**HOT** Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop P4 2.4GHz, 14.1" XGA, 512MB, 30GB, 24x CD-RW/DVD Combo $843 Free Ship + Tax (AC/AR)

[luv2save]

Go to Dell Small Business
Under "Fixed CD/DVD Drives" section, change the selection to "Special Offer! 24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive [add $49 or $2/month]"
Under "Memory" section, change the selection to "512MB, 266MHz, for the price of 256MB"
Under "Mail-In Rebate Offer" section, check the box for $100 Mail-In Rebate
Dell Small Biz is offering $200 instant discount on this system
Apply 10% off STACKABLE coupon code on it (Expires 04/27/2003)
There is a $100 Rebate on it (Expires 04/27/2003)
Dell Small Biz is currently offering Free Shipping on new System purchases
Your Final Price: $1248 - $200 - $104.80 - $100 = $843.20 + Free Shipping + tax


SPECS:

Intel®Pentium®4 processor,2.4GHz,14.1 XGA
24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
512MB, 266MHz 2 DIMMS
30 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
94 WHr Lithium Ion 12-Cell Battery
16MB ATi Mobility? Radeon?7500
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
WordPerfect Productivity Pack w/ Quicken New User Edition
Dell SecurityCenter by McAfee, 90-day introductory offer
Dell Jukebox powered by MUSICMATCH
6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Dell Picture Studio, Image Expert® Standard
Integrated Network Card
Internal 56k Modem
1 Year Limited Warranty plus 1 Year Mail-In Service

 

[DaiShan]

Just what I've been waiting for. Thanks.

 

[Ph34rful]

Dang. That seems like a really good deal!

 

[SuepaFly]

NM.

Good deal, my friend has been looking for a laptop (nagging me to find her one) for a while. I'm going to suggest this one to her. Thaks.

 

[Sparke]

Wow, that sounds like a deal.

 

[Noirish]

I'd upgrade to a better video card and larger screen...

 

[timsactown]

very temping.. I just bought a used Thinkpad p2-400 for $300, maybe I will unload in FS forum and get this one.

 

[ken2001]

This is a destop chip, will deplete battery fast!

 

[duuuma]

wouldn't the 500m for under $800 be a pretty good deal too? It'd be a trade off really...smaller laptop, better battery life, but only 256mb memory and 20gb hard drive. I'm sure the 1.3 Pentium-M can perform nearly as well.

 

[Bfavre444]

Originally posted by: ken2001
This is a destop chip, will deplete battery fast!

How do you know this is NOT the P4-M?

 

[duuuma]

How do you know this is NOT the P4-M?

just check dell's site. When they just say Pentium 4, it's not the mobile. For better models like the 8xxx, it actually says pentium 4 mobile...etc AND it shows the P4-m symbol, not just the regular old P4 symbol.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: duuuma

How do you know this is NOT the P4-M?

just check dell's site. When they just say Pentium 4, it's not the mobile. For better models like the 8xxx, it actually says pentium 4 mobile...etc AND it shows the P4-m symbol, not just the regular old P4 symbol.

Only the most naive person in the world would think they could manage to use a desktop processor in a laptop. It's a Pentium IV M

 

[AbsolutPower]

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: duuuma

How do you know this is NOT the P4-M?

just check dell's site. When they just say Pentium 4, it's not the mobile. For better models like the 8xxx, it actually says pentium 4 mobile...etc AND it shows the P4-m symbol, not just the regular old P4 symbol.

Only the most naive person in the world would think they could manage to use a desktop processor in a laptop. It's a Pentium IV M

Hmm ... I must be the most naive person in the world then, cause I think that this is the desktop processor as well. But oh wait, duuuma is supposed to be the most naive person in the world, and thus we arrive at a contradiction.

 

[C1eaN]

Ken2001,

I will quote myself from another post:::::


(begin quote)

LOVE the people like jbwhite99 who KEEP thread-crapping these deals because it is NOT a mobile chip and making the assertion that that (in and of itself) equals low battery life.

PLZ remember that we all have a right to an opinion but INFORMED ones are the more desired and appreciated ones....

See here

..specifically "it requires as much as 0.55Volts less power it will give you a little better battery life"

AND

here

...specifically "With its powerful 14.8V, 6,450mAh battery, the Inspiron 1100 had little trouble clobbering the competition in battery life. The Inspiron 1100's four-hour score is the longest battery life we've seen in a Celeron-based system, and it even bested a couple of Pentium M systems--the new battery-life champs. With the Dell Inspiron 1100, you'll be able to work unplugged without eyeing the power meter every 15 minutes. "

(end quote)

I think you are making too much of the mobile/not mobile chip IMHO

ANd the linked review/article would suggest I am right.

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: duuuma

How do you know this is NOT the P4-M?

just check dell's site. When they just say Pentium 4, it's not the mobile. For better models like the 8xxx, it actually says pentium 4 mobile...etc AND it shows the P4-m symbol, not just the regular old P4 symbol.

Only the most naive person in the world would think they could manage to use a desktop processor in a laptop. It's a Pentium IV M

i dont know if that's sarcastic or not but in all cases of seriousness the 5100 uses the desktop P4 CPU, it doesn't come w/ speedstep technology, and they wanted to use it because it was "power hungry"

Performance & battery life



The 2.8GHz Inspiron 5100 showed impressive speed in our performance tests, while battery life was reasonable considering the power of this system?s desktop CPU.


The Inspiron 5100 delivered record-breaking scores of 59.5 and 42.4 respectively under the application-based Business Winstone 2001 and Content Creation Winstone 2002 tests, beating Compaq?s workstation-class 2.2GHz Evo 800w by a clear margin.


The system performed pretty well in our battery life tests, lasting for 2 hours 38 minutes under BatteryMark 4.01 and 2 hours 42 minutes under MobileMark 2002. The Inspiron 5100's hefty 6,450mAh battery obviously has its work cut out when handling a high-speed 2.8GHz processor and a 15in. display, but anything over 2.5 hours isn't bad at all.

- from ZDNet Review

 

[duuuma]

You guys think the 5100 for $840 is better than the 500m for $800? I think this deal is pretty hot, but I'm not quite sure which one to get...

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Only the most naive person in the world would think they could manage to use a desktop processor in a laptop. It's a Pentium IV M

uuuh, no it's not.

 

[beer]

I was being fecitious.

 

[ramuk]

I am trying to figure out if I can play DVD movies on the TV using
this laptop.

I assume that this depends on the video card. So does anyone know
if the Radeon Mobility 7500 can do a TV-out ? The ati website does
not mention anything about a TV or a video out. So I assume that it cannot
do it.

But if it can, will it do it in both PAL and NTSC ? (I frequently travel to Asia.)

If all of this is a waste of time, can anyone recommend a lappy which can do
both NTSC and PAL video/TV out ?

 

[ramuk]

For anyone who might be looking for the same answer as me, the Radeon 7500
(atleast the OEM version) can only do either PAL/NTSC. Basically, it is not selectable
via software. PAL or NTSC depends on where it is sold, US, Asia etc.

But there are some other video cards out there (nVidia etc) who can manage this.