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Originally Posted by PopTarts,Aug 15 2007, 04:11 PM
That one is really great Chad. And you get the good Dell service w/it too.
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One of the major things that did push me away though... the dell I built was only $42 more (including a wireless $40) mouse... but it also had a 15.4" monitor compared to the 14.1"
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http://consumerist.com/consumer/insiders/2...ager-268831.php
Might help you get a better deal from Dell.
Personally, I own a Dell E1705, and its a solid notebook. After discounts I got what was an $3000 MSRP laptop for about $1400. Probably about average for Dell, but it helps that I get an additional discount for Dell through my company. Dell's support has also been pretty good, I needed a replacement wireless card and it didn't take too much effort going through online support to get them to mail me a new one.
The discounts for Dell aren't that great right now. You might want to see what kind of discounts they have starting tomorrow (Dell discounts start on Thursdays).
I know my co-worker just bought a Dell laptop with a Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz (4MB L2 cache), 2GB of Memory, 160GB 5400rpm HDD (slow, but this fit the bill price wise), Vista Home Premium, 15.4" screen for around $750, including a 3 year at-home warranty, and 3-year accidental protection -- so better prices are possible. The 3-year warranty and 3-year accidental protection are important on the laptop I think, just because the chances of a laptop being dropped, broken, etc are obviously much greater.
I agree with magickow, Vista is the way to go right now, XP will be end of life in December, and will probably lose support in the next year or two. Vista has been very stable for me, although somewhat of a pain in the butt b/c of the extra security features. The new Reliability and Performance patches from Microsoft help to make things better, and SP1 isn't too far off. If you're not gaming, I think Vista is just fine. If you're worried about Aero, you can disable Aero.
Might help you get a better deal from Dell.
Personally, I own a Dell E1705, and its a solid notebook. After discounts I got what was an $3000 MSRP laptop for about $1400. Probably about average for Dell, but it helps that I get an additional discount for Dell through my company. Dell's support has also been pretty good, I needed a replacement wireless card and it didn't take too much effort going through online support to get them to mail me a new one.
The discounts for Dell aren't that great right now. You might want to see what kind of discounts they have starting tomorrow (Dell discounts start on Thursdays).
I know my co-worker just bought a Dell laptop with a Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz (4MB L2 cache), 2GB of Memory, 160GB 5400rpm HDD (slow, but this fit the bill price wise), Vista Home Premium, 15.4" screen for around $750, including a 3 year at-home warranty, and 3-year accidental protection -- so better prices are possible. The 3-year warranty and 3-year accidental protection are important on the laptop I think, just because the chances of a laptop being dropped, broken, etc are obviously much greater.
I agree with magickow, Vista is the way to go right now, XP will be end of life in December, and will probably lose support in the next year or two. Vista has been very stable for me, although somewhat of a pain in the butt b/c of the extra security features. The new Reliability and Performance patches from Microsoft help to make things better, and SP1 isn't too far off. If you're not gaming, I think Vista is just fine. If you're worried about Aero, you can disable Aero.
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Originally Posted by Black Nugget,Aug 15 2007, 04:14 PM
One of the major things that did push me away though... the dell I built was only $42 more (including a wireless $40) mouse... but it also had a 15.4" monitor compared to the 14.1"
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Originally Posted by Black Nugget,Aug 15 2007, 04:14 PM
One of the major things that did push me away though... the dell I built was only $42 more (including a wireless $40) mouse... but it also had a 15.4" monitor compared to the 14.1"
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Originally Posted by LiQUiD iCE,Aug 15 2007, 04:20 PM
http://consumerist.com/consumer/insiders/2...ager-268831.php
Might help you get a better deal from Dell.
Personally, I own a Dell E1705, and its a solid notebook. After discounts I got what was an $3000 MSRP laptop for about $1400. Probably about average for Dell, but it helps that I get an additional discount for Dell through my company. Dell's support has also been pretty good, I needed a replacement wireless card and it didn't take too much effort going through online support to get them to mail me a new one.
The discounts for Dell aren't that great right now. You might want to see what kind of discounts they have starting tomorrow (Dell discounts start on Thursdays).
I know my co-worker just bought a Dell laptop with a Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz (4MB L2 cache), 2GB of Memory, 160GB 5400rpm HDD (slow, but this fit the bill price wise), Vista Home Premium, 15.4" screen for around $750, including a 3 year at-home warranty, and 3-year accidental protection -- so better prices are possible. The 3-year warranty and 3-year accidental protection are important on the laptop I think, just because the chances of a laptop being dropped, broken, etc are obviously much greater.
I agree with magickow, Vista is the way to go right now, XP will be end of life in December, and will probably lose support in the next year or two. Vista has been very stable for me, although somewhat of a pain in the butt b/c of the extra security features. The new Reliability and Performance patches from Microsoft help to make things better, and SP1 isn't too far off. If you're not gaming, I think Vista is just fine. If you're worried about Aero, you can disable Aero.
Might help you get a better deal from Dell.
Personally, I own a Dell E1705, and its a solid notebook. After discounts I got what was an $3000 MSRP laptop for about $1400. Probably about average for Dell, but it helps that I get an additional discount for Dell through my company. Dell's support has also been pretty good, I needed a replacement wireless card and it didn't take too much effort going through online support to get them to mail me a new one.
The discounts for Dell aren't that great right now. You might want to see what kind of discounts they have starting tomorrow (Dell discounts start on Thursdays).
I know my co-worker just bought a Dell laptop with a Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz (4MB L2 cache), 2GB of Memory, 160GB 5400rpm HDD (slow, but this fit the bill price wise), Vista Home Premium, 15.4" screen for around $750, including a 3 year at-home warranty, and 3-year accidental protection -- so better prices are possible. The 3-year warranty and 3-year accidental protection are important on the laptop I think, just because the chances of a laptop being dropped, broken, etc are obviously much greater.
I agree with magickow, Vista is the way to go right now, XP will be end of life in December, and will probably lose support in the next year or two. Vista has been very stable for me, although somewhat of a pain in the butt b/c of the extra security features. The new Reliability and Performance patches from Microsoft help to make things better, and SP1 isn't too far off. If you're not gaming, I think Vista is just fine. If you're worried about Aero, you can disable Aero.
