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E4200 and E4300 available NOW!

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Mycorrhiza, Sep 16, 2008.

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  1. Sir Punk

    Sir Punk Notebook Deity

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    the first thing I checked this morning...
    so disappointed. these prices are ridiculous! Especially the e4300. How can they even offer a model with 1g of ram! with vista running on it...
    well, maybe it's just that the first few weeks the prices are extremely high for about any electronics. I am going through the specs of the base model.
    it includes though a 3-year warranty. It doesn't even include a DVD burner, SERIOUSLY, come on dell.

    just a DECENT configuration is a little above $2,000.


    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo SP9300 (2.26GHz) w/Latitude ON™ ready edit
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP1, With media edit
    LATITUDE ON™ -- ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS MODULE Dell Latitude ON™ Ready edit
    WARRANTY & SERVICE 3 Year Limited Warranty and 3 Year Mail-in Service edit
    LCD PANEL 13.3" Wide Screen WXGA WLED Panel for Latitude ON™ edit
    GRAPHICS Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD edit
    MEMORY 2.0GB, DDR3-1066 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS edit
    INTERNAL KEYBOARD Internal English Keyboard edit
    MOBILE BROADBAND OR WEBCAM Integrated Webcam edit
    PRIMARY STORAGE 80GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Free Fall Sensor edit
    OPTICAL DRIVE 8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™ edit
    WI-FI WIRELESS CARD Intel® WiFi Link 5300 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card edit
    FINGERPRINT READER OPTION No Fingerprint Reader and No Contactless Smartcard Reader edit
    BACKUP OS DRIVERS AND SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION Resource DVD - Contains Diagnostics and Drivers edit
    My Accessories
    BATTERY 6 Cell Battery (56WHr) edit
    PRIMARY POWER OPTIONS 65W A/C Adapter (3-pin) edit




    YEAH RIGHT DELL!
     
    Sir Punk, Sep 16, 2008
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  2. Enduct

    Enduct Notebook Consultant

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    I wouldn't be surprised of a price tag topping over AU$3000 in Asia Pacific for this machine. And you thought it was expensive over there!
     
    Enduct, Sep 16, 2008
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  3. Phil

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    Strangely prices in Europe are (relatively) far more competitive than the prices in US.
     
    Phil, Sep 16, 2008
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    Yeah I agree with all of you. I was very undecided between the 6400 and the 4300 and I am now so glad I did not wait I went with the 6400! I would have been so disapointed! There is no justification for such a premium over the 14"! A quite similar config to my 1700$ 6400 climbs up to 2400$ for the 4300 :(.

    Mmmm.

    Weird, a similarily spec'd 4200 is also around 2500$, but with an SSD option. I think I would have gone 4200 instead of 4300 :).

    Now if my 6400 can ship soon!
     
    p_boucher, Sep 16, 2008
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  5. Sir Punk

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    if dell doesn't lower the price is gonna lose a bunch of sales in favor of lenovo
     
    Sir Punk, Sep 16, 2008
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    hyce Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok, i will go for e6400 instead of e4300...

    from other countries dell website, i can predict the e4300 will be extremely expensive, when here, australia is selling e6400 at a starting price of AU$1879.

    maybe... at least AU$2500?? with reference to 12" latitude d series.
     
    hyce, Sep 16, 2008
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  7. Sir Punk

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    if you can wait I am confident this price will not last long. if you think about it:
    Dell probably had thousands of people lined up to buy it, now many are walking away, but many will be buying at that price. If they would offer at a lower price they would not be able to supply the demand. So for them is more profitable to sell less at a higher price.
     
    Sir Punk, Sep 16, 2008
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    The price is extremely painful on the wallet...
     
    TWY, Sep 16, 2008
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    Only one screen option for the E4300? WXGA is a little bit on the low side for that price...
     
    ageha, Sep 16, 2008
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  10. Leo.cheng

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    who knows the battery life of E4200 with standard 4-cell battery?
     
    Leo.cheng, Sep 16, 2008
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