Dell Laptop deals from Dell@home

ElTaco · Post by **ElTaco** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:08 pm

I haven't seen anyone looking for decent deals but here are a few from Dell:

Dell Inspiron 1300 Notebook, Pentium M 1.70GHz, 15.4" WXGA, 512MB, 40GB, CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo, XP Home, 802.11b/g WLAN » only $623.00 + Free Shipping

Dell Inspiron E1505 Notebook, Intel Core Duo Processor 1.66GHz, 15.4" WXGA+, 512MB, 40GB, CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo, XP Media Center, 802.11b/g WLAN » only $749.00 + Free Shipping

Dell Inspiron 710m Notebook, Pentium M 1.7GHz, 12.1" WXGA, 512MB, 60GB, 8x DL DVD±RW/±R/CD-RW, XP Home, 802.11b/g WLAN » only $999.00 + Free Shipping

These are some fairly hot deals and since they are from the Dell@home branch, it makes it easy to order. They do use some Mail in Rebates, but I haven't had any problems with them from Dell in the past.

Rack Fu · Post by **Rack Fu** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:58 pm

Ordered a Dell laptop on the 19th and had it delivered on the 24th.

XPS M140
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB), Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Qty: 1
Unit Price: $1,147.00
XPS M140 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
BPX17UN
[222-0320]

LCD Panel 14.1 inch WXGA TrueLife™ LCD Panel
14XGAS
[320-4419]

Memory 1GB Shared DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimms
1GB2D
[311-5430]

Video Card Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900
INTVID
[320-4414]

Hard Drive 80GB 5400rpm Hard Drive
80GB
[341-2790]

Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
WMCE
[420-5590]
[420-5769]
[463-2282]
[412-0689]
[420-4830]
[420-4928]

Integrated Modem and NIC Internal 56K Modem and Integrated Network Card
56MPC
[313-3767]

Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
ADOBER
[430-1048]

Combo/DVD+RW Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
24COMBO
[313-4082]
[420-5784]
[420-5787]

Wireless Networking Cards Intel® PRO 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g, 54Mbps)
IP2915
[430-1461]

Office Software (not included in Windows XP) No productivity suite- Corel WordPerfect word processor only
ICOREL
[412-0803]

Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) Norton Internet Security 2006 AntiSpyware Edition 15-months
NIS15M
[412-0872]

Primary Battery 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr)
9BAT
[312-0355]

Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
ST111RR
[960-6890]
[960-8690]
[983-2207]
[950-3337]
[950-9057]

Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included
AOLDHS
[420-5256]
[412-0687]
[412-0787]
[420-3224]

Miscellaneous Award Winning Service & Support
M1401
[465-1628]

Operating System Re-Installation CD Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition re-installation CD
MCEMED
[310-7149]

Dell Digital Entertainment Starter Entertainment Pack - Basic digital Music, Photo and Game experience
SEP
[412-0865]
[412-0856]

ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS AND COUPONS

Dell Home Customers: Get free shipping and handling on Dell Ditty!
Expires on 2006-03-31 11:59:59 - $8.00

Dell Home Customers: Free Ground Shipping on Dell Inspiron System orders !
Expires on 2006-03-23 12:59:59 - $49.00

Sub-Total $1,147.00
Shipping Discount -$57.00

Shipping $ 0.00

Tax $94.64
Total $1,241.64

ElTaco · Post by **ElTaco** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:47 pm

Nice. My only objection would be that its an XPS system but it uses Shared Video Ram, however, with a Gig of ram, you shouldn't have too much problems dedicating 128 or even 256mb to your video needs.

Let us know how well it plays new games.

Rack Fu · Post by **Rack Fu** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:21 pm

I'm not using it to play games, hence why the shared video didn't bother me. Basically, it's just going to be a personal travel laptop to watch some movies and surf the net on planes, hotels, vacations, etc.

Spent an hour removing all the friggin' useless software that they put in their computers.

ElTaco · Post by **ElTaco** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:22 am

Yeah the extra junk they put on there is always fun....wait no games? Blasphemy!
Anyway, thats why most companies order systems in groups and they do fresh installs on the drives. Its always entertaining to run antispyware software on a brand new system. anti-spyware software people have decided that too much crap gets sent back to Dell in some circumstances without our expressed permission and have labled some of that junk as spyware.