Dell Inspiron 15-N5050 Laptop (Scratch & Dent): Intel Pentium Dual Core B950 2.1GHz CPU, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, 15.6" WiFi N, DVDRW, 6 Cell, Win 7 $224 + TAX + Free shipping

Quote from shortyes : Spend $70 and get the ACER from Walmart that has the I5 M560. That CPU is dismal compare to an I series. Acer is $290

The Pentium B950 is the same architecture as second Gen i-Series. The i5-560M is first Gen i-Series. It's not "dismal" and has better power usage. Still, $290 for an i5-560M is very solid.

Quote from semifast : Yea, who wants a reliable laptop with a year of in home service for $225. Great deal, the B950 is a fine cpu for general use.

Like those honda ads, if the quality is bad, u can have a lifetime warranty and it won't mean jack. From personal to work use, dell really makes bad quality products. Makes sense as they continue to slide in worldwide pc ranking. Not trolling, just pointing out the facts.

thanks, got a $300 core i3 version

Quote from semifast : Yea, who wants a reliable laptop with a year of in home service for $225. Great deal, the B950 is a fine cpu for general use.

Like those honda ads, if the quality is bad, u can have a lifetime warranty and it won't mean jack. From personal to work use, dell really makes bad quality products. Makes sense as they continue to slide in worldwide pc ranking. Not trolling, just pointing out the facts.

No more Pentiums left
I swear these deals are always gone before they even make it to the SD sidebar on the front page

Quote from alex1089 : Rather spend $60 for a dell i3 second gen than any ACER. Keep away from ACER in general

I have to agree with that sentiment. I've never seen an Acer with good build quality. They're pretty consistently worse than Asus, HP, Lenovo, etc.

I would buy the intel SSD for $76 plus the B950 for $224.

I would then get rid of the dvdrw drive and buy a hard drive caddy for less than $10 and install the 500gb hdd as a secondary drive where the dvdrw once was.

Quote from The_Doug : I have to agree with that sentiment. I've never seen an Acer with good build quality. They're pretty consistently worse than Asus, HP, Lenovo, etc.

I still have my Acer Aspire Netbook from 3 years ago and it still runs nicely, just needs a replacement fan cause of the dust and heavy use for it's time. I'm currently using a refurb Dell Xps 15z and I haven't had a prob except when I clean installed my OS and didn't backup nothing and spent 2-3 hours with dell customer support (which was awesome and detailed) other than that, it's been nothing but awesome. I had a Hp Pavilion Slimline back in the 00's and had the motherboard fry after a few years, then again you guys are probably talking 5+ years of running life. I don't see the reason for all the hate, I guess I'm one of few that have had good airtime with these products.

Dell Refurb machines aren't as good as they used to be back in time. Now, they come with broken case, non working hardware and coffee stains. Recently, I had to return my certified Refurb laptop withing 24hrs. Camera, CD Player and USB weren't working. (Yes proper drivers were installed)

this seems sold out, i don't find this model now?

Quote from thinh4u2 : To sum it up, get this for budget, or get 2nd/3rd gen if you want quality.

I bought one of each

Quote from lostbuddy1 : I still have my Acer Aspire Netbook from 3 years ago and it still runs nicely, just needs a replacement fan cause of the dust and heavy use for it's time. I'm currently using a refurb Dell Xps 15z and I haven't had a prob except when I clean installed my OS and didn't backup nothing and spent 2-3 hours with dell customer support (which was awesome and detailed) other than that, it's been nothing but awesome. I had a Hp Pavilion Slimline back in the 00's and had the motherboard fry after a few years, then again you guys are probably talking 5+ years of running life. I don't see the reason for all the hate, I guess I'm one of few that have had good airtime with these products.

I'm talking about 2-3 years of running life and I've seen some shoddily built Acer's--most recently their S3 Ultrabook where the monitor cable in the hinge wore out after 6 months. I guess I shouldn't have bought it used because I'm on my own as far as fixing it.

All laptop build quality has improved in the last 15 years. My Compaq from '99 was POS and the plastic got brittle from its own heat and parts started cracking and literally falling off. My wife's Dell from '07 was built much worse than anything I've seen in the last two years, including several Dells, an HP, a mountain of Lenovos, and an Asus.

Most companies just have better methods for hinges nowadays and do a better job with heat resistant plastic and other methods than last longer.

They seem to be back for $15 more... wonder if I should buy this, threaten to cancel, get 10% back, and call it a day. Would be a decent upgrade from my old CQ60.

Excuse the double post, the $224 ones just came back in stock (though limited, might be all out now). I just bought one for $244.11 shipped. If I can call Dell tomorrow and get 10% back, I'm keeping the laptop.

Not sure if I made the right call by not paying the extra $55 and getting a Core i3 and HD 3000 graphics versus the B950 and the HD 2000. My mentality was that either are going to be significant upgrades from my current laptop, and the laptop is strictly used to pay bills... so screw future proofing right?