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:
Latest comments (62)
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
NBargiebargie
10 Aug 17#61
Did anyone make a purchase and if so what cosmetic condition did it arrive in?
TheSpartan
8 Aug 17#55
Ordered one and it came in terrible condition I know they're refurbs but this looked like it had been thrown around and I'm having trouble returning it the customer service isn't great.
regcar to TheSpartan
8 Aug 17#56
You must have been very unlucky. Received mine today, well packed, and in mint condition. Battery was 100% and is holding charge very well. Not too much crap installed, only Bullguard Anti Virus to delete. Think it is only a trial, and I prefer Windows Defender and Malwarebytes.
ollie87 to regcar
9 Aug 17#59
I'd just reinstall Windows for my own sanity if I were you.
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.
Could someone possibly tell me if this would be able to run player unknown battlegrounds ? Or point me to something that can ? First time trying to game on pc
ollie87 to Maxiswavy
4 Aug 17#48
No it won't. For a laptop you'll struggle to find anything at this price that will. You're gonna be spending at least three times this to play that game.
cicobuff
3 Aug 17#31
I can vouch for ITZOO personally, although my deal has not been replicated. Got a Lenovo X240, I5 4300U with 256GB SSD, remainder of the manufacturers warranty (4 months), no backlit keyboard or webcam and a fresh Windows 10 Home for Refurbs licence for £229 (-10%) £199. Battery life on both the internal and external batteries are good with it only losing around 10% of its full capacity.
Got a new backlit keyboard from eBay, and an X250 palmrest/touchpad for around £50 in total, very happy with my laptop with the upgrades, there again taking apart a modern thinkpad is not for the feint hearted, the ribbon cable management and the fact everything is built up from the palmrest makes it a laborious machine to work with for upgrades even for a seasoned pro like myself.
Only other upgrade now will be the TN panel swap out for a full HD IPS, it will still come in at £300 total for a top notch ultraportable.
However, unless you need 16GB RAM (the Haswell bottlenecks the X240) you will not get a better typing experience than on a Thinkpad, and although extremely 'marmite', personally I would not be without the usability of a trackpoint.
jpwjpw to cicobuff
3 Aug 17#34
I upgraded my X240 from the crap TN LCD panel to a Full HD IPS screen. Took me ages and ages to find the correct screen replacement though. Cost me $120 from ebay but is a massive improvement. I'm afraid the seller isn't on ebay any more. Make sure you are careful when sourcing your screen. The other awesome upgrade you can do to your X240 is to add in a M.2 SSD. I now have a 256GB M.2 SSD (2242) for the OS and 2TB HDD in the laptop for bulk storage.
Picard123 to jpwjpw
3 Aug 17#36
You would have been better off buying a better laptop in the first place....
eg.
The screen on that blows the Dell / X240 screen into the weeds.
jpwjpw to Picard123
3 Aug 17#37
It wasn't available 3 years ago when I got my X240 :smile: Also, you can't stuff a 2TB hard disk in it in addition to the SSD and I'm not sure about the Core m3 range of CPUs. I've heard they are pretty slow.
Astec123 to Picard123
4 Aug 17#40
Maybe, but then they are entirely different devices, one being a business ultraportable, the other being mass market consumer focussed hardware.
Ebay one has 1 Year RTB warranty included which it states several times in the listing
Damaged one I stated quite clearly is damaged. Not everyone on HUKD is looking for a laptop that looks like a mac or costs the same as one. Some people just want a machine that will just work for their basic needs and price being important. At the end of the day it's an option for some people that they can consider. Just because it's not for you doesn't mean it's not good for someone else. It's listed for sale so obviously people are buying as Rectec seem to go through dozens of units in similar states.
As to the Lenovo? I'm guessing you're talking about their consumer machines which are like all consumer grade tat....rubbish. If you've never used a true Thinkpad then you really have no room to comment because a T or X series have been for decades the go to option in the corporate world, the only reason companies like Dell and HP get a look in generally speaking is they price competitively against lenovo and IBM before that which when you're buying 100's of machines soon adds up. At the end of the day there is no comparison to a business grade machine like the Dell Latitude, Lenovo Thinkpad or HP Elitebook models in terms of durability at excellent prices, but my experience of many dozens of these types of machines over the years is that the Lenovo/IBM models always have had an edge.
splender to Picard123
4 Aug 17#44
Without hearing the specifc requirements and spend from a person, it is near impossible for anyone to match his/her needs and claim "better off". I have this series but with 1080p touch screen, light weight and easy to travel, and it has a metal chasis. I have had Thinkpads and I am happy with Dell Lattitudes (3 of them).
olivarrr
4 Aug 17#41
I'm on my 4th Dell Latitude E7** and they've all been ace! Although I did get an E7270 (Skylake i5, 256GB, 8GB, 1080 LCD touch) for a colleague for £320 with Dell warranty up to 2020 the other day on eBay so its worth shopping around.
weeklycoconut
4 Aug 17#38
Have been looking around for new laptop for a while, was considering Chromebook for browsing and Google Docs but this right here is even better!
damadgeruk
3 Aug 17#35
I still use a 'refurbished' E6220 which hit 1500+ in February 2014. Great machines, better since I changed to a backlit kb. Still getting over an hour out of the battery it came with.
J400uk
3 Aug 17#33
I've got the 14in version of this, solid and very capable machine :smile:
Jaji
3 Aug 17#30
Will this be good for secondary school? Should I go for any upgrades?
welshg
3 Aug 17#29
Tempted :neutral_face:
EdCov
3 Aug 17#27
I'm posting this on a Lattitude e6230, which is an earlier model, which is also a refurb business machine. I bought this after a laptop with hdd stopped working, partly I think because it had been bounced around by the children a bit too much.
For homework, office and web browsing they are great machines, because the screens are smaller the pixel density is higher than the same resolution on a bigger screen.
Obviously battery life can be an issue but if you treat with respect and fully discharge and fully charge then in some cases this can be improved. However, it is always a gamble.
I have seen dell e7240s for £189 on ebay, when 10x nectar points were available.
EdCov
3 Aug 17#26
I bought the rectech one and returned it. I don't believe it is fit for sale.
The bottom metal part has a crack in it, which demonstrates to me that it has experienced some force.
It sounded to me like electricity shorting. I think it is probably a fire risk and dangerous.
Obviously they think differently, but they did give me a full refund and paid return postage.
faxmax
3 Aug 17#25
I had a previous model but with much higher spec until last year. It was one of very few models to pack a true i7 in a small package and I enjoyed using it. It was never the lightest or thinnest, the screen resolution was my only major complaint.
jasee
3 Aug 17#24
Cheap for an ultrabook but looks bit lumpy. Not as lightweight as some 1.3KG. But the main letdown is the display 1366 x 768 pixels
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.
Picard123
3 Aug 17#22
A big downer is that the battery is likely to be be shot in terms of charging life, and replacements are expensive.
The real dealbreaker is that display though - ridiculously dim and likely to be a poor quality TN panel as well:
Anyone bought from this company and can advise the condition these refurbs arrive in?
pheyshunt1
3 Aug 17#19
Brilliant for the price, recommending to my friends
BDawg
3 Aug 17#17
Heat for the hand stand op
Naith
3 Aug 17#16
Low-res screen puts me off...
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
Gollywood
3 Aug 17#14
Good first deal Hannah!
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.
SpamJavelin
3 Aug 17#8
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.
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.
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!
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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:
Latest comments (62)
Suggest you look after laptops better then
Simply not as "bomb proof" as your exaggeration would suggest.
notebookcheck.net/Rev…tml
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
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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/
Got a new backlit keyboard from eBay, and an X250 palmrest/touchpad for around £50 in total, very happy with my laptop with the upgrades, there again taking apart a modern thinkpad is not for the feint hearted, the ribbon cable management and the fact everything is built up from the palmrest makes it a laborious machine to work with for upgrades even for a seasoned pro like myself.
Only other upgrade now will be the TN panel swap out for a full HD IPS, it will still come in at £300 total for a top notch ultraportable.
However, unless you need 16GB RAM (the Haswell bottlenecks the X240) you will not get a better typing experience than on a Thinkpad, and although extremely 'marmite', personally I would not be without the usability of a trackpoint.
eg.
The screen on that blows the Dell / X240 screen into the weeds.
Ebay one has 1 Year RTB warranty included which it states several times in the listing
Damaged one I stated quite clearly is damaged. Not everyone on HUKD is looking for a laptop that looks like a mac or costs the same as one. Some people just want a machine that will just work for their basic needs and price being important. At the end of the day it's an option for some people that they can consider. Just because it's not for you doesn't mean it's not good for someone else. It's listed for sale so obviously people are buying as Rectec seem to go through dozens of units in similar states.
As to the Lenovo? I'm guessing you're talking about their consumer machines which are like all consumer grade tat....rubbish. If you've never used a true Thinkpad then you really have no room to comment because a T or X series have been for decades the go to option in the corporate world, the only reason companies like Dell and HP get a look in generally speaking is they price competitively against lenovo and IBM before that which when you're buying 100's of machines soon adds up. At the end of the day there is no comparison to a business grade machine like the Dell Latitude, Lenovo Thinkpad or HP Elitebook models in terms of durability at excellent prices, but my experience of many dozens of these types of machines over the years is that the Lenovo/IBM models always have had an edge.
I have this series but with 1080p touch screen, light weight and easy to travel, and it has a metal chasis. I have had Thinkpads and I am happy with Dell Lattitudes (3 of them).
For homework, office and web browsing they are great machines, because the screens are smaller the pixel density is higher than the same resolution on a bigger screen.
Obviously battery life can be an issue but if you treat with respect and fully discharge and fully charge then in some cases this can be improved. However, it is always a gamble.
I have seen dell e7240s for £189 on ebay, when 10x nectar points were available.
The bottom metal part has a crack in it, which demonstrates to me that it has experienced some force.
It sounded to me like electricity shorting. I think it is probably a fire risk and dangerous.
Obviously they think differently, but they did give me a full refund and paid return postage.
The real dealbreaker is that display though - ridiculously dim and likely to be a poor quality TN panel as well:
notebookcheck.net/Rev…tml
Currently have a HP Pavilion intel core 2 (2.2ghz), 4gb ram with 320gb hard drive lol.