday?

Awesome prices, hope this deal lasts a few years... or if the deal doesn't, the pricing does :wink: I don't need a laptop now, but will no doubt need one eventually. Must resist buying this now... *gnaws hands*

Do they have deals on the slightly higher end laptops?

Dell UK Store.... Sorry should have mentioned that

nonsense. someone could be a genius in some fields, far from an idiot, but not have much training and experience in computers and prefer using macs

the fact you retrained in IT sounds like you yourself didn't grasp it very well in order to seek training, so at some point you knew a lot less than you did after training, yet you appear to be putting down people in the situation you started off in. throwing stones in glass houses


you are aware that windows is an operating system, and mac is not? did your IT training not explain this?


no it's not. it's a business and a fruit

there are operating systems such as OSX, macOS and they aren't locked down. they can be changed as much as windows can, generally speaking. however the more advance features generally require more advanced skills to use than windows may do


no it doesn't


osx and windows both have large amounts of programs, both good and bad. you can also run windows on modern apple computers and get the best of both worlds whilst fully supported. you can also run osx or windows as virtual machines on some but not all non apple computers but it's not supported by apple


this is really nonsense. you can game on osx or windows. as for cost it depends on what's for sale and how much you pay for it. you can obtain osx or windows for free or at low costs. typically osx comes free with hardware and has free upgrades. you can customise both apple and non apple computers, the price depends on the specifics, in some cases it may cost more to upgrade a windows based computer than an osx computer, in other cases it won't. in some cases it will be the same cost


like people who be trained in IT but make posts online that suggest they don't know much about computers?

no offense!

Your original post said "Save your money on this one, We have a huge stock clearance coming up before the end of November, You can easily double the HDD.Memory and go i5 for £30 more...Wait it out"

How do you know this - do you work at Dell?

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but bookmark this link for Dell's Black Friday offers:

http://www.dell.co.uk/blackfriday

DELL no thanks

they start to fall apart after 18 months

Could someone help me,buying 2 laptops for xmas pressies,£300 each max..I was just about to purchase this..http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-510-15-6-laptop-black-10146128-pdt.html Would the this Dell with the i3 cpu be better value,I know its not as good but £100 cheaper for the sake of standard screen.Its mostly for a 13 year olds schoolwork

The clue to this might be black FRIDAY

Of course they don`t work for Dell.
Just trolls so they can jump in first and grab the i3

On page below for the 3000 series none of them match the i3 8gb in the title
The only 8gb is for pentium processor
Intel® Pentium® Processor (Quad Core)

Is the 199 any if the ones in the link


Dell 3000 series laptops

How comfortably would the i3 run Roblox, Minecraft and Skype?

Cheers

I can't tell if you are twisting things or are stupid enough to misunderstand or arrogant enough to think you know it all.

I never said you couldn't like macs, or that they were bad to use (I actually quite like them but wouldn't pay the prices they want, and hate the attitude that comes with owning a mac i.e its the best thing ever) plus I used the terms mac there in reponse to thats what people use to edit stuff.

Mind telling me why you think Windows doesn't have quality and quantity (and I never said all of the software is quality but meant as theres so much out there it means there is more quality available in general alongside bad software) Or to put it into another way, lets say Apple has 10 pieces of software for something, as theres only 10 it means all can have the development for quality so then it would be 100% of software is quality, if Windows had 1000 different softwares for something even if 600 of them were outdated not very good or whatever it would still have 390 more quality ones to choose for but someone would look at stats and say "only 40% off the software is good, therefore its more likely to have bad software than good" NOT that it has 39 times more quality products.

Just as I used the term Apple to cover all their operating systems rather than name each one, and yes their systems are locked down far more than Windows and Android.

What a nasty little troll you are trying to insult my time at university, for your infomation I retrained as the industry has so much competition, plus after I graduated there was a new wave of media like blogging and youtube to contend with but to let you know I worked in a local radio station for a year writing up reports and scrips, worked at a newspaper for 6 months, worked for BBC for a while before they had cutbacks.

I decided that retraining in IT since I have been using computers since I was 2 years old (back in the early 80s) meant I had a better career.

I mean you are the sort of person who loves technicalities, I mean you can game on Apple devices, but how many of my 1050 steam games will work on Apple? How many of my 20 years + of pc games work on Apple?

And my no offense was meant as just that, it was to ask a genuine question if they were a casual user who saw themselves a certain way or someone who used the software all the time?

I mean I have a friend who calls himself a photographer, he makes no money from it but has spent over £1000 on a camera, and yes he uses a macbook for his photos but I would say he was a amateur photographer with passion and talent than a photographer, not because he never trained in it but because its a hobby and he makes no money from it.

Whilst I know people who call themselves film makers for filming things on their phone then editing it on their pc be it Mac or Windows, even if they spent a long time editing it they may or may not be a filmmaker, and certainly not the same thing as someone who does things like tv shows and movies!

Same thing for hardware, less selection and limited driver support.

Apple operating systems are basically if you want specific things to be done you get them and pay heavily for the convenience, want a do pretty much everything system (and costs far less) go for Windows, linux of course being only for advanced users really.

By the way did I attack Apple at any point like the way you are attacking me? Unless you lack the comprehension over what I said about idiot friendly, I never said geniuses didn't use them or didn't want to use them but was implying it was more user friendly and a lot of users like that do so because they haven't skills to know anything but the basics.

i can see what you posted, and what you haven't posted, as can others.

you've basically posted a lot of nonsense that's factually incorrect


you still don't appear to have grasped that "apple" is a busines and "windows" is an operating system


that's not true at all


so instead of replying with facts, you reply with insults, after making an insulting post towards another member, and posting a load of complete nonsense. you also don't even understand what i've posted as i never posted any insult to you at all


use your brain and logic. how would anyone know what games you have in the first place, in order to determine how many work on a peice of fruit?

you also appear to have overlooked the fact that i pointed out earlier in that modern apple computers can run windows, supported by apple, and can therefore run windows software as well as osx/macOS software

how many osx games can your pc run?


yet when i reply and point out how much of what you posted is nonsense and factually false and add that statement, in turn you make insulting personal comments towards me, whilst i didn't do the same?


an amatuer photographer is a photographer. a professional photographer is a photographer

i think much of your issue is you don't understand the meaning of words very well


if they make films, they are a film maker

if they make music they are a music maker

if they make cheese they are a cheesemaker

it's really simple


this makes no sense at all. what are you referring to? film makers or fruit?


i already pointed out this isn't true. apple operating systems are FREE with apple computers. you can spend more money on a windows computer than an apple computer and vice versa

as for linux, beginners can use it too

osx, windows and linux can be used by both advanced users and beginners



i didn't attack you at all. i replied to point out the nonsense you posted in reply to someone else, and how factually incorrect you are. you have demonstrated your own lack of comprehension in your last two posts on this thread

is this deal proper legit?? i also saw this on their website "We want you to enjoy your new Dell tech, not worry about the price. So if you see a lower price on your product purchase within 30 days of your Dell invoice date, Dell will refund the difference. Less stress, more satisfaction, guaranteed."

Only logic i see is that this has gained 1155 heat so far and the deal isn't even active lol

Not really. Boxing day deals online often start on Christmas Day.

Dell website says "Deals from Thursday 24th" so I think it's midnight Wednesday into Thursday.

I have it on good authority that there will be 5 laptops for sale

urmmm given that an modern apple mac can infact have the same hardware that can run either operating system you would think you'd have the common sense to be able to tell you can actually install osx on a windows pc.

so he could run just as many osx games as you do, just his hardware would cost a lot less for the same specification.

Theres also the strong argument of why you would want to though given the generally higher prices for software/games and often lack of availability of it on osx.

osx offers a good environment for those who have limited to no IT literacy such as maybe ur gran, granddad,mother etc, but for those with any knowledge or experience windows or Linux opens up an world of possibilities.

[quote=kristmace
Not really. Boxing day deals online often start on Christmas Day.
Dell website says "Deals from Thursday 24th" so I think it's midnight Wednesday into Thursday.[/quote]
Maybe Boxing day sales do start on Christmas day but they tell you they do.

Dell`s will be for Black Friday so they start midnight Thursday 24th

Appreciate solid answer on this. Multiple previous posts stating no optical drive, however the £379 one referred to clearly states it has one quote from their details 'Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)'

Friend looking for laptop of this spec but an internal DVD drive is essential to him (not for me so no need for the 'you don't need one' - he wants it). Any clarity??

i even pointed out in my first post that you can run osx on windows and windows on apple computers, so just as you say, an apple computer could potentially run all his steam games. the same isn't necesarily true for a windows based pc. whilst you can hackingtosh and run VM's it depends on the hardware, and there's a bit more involved, particularly in the creating and upkeep of a hackintosh if you want to keep the OS up to date and fully working

personally i prefer windows, but i use various versions of windows, plus osx and linux and have a whole bunch of computers from a dell mini 9 that runs osx and windows 10 to a dell 17" laptop that runs osx, windows and linux, macbook that runs osx and windows 7 in both bootcamp and the same installation runs as a VM in parallells, plus other desktops that run various OS from osx to linux in VM's, tablets that just run windows, ipad that just runs osx, and a dell server that runs VM's but not osx, or at least a version i can get to work

so in regards to knowing what hardware and software works, i have plenty of experience both currently and over the years, so i know when people are posting nonsense. you can do a lot on either windows, osx or linux, but osx and linux are arguably harder to get into the more advanced features. osx may look fisher price initially, but for a long time windows user finding out how to get into kexts and stuff under the hood it's as much advanced as windows

I've just read this and games will run more slowly all else being equal. Also how do you get a modern graphics card to work on a Mac with no drivers?!

magic? how else do graphics cards work on a mac if it's not magic?

how do you equate that if all things being equal that games would run faster on a mac? what benchmarks have you undertaken, and how did you manage it on a modern mac in relation to the driver issue you raise? did you use magic too? or perhaps you used the force and in liue of not having drivers to make the graphics card work, you just imagined the graphics appearing magically on the screen in your mind?

lol, Celeron.

You've not heard of BadUSB then? If an optical disc is malware free at the time of burning, it stays that way (Read-Only). It's a far better baseline for troubleshooting than USB, in the circumstances of keeping a system safe (USB drives are technically-rewritable down to the firmware chips themselves, let alone the obvious storage chips aka the 'memory'). Also, good-quality optical discs are very good for archiving material. I've had stuff I'd burnt that lasted over ten years, proven. Some really cool sound samples, in my case.

CLAM DOWN!!!! i know its exciting but no need to poo yourself...... the deal day will come!...chill!

Don;t even humour him. He probably knows every Skoda joke as well.

I don't think I have ever heard somebody say "yes! that's the perfect laptop for me!!! oh no, wait, it's got an optical drive, I couldn't possibly buy it now"

I've heard PLENTY of coworkers say "wait, you've got an optical drive? Would you mind ripping/copying/burning this for me?"

Dell have a 30 day price match.
Buy it now and claim the price match after BF.

£199 for the i3 version looks good thanks

Shame they don't have anything from business class on sale...

From past experience of Dell ordering.
They take the order but until the confirmation email arrives don`t assume you`ve got one.
No one knows how many there will be on Friday, the number 5 is just speculation.

Can anyone read the small print in post 33?
It seems to say something about a code needed to put in the basket when ordering. It also appears to say that a 12 per cent discount will be available if you miss out on the offer

There is a big ad in today's Metro for this deal. Getting one will go with the hens teeth you probably got too.
12% off the original price aint worth buying.

12% off the original price aint worth buying.

The 12% code is SAVE12

I can`t find a doorbuster code which it says is needed to get it at £199.

I think this is the relevant sentence 'They can be purchased using the relevant coupon code in the basket and only from the time stated on the Doorbuser deals page.'

The code is in the ad right at the bottom.

Looking at getting the I3 for £199.00. can anyone make out the Doorbuster code in the advert?

Wait until end of November sale!

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Looks like they have changed the monitor from the original version of the ad.

It's advertised on Dell's site now too..Here

The i3 doesn't get a good review here:

http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/dell-15-inspiron-3000

EDIT: Sorry, the above is a review for the AMD model, ignore me!!!

That review looks based on a different spec I think

That's a review for AMD with 4GB Ram - completely different specs.

Yeah sorry, edited my post!

Limited quality notice on the advert is a concern. How many is limited. 5, 50, 500, 5000?

watching this deal with much anticipation!!!

Bit more info on the i3 laptop. The E-Value Code is CN35816

Here's a link to the full spec

does anyone know what the touchpad software is, trying to find out if it has 1 finger scroll option, was told it can do both but need concrete evidence?

Only if the client you are using to burn the disc closes the session properly. You can add data to some "read-only" discs.

Rather than worry too much about the specs of this deal, my stance is this...... Order one (if you can / if there are any left), then if it's not what you want, return it. It looks like there are free returns on these.

The link you show isn't opening. Could you check please

Seems to be working fine here. If you having a problem just search for CN35816 on the Dell UK site.

Now this is what I call a decent offer, they're webpage is gonna crash on Black Friday

I'm confused?

Can you not just but this on BF?

Do I need a special code for the £199 model. If so, where do I get that from.

Thanks

I'm confused because you mis-understood my post on so many levels. I only thought that drivers weren't available for MAC hardware, and running a virtual Windows 10 OS would reduce the fps of any game. That's it.

Hmm.... LENOVO IdeaPad 510 at £299 or the DELL Inspiron 15 3000 at £199

Does the £199 model not have an optical drive? or have I misread this?

For those finding it hard to read the small print on the PDFs/Images posted - I was emailed a copy (to address that Dell haven't emailed me on in years, oddly)

Black Friday DOORBUSTERS start at midnight on Nov 24th*
To view this email online, click here.


Dell.co.uk/deals | Chat Online | Freephone 08000854931







DOORBUSTER
LIVE AT 1PM 25TH NOV
A: Inspiron 15 3000
Intel® Celeron® processor,
Windows 10, 500GB Hard Drive,
4GB Memory, 1 year warranty.
£129 Inc Vat and Free delivery
Was £269 Save £140
Today's Deal









DOORBUSTER
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 24TH NOV*
B: Inspiron 15 3000
Intel® Core™ i3 processor, Windows 10,
1TB Hard Drive, 8GB Memory
1 year warranty.
£199 Inc Vat and Free delivery
Was £379 Save £180
Today's Deal









DOORBUSTER
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 24TH NOV*
C: Dell 28 UltraHD
Monitor S2817Q
Ultra HD 4K panel offers over 8 million pixels of stunning clarity ideal for streaming movies or playing games.
£263.40 Inc Vat and Free delivery
Was £526.80 Save £263.40
Today's Deal




Shop dell.co.uk/deals or
freephone 0800-085-4945 GET UP TO £150 OFF ON SELECT PCs
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK


*Doorbuster offers: start from 12 A.M. 25th Nov throughout the day. Doorbuster Promotional Offers are subject to Limited Quantities. They can be purchased using the relevant coupon code in the basket and only from the time stated on the Doorbuster deals page. Doorbuster Offers cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer and are not eligible for price match guarantee. **When the limited quantity Doorbuster offers have expired, customers can still avail of the 12% off offer using code SAVE12 in the basket. Dell Products, c/o P.O. Box 69, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1RD, United Kingdom. Subject to availability. Prices and specifications may change without notice. Terms and Conditions of Sales and Service apply and are available from http://www.dell.co.uk. Dell Services do not affect customer's statutory rights. 12% off promotional offer limited to maximum 5 systems per customer valid from 24th to 28th Nov. Doorbuster offer discount (coupon code) may be applied to only one system per transaction. A new transaction is required for each additional Doorbuster purchase. Contact our Chat teams for further assistance. Ultrabook, Celeron, Celeron Inside, Core Inside, Intel, Intel Logo, Intel Atom, Intel Atom Inside, IntelCore, Intel Inside, Intel Inside Logo, Intel vPro, Itanium, Itanium Inside, Pentium, Pentium Inside, vPro Inside, Xeon, Xeon Phi, and Xeon Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. If you no longer wish to receive email marketing from Dell, please click here to unsubscribe. For more information on how we use and protect your data please visit our Privacy Statement.

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Even the I3 is still a bit of an old school spec and chassis though. Someone needs to tell dell this is 2016

I am confused too. Could someone please share the code to use in order to buy this?

If i decide to buy one, the ram will go in my Vaio and HDD in PS4. £110 for a backup laptop that isn't a garbage Atom or Celeron would be alright.

your confused because you don't really know what you are talking about. i didn't misunderstand your post at all. drivers are available for mac hardware. drivers are available for the operating systems that mac computers can run, and that's why graphics cards run on mac computers, and why people with mac computers can see stuff on their screens

the other thing you don't seem to acknowledge is that you can run windows on a mac computer by simply booting into the OS installed on a partition, it doesn't have to run as a virtual machine. or in other words you can dual boot a modern mac computer into either osx/macOS or windows 7/10/etc and the drivers are relevant to the OS you run, so as long as there are windows drivers for the hardware and you can install the hardware then it will work

*Doorbuster offers: start from 12 A.M. 25th Nov throughout the day. Doorbuster Promotional Offers are subject to Limited Quantities. They can be purchased using the relevant coupon code in the basket and only from the time stated on the Doorbuster deals page.

What`s the code?

Ok sorry I forgot you can dual boot. Then I guess it will run exactly like a windows machine so you can run games fine. Never thought that you can get GPU drivers for a MAC as it doesn't appear as an option on the drop down menu on Nvidias website for example. Just googled it, I'm wrong!

​is that the code?

so the code is SAVE12?

I'm wondering if 720 is too low, and I might need to look for 1080.

Looks like the screen resolution is 720, what's everyone opinions on 720 on a 15.6 inch screen?

Yes its not very clear, i guess you don't need a code for the black Friday deal, its only if you miss the deal you can use the code.

It is very confusing as I think you DO need a code to get the Black Friday deal, but no-one seems to know what it is!

just found out this laptop dosnt have single finger scroll option so its no no for me?

Just spoke to Dell, and while they remain extremely vague, they do say details on how to order will be clear on the 25th on their website. They also confirmed we will need a code to order at these prices, and lastly that the quantities will be very limited.

so do we know what is the code?

I'm guessing the code isn't being made public before the 25th as there is no point. The first 5 people onto the site at the right time will get the stock and the rest will be out of luck. If Dell are saying quantities are very limited then there's no chance there will be hundreds let alone thousands available.

Plenty of other cheap laptops around at not quite the too good to be true price of these ones. Making a shortlist and will see if any other offers materialise by or on Friday.

No chance of getting one then by the sounds of it, might as well not bother even trying, pack it up guys, move along!!! :disappointed:




*I'll still be there at midnight trying to though :wink:

So ultimately its like buying concert tickets?

You log on early or for opening to be told sold out but amazingly touts have 20 tickets each for inflated prices in top seats straight away.

As long as there's no corruption. ha ha

Anyone who uses the 12% off code must be mad & fallen for Dell's tricks

any one know the weight of the i3

Post it here if you have time :smiley:

Had my dell for 2 years, not missed a beat...........

Hi i tried to look at the the i3 laptop on Dell's web site (for more spec) and the one here does not match any! Can anyone post a link directing me to this deal in case I'm doing it wrong?

That monitor is from 2004 and is not for games at 30hz!!

So are these deals available tonight?

So much heat and excitement over this deal. It says limited availability. There might only be 5 available and will sell out faster than it will take for one of these machines to boot up?

Terrible reviews on Amazon for the Dell 15 3000 (i3 model). Reviewers claiming it is slow, issues with track pad and some suggesting Lenovo alternates for the £379 price. Any money is too much if this is too slow to browse the internet.

From the small print, from 00:00 on Friday 25th.

Can you not read a clock or a calendar?

Thursday midnight guys

Anyone recommend a good SSD to install in the i3 model?

Do we know what time this goes live tomorrow?

Is this i3 better than the i5 sandy bridge from 2011?

Guess it wasn't tonight... can't find anything on the site

small print says starts 12AM 25th :'(

Yeah that's what i thought my bruddas (sigh). technically it doesn't make sense based on the 25th

Which makes the 'from 24 November' wrong. If they mean midnight at the end of the 24th then it isn't the 24th any longer.

Anyone else notice the "Save an additional 12% with coupon code SAVE12 . Offer ends November 28.
Offer is valid from 24th November to 28th November 2016"?

This is absolute boIlocks from Dell. Its 2 am where I am and I've stayed awake waiting for midnight in the UK on the 24th. How can Dell say "midnight 24th" and then "midnight 25th" in the small print. (Sorry bit sleep-deprived looking for a bargain and a bit peeved off). Same again tomorrow I guess :disappointed:

I don't know whether you're just trolling or whether you actually think this to be true :/ E.g. fireworks are set off "at midnight ON NEWS YEARS DAY" We don't say "midnight on the 31st of december". Get your facts, right. "M8".

No they don't, no one with a brain does. No one.

dell has changed website. 12% off laptops.
I had a dream I couldn't order one because they all sold out lol.

anyway I think the dell site will crash !

​"When do the fireworks start?
"Midnight"
"Wait, what day?"
"Tonight"

It's a reasonable thing.

Midnight is a transition, it is neither one day nor the other. There's no obvious preference for saying that it occurs on the day before or the day after, and accusing people of having no brain for preferring the other option is just childish.

I was sitting there at midnight today/yesterday as well, waiting for the deal to open.

Don't have a midnight in the army for this reason. Day starts at 0000 and finishes at 2359

I have a feeling the £200 laptop has been and gone.

The deal for the monitor is actually live now and that was due to start at the same time as the i3 laptop i.e. midnight 24th

Just been onto Dell chat. Adviser confirmed it is midnight tonight (or tomorrow morning) whichever way you want to look at it.

the reviews for the i3 laptops are not very good , making me think about looking for used i5 .. for less money

Could I just heck then when the £129 offer will be live? Thinking it'd be a half decent one for my 7 year old who's asked for one for her upcoming birthday, only really for homework and browsing

Imagine staying up til midnight last night expecting this deal

I'm pretty sure we have this laptop and it runs minecraft and roblox fine.

That's one way of looking at it. But the day doesn't stop at 23:59:59. 23:59:59.99 is still part of the day. As, logically, is 23:59:59.999 recurring. And that, by simple mathematics[1] is the same as 00:00:00.

[1] Simple maths:
1/3 in decimals is 0.333 recurring
2/3 in decimals is 0.666 recurring
3/3 in decimals is 0.999 recurring. But 3/3 is 1. Therefore 0.999 recurring = 1.

I fear I may be going off-track somewhat here.

Showing new deals in the Metro e edition Page 12

The above deal is not up on the Dell website's Black Friday page (yet, at the time of me replying).

This is maybe conflicting but I think there's a chance that the current deal in the topic is potentially invalid.

I will update topic title, and contents to reflect all this new stuff.

Could I just heck then when the £129 offer will be live? Thinking it'd be a half decent one for my 7 year old who's asked for one for her upcoming birthday, only really for homework and browsing

Could I just heck then when the £129 offer will be live? Thinking it'd be a half decent one for my 7 year old who's asked for one for her upcoming birthday, only really for homework and browsing

Please don't heck in public.

I have not read all 9 pages so apologies if this has been answered - anything preventing using cashback sites to increase the discounts on these so called doorbusters

This is just getting stupid - even Dell's own information on the black Friday page is contradictory! The text say:

Nov. 24th at Midnight: Inspiron 15 3000 £199 (save £180!)
Nov. 24th at Midnight: Dell 28 Ultra HD Monitor S2817Q £263.40 (save 50%)
Nov. 25th at 1 p.m.: Inspiron 15 3000 £129 (save £140!)

BUT the poster shown on the same page now shows it the other way around:

LIVE AT 1P.M.25TH NOV
A: Inspiron 15 3000
Intel Core I3 processor
£199

MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 24TH NOV
B: Inspiron 15 3000
Intel Celeron processor
£129

can anyone confirm these have 1 finger scroll option on the touchpad?

Can I heck when the i3 goes on sale?

is the dell xps expected to go on sale ?

Rubbish! New Years is celebrated at Midnight on New Years Eve.

Anyone who hasn't understood that the deal starts after midnight tonight need to go back to school.

is anyone else really confused as to whats going on sale when? I want the cheap £129 laptop........ do i wait up until midnight or do i wait until 1pm tomorrow?

hmmm interesting got my eye on the £199 one but who knows if its midnight or 1pm...I guess time will tell

After reading all this thread and seeing all the Black Friday ads on the TV and in the papers, I think you can sum up Black Friday/Cyber Monday as thousands in not millions of fools rushing to buy tat that retailers cannot shift, whilst under the illusion they`re getting the bargain of the century.

That`s all I`ve got to say about that.

So is the general consensus the 199 (whenever it is released) is a good deal?

Sure been asked before but can't see it how easy to get an Ssd in there please?

Thanks

Thanks sherlock

I looked at the reviews of these laptop's on the Dell site last night, I won't be buying. A little disappointed though.

I was hoping to pick one of the Celerons up for my daughter for homework and the only game she'd want to play would be Minecraft which I was hoping would run OK. I'd like to avoid having a disappointed 10 year old on Christmas Day...does anyone else know if you could play Minecraft reasonably well on this laptop?

Will they run Crysis?

Just spoken to dell support code is "DoorBuster" :wink:

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I would totally agree - midnight on 24th November is 0:00 on 24/11/2016 not 1 minute past 23:59 on 24/11/2016 - that would be midnight on 25th november

Noticed on their website Black Friday desktop deals now but doesn't say what the prices will be
http://www.dell.com/uk/p/deals/desktop-deals

Good photo and I notice it`s at Asda the company that originally brought BF to the UK.

Also note that it`s about the only company in the UK that don`t do it anymore.{wise decision)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/asda-pull-out-black-friday-9328377

If Dell doesn`t have many i3 laptops available, this BF sale will backfire on them and just alienate future customers.

These are old out of date models with 5th gens, 7th gen is the very latest from Intel.

has anyone else noticed the times are now different for the £199 laptop.
it's peeing me off. although I'm gonna have to wake up for someone else :/

If you miss out there's always cyber Monday, which says best savings of the year
http://www.dell.com/learn/uk/en/ukdhs1/campaigns/cyber-monday-laptops?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn&~ck=mn
Then maybe Turbo Tuesday and Wacky Wednesday

Would be all over the i5/2in1/1080p/8GB/SSD model if I was after a new laptop.

Thanks :smiley:

Does the i3 have (gigabit) ethernet? So much contradictory stuff from searching.

"Nov. 24th at Midnight: Dell 28 Ultra HD Monitor S2817Q £263.40 (save 50%)"
Someone could be under impression, that the monitor is usually being sold for £526.8 (2x £263.40) and now it's 50% off.
This model is discontinued and Amazon suggests newer model for £375.
Just saying.

I don't think it's detachable. It depends if you want a low spec laptop or a more portable mid/high spec one.

Not sure why they need to complicate it so much

The latter not sure if enough pennies in the wallet lol
Want both for portability and also powerful to hook up to 24 inch monitor

Not sure now if I want laptop, desktop or 2 in 1 now lol, this site can do your head in sometimes

If I got one of these, I'd want an SSD for it. But I can't see any SSD deals anywhere. I'm sure they were everywhere last year - what's going on? Is there a chip shortage or something?

Says 7.7% back on Quidco if no-ones mentioned it.

was gonna buy the £199 for the mrs then she saw it was i3 and almost threw the remote control at me. Aint know way she using an i3 5th gen processor.

Your wives are very different from mine then. Mine wants a laptop so that she can do 'web browsing, word processing and copy a few DVD's...'.

If I even mentioned the phrase 'i3' to her - I'd be lucky if she even looked up from watching I'm A Celebrity...

Code is SAVE 140 to get it at £129 Dell 15 3000

DOORBUSTER: Inspiron 15 3000 - use code FRIDAY

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-3558-laptop/pd?oc=cn35816&model_id=inspiron-15-3558-laptop

but codes not active?

anyone get the code to work yet or do we need to wait to midnight?

Is it worth going for £199 one over the £129? After something decent for the Mrs's University work?

the poster seems to suggest 25th at 1pm for £129 offer??

Is this the best laptop available for £199 please?

Could be a great deal if you are the 1 person who gets the £129 or £199 laptop, because I bet there aren't many of either one available. Could be another Tesco wild goose chase?

SSD prices are probably going up because they're made abroad, and the Pound has plunged in value since Brexit. Expect all offshore hardware to go up in price over the next few months, if not already.

Yeah but the questions was why isn't there a deal on something with an SSD in it. The i5 2in1 laptop is reduced £250 to £449 and has an SSD in it.

APPEARS TO BE LIVE NOW USE CODE FRIDAY

You don't have to keep going on about it, just let people get on with it. For all we know there is a ton of stock they want to clear out or there is 10 they want to sell. At the end of the day we don't know so just wait and see.

i got to checkout but code didnt work only offered free delivery. tried twice

wait dude

Their eCommerce system probably won't accept code until Midnight even though deal and code are promoted on website.

I wonder what the scenes at the shop will be like if it's this bad on the interweb

i bet come midnight it will be the same result as probably only 3 in stock, on the plus side you can add Dell earphones to basked reduced from £22 to £1. Quick someone start a post

the dell site is **** anyway, really bad, so many errors

Is this laptop really worth £199?

if you add the laptop to basket it will take you to accessory page and ask if u want to add earphones to basket for £1. They look crap tho, like something form poundland

'Dell In Ear Stereo Headset IE600'

Oh yeah, they look poop....

screenshot?

Will save12 work with this too or just the Friday?

I think the i3 6100U is better value below
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-ideapad-310-laptop-intel-core-i3-6100u-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-silver-249-95-john-2556742

Why do you need proof.
The simple test is, try it. If it doest work then they're talking ****!

For the avoidance of doubt... they are talking ****!

can i pay with paypal on this?

Site is crashing

£30? **** that

Site's down everyone

Not a good sign, getting "Access Denied" when I tried to create an account, the site is **** before it's even started :o

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No Microsoft Office. Lots of other deals have this included. Or am I missing an offer for this ?

[quote=leftfooter]Not a good sign, getting "Access Denied" when I tried to create an account, the site is **** before it's even started :o[/qu think you should of created an account earlier

Is it essential to create a dell account?

Battery life and plastic finish is its downfall in every review

Damn, got so close. Error on checkout screen. Added the headphones for £1 too.

Website is slower than my cousin.

website down, why did i expect anything more...

Server down lol

error

error screen

Ordered.

Basket page not loading, waiting.....

surprise surprise

Crashed (again)

buahaha

Boing clang!

The service is unavailable.

Had it in the basket ready to go and clicked Checkout nutton and I got:

Internal Server Error - Write

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Anyone managed to get this yet?

Page not found for me lol

One of the few things that can be guaranteed in life. Yes, it's a Dell website crash...

You don't have permission to access "http://ecomm.dell.com/myaccount/main.aspx?" on this server.
Reference #18.496fc8d5.1480032251.1717057

dell just saved me. £199 with their site crashing will pop up to john Lewis and buy their lenovo tomorrow

Joke this!

lmao

and when it come back you'll only be able to buy it with 12% off guarenteed

"the service is unavailable"
"write error"
"read error"
"Gateway timeout"
had them all!

Yip crashed :smiley:

At least we don't have to physically fight in a supermarket...

Screw Dell.....http://awesomescreenshot.com/0c766ukod1

had it.in basket then checkout crashed

"Too many requests", go to sleep people

Dell site barely working...

entered the code, got the reduced price then next screen was this:



hitting the back button I get:

OLLOX - really wanted this i3 lappy as well

**** DYING ON ME

Gateway timeout, seems this has been a big waste of time

time to get some sleep ..

server down night night folks

Lol you have to laugh. Surely they must have seen this would happen?

Maybe they need the computers for themselves....

Error screen for me too :disappointed:

Such a massive company, such a pitiful service.

Gateway Timeout

The proxy server did not receive a timely response from the upstream server.
Reference #1.6d851402.1480032388.13b81c95

It's going to be a long night folks!

Got one in the basket with discount code but usual Black Friday nonsense.

#blackfridayfail

John lewis is fine with i3 6100U is better option
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-ideapad-310-laptop-intel-core-i3-6100u-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-silver-249-95-john-2556742

The service is unavailable.
Server is too busy

has the website crashed lol

​go to John Lewis lenovo £50 more but much better inc optical bluray drive 2 year warranty or the i5, from currys

dell web page down ! 3 minutes after midnight :confused:

£199 laptop is just from 1pm today (Friday) right?

It'll magically be OOS once the servers are back and back in stock once the deals gone.

Yep. Dell site is deader than a dead dog what's been run over by a 32 ton truck

Doorbusted

Meltdown

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Shambolic

Anyone able to get anything from dell?

They probably only had one, the one computer running the whole server by the looks of it.

They probably only had 10 in stock .. Everyone go to bed. Nothing to see here

Can any one give me a link please for i3 £199 thanks

Which is better currys acer i5 for £279 or this one for £199 thanks

Been trying, just keep on getting error pages. Sat like a sniper when the clock changed to midnight too haha

nothing ! We have encountered a problem while processing the page you requested. If you experience any technical problems with your shopping experience at dell.com, please contact one of our trained sales representatives at 0844 444 3225 to quickly complete your transaction. If you continue to have problems, click on the [+]Feedback link in the footer of any Dell.com web page.

£50 for a Blu-ray drive that lets you watch high definition movies on a non-HD screen.

shock horror..huge computer companies website crashes....cue oos note coming soon

The mobile site is still up & running ...

I would say the site is D E A D

JohnLewis OOS

tried live chat....that down too!

server too busy
service unavailable
sorry...

it seems the performance tester should be fired by the looking of things!!

The service is unavailable

nothing ...... not even been able to add anything to my basket.

awful

DELL my eyes are burning :confused:

I don't know why I bother.

Stop requesting pls

Cold I'm afraid, just tried to buy 3 completely different laptops , selected them and them clicked through the add-ons page, then get a message each time ' were sorry.....The page you requested may no longer exist on Dell.com' . Seems they may have had a couple for sale but for the rest of us its a wild goose chase.

And the DELL site has crashed!!!

feeling sleepy :disappointed:

Their page has alreay crashed

Currys website crashed now. I give up.

There goes plan b then :disappointed:

PMSL - at 23:50 Currys sent me an email saying their BF deals were available. But click on the link and I get "Can't reach this page." I'm sure the marketing departments only do this to cause problems for the IT department, and to **** off customers for a laugh.

I managed to enter the code, but can't check out. Time to give up, I think.

Guys quit trying so I can sneak one please... lol

Just had this made up response

Dear FREEZIN WOLF,

Thanks for your continued interest in the Dell DOORBUSTER: Inspiron 15 3000 deal.
Unfortunately due to Gavin in the sales department reserving the only 1 we ever had, before we closed at 6pm this evening this deal was never ever going to happen.

We'd really like to thank you for bringing the performance inadequacies of our customer facing e-platform to our attention. We will review your feedback and have a right laugh in the office. In fact Gavin has just sent an e-mail to the entire company with your meandering rant with a .GIF of a crying child.

If we could be of any further help we probably won't .

Smell ya later douch-nozzle.

Dell-boy

Both mobile & full sites not working....we need to start a social media campaign against these amateur time wasters.

I'm cool. I have ordered hudl2 earlier today.

I was sitting like a fool on the Dell website to no avail. My partner says hey! its on Amazon! So got it through Prime!

Amazon link

The service is unavailable.
Server is too busy

this from IT company ... jokers

Had in basket and ready to add SAVE140 and soon as turned 12am it crashed. Great fun lol

Disaster lets you load the code but crashes each time you checkout with a service is unavailable Error .... maddening

Are we on the Canadian website or what? It keeps apologising? lol

OK - enough time wasting. I'm off to play WoW Legion.

1.0 out of 5 starsA very big mistake!
By P Mary Foley on 11 Nov. 2016
Size: 8 GBStyle: Intel Core i3
I bought this laptop directly from Dell. It is very slow and freezes on the Internet. My 6 year old Toshiba is faster than this one. Dell checked it out but claim it is fine. The touch pad can often be unresponsive. Buy the Levono idea pad 500. A much better laptop for the same money. Buy from Amazon. They have a much kinder return policy.
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1.0 out of 5 starsSO SLOW
By mr p r lucy on 25 Oct. 2016
Size: 4 GBStyle: Intel Core i3 Verified Purchase
Brought this laptop as read dell supposed to be very good make. I only use laptop for the basics and got this to replace an old toshiba laptop which was supposed to be a terrible make. I have got to say my old toshiba puts this laptop to shame this is so slow . My internet banking takes so much longer to do on this , I can not recommend anything about this laptop apart from it turns on quickly. NOT IMPRESSED
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1.0 out of 5 starsComplete rubbish
By Amazon Customer on 12 Nov. 2016
Size: 4 GBStyle: Intel Core i3 Verified Purchase
Without doubt the worst computer that I have ever bought. I used to like Dell but this computer is a joke in terms of quality and speed. It is like using an old computer from the last century. Propbably running Windows 10 on 4Gb RAM is also a major no no. Dell - shame on you for producing such poor quality rubbish. I have sent it back. AVOID
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1.0 out of 5 starsThis laptop looks and feels like a relic from the 1960's
By Cougar on 26 Oct. 2016
Size: 8 GBStyle: Intel Core i3
Having used Dell laptops at work for some years, I thought it wise to buy one for home use. Big mistake. This laptop looks and feels like a relic from the 1960's. Very heavy, very clunky and very very slow. Don't bother trying to download google as it resists any attempts to use anything but their Windows Edge (which in turn is horrible). Clicking will wake anyone within two miles and the keyboard seems off centre which makes it difficult for Word writing. Avoid at all costs and buy two cans and a length of wire.
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1.0 out of 5 starsBuy something else
By pete on 18 Oct. 2016
Size: 4 GBStyle: Intel Core i3 Verified Purchase
I completed the name, password, etc, when the laptop finally booted up. Eventually it said restart to progress ... and restarted back at the beginning! And again, and again, and again.
Eventually I wiped the drive and installed Linux, which works.Even with Linux it needs a RAM upgrade to do any work ... and you can't. The RAM is only accessible by removing the keyboard (they've been taking lessons form VW) which invalidates the guarantee.

Do your homework, and buy something that works
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gone.for the currys one instead..night night!

The world hates me

Got 1 :smiley:

Had to use Chrome to do it as IE kept crashing

Now to chase the 7% cash back on the £200 deal

thanks host

Melted... Bunch Of clowns

So I have the laptop in my basket, the coupon works and has reduced the price to £199.

Shame that there's two more laptops in the basket at full price which I can't remove.

website crashed right on midnight... surprise surprise!

Currys is dead

No problem for me guys :smile:

Crashed on payment page.

Rather than "door buster" they should call it "no access". If Dell laptops works like their web, I am not interested

My basket is about to time out. I bet all have gone by now as well.

on waiting list on amazon

Gave them another chance:

Gateway Timeout
The proxy server did not receive a timely response from the upstream server.

bye ... no way I'm getting anything from them

just nabbed 35 laptops site ran smooth as silk well chuffed :man:

Went to live chat and ordered.

I think I joined the wait list, but who knows. One of these has got to work.

What is everyone looking to buy?

I want that 4K Monitor.

Went to live chat and ordered.

It's 8gb...

There are two versions, the 8 GB is on the lightning deal.

amazon wait list full :confused:

I hope you're taking the p*** misled1 !

I'm trying to buy my daughter one to help with her homework...ONE!!!!!

I've lost the will and keep falling asleep. Bedtime.

I had it in my basket at 00:01, and added the code, it worked then as I went to checkout. It's dead.
We took the basket offline completely and even the website for a minute or two. Absolute joke for a massive company like Dell

This looks to be a joke for all new paper readers

To be fair, that's Curries :-)

Can't seem to buy it from the website, it crashes...

Don't know if I'm being thick or that the Dell website has frazzled my brain but where is the page for all the lightning deals on Amazon? A link would be v helpful please :smiley:

I hope you're taking the p*** misled1 !

I'm trying to buy my daughter one to help with her homework...ONE!!!!!

​ah my mistake :confused:

Amazon sometimes repeat Black Friday Lightning Deals during the day. Worth keeping an eye out.

Pile o ****

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Curry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Curry_(television_presenter)

but granted Edwina is

Black Friday troll!

can't even put it in the basket..let alone add the codes SAVE140 and SAVE12

can't even add to basket let alone add codes

MICHAEL DELL CAN F*CK RIGHT OFF , can you tell i am peed off :disappointed:

dell the worst black friday ever.
they just turned off final basket system
why the hell you advertise some thing which you dont want to sell

It's won, I lost ... night all

It's obvious that some of these businesses lack the foresight to anticipate the demands that will be placed on their servers. I expected more from Dell.

I get to entering my CVC and then....boom. Gone.

Sorry, just trying to help. Chat line guy was very helpful.

Too many requests arrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhh

Christ sake! Trying to buy one for Royal British Legion office. Shame as their budget isn't great.
What a joke :disappointed:

The errors are starting to be returned quicker.... which is a bit worrying.

Too many requests arrrrrrggggghhhh

Its well and truly screwed up... It thinks im called 'Sarah'.... Im not!

I hope Sarah hasn't got my Laptop or that massive rubber fist I ordered earlier this afternoon.
I was buying it for a friend, don't judge me.

there sites dead as a dodo

They have advertised this nationally knowing full well they don't have stock. It's just all self promotion.

online chat is open, just keep trying there

Bedtime Eddie bedtime

Time to give them **** on their Facebook and Twitter, joke of a company

Here is the chat record:


Time

Details

11/25/2016 12:02:38AM Session Started with Agent (Michael_Paul)
11/25/2016 12:02:38AM Mike: ".Just want to add this to my basket and apply Friday code"
11/25/2016 12:02:44AM Agent (Michael_Paul): "Welcome to Dell Sales Chat, this is Michael your Online Chat Sales Advisor. Hope you are doing well.Just in case the chat gets disconnected can I have your Mobile number?"
11/25/2016 12:02:47AM Agent (Michael_Paul): "Hi Mike"
11/25/2016 12:02:52AM Agent (Michael_Paul): "May I know which machine please"
11/25/2016 12:03:29AM Mike: "Inspiron 15 3000"
11/25/2016 12:04:00AM Agent (Michael_Paul): "May I have the E-Value code which is above the ‘ADD TO BASKET’ option for the system you are interested in please?"
11/25/2016 12:04:40AM Mike: "cn35816"
11/25/2016 12:04:53AM Agent (Michael_Paul): "Can I get your First and Last Name, Billing and Shipping Address if different & Mobile number, so I can create your profile and send you a quote"

The rest if probably more information that you need.

POOR COMMUNICATION!!!

Not happy, been trying since 12, is it time to give up :disappointed:

wohoo...managed to get it ordered via live chat

im 137 in the chat queue.... no chance this is happening!

weird i just opened chat, and im number 4! lol

Thanks, but this takes me to a page with a Kit Kat on it. I feel like I'm going mad :laughing::neutral_face:

You are number (104) in queue. no way i'll reach chat

it works, although I was 3

The chat I'm in he keeps saying for me to keep trying and if not to try at 1pm not wanting to help at all

I'm number 244! :smile:

What a shambles. Tried for 3 different laptops tonight. All oos or page wouldn't load..

96 in the queue. at least no one else can buy them except the ninety off in front on me. at least I don't have to work for dell as one of their helpers!

I got asked by chat how many I wanted so there must be loads

You are number (252) in queue. my earth.....

I dont even want a new laptop anymore but opened chat for the lols and im 250

Orders being done through chat!

JohnLewis ones back in stock

Chat going down quick, it's a no for everyone

263 in chat, do I stay up?

​

I have just managed to get one through chat. Watch out as the op tried to fob me off initially. I had to say others had ordered this way.

i was checking out it accepted the code and then the site crashed still trying to get back in

not sure name calling is called for just trying to help!

Yay, now no.3

anyone have any opinions on the 4k monitor for console gaming before i possibly order?

Number 10 in queue, fingers crossed

does the chat beeps or something? 'cos I think I'll go to sleep and if they ping me and manage to talk to them I'll give it a go... but if it doesn't do any sound, I might just miss it until the morning, what a waste of hour!!!

Good luck to the rest

oooh 116 in the queue... I've got time to grab a whisky and check out some naughty sites.

How do you get onto live chat please?

395 in queue, lol

What's the chances of me ordering 2 over chat? the original plan was 2 different accounts

Just hope none of you waiting in the chat get same er Ahmed just keeps writing the same thing over and over again to try at 1pm

Ordered now from John Lewis Lenovo...

Oh i'm 418 =/ lol

450 in queue. Shambles.

at least the long wait on chat gives me time to browse other sites. pesky daughter wanting a cheap laptop for Christmas.

so those that have ordered how does it work? log into dell account afterwards and pay?

On my computer... open chat and im 300 in queue. go on phone and open chat and im 67 in queue.

http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-ideapad-310-laptop-intel-core-i3-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-/p2901213?colour=Silver

I just went for this dell can flip off

says im next in queue, but decided not to buy the 4K monitor after reviews, its not very good,

TN panel, washed out colours even though its a 4k monitor.

This is a complete farce, I will be reporting Dell to Advertising Standards, this is blatant fraud

I like that.... thank you.
Might just do that and have done with it.

OREDERED FROM JOHNLEWIS. Shouting so Dell can hear......c words.

It's interesting how the queue is taking longer to go down now. I'd assume people are arguing with the staff over it rather thn orders being placed.

​oos

Farce

can't believe this deal started off dead lol
been trying for a while and I know others who are trying too but its a total c 0 c k up by dell. They should've prepared for this as they gave everyone a heads up in a weeks advance.

Well done dell, you pied up your own black friday deal :neutral_face:

John Lewis Lenovo out of stock again , sorry guys

****, they're sold out now too!

jebussssssssssssssssss might get this,,,http://www.very.co.uk/lenovo-ideapad-100s-intelreg-atomtrade-processor-2gb-ram-32gb-ssd-116-inch-laptop-with-optional-microsoft-office-365-white/1600056141.prd

431 in queue lol :neutral_face:

Be patient. They were all OOS then the silver ones came back in stock. maybe JL are managing the traffic that way.....maybe

left queue , had enough

just order via phone.
web is ceased.

please ring.

RING !!!!
SELECT OPTION 2, ALREADY A CUSTOMER.
THEY WILL FINALLY ANSWER AFTER 50 MINS

GO GO

Got through to payment authentication but timed out. Not going to risk failed attempts to charge my card. You lost my business Dell.

Dell I'm number 312 in queue. Down from 404 in about 12 minutes

They tried fobbing me off told them everyone else is able to order this way and he has now let me order

Does it cease to be Black Friday once the sun starts coming up? Think some of you are in for a long wait.

Think I've managed to get one. Got an order confirmation email at least!

Says total price £0.00 though... "Your order will be released into production as soon as your Bank has cleared your payment."

68 now, once you're under hundred no one is closing chat until they've got through! phone number was engaged for me and a 0844 number

IT'S GONE, OUT OF STOCK. NEXT IS CYBER MONDAY GUYS!

I'm at 118 in queue. It is moving a lot slower the lower your position. About 2 positions per minute where I am at.

129 has officially sold out, I'm gutted

Oh yes it is, they are advertising something that they had no hope of fulfilling - Lenovo must be laughing all the way to the bank tonight

Wish i'd know it was being sold on Amazon as well.

Called the sales number, new customer option approx 30mins ago and after 20mins I got through to a lady (sound like she was Indian) who has transferred me to the 'Black Friday' queue .....been waiting 45mins in total now, still on hold and listening to repetitive music!

Got some bad news, just spoke on the chat at dell. ITS SOLD OUT :disappointed: no more left

Called the sales number, new customer option approx 30mins ago and after 20mins I got through to a lady (sound like she was Indian) who has transferred me to the 'Black Friday' queue .....been waiting 45mins in total now, still on hold and listening to repetitive music!

now seeing this on the website...
12am OFFER ENDED! Come back at 1pm for £199 Doorbuster OR save 12% now with coupon SAVE12

ordered the £199 through chat. chat started at 12:43 and finally completed at 1:12

Called the sales number, new customer option approx 30mins ago and after 20mins I got through to a lady (sound like she was Indian) who has transferred me to the 'Black Friday' queue .....been waiting 45mins in total now, still on hold and listening to repetitive music!

Ordered via Live Chat. Email received confirming.

offer ended???? it didn't begin!!!

For those of you who have managed to order it through the web chat - have you received an email confirmation and in the payment information does it say £0.00?

Got one at £199, chat agent really didn't want to do it for me telling me the website was fixed, and to try the phone lines.

Just keep being persistent with them, tell them you've seen others have their orders processed by chat agents, I got there in the end!

Bed time!

Good luck all!

time wasted.

:laughing:

Stuck with it and eventually got an order through online...never again Dell :disappointed:

Got as far as the payment screen. Crashed. When it finally loaded an hour later, it was full price.

Thanks for nothing Dell.

hilly_2006 ive got the dell offer email, dell booking reference email, and £199 is showing on my bank account already

cannot see why you'd lie but I've waited so long I must weather out the final 40 places. damn damn damn

What a Dull deal from Dell

Hey! Don't pontificate around here! We got standards!

Black Friday, the most racist of all commercial promotions.

It won't let me have a laptop because I'm White!

This is like trying to buy Glastonbury tickets all over again!

Finally got through on chat. The £129 model has gone

Funny how the gits have time to talk to me on Facebook when I give them stick

Wonder if anyone bought those crappy headphones.

May not be for everyone but better processor than John Lewis one and Office 365 for £299, laptop on its own is £349 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01LZDA5MJ/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1&th=1

servers seem to be back up for me. I'm getting through the check out process.

I've just managed to get to my basket and have 5 in there, now I can't remove any without it crashing...
Looking on the bright side, I'm now only number 402 in the live chat queue...

got thru to chat, he says it's not available as a standalone unit, only with wireless mouse and sleeve for £240!

both the £129 model and the £199 model are now sold out sold out , managed to get the last £199 model lol

cool story bro

Got one finally... started at 12:00 exactly, confirmation email at 1:37am, my F5 key is now worn out

no need to get salty craig

This will probably be the first time I won't care if I do a double order by mistake. Still doing F5, now on step4 confirm page..

I think there are still a few £199 left as I have just managed to order through chat (after 1hr 30mins)

There was 23 minutes between those quotes so you've done a really good job of getting through the queue TWICE, whilst im still in the 50's.

Im calling **** on your intel

precious confirm email just received.
Confirmation page didn't load but who cares about that now. I think I'm getting it..!

​ don't know, I'll email them tomorrow about it

Nice work detective :smiley:

You sound like someone in triple digits... :laughing:

'Delivery date on or before 29/11/2016'

Thank you dell

Goodnight all

65 and counting I'm wondering if I'm at the back

The £199 is sold out

Just got the one at £129 for my granny just this minute, got it online took a while but keep at it

Lost the will to live :disappointed: Good luck all :wink:

Keep trying people!
Just got the order through online after 1h 50m of trying *wiping tears*
Good luck and good night :innocent:

finally got through to checkout page and I've got 7 grand worth of laptops oops :laughing: on the bright side 9th in queue on chat

Some people are so evil saying it is sold out to boost their own chances. Stay determined non-horrible people! :smiley:

When did you join, mine was at 00:46am.

Yep worked online for me now also :smiley:

Just managed to complete online order, only took 1 hr 45 mins. Must still have stock left (£199). Nighty night all.

after 1h:50m still
Internal Server Error - Write
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Just managed to bag one via the phone...was a 40 minute wait until they picked up though :neutral_face:

Anyone else add the FRIDAY code and, when finally getting through to checkout, still be told they were being charged full price when entering their card details?! :neutral_face::disappointed:

Any advise on how to get one? I keep getting the page not found page, after the headphone selection page

Only about 25 mins ago - I was looking for other laptop deals and didn't see that chat was an option. I hope Santa's not going to have to bring an etch-a-sketch instead!

I've managed to reduce the total in my basket to 2 now, so haven't given up!

Dell are the best most durable if not most eyepleasing laptops I've had.

just ordering the £129 one through web chat. the imbecile that said it was sold out is just the end of a bell.

FRIDAY code does not work anymore for me :disappointed: f*ck dell

You are number (50) in queue....................................... O_O | | | |

please may I have ecode for £199??

Finally got the £129 deal. It was in my basket before 12. code applied exactly at 12. Took till 1.54 to manage to get through all the stages. Got the email confirmation even though though the actual order is still cycling round on another tab. Just an galaxy s7 edge deal needed!

It was never Friday its SAVE140

For the cheaper one SAVE140 and for the other one FRIDAY, it was a 2 different code....

just got thru to Dell - nice chap on the phone, they have over 1000 calls waiting currently..... but they do still seem to have a stock of both units...... Each call handler is dealing with 3/4 calls at a time

Oh FFS, the one with the code applied has disappeared now...

Saying this on the deals page now "12am OFFER ENDED! Come back at 1pm for £199 Doorbuster OR save 12% now with coupon SAVE1"

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/deals/special-deals

Well, Friday was working for me partway through the process - their page said it was Friday! WTF?!

ordered the £129 one! hurrah. that person saying it's sold out deserves to have bad things happen to him!

If you got the "last one" why are others still purchasing it?

Also why do you care so much as to hang around just to tell others it's "sold out"?

Seem to have been stuck at 40 in the chat queue for quite a while now.

Folks, on the i3 model number page it says " 12am doorbuster has ended, come back at 1pm for the £199 doorbuster".

Hopefully that means they are releasing more at 1pm today, if you don't believe me in a separate tab open up the i3 deal and look on the right.

Very slow moving one you get below 20 so be prepared to wait a bit.

It's been stuck on one number for about 15 mins for me.

Chat people trying to flog combo deals. Commission??

I've got through to my basket twice but when I try to remove a loptop (have about 5 only want 1) It fails to connect again.

anyone else been stuck in same position for 10 mins?

Save your time folks, try again at 1pm.

Got one. They are telling everyone “ You got the last one” Keep trying

199 sold out. 2 hours and nothing... Agent in chat after 20 minutes of silence call me to process my order and apologies for out of stock....

Forget it. I was on chat hold for 1hour 20. The guy wanted my name, address, phone number and card details. Lol. I told him nicely that I'm not giving these details and the chat abruptly ended!!!!
BEWARE!!

17th in the queue... dropping quickly for me now

I think naseemmuflihi got banned? lol

Amazon deal: Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series 15.6 inch Laptop (Intel Pentium Dual Core, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD, HD TrueLife) - Black £299 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Inspiron-Laptop-Pentium-TrueLife/dp/B01IMX5TV6/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1480039381&sr=1-5

The Dell UK store on Twitter just posted that the £199 deal is no longer available but the £129 deal is. Just check their Twitter account.

Yeah i'm number 94 in queue.

Sold out confirmed on @delluk on twitter

yeah i think naseemmuflihi got banned also?

If you still have a tab with discount keep going it will work mine was there from 12 took until 1:45 to 1:50 for it to go through just keep refreshing if the errors appear good luck!

I'm wondering if they're counting people who have it in their baskets (inc. me).

Hang in there, just ordered an i3 and received an email confirmation. Still some left i was on chat for around 50 minutes waiting

I have a feeling the guy was lying, he said that the standalone deal for the £199 is sold out and I can only buy it together with a sleeve and a wireless mouse for £239. I think I just got ripped off! GRRRR!!!

Only just put an order through using the chat option. They wanted me to purchase a sleeve for £15 or accidental damage cover for £25 so went for the sleeve. Not as good as £199 but still a good price. keep at it if you are still in the queue. I got through a long time after people said it was sold out.

Number 2 in queue, started at 00:47

Once you've ordered you receive a Booking Reference, is this confirmation?

​ yes, have confirmed the order, but I'm gonna contract Dell in the morning and see if he was telling the truth or if he was trying to make some extra commission

FRIDAY code indeed no longer works, what a waste of time

Started at 12:45:40 AM, 4th in queue. :disappointed:

I can't get to sleep. help !

Hmmm.. 114 in queue.. and my basket has timed out.. I had got as far as payment, then 1000x internal error.. now its not erroring, but it says my shopping session has expired... please god no.. not after 2:12hours

Don't bother. Been told its ended. Just got onto live chat, had the code entered since midnight, even got as far as card payment. Utter joke.

Dell have told me they had 250 of these on sale..pathetic.

Im currently on with Sameer_Ahmed.... not very helpful

Oh sh17 I shouldn't have been so cynical! Oh well let's get that Xbox 1 s then. Here we go again ....

IF DELL CANNOT COPE WITH THE DEMAND AND THE WEBSITE KEEPS THROWING YOU OUT, WHY BOTHER DOING A BLACK FRIDAY ONLINE ....

I'm on with Sameer_Ahmed too!

Gateway Timeout
The proxy server did not receive a timely response from the upstream server.

Like I say, its now sold out. They have another 199 going on sale at 1pm.

250 people out there somehow managed to order through a crashed website. Quite how is beyond me.

Got 1 through live chat but just told the guy I want £199 laptop from Black Friday, can someone please share how to know in order acknowledgement that I paid for the same spec/deal with £199?

Been on the phone for like 1 hour waiting for Dell to answer and came across the most rudest customer service representative, he said it is out of stock of the £199 one and won't help me at all. Kept telling me there are 600 people in the queue and just wanted to get rid of me, what an absolute joke...

Got one. Can't believe it.

Number 35 in que started at 00:00 don't understand why dell doesn't have the customer support or some sort of que system to prevent the high traffic server crashes insane a company that big can't handle a Black Friday sale they had months to pre per for this lol

Also don't give up, they seem to have stock in their system.

Just got to 6th in the queue before receiving a "Connection to server lost!" message. Well, that was a fun 2 hours.

Nodded off on the sofa only to hear hello hello. On hold for 97 mins. Bagged one for 199. Jabeen the rep processed the order lightning fast. Said loads of people waiting on hold. Never again. Bxxxxcks to Black Friday.

Your shopping session has expired or you have no items in your basket.

Has any one received a confirmation email? Or just email with the Book Reference?

Got 1 through live chat but just told the guy I want £199 laptop from Black Friday, can someone please share how to know in order acknowledgement that I paid for the same spec/deal with £199?

Dude on chat saying expired, I'm currently arguing

Bollxxxxs to Currys and John Lewis. Both out of stock when I tried after midnight. Biggest con since United did the treble a few years ago. Thanks Hukd.....not!

Just spoke to agent over phone, 199GBP model sold out, 2000 pieces all gone. 129 is still there, try guys. I got 129 model, will have to try again at 1 PM for 199GBP model

What a disgrace had one with code applied and kept timing out when I was clicking proceed to check out. Now still in my basket but with no code.

Got 1 through live chat but just told the guy I want £199 laptop from Black Friday, can someone please share how to know in order acknowledgement that I paid for the same spec/deal with £199?

Ordered mine through phone. Don't have £199 one so have to order £129 one.
The guy on phone said only 10 left.

Hi

My friend at Dell Technical Support (not available through chat, he's employed by them has said):

Every time you come up with an error such as Timeout, simply refresh the page DO NOT START ALL OVER AGAIN. Refresh by hitting F5, OR COMMAND R on Macintosh.

Starting again will take you through the whole process. Whereas refreshing will POST that data from that stage. So be patient, but REFRESH.

Me and my two friends have managed to get an order in this method. Whenever your request crashes, the post data is still available in the session, so you can refresh again.

I'm sure anyone technical enough who understands web servers and requests will confirm this is the best way.

He also confirmed that the £199 is indeed out of stock, the £129 is in stock.

All the best.

He's just ignoring me now. Probably hoping I lose the will to live, which is likely at this rate. FML.

Yup. Took my home address and email. Still not received confirmation email. Was given booking ref no and payment taken after checking Halifax on line. A right palava that was. Jabeen the sales agent told me still in stock. Spoke to her 1.55am.

Well, I tried. I even begged.

My basket item that had code for 2 hours has just connected again.... and a pop up opened saying code has expired. harsh. Going to wait in queue... number 19. grr

Tried on the phone and the advisor said both are out of stock, working fine online though but can't seem to log in

Fella, have a read of my last post. Ignore the indians on the phone, they're just tryna earn a comission. ****.

Be persistent folks. Spoke to an agent on chat for over 20 minutes but finally nabbed a 199 one. Only took 2 and a half hours....

Good luck guys.

Time for bed.
1pm tomorrow?

Finally got through to checkout after 2.5 hours. Code no longer applied, despite it showing in my basket hours earlier.

Did the same with me.
Shocking CS.
Part of me is wondering if its a bullet dodged.
Id much rather deal with a company who have more of an emphasis on customer experience than this circus based nonsense.

I'm guessing no one has received a confirmation email. Just a booking reference email right?

The basket seems to be processing through to checkout for the cheaper option using SAVE140 code & i'm still in chat queue just in case.

WOHO I GOT THROUGH, (got the £129)
managed to purchase it through the basket. I think my f5 button is broken

I had the same agent, tried to sell me the combo crap as well and that was at 01:45!!

They told me it was out of stock too. They also asked me if I'd like to wait until 1pm! lol

There are still 227 poor sods in the queue

only 129 left..... SO BAD CS people, they just don't care. waste time ,headache

dell website doesn't say 1pm anymore. it just says doorbuster, limited quantities and to use code friday

Still not received confirmation email but payment taken from my account. :wink:

To be fair the customer service guy I got was okay. Just very slow.

Ordered the £129 one...it has free returns if I decide otherwise. Wondering how poor it is compared to the i-3 laptop...my Mum wants to use internet and do office tasks.

they changed it again. nevermind

The Friday code no longer works, was looking for the i3.

Managed to grab the £129 deal over the phone at 2:40AM, there was a 45 minute wait. Although I was told over the phone initially that both deals have expired and should try again at 1:00pm.

Was after the i3 tried to sell me a similar spec one at £340 said that was discounted!!
So ended up with the Cellerion although did try to sell with added warranty for £189.
after almost 3 hours at least have something

Is there no £199 deals left ? Iv been waiting in this que for 2 hours now !?

Mine ordered. Odd since they initially said the £129 deal was 1pm today and then seemed to change the goalposts. I think they were way overwhelmed which lets face it, they should have been able to deal with it, since this is like the 4th black friday we've gone mad for...

Just received confirmation email. Took 55 minutes. Bed. Sleeeeeeep.

NOW Dell site back to normal and working ..... WTF You can order 129 model online without use chat

#13 in queue. I know how this will turn out. I'm waiting anyway. God damn you, capitalism.

Good luck it's like talking to a brick wall on chat

Code SAVE140 no longer works

Gave up after Dell cleared my voucher. Site/basket fully working now the offer has expired! Plenty of stock at full price...
I think all Dell has done is alienate any future customers. I will add them to my future "avoid" list.
Luckily, i just found a good deal on eBay for a Acer Aspire i3 Touchscreen laptop for £254. I'm sure my young one would prefer having the touchscreen anyway etc. (only 4gb 500gb HDD though)

what a load of crap that was

Phone them rather than messing about on their website. I kept getting errors, then tried live chat, was 403 in the queue,got down to 350, then that crashed too. Utterly deplorable. Eventually got fed up and ordered the £249 Lenovo one from John Lewis, it looks a similar spec with a slightly faster processor, with the added benefit of a 2 year guarantee. That'll do for my daughter.

Eventually called Dell and got through to someone. The £199 deal has ended but will be back up at 1pm, but I managed to order the £129 deal on the phone just 5 minutes ago for my mum. Be prepared for the hard sell on add ons, particularly office 360. Just politely decline.

Going to bed now!! Stressed out, but at least you don't get assaulted Black Fridaying it from home. :laughing:

FxUK DELL! I can't finish my order, because they not accepted my debit cards...I tried 3 different one...what a joke

someone must have ordered one. who are you and how did you do it?

Just managed to get the £129 Celeron via the website after 3 hours of trying. Didn't really stand a chance of getting the i3, but I suppose everyone was expecting the Celeron to be going live at 1pm so maybe that's why the stock lasted a bit longer.

Still a complete shambles on Dell's part though :-(

just ordered the 129 one on my phone been trying since 23.55 never again.

just ordered the 129 one on my phone been trying since 23.55 never again.

hey. just got off the chat with them like, 3 minutes ago. Not really budging on the line "£199 isn't available" even when I pointed out that a) dell is the manufacturer and b)the site says to try again at 1pm. He said the £129 one was still available. So bought it. bear in mind I'm getting this for my mum for light use and I might try again tomorrow for the i3.

Oh I hope he chucks in the £1 headphones like I asked. I forgot to confirm that. Good luck

1 hour on the phone, after being told online to phone it for my order to go through. The guy took my card details then said £379. I am like hold up - i got told it will go through at £199. £199 is out of stock. It's not out of stock it's the same laptop as £379 just without discount code. Guy refusing to acknowledge this, said you better order this at £379 or it won't be available at 1pm.

just ordered the 129 one on my phone been trying since 23.55 never again.

Also not accepting my debit/credit cards - have tried all 3 that I have!

Can anyone see their order:
https://support.euro.dell.com/support/order/GlobalOrderHome.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs

I can't see mine even though got an email. Dell really is Shi/t no wonder everyone loves apple

NO Longer SAVE140.... I removed and I put it back and tried to add a code and ......nothing...what a shame

3 hours 17 mins and still havent got one. Same problem with cards. Its driving me mad. Went from 82 on chat down to 19 in queue and it threw me off. Couldnt get through on phone, Basket kept crashing and i ended up with over £3000 of laptops in my basket, another hour trying to delete them all and the last 45 mins trying to get dell to accept payment card!
Maybe i should give up...... Lol
Well thanks all for keeping me sane along the way :smiley:

Anyone got a link for the £129 deal ? Cannot find it anywhere !!!

oddly enough it jumped from 70 odd in the cue to answering. I got telephone answered at the same time, both by the same person. That was amusing. It really is firm - no stock don't waste your time anymore

damn

can someone confirm they've got the order in their account on dell.co.uk?

thanks

as you can see, none left.. what a joke!! DELL SUCK!

Why do folk on here just not answer a question without trying to be smart ???

Anyone trying for the 2 in 1 when it goes live @ 7am?

If the card isn't authenticated (due to dells system) would there be any chance of still being charged?

quick question. Apologies if this has already been addressed...do you enter the code in your basket under "discounts and coupons"? Thanks

cheers :smiley:

i3 £199 deal is back on at 1pm.
Just confirmed with live chat

Hi all

It looks like the ball is rolling:


Order summary
Status: In Production
Estimated Delivery Date: 29/11/2016

I hope you're taking the p*** misled1 !

I'm trying to buy my daughter one to help with her homework...ONE!!!!!

Wanted the £129 model but knew it was going to be a waste of time staying up for so went to bed - looks like the right decision as Dell have put very limited quantities to entice people then put the price back up :neutral_face: not good

5:54AM
Order cancelled

Do we really think they will have loads at this price-it is just another way to get us on to their pages.

Has the i3 version got a built in battery or is it one you can remove?

Hi

I've just confirmed with Dell Support. My order will be dispatched today.

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Went for the 2-in-1. Don't know if I made the right choice now grr

I'm currently trying to buy the 2 in 1. But I'm met with

There was a problem authenticating your Visa information. To protect against unauthorized use of your card, you cannot complete your purchase without successfully completing authentication. Learn More Please use another card or try again. To select another form of payment click here.

Am I doomed?

2-in-1 all gone already....

Hm... so I'm trying to order the touch screen laptop. I have it in my basket but the coupon does not work...

I got to payment stage at 0657 but wouldn't take payment

Try chat guys - still showing as available on the website for me. Quite relieved it was all done relatively quickly, I was a bit nervous after the chaos from last night!

Trying to buy 2 in 1 but saying sorry code SAVE250 already been used

Tried save 250 to buy 2 in 1 at 7 am. Wouldn't take payment! Tried 3 different cards. Phoned up and they said deal had gone. What a joke!

Seems that Dell have excelled themselves on this one... not!

​links please

What a joke Will never try and buy from dell again

guy in chat said deal has ended on the 2 in 1.

i can still add it in my basket but payment wont work. Honestly mahoooooosie fail Dell!!

Waited for ages, tried buying with 4 cards and all failed.

Managed to get on chat and purchased through there so maybe I was lucky...

Does anyone no if the £129 has a DVD/cd rom part please?

spent an hour in the night starting at 12 AM and all in vain.. the site just didn't let me update with promocode. everytime i did that it said page not found and had to wait ages to go to basket again. Crap experience.

I'm just spending my morning on annoying the customer service.

I tried from 12am for an hour to purchase one, it failed numerous times. I'm not happy

No luck last night checking out. This morning I find 10 laptops in my basket but no working discount other than save12. :disappointed:

I hadn't seen it before, quite neat, just present you with a few pop ups for card number and so on

2.57 pm
came back from work. tried and got one...so code was working till 3pm

Hello all

See my previous post. I've posted the solution to getting a successful order when the is clogged. As for cards not being accepted, there is currently a hold on the site until 1pm, things will kick in at 1pm again.

I suggest you add the item, your card details and shipping address in the my account section ready to fire away. Then follow the solution i've posted in the past few pages to get an order through.

failed at midnight to 1am to get the £199 deal.
Failed at 7.30am to get the £449 2-in-1 deal.

Now going to fail again at 1pm

I tried for a while at midnight with no joy. Tried again this morning but it wouldn't apply code. Person on chat was really unhelpful. It's an HP for me I think!

Somehow I knew this would happen so I went for the JL one (next gen i3) earlier and managed to get myself a s1ag red one. (smug bar steward grin across face)

Thank you, helpful.

Well I was concerned that I would have to endure another 2 hours of meaningless struggle with Dell at 1pm today only to end up frustrated and empty handed, however I have just saved myself the hassle and purchased the John Lewis one linked here...Back in stock for anyone who is cheesed off with Dell

Happy trails...

Finally got access to my account there. Over 8 Grand of laptops in my basket :neutral_face:

Shall we all try again at 1pm :sunglasses:

I had a 2in1 in my basket and it failed at the very last button press to confirm the order, so I tried the chat and the first agent I got was exactly like the chap you had - just refused to do anything other than say the deal was over. So I ended the session and tried again - and the chap I got this time could not have been more different. After having given him my contact details he initially said that the best price they could get it too was £529 (he'd misunderstood and thought the offer price was £499), but I said the deal was actually for £449 - after another pause he came back and said they would do it for that price. So it eventually worked for me, but it just shows how different the Dell "experience" can be - they really need to get on top of this and the whole system crashing business.