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    M1530 - now or wait?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Moa, Apr 15, 2008.

  1. Moa

    Moa Notebook Guru

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    Well... I've been thinking of buying the M1530 for summer holidays, but now dell has a very good offer on them - -150 GBP. What do you think, should I order it now or wait till 20 of may and order it then? (on 23 of June im leaving for holidays)

    I will order it over the phone, I hope they will let me use the discount codes and choose red chassis colour + WSXGA .


    Components
    BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.40 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache) edit
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit
    HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support) edit
    Dell Recommends
    3 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support
    Keep your PC running smoothly with easy at-home service

    Upgrade to 2 Year Consumer XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-site support) [add £119.00 or £3/month1]


    COLOUR CHOICE 2.0 mega pixel Camera & Crimson Red for CCFL Display edit
    LCD 15.4" Widescreen™ WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display (220nits) with TrueLife™ edit
    BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION Biometric Fingerprint Reader with BLACK accent edit
    MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit
    HARD DRIVE 250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive edit
    GRAPHICS CARD NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB dedicated graphic memory edit
    OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load drive, including SW edit
    PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr) edit
    Accessories
    CARRY CASES No Carry Case edit
    BLUETOOTH Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data rate - Eur edit
    WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-Card - Europe - Core 2 Duo Processors edit
    MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 9.0 - English edit
    Services & Software
    ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT 1 Year Consumer Accidental Damage Support - Theme Package edit
    SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English edit


    total (with 10% voucher used):
    £688.19 + £90 for WSXGA screen = £778.19


    Do you have any tips for telephone orders? Can I bring the price further down after applying the voucher? Do I have a chance of getting RED chassis without buying the product (RED) edition? Finally, shall I wait or order now?
     
    Moa, Apr 15, 2008
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  2. Signal2Noise

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    Well, if you wait there's always a chance you may not get it in time for your holiday. In reality there's never a good time to buy a computer, especially with Dell. The deals are always changing. It's now or never. ;)
     
    Signal2Noise, Apr 15, 2008
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