Dell Inspiron 17 released in the UK

Nate Lanxon | Jul 31, 2009

As larger laptops go, Dell's new 17-inch Inspiron 17 has the potential to impress. But be warned: The base price of nets you what is essentially a netbook in a massive chassis.

On the plus side, this is a reasonably attractive, if budget-focused, 16:9 widescreen laptop that comes with a bunch of colour options. You can snag it for under £400 (S$953.45), including tax and delivery, in a configuration that includes a 1.8GHz Intel Celeron processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard disk, Windows Vista Home Basic (eugh) and bog-standard integrated graphics.

But that's a crap configuration. Bumping up the price to around £550 (S$1,310.99) gets you a far more attractive model, and one that's still excellent value. This includes the full Windows Vista Home Premium OS, a 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and far more suitable 3GB of RAM.

Bear in mind you'll get a free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium as well, when it's released in October.

Now for some expensive fun. Because we like fun and it's your money we're spending. Maxing out the configuration snags you a Blu-ray disc drive, 8GB of RAM, a 500GB hard disk, a 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, faster wireless networking with 802.11n Wi-Fi, and dedicated ATI graphics. But that'll cost you a not-fun £1,650 (S$3, 932.98). We're pretty sure you can get someone whacked for that.

You can configure and order your own now from Dell's UK Web site. We are still awaiting confirmation if this unit will make it to Asia.

Via CNET UK Crave

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