Can i get a good specced xps m1530 for £900?

hi there.. I have £900 as pocket money.. I wanted to know if i can get the following specs for this price.

My Components
SYSTEM COLOR Tuxedo Black
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB, 6MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
LCD AND CAMERA High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LCD(1440x900) & 2MP Camera
MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
HARD DRIVE Speed: 200GB 7200rpm or the 320gb SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
WIRELESS CARDS Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini Card
BLUETOOTH AND WIRELESS USB Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0+Enhanced Data Rate)
BATTERY OPTIONS 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0
FINGERPRINT SCANNER Finger Print Reader XPS M1530



The penryn processor is not available in UK.. if i phone them, will i be a ble to get one?? Why is it that the xps on the US website is cheaper than that on the UK website??? i chatted with a C.S and she said that its not available.. Is it true??

 

The Dell US site is cheaper since Dell is a US company...

Looking at the configurator (wow, not a word?) on the European site, it doesn't look like they want to give you those specs for the price. I don't think the price is unreasonable, it's just that the options simply aren't available where you want 'em: no configurations offer the Penryns and only the most expensive base configuration offers the 1440 x 900 screen.

You'd probably be able to get the 1440 x 900 on a cheaper setup if you ordered by phone, but I don't think you'll be able to get the Penryn unless you buy it later. Never hurts to check, though.

 

You can get the 9300 over the phone. I queried it when I bought mine and they were happy to give me a quote. It's possible that they are waiting for the second shipment of Penryns to drop, and are holding of at the moment, but I reckon if you told a rep to call you when they come back in stock, you'd get first dibbs.

£900 should be just about doable over the phone, but you'll have to be able to negotiate very well. I got the same specs, but the 250G HD and 2G RAM for £912. If you get the 4G of RAM from Crucial and sell the bundled 2G on eBay, you should come in at £900, give or take. It all depends on how good you are at convincing the Dell people to drop their drawers for the sale.

 

I got the T8300, 250GB HARD DRIVE, DVD/RW, 2GB RAM, 9CELL, BLUE, 8600GT GRAPHICS,

£750.00

That was a week ago, or two.

so i think 900.00 is way way to much to pay.

 

you got it by phone??thats cool!! and you screen is 1440*900 with true life?? i'll increase the ram to 4 gigs and if money is left, i'll put it in a t 9300
you got it by phone?? are u based in england??

 

Hey based in wales.

Got the 1440 x 900 as did not want the trouble of the grainy screenM its is so awsome.

got the 2gb ram as I can get a set of corsair 4gb for about 45-50 quid. dell is a rip off, will sell the 2gb already in the machine for about 20.00 so really only paying 30 odd quid for 4gb ram.

Done it all by phone and let the lady phone me back three times before we agreed on this price.

I kept saying I still think it was too expensive and my mate got it 40.00 cheaper.

She finally got pissed of at the 750 mark and said no more discounts, then I said sold, gave my details there and then.

 

That is how its done :-D

 

i find this weird but its good.. i went on dell's website and the xps is sa damn expensive.only the £1099 m1530 offered 1440*900 with truelife.. its crazy...Guess i'll have to phone them and order my xps by phone..

 

apparently some good deals starting in the uk tomorrow.

 

ok thanks. hey i have a friend who gets 10% discount from dell since he's a business user. Do i tell him to get it for me or do i argue for a discount on the phone??