Just bought a Dell Inspiron One at an incredible price!

bibiphok on 14/06/2013 - 21:52

Just bought this model:
http://configure.ap.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dw2102…

23" FH1920 x 1080 (Full HD) Touch (New Cycle)
8GB DDR3 SO-DIMM AT 1600MHZ-2x4GB
AMD Radeon HD 7650A 1GB DDR3
3.5" 2TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, 1X2TB
12.7" SATA tray Load Blu-ray (BD) Combo Drive (BD Read Only)
3rd gen Intel® Core™ i7-3770S processor (3.10 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz)

Refurbished for $999!!! That's half the price of the non refurbished one
Amazing specs for an all in-one with touch screen isn't it?

Is there a catch or am I missing something?

Computing All in One Computer Dell Desktop Computer

Comments

  • scrimshaw on 14/06/2013 - 22:11
    +1

    I'm personally not a big fan of AIO's since they're not self-serviceable. With a regular PC, if the mainboard, GPU, PSU or fan dies you can replace it yourself with off-the-shelf parts.

    With an AIO you can't really swap it's parts for anything else. The only things you can upgrade are just memory and hard disks, everything else is proprietary and soldered on. Also a lot of stuff you have to rip out to get to the heatsinks when cleaning.

    But I digress. Good deal. The specifications are a bit unbalanced as usual though (has a fast CPU but the video card is downright slow)

  • bibiphok on 14/06/2013 - 22:20

    Yes, but you've got to take into account usage

    The specs are more that good enough for what you use an AIO touchscreen (in fact, they are even overkill)

    I bought it as a sort of giant tablet that would seat in the living room so don't think I'm ever going to need to upgrade anything for the next 10 years really

  • ryudo222 on 14/06/2013 - 22:40

    wow! thats pretty good, was it the refurb model you bought though? i think those comes shipped with some minor scratches, besides that….its a pretty good price…i wouldnt mind picking one up but ever since the new haswell cpu has been released I might hold out a little bit for the price to drop even more.

  • bibiphok on 14/06/2013 - 22:49

    Yes refurb, bought on eBay

    Funny, Dell sell stuff on eBay, for example, there is a link to that same model, new
    http://configure.ap.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=au&l=en…

    At $1498.98 which doesn't appear on their website unless you know the URL

    I'm not sure Haswell will have that much impact on the price of previous gen for desktop… It may make previous gen laptops a bit obsolete, but there's pretty much no gain for desktops

    I'm pretty sure that it's quite unlikely that the price of this model with these specs can go much lower in the next 12 months

  • ryudo222 on 14/06/2013 - 23:02

    i think if you look up the dell outlet store they have super cheap stuff, http://www1.ap.dell.com/au/en/dfo/df.aspx?refid=df&s=dfo&~ck…

    you have to constantly check there though, you get some super good bargains sometimes.

  • bibiphok on 14/06/2013 - 23:06

    Don't know, I've been a few times and never really saw anything interesting at a bargain price

  • ethereal88 on 15/06/2013 - 07:20

    Non upgradeable, and no SSD. The mobo is likely poor quality too. I wouldn't have bought it.

  • tonyjzx on 15/06/2013 - 16:36

    thats a great price for a TOUCH fhd aio

    • i7 + BD + good GPU

    everyone is a propellor head gaming twit but people like the conveninece of an AIO

  • bibiphok on 16/06/2013 - 22:30

    Haha thanks, that's true, some people just miss the point, an AIO is not a desktop computer, which is also different from a laptop or a tablet. Guys, same criteria don't apply to everything

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