About to order Dell Inspiron 9300 - any advice?

[KyleM]

Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 730 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

Display 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ (1900x1200)

Memory 256MB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 1 Dimm (ordered 2 gig to replace this for $250)

Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800

Hard Drive 100GB Hard Drive

Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem

CD/DVD Drives 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability

Wireless Networking Card Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)

Primary Battery 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr)

Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options 2Yr Ltd Warranty, 2Yr At-Home Service, and 2Yr Technical Support

CompleteCare Accidental Damage 2Yr Lim Warranty

Additional Battery 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery (80 WHr)

Total (after coupons) $1550, +$250 for RAM

Anything I'm forgetting? Is it worth it to upgrade the CPU, or to pinmod the 1.6ghz 400mhz fsb CPU considering the hassle it would be?

[mmbt0ne]

Hey, could you give a link to the exact RAM you bought? I really suck at matching it up so that it's the exact same. Oh yeah, and I just bought a 6000, so it's a smaller screen, but fairly comparable specs, and I love it.

[KyleM]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1482949&CatId=1726

supposed to be good RAM. lifetime warranty. received mine next day since i live close to a tiger direct warehouse (chicago area)... too bad i wont be able to use it for a few weeks or so when my laptop arrives lol

[sfer]

I just received a similar one yesterday. It's huge, which makes it a pain to lug around, but the 17 inch screen is much easier on the eyes than the 15 inch UXGA IMO.

[MackZ24]

I work for Dell. If you didn't purchase your system with the Complete Care warranty you might want to upgrade right away. Just a little tip, it's WELL worth it. You drop your laptop from the top of a building, it will be replaced! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[KyleM]

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I work for Dell. If you didn't purchase your system with the Complete Care warranty you might want to upgrade right away. Just a little tip, it's WELL worth it. You drop your laptop from the top of a building, it will be replaced! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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2 year /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[shots]

I would go with the 7200 rpm hard drive I'm not sure if you can get it in 100 gigs but the tradeoff of extra space is worth it imho.

[Derek in NYC]

I just ordered a 9300 with a more pimped out configuration:

Pentium M 760 Processor (2.0GHz/533MHz FSB)
UltraSharp Wide Screen WUXGA Display with TrueLife (1920x1200)
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz
80GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 with PureVideo Technology
8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD±RW) w/double layer write capability
Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g,54Mbps)
Two 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr)
10/100 Network Card and 56K Modem
Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Internal(2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition SP2
3 Year Dell Onsite Warranty with Complete Care Protection

Total price: $3050. I dont know if I got hosed or not, but I got sick of shopping around.

[KyleM]

very nice. cost $1k+ more... did u use the $750 off coupon?

[Derek in NYC]

No, Im getting it from some dude on ebay.