Can I get the 1520 any cheaper than this???

hey guys,

my configuration:

SYSTEM COLOR Espresso Brown
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.8GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
DISPLAY Anti-glare, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
VIDEO CARD 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8400M GS
MEMORY FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
HARD DRIVE 160G 7200RPM SATA HDD
OPTICAL DRIVE CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
WIRELESS NETWORKING Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
BATTERY OPTIONS 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0

WARRANTY AND SERVICE DellCare Value

including tax and shipping (MI) = $ 1325

Good or not so good? It is 273 off and 3% because of dell carevalue and 8% off the total because I am student. any ideas how I can drop the price?

thanks in advance

 

Try going for the Dellcare with the 7%
actually

Try building it, going to the "Best" configuration, don't choose any care package and see if it offers you a "Double your discount" page

 

What are you meaning by, "best configuration"?

 

Yo, my video card + proccesor is better then yours and same price. 2 year limited warranty.

 

Hey why don't you tell Dell you are a student who also doesn't have enough money to eat...and tell them that you are so poor that you don't have any money to buy clothes...hey maybe they'll give you another 8% off. Worth a try huh??

You know I hate student discounts...why should you get a break anyway? Try paying a mortgage..and bills...and repairs for you home...and still not getting any discounts...Yea I guess you are getting a good deal mate! Enjoy it.

 

I just priced it out and it was pretty similar when I did the dellcare premium but a bit more expensive
I hadn't noticed the extra battery/HDD speed at first so your deal is as good as I can get

 

Oh wait I just found a way to make it cheaper
do this

1) Go to your schoolwebsite/where the link is to get to Dell education
2) Go to full catalog/start shopping
3) Go to notebooks
4) Inspiron Notebooks
5) Pick the one in the middle 15.4" widescreen
6) Pick the Inspiron 1520 all the way to the right for $930
7) At the select dellcare protection select the one on the very right for none/as selected
8) The next page should show you two configurations, the one on the right should say "Double your member discount..." in orange
9) Click customize it
10) configure your computer then add to cart and it should have the discount applied in the cart

 

thank you for this lead. it's helpful that you explained it so clearly.

unfortunately though, it ends up being more expensive than using one of the discounted bundles, at least for me.

 

Go to dell small home business and build a Vostro 1400.

DO NOT UPGRADE the ram and hard drive.

Build a base model with the bluetooth and webcam. It should come out to $650.

This should come out to almost the same specs as you have except its the base dual core.

Take the $700 I just saved you to buy your own ram at your convenience and external harddrive

 

thus...there is probably no way to get it cheaper than getting it for

1279.64 excluding tax and shipping?

thanks it advance. I greatly appreciate posts and see actually no point why FOREIGN students that do a study abroad in the US shouldnt be allowed to save money, if they can.

Thank you guys

 

paulbommel, stop and listen to daabc.

Go to small business, grab the vostro 1500 and click "SMART VALUE". That will get you a 599 base system with everything you have, except a weaker CPU, 1GB Ram, and 120GB HD.

Go to newegg.com, but yourself 2gigs of ram for 80 bucks.

Go ahead and upgrade the webcam and the battery since those are worth it.

You'll come out to about 800.