Dell Latitdude E6400: $587 off

Here's how to get $587 off on the Latitude E6400:
1. Go to the main laptop listing on Dell's Small Business site (dell.com/business/laptops).
2. Scroll down and click on the advertisement that's on the left-hand side of the page; it says "Featured Latitude E6400: Up to 19 Hour Battery Life."
3. Configure it to your liking.

Credit goes to skillazd on fatwallet.com: fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/879947

Enjoy!

PS: Sorry for the lack of links because I still don't have enough posts for that.

 

Very good deal.. Here's what I configured: (I apologize for the formatting, I just copy and pasted directly from the site)

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (2.40GHz, 3M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP1, With media edit
WARRANTY & SERVICE 3 Year Limited Warranty and 3 Year Mail-in Service edit
LCD PANEL 14.1" UltraSharp™ WXGA+ (1440x900) LED Display - Brush Metal Black edit
GRAPHICS AND EXPANSION SLOT Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD With PC-Card edit
MEMORY 1.0GB, DDR2-800 SDRAM, 1 DIMM edit
INTERNAL KEYBOARD Internal English Keyboard edit
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT No Intel® vPro™ Secure Advanced Hardware Enabled Systems Management edit
CAMERA/MICROPHONE Digital Microphone edit
PRIMARY STORAGE 160GB Hard Drive, 5400RPM edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 24X CDRW/DVD with Cyberlink PowerDVD™ edit
WI-FI WIRELESS CARD Intel® WiFi Link 5300 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card edit
BLUETOOTH WIRELESS Dell Wireless® 370 Bluetooth Module edit
FINGERPRINT READER OPTION No Fingerprint Reader edit
BACKUP OS DRIVERS AND SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION Resource DVD - Contains Diagnostics and Drivers edit

Total w/out tax and shipping? : $789

This configuration for under $800 for this type of laptop is amazing. Should I go for it?

This might be the deciding factor for me to go with the e6400 instead of the t400. This

 

i tried this, but i always end up getting same price in the end when i add all i want.

 

You need to be more specific. To get the price down really low you need to remove the 12-cell battery slice and downgrade from the SSD (unless you want them). Right now you can also get an additional 5% off by applying the coupon code: 5BVZ8PB08J072S

 

Doesn't work for Canada?

 

Wow, that is a pretty good deal. Why is there no option for a webcam though?

EDIT: Here is a link

 

People are going crazy on this deal at SD. I think it is a great deal, if configured correctly it can be as low as 591.

Remove the 12-Cell High Capacity Battery Slice and Solid State Drive.

Upgrade to consider is the LED Backlight for an additional $49.

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (2.40GHz, 3M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP1, With media edit
WARRANTY & SERVICE 3 Year Limited Warranty and 3 Year Mail-in Service edit
LCD PANEL 14.1" Widescreen WXGA (1280x800) Display - Brush Metal Black edit
GRAPHICS AND EXPANSION SLOT Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD With Express Card edit
MEMORY 1.0GB, DDR2-800 SDRAM, 1 DIMM edit
INTERNAL KEYBOARD Internal English Keyboard edit
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT No Intel® vPro™ Secure Advanced Hardware Enabled Systems Management edit
CAMERA/MICROPHONE Digital Microphone edit
PRIMARY STORAGE 80GB Hard Drive, 5400 RPM edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X DVD with Cyberlink PowerDVD™ edit
WI-FI WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless™ 1397 802.11b/g Mini Card edit
FINGERPRINT READER OPTION No Fingerprint Reader edit
BACKUP OS DRIVERS AND SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION Resource DVD - Contains Diagnostics and Drivers edit

(I got that from SD )

 

Wow, that is a steal of a deal, if I wasn't a broke college student in these troubled times (drink!) I'd be all over it!

 

Yeah, i'm an idiot, i didnt see 12 cell slice. Removed it my config is 1088 after discounts.

I' also wondering why is there no webcam?

 

I was wondering the same thing actually. The camera on the E6400 is pretty cheap (quality) anyway so I didn't give it much thought. I'm told that you can call Dell Customer Service to have it added to your order if you really want it, but I haven't tried it myself so don't quote me on that. I was actually concerned that my order would be canceled due to a pricing error so I was too hesitant to call.

 

This price has been up there for a while, if you used a method from of going to SMB and clicking on the banner. It just appeared on SD today, and people are jumping on it.

I'll call them today and get it probably.

 

i called but they were closed, so i just placed order without a webcam for now. I'll see if i can call tomorrow and have them add webcam to the order.

My config:
Latitude E6400
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P9500 (2.53GHz, 6M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP1, With media $1,733.00 1 $1,733.00
Latitude E6400 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P9500 (2.53GHz, 6M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB) [223-9336]
Memory 1.0GB, DDR2-800 SDRAM, 1 DIMM [311-8824]
Internal Keyboard Internal English Backlit Keyboard [330-0841]
[330-1652]
Graphics and Expansion Slot NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M With Express Card [320-6775]
Primary Storage 80GB Hard Drive, 5400 RPM [341-6963]
Fingerprint Reader Options Internal Fingerprint Reader [311-8849]
LCDs 14.1" UltraSharp™ WXGA+ (1440x900) LED Display - Brush Metal Black [320-6941]
Operating Systems Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP1, With media [467-5769]
Bluetooth Dell Wireless® 370 Bluetooth Module [430-3090]
Modem Internal Modem [313-6533]
AC Adapter 90W A/C Adapter (3-pin) [330-0876]
[330-0879]
Primary Optical Device 8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™ [313-6513]
[420-8010]
[420-9184]
Camera/Microphone Digital Microphone [313-6711]
Wireless LAN (802.11) Intel® WiFi Link 5300 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card [430-3362]
Systems Management No Intel® vPro™ Secure Advanced Hardware Enabled Systems Management [330-0884]
System Documentation Resource DVD - Contains Diagnostics and Drivers [330-0895]
Primary Battery 9 Cell Battery [312-0730]
Hardware Support Services 3 Year Limited Warranty and 3 Year Mail-in Service [989-1472]
[989-4430]
[991-2878]
[991-3057]
[991-3058]
Installation Services No Onsite System Setup [900-9987]
Color Options Brushed Metal Black [313-6736]
LCDs Black Wide Screen WXGA+ LCD Panel with Microphone only [313-6527]
[313-6716]
[320-6945]
Processor Branding Intel Centrino 2 Core Duo Processor [330-1152]
OS Labels Vista Basic Label [310-8759]

Save $587 on select Latitude E6400 notebooks through Dell Small Business. - $587.00
Save an additional 5% off your Latitude or Optiplex order priced $1299 or more - $57.30
Subtotal: $1,088.70
Shipping and Handling: $25.00
Shipping Discount: -$25.00
Sales Tax: $65.35
Total Amount: $1,154.05

 

The webcam on this must be one of the best integrated webcams I've ever seen personally. Don't be fooled by it being 0.3 megapixel.

Greg

 

Do you think if i call tomorrow i can have them add it on? Even though i placed oreder.

 

It's likely that they might have to cancel and make a new order, but so long as that deal is still available there is not issue with doing that.

Greg

 

Looks like it was an error in the system on Dell's part. They have fixed this issue; you can no longer select a non-Solid State drive.

 

You think orders are gonna get canceled? It was working like this for a while before. Until it got to Slickdeals, and everyone went crazy about it...now it's ruined for everyone.

 

I am not sure if they will cancel it. I've placed an order before the fix myself so we will have to wait and see.

 

Arghhh....I hesitated until yesterday. Hopefully, it wont get canceled.

 

If you do want the SSD i think dell's prices are pretty good. You can get samsung 128GB SSD there for ~400 bucks? You could sell it on ebay for 600+ easily. Making total cost of the laptop even less. And although the prices for these were pretty good. Reason i didnt jump was, it seems with live cashback you could get similar specs/prices on ebay.

 

I wanted to call to try have them add webcam, but now i'm affraid if i call they'll cancel my current order to create new one with webcam, and then they'll say they can't give me that deal anymore.

 

I just called to add webcam, and no good news so far. They can't find the order by by purchase ID. They said it's unusal but, it might take 24hrs for the order to show up in their database. I'll call them later today to check.

I'm still hoping this deal goes through, with or without web cam i dont care.

 

I figured this deal was too good to be true. I placed my ordered on the same day that I posted this, and they haven't canceled it yet, so I hope I get it.

I changed the title of the post to account for the fact that this deal is now dead, but the change doesn't seem to propagate: the title of my original post has changed, but the title of the thread remains the same.

 

UPDATE:
Here is where things stand. I called dell today, they couldn't find the order, like 4 times. They said it doesnt exist, so i assumed it won't even go through.

Sales rep said she can create me a new order and try to get me same discounts. I forwarder her my order acknowlegement email.
She tried everything to get me the same price that i configured with $586 and 5% discount, but she couldn't. Sales rep was extremely courteous, amazing service, i spent 1 hr on phone with her trying everything, and then she said she would call me back when she sorts it out with her manager. She said it would be 15mins, it was more like an hour but i didnt mind.
She got her manager to override all the discounts and she got me $586 off (GREAT), but she could not apply 5% discount(GRRRR) as she said that was best her manager could do.
Another thing she had to do add more memory from 1 to 2gb 1 dimm and from 80gb-160gb. I also added a webcam that i wanted.
All together it was $180 more then what i was hoping, but i got 1x2gb ram so i can just add another one without 1gb going to waste when i take it out. I got bigger hdd that i won't need to replace for some time and i got web cam that i wanted.

I still think i got pretty good deal, considering others are probably going to get canceled.
And yeah, estimated ship date DEC 29, too f.. long. I'm hoping it gets done sooner.

Arkanium: DId you get order number confirming your order? Or still just initial Acknowledgement email?

 

Double post

 

Is this deal dead, I am not getting option to remove the 12-Cell High Capacity Battery Slice, i was able to last night, but now that i want to buy, it doesn't give the option....

 

Yes, I had my confirmation the day after I ordered it. I guess when I had ordered it, it still wasn't such a popular deal so it went through with no problem. Mine has been "in production" for the past week, and today it updated to "shipped" so I can't wait to get my hands on it!

Yes, it looks like this deal is officially dead now. Sorry boscor: I tried changing the thread's title but it doesn't seem to work.

 

I got my confirmation email for the first order last night, so i guess it's going through. Now i have two orders, i'm gonna call and cancel the second one, and try to upgrade camera on the first one. Wohoo

It's nice of them that they hounoured the price.

Edit: Update: I wasnt able to add webcam, they said they would have to cancel the order and place new one, and then for sure they wouldn't be able to give me same price. So i just decided not to go with camera, and had my second order canceled. They said, it's confirmed, just waiting to get billed, let's hope it comes soon. Shipping date shows 12-22, hopefully it will change

 

I noticed that the price dropped like a hundred dollars on this. While you still can't remove the 12 cell, you can remove the SSD and drop the price below $900 which is still a pretty good deal.

 

It's good deal for people that need 12 cell battery slice. Maybe even if you get it with the slice and then sell the slice online, i assume it would be a good deal

 

Yeah, it's only $81 more than the base model and you get a 9 cell ($69 upgrade) and 12 cell slice ($299 upgrade).

 

Well, I got my laptop today! And, for the price I paid for it, I couldn't be happier. I regret that I didn't opt for the back-lit keyboard but I couldn't justify the $50 premium. It's a cool feature and all, but if you're a touch typist then you have no business looking at the keyboard anyway. I can use that $50 to upgrade to 4GB of RAM.

 

Nice, mine is in production, they say estimate is Dec 26, hopefully it will come earlier.
Did you receive yours before estimated date?

 

Estimated ship date was spot on, but it arrived earlier than expected. It basically took just one day to arrive at my door. I can't complain with that.

 

Mine had estimate for 12/26 and i just got ship notice on 12/13. nice

 

is the latitude e6400 a cheaper build quality than the precision series...and if so by how much?

 

I think they are built on the sam platform and both from magnesium alloy, i dont think it's any cheaper built.
SOmeone who owns/seen both would comment better.

I think the only difference looks wise is screen case.

 

Can I get this as a home/home office customer? Is there anyway I can use a Dell home Account to order a latitude?

 

No you will have to order the Small and Medium Business. Just use your name as your business

As far the build difference, while there may be some, I don't think it's a great deal more. It's not like upgrading from a Vostro to Latitude or from a Latitude to a ATG.