Dell Computers

[marvin]

Hi

 

Does anyone know of any company that could provide cheap DELL Computers? We are in the process of hopefully update our ICT suite and was after 30 desktop machines

 

Thanks

[TechMonkey]

Ermmmmm, Dell?

[Ryan]

Dell sell cheap Dells

 

Or some online retailers resell Dell systems. Dunno if they're new or reconditioned though. You bothered?

[flashsnaps]

"Dell don't sell in the shops"

 

If you are looking for secondhand stuff, with no warranty - then there are stacks of job lots of Dells going on eBay. Type in "Job lot dell"

[marvin]

Has to be brand new equipment, not sure whether to go for DELL, HP or stone as i am very limited on money.

[Ryan]

What sort of specs are you looking for?

 

Also, it may be worth setting up a business account with Dell. If you say you want that amount of PCs, they're usually open to some negotiation or bung in some nice freebies. Feel free to haggle Our account manager is great, we get all our PC hardware from Dell now.

[marvin]

Dual Core processor i possible with at least a 1gb ram.

 

How much do you think that will be including monitor?

[Athlona]

Hi I have just got 4 of these Dell thin Clients very nice spec`s, But no 1gb LAN:(

 

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/4x_vostro_200st?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd

 

Hope this helps...?

[Nexus-6]

Another company to try for Dell equipment is Kelway (UK) Limited, contact we have is Farhat Aziz, Tel. No. 020 70556000, Email: [email protected], website: http://www.kelway.co.uk

 

We have purchased Dell servers of them in the past.

[broc]

We have been buying refurbished DELL systems for years. These are sold with the balance of manufacturers warranty. All of these systems have been factory 'refurbished' by DELL, most have been in perfect or near perfect condition upon delivery and came with 30+ months warranty or more.

 

I would estimate I have bought 100+ desktops and 200+ DELL Latitude laptops this way, not to mention 3 servers. Out of the 300+ systems I would reckon 2-3 have had slight scratches, certainly no more damage than you get buying new direct from DELL anyway. Stick them in a classroom environment for a week and they will have worse battle scars anyway!

 

Suppliers I have used are EuroPC, SterlingXS, MCS, and ITC Sales. EuroPC has been very good at getting us larger batches of equipment. If they have what you want it's next day delivery. With EuroPC, if they don't have what you want they will source what you need, including individual features on servers.

 

The best thing of all is dealing with someone who is is keen to help and willing to speak to you

[GlennT]

You could try contacting your area rep?

I find ours to be very helpful.

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/segments/hied/topics/he_fe_team?c=uk&cs=RC1059030&l=en&s=hied

[georgebush]

We've been buying Dell Vostros recently, very cheap and surprisingly good quality.

 

You might be able to negotiate a discount on delivery with such a large order.

 

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/vostro_dt?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd

[Elky]

If you are on a budget you could always try giving us a call? We build PCs with 3 year warranties as standard and offer very good value for money. Email me on [email protected] or call 0845 450 3603 if you fancy giving us a go!

 

Regards

[Teth]

We buy pretty much exclusively from Dell now too. I always shop around HP and Fujitsu but our account manager at dell will always beat them and usuually by a considerable margine. They seem to reward loyalty and of course volume purchases. To give you an idea this time last year we bought 57 desktops 2 computer suites. All ultra lowprofile small cases vista capable ie they have a dedicated video card. Spec as follows.

 

Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13ghz

2GB DDR2

80GB HD

Radeon 1300 128MB DVI video cards.

optical mice + the nice dell keyboards.

DVD-RW (they are media studies suites)

Windows XPhome license

17" 1280x1024 screens from dell's pro range not the value ones.

The 3 Year Warrantly was thrown in and their service through that has been fantastic with the 1 blown Monitor, 2 faulty laptops and a bad DVD drive we've had out of the close to 200 machines we've now bought from them. They were all swapped next day no questions.

 

This was our 3rd major order from dell and our account manager got the price down to a touch over £400 a machine and they were delivered the following week.

 

Like any of the big suppliers Dell, RM, Fujitsu, HP get in touch with their public sector sales department your Locla authority may already have a rep assigned so might be worth checking. They want to sell machines in volume and they will relish the opertunity to win a school as a cleitn becasue they know we will have a 3-7 year renwal cycle and thats the kinda business that keep them going.

Edited January 28, 2008 by Teth

[kxv2020]

Dell Outlet is the place where dell sell their own refurbished stuff! But I'm sure if they do lots.

 

http://www.dell.co.uk/outlet

[dhicks]

Curses. Looks like I could have got a better deal on the machines we bought over the summer!

 

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David Hicks

[sahmeepee]

Curses. Looks like I could have got a better deal on the machines we bought over the summer!

 

In the past I'd got bored of cold-callers claiming to be able to offer better prices for Dell kit than Dell themselves - my Dell account manager always beat their prices and they were sometimes even more expensive than the web price.

 

It was only when I tried out a request on schoolquote last summer that I found any suppliers with cheaper pricing than Dell and it turned out *miles* cheaper. OrchidUK won the order in the end, but quite a few suppliers came in cheaper than my quote direct from Dell. The upgrade from 4 to 5 years warranty was only 4 quid per PC! I should really recommend Orchid for their good communication and for arranging a delivery date to suit us and sticking to it.

 

I suspect Dell account managers may perform better in their mid range as they don't seem to be as interested in punters buying their cheaper kit without screens, optical drives etc.

[vikpaw]

Another company to try for Dell equipment is Kelway (UK) Limited, contact we have is Farhat Aziz, Tel. No. 020 70556000, Email: [email protected], website: www.kelway.co.uk

 

i agree, kelway consistently undercut Dell, it's because dell is split into divisions and they don't all know what the other is doing or selling at. dell for education is rubbish.

 

we either buy from kelway or directly online from the small business website, you go over the limit ( only 5 purchases per customer) but they don't care, we ordered over 50 laptops before. and to top it off we got a thank you from our account manager for doing it! go figure.

 

we use ian [email protected] i've used him since i used to work in london, the service is exceptional, quotes back within the hour (normally 15-30mins). just tell them what you want and what price you've seen it at.

 

@georgebush: Vostro laptops are ACE! 2GB ram with dedicated video memory for under £300 with vista biz.....

[ninja-lewis]

If you're a registered charity, try Charity Logistics (now VSC UK). We received a 40% discount when we ordered through them from Dell last year.

[Ryan]

Ooooh, nice. I'll give them a look when it comes time to shop again.

[snrweb]

recommend http://www.iacomputing.co.uk who can get good Dell kit. Always seems to beat website prices.

[selu]

Are available from http://www.europc.co.uk

[eean]

After sitting on hold for 15 minutes to the Dell schools line, I hung up and they lost my business.

However, both Misco and Ebuyer were biting my arm off to get me to buy HP machines. When going to and throw I managed to get them to repeatedly undercut each other on their "I shouldn't really be selling this to you for this" price.