Good deal for a dell xps M170?

[milesSR]

I am in the navy, and I am would like to purchase a laptop. I went through navy-nex.com and they have a partnership or something like that with dell. Is this laptop worth the money? Also, should i get the 2.26 GHZ for $410.00 ?

The total is $2,359.94

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 780 (2.26 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) [ Add $410.00 ]


XPS M170 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
FM2XN - [ 222-0252 ]


Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Professional
WPXP - [ 313-3776412-0706420-4775420-4830420-4928420-5460420-5476420-5769463-2282 ]


LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp? Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife?
17UXGAS - [ 320-4259 ]


Memory Double Memory Upgrade!2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
2GB2DP - [ 464-9027 ]


CD ROM/DVD ROM 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
24COMBO - [ 313-3163420-5111 ]


Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce? Go 7800 GTX
NV256U - [ 320-4529 ]


Hard Drive 100GB 7200rpm Hard Drive
100GB72 - [ 341-2142 ]


Primary Battery 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr)
9BAT - [ 312-0316 ]


Additional Batteries 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery (80 WHr)
9BATAD - [ 312-0317 ]


Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) No Productivity Software
MSONO - [ 412-1397 ]


Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) I chose McAfee included with the Starter, Silver, Gold or Platinum Package.
NOSEC2 - [ 464-6328 ]


Financial Software No QuickBooks package selected - includes limited use trial
QBSSP - [ 420-5139 ]


Dell Digital Entertainment Starter Entertainment Pack - Basic digital Music, Photo and Game experience
SEP - [ 412-0856412-0865 ]


Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
AOLEPP - [ 412-0787420-3224420-5256 ]


Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
ADOBER - [ 430-1048 ]


Wireless Personal Networking Card Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)
IP2200 - [ 430-1404 ]


Limited Warranty, Services and Support 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
ST111RR - [ 950-3337950-9057960-6890960-8680983-2207 ]


XPS Specialized Support Inspiron XPS, Specialized Support
XPSSUPP - [ 970-5927 ]

 

[Scouzer]

Dump the 2gb of RAM upgrade...too expensive thru Dell.

Get the DVD burner.

The HD is overly expensive from Dell too...

Definitely do not do the 2.26ghz...not worth $410!

 

[jevans64]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Dump the 2gb of RAM upgrade...too expensive thru Dell.

Get the DVD burner.

The HD is overly expensive from Dell too...

Definitely do not do the 2.26ghz...not worth $410!

Agreed. Look at the price differences on the RAM and Hard Drive vs. the cheapest 5400 RPM drive. Dell will probably give you RAM with 5-5-5-15 timings.

The move from the 60 GB to 100 GB is $270. You can pick up the 100 GB 7200 RPM drive from Newegg for 210 and still have a 60 GB drive to spare. The RAM is a bit trickier since you can't get 1 stick( at least not on the Dell site.) You'll have to ditch whatever the Dell comes with and upgrade, probably more trouble than its worth unless you want 3-3-3-8 timings.

I would probably add a year to the warranty just in case.

I have a 60GB 7200 RPM drive in my XPS. It is plenty enough for me since I have a terrabyte of external drive storage and move stuff to/from the externals using FireWire.

At any rate. your price is about $500 less than what I can get a similar setup for using the Dell site.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: jevans64

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Dump the 2gb of RAM upgrade...too expensive thru Dell.

Get the DVD burner.

The HD is overly expensive from Dell too...

Definitely do not do the 2.26ghz...not worth $410!

Agreed. Look at the price differences on the RAM and Hard Drive vs. the cheapest 5400 RPM drive. Dell will probably give you RAM with 5-5-5-15 timings.

The move from the 60 GB to 100 GB is $270. You can pick up the 100 GB 7200 RPM drive from Newegg for 210 and still have a 60 GB drive to spare. The RAM is a bit trickier since you can't get 1 stick( at least not on the Dell site.) You'll have to ditch whatever the Dell comes with and upgrade, probably more trouble than its worth unless you want 3-3-3-8 timings.

I would probably add a year to the warranty just in case.

I have a 60GB 7200 RPM drive in my XPS. It is plenty enough for me since I have a terrabyte of external drive storage and move stuff to/from the externals using FireWire.

At any rate. your price is about $500 less than what I can get a similar setup for using the Dell site.

It won't matter what RAM timings you get (if they are faster than what Dell puts in) since they most likely lock their RAM timings so with faster ram timings, it will just slow down to the BIOS defined timings.

 

[ShellGuy]

My first question is are you stateside or overseas? If overseas he may not beable to pick up newegg prices. So the dell prices may be good for him. But i have to agree that the larger processor isn't worth that price.



Will G.