Saturday, August 21st, 2010
At Brandstar we are big fans of Dell computers. Here's why...
How much experience have we had with Dell?
We have ordered hundreds of computers from Dell and despite looking at other big name brands we have always come back to to Dell!
What makes them stand out from competitors?
Value for money - ...
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
Our 'Laptop vs Desktop' post will help you make this decision!
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
So often we are asked 'what's better, a Laptop or Desktop?' The answer will always depend on what you intend to use it for, here are a few positives and negatives of each:
Laptops:
Laptops are portable so you don't have to use the machine in the office
Laptops are a lot smaller ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
We recently have had the privilege of supplying ans setting up a high spec Latitude E6500 and we are very impressed. Yes it is a lot of money for many users, but we can see what you are paying for!
Let's start with the specification of the machine:
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA+ ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
In this blog I'm going to give the Dell Vostro 1510 the once over. The difference to this machine review is that I am by no means a techie. So this review is very much from a typical users point of view. So we're all on the same page, here ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Continuing the review of Dell machines that pass through Brandstar's doors with the XPS M1530. In short...NICE! Even though it is just a big version of my M1330 I was still suitably impressed.
The M1530 came with just a 6 cell battery rather than the 9 cell that my smaller laptop ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
As more and more Dell machines pass through our doors I thought I would review some of them that I think stand out! Starting with the 1525 Inspiron Laptop.
Recently Dell released what seems to be a replacement for the 1521 which is no longer available. The 1525 however is an ...
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
The latest addition to the Brandstar Computer list is a Dell XPS M1330 Crimson Red laptop, 13.3" screen, 2GHz Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB memory, 160GB hard drive, 2.0 Mega pixel Camera, DVDRW, bluetooth, wireless, Vista Home Premium etc. I didn't see a real need for the Biometric ...
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