Dell 1720 Decked for $999 USD omg :)

SYSTEM COLOR Midnight Blue edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition edit
DISPLAY Glossy, high contrast, widescreen 17.0 inch display (1440 x 900) edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT edit
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit
HARD DRIVE Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) edit
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell) edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit
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DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
Processor Branding Intel® Core™2 Duo Label
DOMS Camera Mod Premium Deep Navy Blue with Soft Touch LCD back color w/ 2.0M pixel Camera
Miscellaneous Inspiron 1720
PHOTO AND MUSIC SOFTWARE No Entertainment software pre-installed


It's awesome and with the Coupon for dells over $1399 .. takes off $425 , definitly thinkn about getting it maybe tomarrow?

 

for $1000 - you'd be stupid not to take that kinda deal for a 17" notebook...

My only problem is the CPU is 2mb cache.. lol

 

I would just go for 15"ers since they both have same GPU. I do hope Dell offers better GPU options on 17"ers in the future though.

 

well whats nice about a 17" over a 15" is well obviously a bigger higher res screen, a num pad, and it can run dual hard drives. if you keep it at a desk 95% of the time id say get a 17" over a 15" any day.

 

When I bought my E1705/M90/XPS 17"s, only reason I got them was because I wanted to play games with best GPU options possible. I guess things change in time though.

 

17" means bigger, so better airflow, and bigger possibilities of an upgrade path.

But that extra 2 inches is a ***** on the back if you carry that thing around all day lol.

 

Wow what a steal! Change that T7250 to a T7300 and it's almost perfect!

Combo drive and no bluetooth, though. But there's always USB for those.

 

You can buy the bluetooth module from Dell and install it. It goes under the hinge cover, no need for external USB ones

 

Of course, a mere $20 upgrade. Just noticed it wasn't included in his specs.

 

Is the 2mb cache a big deal? I've read elsewhere that the difference is actually pretty negligible for most apps. Least i hope so because i've ordered two Dells and they both have T7250. I'm not overly worried, my 4 year old desktop can do pretty much everything i want so i'm sure the laptop will be fine! I went for this deal mainly for the screen and twin hard drives because i work with photographs a lot....

Inspiron 1720 - £845 ($1,743-ish)
Sunshine Yellow & Ruby Red Colour with Microsatin Finish & 2.0mp camera
CORE 2 DUO T7250 2.00GHz,800,2M
17.0" UltraSharp Widescreen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife
Memory Dual-Channel 2048MB (2x1024) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
320GB 5400RPM Serial ATA Dual Hard Drive (2X160GB)
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including software
NVIDIA® GeForce Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card EUR
European - Dell TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module
Carrycase X-Large Nylon (17")

 

you do know that the 425$ does not stack with the already discounted prices on the web site right? any discounts dell gives you get removed when you add the 425$ off just make sure you know that