Did I buy the right laptop for the price?

[churchdoesmatter]

I just ordered a Dell Inspiron from Dell Outlet (REFURB!) . I was wondering if I paid the right amount.. It has XP Pro, Leather Case included.. 15" too and 256 Ram (notice 2 128 Dimms) .. I really needed a laptop for school. Let me know if I scored a COLD/WARM/HOT deal . Thanks for the input.


Inspiron 2650 Notebook: Mobile Pentium® 4 processor,1.7 GHz-M 15.0 XGA Qty: 1 Unit Price: $972.00 Service Tag: CW46Z11
Inspiron 2650 Notebook: Mobile Pentium® 4 processor,1.7 GHz-M 15.0 XGA
128 MB 266MHz SDRAM (2 DIMMs)
Floppy Drive
20 GB EIDE Hard Drive (4200 RPM)
16MB DDR 4X AGP NVIDIA GeForce2 Go?Vid
15 inch XGA Notebook Screen
Internal 56k v.92 capable Modem
Integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet Network Card
24X Max Variable CD-ROM
Software
Resource CD
AOL 7.0/MSN Internet Access
Software
Norton AntiVirus 2002 Software
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Shipping Material
Shipping Material
Keyboard on Notebook
MOD,FILLER BOX,INSTALL
Resource CD with Tools
Classic Leather Carrying Case
59W Battery






Sub-Total $972.00
Shipping $45.00
Shipping Discount -$45.00
Estimated Tax $0.00
Total $972.00

 

[RossMAN]

Warm or mildly hot, hot would be around $850-$900 shipped including taxes.

Looks pretty loaded and it has some nice extras like XP Pro, 256MB RAM and 15.0" XGA display.

I would seriously consider contacting Dell and increasing the warranty to a 3 year mail-in, I think it's another $99 but well worth it.

Congrats!

 

[Booster]

Cool laptop for the price. I could find only a no-name 1.3 Celeron with same features/price.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

How much for the same laptop w/o AOL?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
How much for the same laptop w/o AOL?

That I wouldn't even take that as an enema...much less a gift...


..or wait.....was that the other way around?

 

[churchdoesmatter]

^^^

 

[gopunk]

how heavy is it?

 

[churchdoesmatter]

i think 6.8lbs

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
How much for the same laptop w/o AOL?

It a choice of (either) MSN or AOL for 6 months free. I took the Dellnet MSN and it's been free for 10 months (so far . . . and counting).

 

[churchdoesmatter]

how are refurbs from dell?

 

[churchdoesmatter]

i'd like more input on this guys. thanks.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: pokemonlover
how are refurbs from dell?

They're fine, we have a refurbished Dell Dimension 4300 desktop which I just sold to a friend ... bought it as a refurb, it's worked great for the past year.

With laptops I'd be a little more concerned and would definitely upgrade to a 3 year mail-in (or onsite) warranty.

 

[churchdoesmatter]

Thanks ROSSMAN

 

[Goosemaster]

good choice BTW

 

[Maverick]

I think we need a sticky for this forum that says "For Hot Deals, PM RossMAN"

 

[ElFenix]

i knew rossman would be the first reply!