Seems like a good deal :muscle: Dell latitude E7240 ultrabook intel i5 4300 (4th generation) 8GB memory 128GB solid state hard drive 12.5" display Windows 10
Il use this for general work while travelling to uni so it suits me. i don't seem to have been charged for delivery too! :thumbsup:
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bascule
3 Aug 17#1
That's a really nice little laptop, which I don't need, but I want, really badly. Must resist. Hot!
eayragt to bascule
3 Aug 17#2
I agree, if I was looking for something round this level I'd consider this. I've just considered it even though I'm not really looking, but resisted!
CapriciousZephyr
3 Aug 17#3
Not bad, just a shame it only has integrated graphics (Intel® HD Graphics 4000).
mingram to CapriciousZephyr
3 Aug 17#11
yawn....Don't buy it then. I assume you can find a better deal
ollie87 to CapriciousZephyr
3 Aug 17#18
You'll struggle to find an Ultrabook with anything dedicated.
Picard123 to ollie87
3 Aug 17#32
Xiaomi Air 13 has a Nvidia 1030.
ollie87 to Picard123
4 Aug 17#42
Which is complete garbage and probably not much faster than the Intel solution
Picard123 to ollie87
4 Aug 17#43
It's absolutely lightyears better than that crappy refurbished second hand Dell / business laptop with crappy low brightness, low res screen and shot to piece battery. You're just clueless.
ollie87 to Picard123
4 Aug 17#45
Mmmhm. And where can I buy that for £223?
Rich44 to Picard123
6 Aug 17#54
And how much more than £200 does it cost? Is it as bombproof durable as a Thinkpad?
Picard123 to Rich44
9 Aug 17#58
Thinkpads definitely aren't bombproof. The last one I had ended up a cracked motherboard.
Rich44 to Picard123
10 Aug 17#60
So look after it better then I've got an old R51 that's still in perfect condition despite bring used in education for years.
Suggest you look after laptops better then
Picard123 to Rich44
11 Aug 17#62
Just been used in the normal course of work, taken to meetings, conferences etc.
Simply not as "bomb proof" as your exaggeration would suggest.
Rich44 to Picard123
6 Aug 17#53
Not at this price
mummymelly
3 Aug 17#4
Ok for general high school work, possibly photo editing, etc would this be ok?
gsk to mummymelly
3 Aug 17#7
Yes it would. Ideal for taking time school too with it's size.
Picard123 to mummymelly
3 Aug 17#23
The screen is crap. Fine for emails, Word, Excel etc, but not so good for photo editing.
Guyver23
3 Aug 17#5
hmm i'm in need of a new machine.. had mine for almost 10 years now. Will this be ok to run Steam games?
Currently have a HP Pavilion intel core 2 (2.2ghz), 4gb ram with 320gb hard drive lol.
Astec123
3 Aug 17#6
Seems just below the price of similar models elsewhere for what you are getting overall. While I was looking around I found the following that may interest people interested in this deal that offer different specs to suite other potential needs.
Different processor which isn't much less powerful, identical RAM, but adds a backlit keyboard, twice the SSD space and a fingerprint reader. There's a 10% discount code available bringing the price to £234.
So long as you're not planning to play anything new then this should manage just fine. If you want to play some games that you've not played before then it will all depend what you want to play and how nice you want them to look. However anything you currently can play on the C2D machine should work just fine on the deal laptop and likely you can push the graphics settings up a little more if you really want to.
gsk to Astec123
3 Aug 17#9
That eBay one has no warranty and a dead battery. The damaged one is damaged and the Lenovo is well... Lenovo.
Awaken to gsk
4 Aug 17#39
Cheeky!
Can't beat a thinkpad for build quality. Well, Dell certainly can't :smile:
For the past three years have been managing a growing fleet of around 200 varying model Thinkpads for a charity, all bought 3 year old ex lease, our failure rate (ie, it went wrong itself) is only about 2% per year, they're easy to repair and bloody resilient to external influences too! Even the oldest (20 odd T410 at around 8 years old) are still more reliable than most new sub £300 machines.
Rich44 to gsk
6 Aug 17#52
The Lenovo X series are EXCELLENT laptops and pee all over HP, Dell etc every day of the week.
Stu.C to Astec123
3 Aug 17#21
I'm using an x240 right now (work machine)... generally speaking this is a nice laptop, good general performance and good battery performance, but the buttons built into the trackpad make me want to smash it against a wall on a daily basis.
cicobuff to Stu.C
3 Aug 17#28
I am smirking using my X240 now this second, and mine is just fine, in fact it is just fine because I am quite happily using an X250 touchpad in its place :smile:
ollie87 to Stu.C
4 Aug 17#49
I replaced the trackpad in my X240 with the one from the X250. Wasn't overly hard to do.
Stu.C to ollie87
4 Aug 17#50
Did you get the two physical buttons above the trackpad back... this is what I really miss.
Nice little laptops these, have had a lot of them for work with few complaints. Fast enough for most business applications so would suit students too. Very light and will fit in quite a small bag - handy for trains and even planes.
whydoiwastemytimehere
3 Aug 17#10
Nice find OP and nice laptop the only downsides are: SSD is too small for real world use, the Intel® HD Graphics 4000, and the screen is TOO SMALL for me at least.
19DembaBa19
3 Aug 17#12
What is the size of the screen
Gollywood to 19DembaBa19
3 Aug 17#13
I'm guessing 12.5"
19DembaBa19 to Gollywood
3 Aug 17#15
If it was 15.6" then I would've been all over this
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Opening post
Dell latitude E7240 ultrabook
intel i5 4300 (4th generation)
8GB memory
128GB solid state hard drive
12.5" display
Windows 10
Il use this for general work while travelling to uni so it suits me.
i don't seem to have been charged for delivery too! :thumbsup:
All comments (62)
Suggest you look after laptops better then
Simply not as "bomb proof" as your exaggeration would suggest.
Currently have a HP Pavilion intel core 2 (2.2ghz), 4gb ram with 320gb hard drive lol.
ebay.co.uk/itm…uGq
i7 powered version of the same model for £270
rectech.co.uk/7,1…tml
Same model but with some slight damage to the outer shell, However it's £60 cheaper and has a processor that's a tiny amount faster but half the RAM.
Personally, I feel this is a much better deal as below
itzoo.co.uk/col…-12
Processor: Intel i5 4th Generation 4200U 1.60GHz
Different processor which isn't much less powerful, identical RAM, but adds a backlit keyboard, twice the SSD space and a fingerprint reader. There's a 10% discount code available bringing the price to £234.
So long as you're not planning to play anything new then this should manage just fine. If you want to play some games that you've not played before then it will all depend what you want to play and how nice you want them to look. However anything you currently can play on the C2D machine should work just fine on the deal laptop and likely you can push the graphics settings up a little more if you really want to.
Can't beat a thinkpad for build quality. Well, Dell certainly can't :smile:
For the past three years have been managing a growing fleet of around 200 varying model Thinkpads for a charity, all bought 3 year old ex lease, our failure rate (ie, it went wrong itself) is only about 2% per year, they're easy to repair and bloody resilient to external influences too! Even the oldest (20 odd T410 at around 8 years old) are still more reliable than most new sub £300 machines.
I followed this: diy.mironto.sk/thi…rd/