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Russ	29-11-2007 13:58

AOL's free laptop

Against my advice, my parents have signed up for AOL broadband. I told them if they were going to do that then they may as well take the free laptop offer - and give it to me :D

Which they agreed to :D

It's going to be the base model, it's not something I'd normally go for but hey, it's free so why not.

Does anyone have any experience with it? It's the Inspiron 1520 Base model. I've seen one or two online reviews which say it's obviously not the fastest but otherwise is ok.

pedantic

29-11-2007 14:05

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No idea about the lappy, but if you have anymore relatives, AOL's latest offering, is a new PS3. :D

Russ	29-11-2007 14:09

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Yeah I saw that and did ask AOL about it but they reckon initial demand means most people won't get one til late January :(

That's why I chose the lappy.

Halcyon

29-11-2007 21:57

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It's not bad for casual surfing and normal use.
It's a little sluggish with Vista though.

zing_deleted

29-11-2007 22:12

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for a free laptop you can afford to lob some ram at it

Tightscot

29-11-2007 22:17

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personally i'd have taken the PS3 and waited... then sell your DVD player and old console and stick the money towards a laptop...

Lord Nikon

30-11-2007 01:32

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Russ, didn't you know?

Friends don't let friends sign up with AOL

Callumpy

30-11-2007 09:48

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The laptop is a dell with vista!

i cant see it working

Graham M

30-11-2007 10:07

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Originally Posted by Callumpy (Post 34442911)

The laptop is a dell with vista!

i cant see it working

Go to school!

zing_deleted

30-11-2007 10:26

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Aol is the same as any other adsl provider now .They send you a router so you do not have to install the software so its not as bad as it was.

southwell

30-11-2007 10:28

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They sure try to make you do it though. Sky's instructions were adamant that i had to use the CD, no chance!

Callumpy

30-11-2007 10:50

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeph (Post 34442924)

Go to school!

Im off school, ill

MadGamer

30-11-2007 12:30

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Originally Posted by Callumpy (Post 34442952)

:D

Im off school, ill

You shouldn't be sat in front of a PC if your ill then. :rolleyes:

Callumpy

30-11-2007 13:11

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what else is there to do?

Russ	30-11-2007 13:24

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Originally Posted by Halcyon (Post 34442735)

It's not bad for casual surfing and normal use.
It's a little sluggish with Vista though.

I might even downgrade it - I've got an old XP disk and licence around here somewhere. Might chuck that on and as the Zingmeister says, drop some more RAM in.

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