E4200 vs V130

I am confused now, the V13 on the Dell outlet site has the i3-380UM/i5-470UM processors, although the Dell rep said they never came with them, only the V130. The Dell Outlet chap confirmed that they are the i3-380UM/i5-470UM processors in the V13 that they have listed....

Still cant decide between the V13 (dell Outlet i3/i5) for £400ish or a refurb E4200 (U9400) for the same price.

 

Wait that's not right, that is backwards. The V130 offers ULV Core 2 OR ULV Core i series processors, V13 only offers ULV Core 2 or Celeron processors.

The E4200 overall I think is the better machine. You get a standard 3 year warranty (extra for the V13/V130), has the ability to readily change the battery, and has a much better battery life. Processing power is going to be relatively the same. V13/V130 is a no compromise ultra thin notebook, but sacrifices battery life in order to reduce weight/thickness.

 

^^^^^ This

 

Ok, they have now updated it, they were V130's, bonus!

 

Going to order the V130 w/ i5-470, 2GB, 320GB 7200rpm for just over £400 when the dell outlet site will actually let me!
Then get a memory upgrade and SSD when they have come down in price a bit, if i find the 7200ropm drive too slow or loud!

 

Still not ordered the V130, Dell Outlet are not answering the email, and there is no direct number for the outlet in the UK.

Although they now have some E6420's in stock, tempting to go for something a little larger but powerful! (EDIT no longer there...)

From a bit of research, the Celeron u3600 V130 should be about as fast as the E4200 (SU9600) and can be had for £330, or £435 for the i5-470UM.
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Vostro V130
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Processor: Intel Celeron ULV U3600 (2M Cache, 1.2GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
320 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
2 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz (1 DIMMs)
Display 13.3in WLED HD (1366X768)
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1702 (802.11b/g/n) + Bluetooth v3.0
LCD Back Cover : Silver WLAN
Back Up Media Not Included

£330
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Vostro V130
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Processor: Intel Core i5-470UM (3M Cache, 1.33 GHz)
500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz (1 DIMMs)
Display 13.3in WLED HD (1366X768)
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1702 (802.11b/g/n) + Bluetooth v3.0
Aberdeen Silver for WWAN
Back Up Media Not Included

£435
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The specs/prices have changed since yesterday....

This will be a netbook alternative, running linux (Just about to try Ubuntu and Mint) and purely for internet/office docs.

 

I would go with the 2nd V130...i5 ULV would beat down that Celeron and take its lunch money.

 

OK cheers, been playing with Mint 11 today and quite impressed.

The Outlet site keeps changing, i still can not order but now the i5-470UM model above is £395!