Dell Inspiron M5040 Laptop £190.00 @ Asda - Instore Only

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  vercity11 months, 3 weeks ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  Need a laptop for general use may have to check this out once I pop in asda next.will try post pictures if it's soon
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  lucas2003uk11 months, 3 weeks ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  
  

  
  Edited By: lucas2003uk on Jun 02, 2012 12:41
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  LadyEleanor11 months, 3 weeks ago1 Like #3Show comment toolsReply

  Uses a netbook CPU in a full size laptop but with a decent battery at least it has one advantage.
  An OK GPU though.
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  GAVINLEWISHUKD11 months, 3 weeks ago1 Like #4Show comment toolsReply

  While I'm all for promoting AMD products (share holder for my sins!) Asda is incorrect as stating the processor clocks at 1.33Ghz. 1.33Ghz is it turbo mode when executing single threaded applications. It's native clock is 1.0Ghz when using multi threaded applications.
  
  While the turbo mode does indeed up the performance over it predecessor the C-50 we cant start on the trend of advertising products on their maximum available frequency.
  
  Back to the product. If your laptop is just for sitting on the sofa surfing the net, using facebook and watching youtube but don't like the idea of a small screen on a netbook then this should fit the bill nicely.
  
  On a chassis of this size with this APU then Dell could have made it a fan-less design which would have been a big selling point for many but I suspect they probably haven't to save a few pounds.
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  repouk11 months, 3 weeks ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  My OH has the previous model with the C50 CPU and 2Gb RAM. They were overpriced at £300 IMHO but at £200 these are very good value. Turn off a few of the Aero animation features and they are good to go. They will play most (all?) casual games without any problems too. The battery life is great :)
  

  
  Edited By: repouk on Jun 02, 2012 14:42
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  InfinityLoop11 months, 3 weeks ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  Dual core or single core or triple core @ 1.33ghz or what?
  I'm confused sorry ^_6
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  3spartan11 months, 3 weeks ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  Maybe I'm misinterpreting the numbers but an AMD C60 chip gets a truly rubbish rating at http://www.cpubenchmark.net/.
  
  Possibly offset by the rest of the spec I still wouldn't buy this eventhough it seems really good value.
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  TC000111 months, 3 weeks ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  I am very tempted by this, had to replace the backlight on my emachines laptop and the display has never been as good as it was before, heat added from me.
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  skippper11 months, 3 weeks ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  heat for price)
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  olmer11 months, 3 weeks ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  C60 consumes 3x times more energy then same entry-level Intel's Atom N2600. Its Win 7 score is 3.1 (3.3 Atom's). And if you can have Intel chip paired up with Nvidia's ION (any gen - should be easy within £190) it would blow this platform out of the water. The only 'plus' here is 15.6" screen, but it is low quality and in fact only 10" 'resolution-wise' (1366x768) which really matters, so hardly a redeeming feature.
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  CatsDad11 months, 3 weeks ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  How does this compare to a second hand Dell D620 Core 2 Duo 1.66Ghz,512MB Ram,80GB HDD,DVD Rom (no Windows, no mains unit) listed here as Hackintosh material?http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-latitude-d620-core-2-duo-t5500-1-6ghz-hackintoshable-14-1-1280-x-800-widescreen-1206090
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  kunyk11 months, 3 weeks ago1 Like #12Show comment toolsReply

  InfinityLoop

  Dual core or single core or triple core @ 1.33ghz or what?
  I'm confused sorry ^_6

  
  
  ever heard of google? it's a quite useful site, try it out...
  
  Series AMD C-Series
  Codename Ontario
  Clock Rate 1000 - 1333 MHz
  Level 1 Cache 128 KB
  Level 2 Cache 1024 KB
  Number of Cores / Threads 2 / 2
  Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 9 Watt
  Manufacturing Technology 40 nm
  Die Size 75 mm2
  Socket FT1 BGA 413-Ball
  Features MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400MHz)
  64 Bit 64 Bit support
  Hardware Virtualization AMD-V
  Announcement Date 08/22/2011
  Product Link (external) AMD C-Series C-60
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  kunyk11 months, 3 weeks ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  would not buy, the lowest you want to go in a 15" notebook is Pentium B950 or so.
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  3spartan11 months, 3 weeks ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  Does seem to be the plastic tricycle of cpu's.
  

  
  Edited By: 3spartan on Jun 02, 2012 17:04
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  cojack11 months, 3 weeks ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  This+ suitable ssd= a nice machine, 1.0GHz is more than enough for browsing, e-mails and some basic office stuff, no need to moan about the CPU, at this price this what you get. Thanks OP for posting this nice deal. Hot for me.
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  DzonAFC11 months, 3 weeks ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  Nth in Luton, Store specific.
  
  Nor in Dunstable. Price in those stores £269.
  

  
  Edited By: DzonAFC on Jun 02, 2012 18:27: +info
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  Sunni11 months, 3 weeks ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  Selling at £297 at my local ASDAs.
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  GAVINLEWISHUKD11 months, 3 weeks ago2 Likes #18Show comment toolsReply

  olmer

  C60 consumes 3x times more energy then same entry-level Intel's Atom N2600. Its Win 7 score is 3.1 (3.3 Atom's). And if you can have Intel chip paired up with Nvidia's ION (any gen - should be easy within £190) it would blow this platform out of the water. The only 'plus' here is 15.6" screen, but it is low quality and in fact only 10" 'resolution-wise' (1366x768) which really matters, so hardly a redeeming feature.

  
  
  *Facepalm*
  
  C-60 APU consumes 9w. The N2600 consumes 3.5w. ION consumes 15w or ION2 12w.
  
  Now I gave my nephew the half time from the football to work out the maths (he's only 5) while I made a cup of tea, and the results are in.......
  
  N2600+ION=18.5w
  N2600+ION2= 15.5w
  C-60=9w (He was a little confused at 9+0!)
  
  So there you have it, your not smarter than a five year old!
  
  Also you wont find a cedertrail ION combo as it's not possible due to our good friends at Intel.
  
  He's now happy with a curly wurly (for good maths) and I'll get back to the football. :)
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  mysmith11 months, 3 weeks ago1 Like #19Show comment toolsReply

  wifes got one like this.. had to open it up and put 8gb off ram and its still slugish.. aviod.
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  3spartan11 months, 3 weeks ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  cojack

  This+ suitable ssd= a nice machine, 1.0GHz is more than enough for browsing, e-mails and some basic office stuff, no need to moan about the CPU, at this price this what you get. Thanks OP for posting this nice deal. Hot for me.

  
  
  I do not doubt that, but this cpu seems to be Moore's Law turned upside down.

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