$750 of $1500 Dell Laptops (Starts 6/7/2005)

[Tapin]

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Memory 1GB Shared DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimms 1GB2D [311-3709] 3

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Save yourself $70ish by picking the "512 MB 1 Dimm" option for $100 and then going to http://www.crucial.com and buying another 512 MB DIMM for $80ish. Save a little more by leaving it at 256 MB 1 Dimm and buying two 512s at Crucial ($180ish total vs. $160ish total).

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Battery 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr) 6BAT [312-0277] 27

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How often do you plan to use it in class? I'm a big fan of battery upgrades, but a lot of people here would suggest rather than upgrading this battery that you purchase a "backup" 9-cell instead.

[Cubswin]

The specs look fine for poker.... just realize that dell tends to tweak the pricing a bit when they have these offers so the price you spec out tonight might not be available at the same price tomorrow. that being said... these deals tend to be pretty sweet...


cubs

[Vote4Pedro]

how much of a "tweak" are we talking?

[liquidboss]

Does Dell no longer sell laptops with a Pentium 4? All the processors on this link are the M and I can't find any on the site. I know my dad bought one with a P4 a few months ago and my buddy is interested in buying one during this deal.

[slavic]

Here is an article on the Pentium M series

http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20030212/

Intel changed the technology from the original P4's in notebooks to focus on power managment and then kicked in some extra marketing to make inroads into the wireless market.

It is a P4 core but if your dad had an early p4 notebook it's kind of hard to accept, hmm my clockspeed went down but my performance gets better?
enjoy.

[JKDStudent]

Question regarding the accidental damage coverage: If I don't put it on the initial order, but then want to add it on within a couple of weeks, would Dell allow me to do so?

*EDIT* Nevermind, found answer on Dell site. Within 30 days it can be added.

[slavic]

If I remeber correctly you can in the first 30 days. However I'm no expert as I have just taken the risk on my own and never purchased the coverage.

If I was going to however, I'd purchase at the point of sale because I've never had much luck modifying warranties after the initial sale with anything. THey always seem to get loused up.

[shadow29]

I need a laptop for 4 tabling and taking to class. 6000 the best bet?

Also, I've heard some bad things about Dell quality before. Are these the best laptops or just the cheapest?

[slavic]

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I need a laptop for 4 tabling and taking to class. 6000 the best bet?

Also, I've heard some bad things about Dell quality before. Are these the best laptops or just the cheapest?

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They definetly aren't the cheapest. Though with this kind of coupon they may be for a bit. All of the tier 1(IBM, DELL, HP) vendors run pretty close for quality, it floats around a bit from year to year, but you rarely have much problem with the hardware and when you do all of them will take care of it.

[Joshssj4]

There are a few addons I do not understand. Could someone explain to me their use as well as if they are necessity or a luxury. Also tell me if this is an ideal labtop

I want to get the Inspiron 6000 base price $1,092
upgrade to 512
upgrade to 60gig
upgrade to dvd-r

FREE 64MB Dell USB Memory Key w/ 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery(80 WHr) [add $99 or $3/month1] Free Memory Key with purchase

Is this necessary, as well as the extra add on battery.

Other then that I have no other upgrades to my computer which comes out to approximately 750$, is this a good computer and a good deal?

My real question is the bluetooth, what is it, is it necessary?

Sorry if this sounds like jibberish I haven't showered in days.