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Good Deals on Dells with 15% Coupon - Need recommendations on configurations

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Epinephrine

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Inspiron 600m: Intel Pentium®M, 1.3GHz,
14.1 XGA ATI 32MB Video B13BGHM [221-1917]
Memory: 256MB,DDR,266MHz 2 Dimms
Hard Drive: 20GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive 20GB [340-8044]
Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices: 16MB Dell USB Memory Key 16UMB [340-7271]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP [313-1828] [412-0313] [420-2427]
Integrated Modem and NIC: Internal 56K Modem and Integrated Network Card 56MPC [313-1659]
Optical: FREE Upgrade! 8X Max DVD Drive 8XDVP [313-1370] [462-1004]
Wireless Networking Card: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 WLAN (802.11b, 11Mbps) miniPCI Card IP2100I [430-0481]
Bundled Software: Microsoft®Works Suite 2003 with Money 2003 IWORKS [412-0338]
Security Software: Dell SecurityCenter by McAfee, 90-day introductory offer MCAFE90 [412-0328]
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MusicMatch MMBASE [412-0298]
Primary Battery: 48WHr Primary Battery 48WHR [312-0055]
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 1 Year Limited Warranty plus 1 Year Mail-In Service T111YRR [950-3820] [950-9057]
Internet Access Options: 6 Months of America Online Membership Included AOLSMB [412-0368]
Mail-In Rebate Offer: $100 Mail in Rebate


This looks to be about $1000 shipped with tax - What am I missing here?? Is it easy to add memory for this and would the video card be decent enough for normal use (work and internet)

I also notice Dell offers different wireless solutions - Is the Intel version the best way to go??

Thanks for answering my questions - I need to sell my desktop ASAP as my wife got put on bedrest with our second for a month and need to get her something to use for work.....

Thanks again!!
 
To answer your question, the vid card is plenty fast. And it's pretty easy to upgrade the memory. I would get 512 MB if possible.

Where'd you find that coupon by the way?
 
What 15% coupon are you using? I'm interested in buying a Centrino laptop from Dell, and 15% is a good chunk of change. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Epinephrine
Inspiron 600m: Intel Pentium®M, 1.3GHz,
14.1 XGA ATI 32MB Video B13BGHM [221-1917]
Memory: 256MB,DDR,266MHz 2 Dimms
Hard Drive: 20GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive 20GB [340-8044]
Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices: 16MB Dell USB Memory Key 16UMB [340-7271]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP [313-1828] [412-0313] [420-2427]
Integrated Modem and NIC: Internal 56K Modem and Integrated Network Card 56MPC [313-1659]
Optical: FREE Upgrade! 8X Max DVD Drive 8XDVP [313-1370] [462-1004]
Wireless Networking Card: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 WLAN (802.11b, 11Mbps) miniPCI Card IP2100I [430-0481]
Bundled Software: Microsoft®Works Suite 2003 with Money 2003 IWORKS [412-0338]
Security Software: Dell SecurityCenter by McAfee, 90-day introductory offer MCAFE90 [412-0328]
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MusicMatch MMBASE [412-0298]
Primary Battery: 48WHr Primary Battery 48WHR [312-0055]
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 1 Year Limited Warranty plus 1 Year Mail-In Service T111YRR [950-3820] [950-9057]
Internet Access Options: 6 Months of America Online Membership Included AOLSMB [412-0368]
Mail-In Rebate Offer: $100 Mail in Rebate


This looks to be about $1000 shipped with tax - What am I missing here?? Is it easy to add memory for this and would the video card be decent enough for normal use (work and internet)

I also notice Dell offers different wireless solutions - Is the Intel version the best way to go??

Thanks for answering my questions - I need to sell my desktop ASAP as my wife got put on bedrest with our second for a month and need to get her something to use for work.....

Thanks again!!
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What appls is going to be using?

 
Since the 600m only has two memory slots, try and order it with 1 stick, that way you have 1 slot free to pop in a 256/512mb stick later on.
 
You might want to consider ordering with a minimal RAM configuration and then upgrading it yourself later. Dell charges a lot of money for ordering a system with more RAM.
 
The main apps she needs are for her work -- AutoCad, Microsoft Office, Internet,and Outlook. Not really going to use it for a high end gaming machine but will watch videos, etc. I have read a little bit and it seems to be a decent notebook for the price....

Looking at the site again - The 8500 really looks attractive after all the discounts too......

Inspiron 8500: FREE Panel Upgrade! Mobile Pentium®4 Processor,2.2 GHz,15.4 WSXGA+
Memory: 256MB,DDR,266MHz 2 Dimms,Inspiron 8500 256MB2D
Video Cards: 32MB DDR ATI MOBILITY? RADEON? 9000 4x AGP 3D Video ATI32
Hard Drives: 30GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive 30GB
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP
Integrated Nic And Modem: Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem INTNIC
Modular Internal CD/DVD Drives: 24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive 24COMBO
Wireless Networking Cards: Dell TrueMobile? 1300 WLAN (802.11b/g, 54Mbps) miniPCI Card TM1300I
Productivity Software: Microsoft®Works Suite 2003 with Money 2003 IWORKS
Security Software: Dell SecurityCenter by McAfee, 90-day introductory offer MCAFE90
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MUSICMATCH MMBASE
Primary Battery: 72 WHr Primary Battery ADDBATT
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 1 Year Limited Warranty plus 1 Year Mail-In Service T111YRR [950-3820] [950-9057]
Internet Access Options: No ISP Requested NISP [412-0148]
Digital Imaging Software: Dell Picture Studio Image Expert Standard

Total (after rebate) is $1327


Thanks
 
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