What happened to the Inspiron 3800s?

[Pretender]

Those used to look soooooo damn sweet, especially in blue. They don't seem to exist anymore on Dell's website.

*droools.....*

 

[pulpp]

where you been? Dell stopped selling them ages ago.


the 4000 is about the same size/weight and much better features.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

damn dell. all they sell is office xp now. i just want office 2000

 

[Pretender]

meh. The 3800's had perminant color on the whole model. Those snap-ons just don't do it for me.


Alright, the 4000's will do. Now all I need to do is find $1,637.00 laying on the ground, and I'm all set.

 

[goodoptics]

Dell still carries factory-refurbished Inspiron 3800s.

 

[burnedout]

My company has 48 i3800s.

I think they stopped making them around January of this year. Our last one's were purchased in November of 00.

 

[Rendus]

Heh. The 3800 was End of Lifed quite some time ago (December? January?) in favor of I think it was the i8000. The fun thing was, for system exchanges for a 3800 (system had issues that required replacement of the notebook), we'd have to call Sales and actually order a system (i8000) for the customer, as if it were a new order, and then have the salesperson write it off.

It was amusing to call up, identify myself as an L2 in tech support, order a system, then give a code to get the entire $3k written off

 

[Pretender]

<< It was amusing to call up, identify myself as an L2 in tech support, order a system, then give a code to get the entire $3k written off >>

You work for Dell? I need a discount, preferably in the 98% to 99% range, if possible


On a serious note, thanks for the info.

 

[Rendus]

<<

<< It was amusing to call up, identify myself as an L2 in tech support, order a system, then give a code to get the entire $3k written off >>

You work for Dell? I need a discount, preferably in the 98% to 99% range, if possible


On a serious note, thanks for the info. >>



Used to, and I didn't get discounts

 

[Daniel]

Yep they were made until a few months ago, my last job our last order were the 4000s but the one right before that were the 3800s.

 

[SSGTi]

I bought a 3800 last year... it ok was ok, but the video speed sucked... so I returned in and got the 4000, which has a much nicer video card...

 

[burnedout]

The 3800 was End of Lifed quite some time ago (December? January?) in favor of I think it was the i8000

I thought it was EOL'd in favor of the i2500. I may be wrong.

Had to reinstall the OS on two of them today.

 

[drewcfan]

cool

 

[RossMAN]

I would much rather have an i4000 than the i3800 mostly because of the difference in video performance.

 

[Pretender]

well, I suppose I've got no choice. If I went with the i3800, it'd be refurb, and apparently it'd also suck compared to the i4000's anyway.