As discussed at last week's board meeting, the chapter has been given a £500 grant to fund the purchase of a computer to help with outreach work. As per previous discussions, it would be useful to have a projector at the same time so that we can do presentation on the go.
I've had a look on the internet and this is the best deal I can find:
£199 - Dell Inspiron Mini 10 V (http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Laptops/laptop-inspiron-10/pd.aspx?refi...)
£11.99 - Laptop bag (http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/PopupProductDetail.aspx?cs=ukdhs1&l...)
£285 - Dell M109S On-the-go projector (http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/projector-del...)
£30 delivery
Total - £496
Comments appreciated!
Andrew
Order by phone and haggle. Dell’s phone sales people will normally knock off at least 10% if they think they’re not going to get your commission.
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Turvey Sent: 15 December 2009 00:06 To: WMUK-L Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Computer quote
As discussed at last week's board meeting, the chapter has been given a £500 grant to fund the purchase of a computer to help with outreach work. As per previous discussions, it would be useful to have a projector at the same time so that we can do presentation on the go.
I've had a look on the internet and this is the best deal I can find:
£199 - Dell Inspiron Mini 10 V (http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Laptops/laptop-inspiron-10/pd.aspx?refi...)
£11.99 - Laptop bag (http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/PopupProductDetail.aspx?cs=ukdhs1&l...)
£285 - Dell M109S On-the-go projector (http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/projector-del...)
£30 delivery
Total - £496
Comments appreciated!
Andrew
2009/12/15 Andrew Turvey andrewrturvey@googlemail.com:
£199 - Dell Inspiron Mini 10 V (http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Laptops/laptop-inspiron-10/pd.aspx?refi...)
This looks quite good. Very low spec, but we don't need more. Excellent price.
£11.99 - Laptop bag (http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/PopupProductDetail.aspx?cs=ukdhs1&l...)
Two problems:
1) It's bright red! 2) It looks like a laptop bag. It is better to keep laptops in bags that don't look like laptop bags so they are less obvious to thieves.
£285 - Dell M109S On-the-go projector (http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/projector-del...)
Lots of very mediocre reviews. In particular, apparently it is very dim so you need a really dark room to use it. Since we will often be using it in rooms we have no control over, that could be a problem.
2009/12/15 Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
2009/12/15 Andrew Turvey andrewrturvey@googlemail.com:
£11.99 - Laptop bag (http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/PopupProductDetail.aspx?cs=ukdhs1&l...)
- It's bright red!
- It looks like a laptop bag. It is better to keep laptops in bags
that don't look like laptop bags so they are less obvious to thieves.
I call bikeshed ;-p
£285 - Dell M109S On-the-go projector (http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/projector-del...)
Lots of very mediocre reviews. In particular, apparently it is very dim so you need a really dark room to use it. Since we will often be using it in rooms we have no control over, that could be a problem.
Anyone used a good projector for portable stuff?
I might ask on other lists too ...
- d.
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