Expiring Tonight! Dell Home: Inspiron 600m Centrino 1.3GHz 384MB 30GB DVD/CDRW 802.11 $1009 AR w/ free shipping

[bigshooter]

Originally posted by: larciel
$250 MIR states when purchased at "REGULAR PRICE" ...

You are purchasing at regular price. The only time you aren't is if you are getting some other type of discount like a volume discount or student discount off the laptop itself. The $100 coupon the way dell is coming off the purchase price, but the machine isn't discounted. It sounds confusing but as long as you aren't getting a percent discount due to employee/student purchase, or a volume discount, or refurb then you are still eligible for the rebate. I ordered today and my total came out to be $1618 - $100 coupon before rebate. The $250 rebate shows up in my invoice too. (I ordered the extended 3 year warranty instead of just teh 1 year for $169, and I also added the SuperXGA+ screen for $50).

I'm glad it was $100 extra for 64 megs of ram on the video card versus 32 so I had an excuse not to get it. I don't want to be able to play games on this stupid thing, but I see myself upgrading the processor and vid card in the future. I'll probbly have a radeon 9600 w/128megs ram in the thing within 4months. Still an awesome deal though, $1200 for a full featured, fairly high performance laptop with a 3 year warranty.

 

[jasonja]

I'm very tempted to jump on this deal tonight before the coupon expires but I just noticed at GotApex.com that he's announcing that anyone considering making a Dell SB purchase wait until tomorrow because a discount coupon is coming. Anyone have any clues on this one? The $100 off coupon expires today so I don't know if I should hold off or take the current deal.

 

[gleong]

I went ahead and placed an order.
Thanks for the deal, and ollie for the review and information. Very helpful when my laptop arrives.

 

[telstar1]

Does this still ship with both the XP Pro and the XP Home media?
I was reading some old threads here and on FW and it seemed to indicate people got the media for both OS's.

 

[telstar1]

'nother question. Is there any reason to get a floppy drive these days?
Not sure that it's worth the $50, but it's just hard breaking the habit of always having it there.

 

[gleong]

I would have bought the floppy, but I got in on the Lexar 128mb USB key deal last weekend, so I passed.
That, and I rarely ever use floppy disks anymore...

 

[BigBoris]

Can you boot from a USB key?

 

[telstar1]

Originally posted by: BigBoris
Can you boot from a USB key?

I don't think so....

 

[Ocuflox]

hmm that buzzing thing people are complaining of is making me worried, mine is coming in a few days and i would hate something like that to make me not want to use it.

 

[dkcs]

Originally posted by: BigBoris
Can you boot from a USB key?

Yes, it's an option in the BIOS...

 

[telstar1]

Hmm... Suffering from non-buyer's remorse...

 

[Vikroda]

There will allways be another hot deal for a Dell laptop.
I signed in through ebates to get an additional 2% off and then was playing with different configurations. When I finally decided what I wanted, the coupon had expired...

 

[Smbu]

This was an awesome deal. I ordered a 600m for myself. Only $1049 AR I can't wait until i get it.

 

[telstar1]

Yeah, I regret not getting in on it, but hopefully it'll come around again.
I just couldn't come up with a good reason why I really needed a laptop right now.
It'd be nice to have, but not a necessity.

 

[ankit]

The deal is back today. Use the new $100 off coupon available at our favourite site...

 

[telstar1]

Here's what I'm deciding between:

Inspiron 600m
Intel Pentium®M,1.3GHz,14.1SXGA+
ATI 64MB Video
384MB RAM
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
24XCD-RW/DVD Combo
Dell TrueMobile?1300 WLAN (802.11b/g, 54Mbps) miniPCI Card
1 Year Limited Warranty
$1298 shipped

OR

Inspiron 5100
Intel®Pentium®4 processor,2.4GHz,14.1 XGA
32MB ATi Mobility? Radeon? 7500
256MB RAM
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
Integrated Network Card
1 Year Limited Warranty
Free Palm Zire
$1046 + shipping + tax

Any suggestions?

 

[RossMAN]

That i5100 for $1046 is VERY HOT, damn ... nice graphics card, 256MB RAM, combo CD-RW/DVD, big hard drive, free Palm Zire.

 

[ankit]

Originally posted by: telstar1
Here's what I'm deciding between:

Inspiron 600m
$1298 shipped

OR

Inspiron 5100
$1046 + shipping + tax

Any suggestions?

You have been unfair here. The 600m is fully loaded (sxga+, 64mb video ram, etc). Beseides the 5100 has the ati 7500. Also consider its weight. And the battery life. And the tax.
Hope that helps.

btw, i am thinking of getting the exact same config for the 600m ($1298). Dont forget about $45 of fatcash!

 

[telstar1]

Originally posted by: ankit

Originally posted by: telstar1
Here's what I'm deciding between:

Inspiron 600m
$1298 shipped

OR

Inspiron 5100
$1046 + shipping + tax

Any suggestions?

You have been unfair here. The 600m is fully loaded (sxga+, 64mb video ram, etc). Beseides the 5100 has the ati 7500. Also consider its weight. And the battery life. And the tax.
Hope that helps.

btw, i am thinking of getting the exact same config for the 600m ($1298). Dont forget about $45 of fatcash!

Yeah ... I run my own site so I'd also get the kick-back from that ... which would be a nice addition.
I realize the 600m is a fully loaded system. I just wish I could try the thing out before buying it.
My one hesitation is that the Dell 600m's battery-life hasn't kept up to par with the other Centrino models... but I'd likely have it plugged in most of the time.
I guess you only miss the extended battery life when you really need it ...

 

[RossMAN]

telstar1 - I'm assuming that you live in NY? It's a damn shame that there aren't any Dell kiosks there so you can see the 600m and i5100 in person and test drive them

If you are going for PORTABILITY go for the 600m (consider getting a higher capacity battery or a 2nd battery) if you're going more for power and less portability go for the i5100.

I hate it when laptops are slow compared to desktops, so I tend to go more for POWER than portability, so that's why I would choose the i5100 over the 600m.

 

[telstar1]

Yeah, it's unfortunate that they don't have a kiosk here. It's really bring in a ton of money for them if you ask me. Anyway, I like powerful systems ... and hate when laptops lag behind, but it's really going to be my secondary system, and what I want it for is portability. I want to do some work on the couch, or bring it to the park (free wireless access in some of the parks around here), so it sounds like my choice is the 600m.

Think there's any reason to suspect that the price is going to drop more than it has anytime soon?
I mean, I know the rule of thumb with computers is that right after you buy something, it gets cheaper and faster .... but this seems like a good deal for the time.

 

[bit]

Update: there is a 10% off $999 coupon on systems for 4/22 only, use it to save more! Final price on the 600m is $1399 - 10% coupon - $250 rebate = $1009.

 

[telstar1]

That extra coupon pushed me over the edge. Glad I waited until this evening to order.
Ended up getting:

Inspiron 600m
Intel Pentium®M,1.3GHz,14.1SXGA+
ATI 64MB 9000 Video Card
384MB RAM
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
24XCD-RW/DVD Combo
Dell TrueMobile?1300 WLAN (802.11b/g, 54Mbps) miniPCI Card
1 Year Limited Warranty

$1233 Shipped

 

[RossMAN]

dr00l that is one super sweet laptop although with a 14.1" I would have gone with cheaper XGA.

Nice video card, oodles of RAM for Windows XP, large hard drive, combo CD-RW/DVD and to top it off ... 802.11g WiFi card.

Big pimpin'!

 

[telstar1]

Yeah, it was $30 more for SXGA, so I figured why not...