Dell XPS M1330

Guys, I just placed my order via my school's discount program with Dell.

Getting it through my school is so much cheaper that its hard to believe. I got a $649 up front discount plus 3 yr warranty, a laser printer and carrying case for free. I am not sure why didn't they include the tax though.

In fact, its so cheap I suspect they made some pricing error so I will just have to wait for their confirmation.

 

Thats a really good price! I can't manage to get one that cheap through the student discount. Maybe its better for specific school discounts...

The only way I have found to get an M1330 the way its supposed to be (T7300, 2GB, 8400M, LED) for under $1600 is to get it in Malaysia or India

 

Would you mind telling us what school you go to? How did you order it? Phone or web? Thanks!

 

For uk buyers you can sign up for quidco which gives 4.5% discount with dell.

 

Oh, I figured out how you get those prices. Go to www.delluniversity.com, enter in your school and .edu email ID. I was using the EPP program, which nets you an 8% discount, not the massive $650 it gives on the M1330 (still $1299 for the base one, but it comes with 2GB memory, 8400M, 3 year warranty with accident coverage and lojack). If these prices hold until September, this will definitely be my next notebook.

 

how is that
i configured that and got INR 80K more plus taxes means more than USD 2000

I think malaysia is cheaper

 

Well, Dell India had it with the T7100, 2GB, 8400M, LED screen and 160GB hard drive for 63k rupees, which is just over $1500. Dell Malay had the same thing for 4600 ringits, just over $1300. In the US, it costs almost $1900, so its a pretty significant difference.

 

wait, what? You're saying that the $1299 comes with 2GB, 8400M, 3 year warranty with accidental/lojack?

What's the cheapest price you can get? Mine was around $1750 for T7300, LED, 1GB, 120GB HDD, 3year cc and lojack.

You're telling me you can get something cheaper than that?

Thanks

 

Don't feel too sorry for yourself..trying comparing it to the uk prices!!

 

Vivek - I tried finding that 200 dollar discount, but I can't find it. do you know where it's at?

 

Just specced it close enough to that and it came out at just over £1300 so around $2600 US

EDIT: can be done for around £1150 just by choosing a more expensive one to configure to start with...confused lol

 

yeah, that's how Dell usually is. I'm going to wait for this to pop up at my school.

 

the coupon is only for inspirons, I tried it and it doesn't work for the M1330.


edit - just found a way in!

 

The jokers at Dell India changed the pricing again...
a T5250/LED/8400GS/160GB comes to 62K (1500USD)

Do remember that the base config on Dell India includes the LED display and a 1 year complete cover and you can't take them off (though why would you want to?)
The T7100 upgrade is a whopping 8.1K (200 USD) and not worth it IMHO while the RAM upgrade is 9.3 K
An aftermarket upgrade would be 1/4th of that

 

I purchased from Dell USA - best prices!

 

the best straightforward prices right now seem to be on Dell Japan

A T7100 with the 8400M and LED screen for 1165 USD

 

if just I can get that either on india, malaysia or Indonesia (sigh)

 

the Indonesia/malaysia prices are pretty much the same as India and marginally less or equal to the India prices

 

Mine is shipping with 32 bit Vista Ultimate...What would have happened if I got 4 gigs of RAM? Wouldn't you need the 64 bit version?

 

Lucky for me im in japan for the next month until college starts in august... anyone want a laptop?

 

Windows Vista(TM) Home Premium 32ビット 正規版 (日本語版 編集
インテル(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo プロセッサー T7100 (2MB L2 キャッシュ 1.80GHz 800MHz FSB)
13.3ｲﾝﾁ TFT TrueLife(TM) WXGA 光沢液晶ディスプレイ(WLED)
1GB(512MBx2)DDR2-SDRAMメモリ
120GB SATA HDD(5400回転 編集
DVD+/-RWドライブ(DVD+R 2層書込み対応
NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 8400MGS128MB DDR3
（WLED用）サファイア・ブラック (30万画素Webカメラ (webcam)
65W ACアダプタ 編集
Core 2 Duo向け インテル(R) Next-Gen Wireless-N (802.11a/b/g/n対応
英語キーボード 編集 (english keyboard)
6セルバッテリ 編集 (6 cell battery)
エスケイネット製　MonsterTV 1D Expressカード (tv tuner)

Just a side note...the tv tuner card, comes standard on the japanese model. comes out to 146,804 yen, or at todays exchange rate, $1193...a similarly configured US version is $1,858

 

What kills me is how dell prices 'upgrades' like processor, memory and drives.

The T7700 'upgrade' from dell is $675, I can buy the freekin thing RETAIL for $540
They want $1000 for $200 worth of ram
God knows how much they are jacking the price on the 200GB drive.

They have always been stupid high on Ram, but now it's other areas too.
Dell needs to stop this pirating of upgrades and make these items much more reasonable.

No way in hell I'm paying $2800 for this thing. Nice try Dell, NOT HAPPENING

OH, shoit, inconsistent too! The machine that was $2800 yesterday is $3000 today! FU2 Dell.

 

Just bring it to either INdia, malaysia, singapore or indonesia, I ll pay you in cash

 

32bit windows would only show about 3GB, 64bit would show all 4GB.

 

u need 64-bit version of windows if u want to go with more than 4 GB of memory so 32-bit will recognize all of 4GB (2^32/1024/1024)

 

Doesnt that mean a lot of pissed off customers who pay 1000 bucks for 4 gigs of RAM and only see 3 gigs?

 

You have to register with the Dell University site, they send you the $200 coupon code (inspiron only) in an email. So the cheapest you can get an M1330 from Dell University is $1299 - Complete Care (119) = 1180 The config I'm looking at (essentially, its the base model+LED+bluetooth) is coming out to $1469. And you get a free printer (normally $100) with this, you get to pick between a Laserjet and a Color inkjet. Its really an insane price

 

I don't see these bundles and also I can't apply my $200 dollar coupon to an M1330. Isn't it Inspiron only?

How're you making this work?

 

Oh wait, yea it is for Inspiron only guess I wasn't paying attention to it. I couldn't figure out where to enter the coupon, so I figured it was later on in the order process. Still, its a lot better pricing than at Home/Office.

For the better bundle prices, go to the email, click "Click here to shop now", click on the top "Start Shopping" button (its the one recommended by Dell for University students, not the 12% member discount one), and under special offers scroll down until you see this:

Click customize, and go from there. The cheapest you can get it is actually $1180 and I'm looking at one for $1469.

 

your 32 bit OS will NOT recognize 4GB, you can drop 4GB just to say you have 4GB (which is stupid and a waste)

http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-maximum-memory-in-32-bit-windows-vista/

 

I don't see that Start Shopping button unfortunately.

nevermind. got it. thanks.

 

wrong, all 32bit windows will only show about 3-3.2gb, while 64bit is able to recognize all 4

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605

so windows 32-bit limits the memory to 3.12 i didn't try it on 32-bit cuz i am working on xp and vista x64 v. good to know about this issue

 

Dell's China site has begun to sell M1330.

RMB12597, almost $1594 for
- T7300 (2G)
- LED
- 2G REM
- 120G HD
- DVD +/- RW
- 8400M GS
- Bluetooth
- Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N card
- 6-cell
- Carrying Case
- Vista Home Basic
- 1 Year

 

Oh, actually the price is 10938 ($1367), but they charge 17% tax...

 

Some rich buyers will just select the best of everything and damn the price - so it makes sense to put a premium on the fastest cpu, the biggest RAM etc. The price conscious customers can go for a cheaper option.

 

Not to mention buyers in-the-know also realize that they can upgrade things like RAM later, so it's sorta a win-win for Dell that they rip off ignorant (but cash-heavy) buyers for their money.

 

Just ordered a T7100, 1 GB, 120GB, 8400M, Draft N and TV Tuner card for $1158 from the Japan site

 

Is it possible Dell gives you 64 bit Vista with the 4GB upgrade? I know probably not, but I'm wondering...

 

I very much doubt it. On the Chinese site all Vista versions listed are 32 bit whether you toggle to 4GB RAM or not. As far as I could tell XP never really made use of more than about 1.2GB of the 2GB I have on this D610 but I think the full 2GB of memory was still useful when running Linux under VMware so I guess that the 4GB might be useful to people running virtual machines.
... and do people still create Ramdisks? What happens if you create a RAMDISK and then tell Windows to put a swapfile on it?

 

My account manager really came thorugh for me.

2.2Ghz
2gb of RAM
LED backlight screen
8400gs
9 cell battery
200gb 7200rpm HD

plus the usual wireless etc..

£1100

Thats cheap over here the website quote is over £1500

 

it seems its always more expensive in Europe.

 

just wondering, if you buy a laptop pre-loaded with Vista and you want to upgrade the HD yourself does that require you to go out and purchase your own copy of Vista again?

Contemplating with upgrading OG 5400 rpm to 7200 rpm on my own but not sure what costs will be incurred etc.

 

You should be able to install your dell copy of vista to any hard drive..it's the motherboard (ie different laptop) it won't like you changing.

Might be wrong though.

 

thanks a lot, also is it standard fare that the LCD screen comes with .3 MP camera and the CCFL screen comes with a 2.0 MP camera?

 

Yes the LED screen comes with the 0.3 MP (apparently it's quite good) and the regular LCD comes with the 2.0 MP.

 

Just ordered mine again, after canceling a previous order because I figured out I could use a 12% student discount...

SYSTEM COLOR Tuxedo Black
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Edition
LCD AND CAMERA Slim and Light White LED Display with VGA Webcam
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
HARD DRIVE 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
OPTICAL DRIVE CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
VIDEO CARD 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8400M GS
SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition
FINGERPRINT SCANNER Biometric Fingerprint Reader
BATTERY OPTIONS 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
WIRELESS CARDS Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
BLUETOOTH OPTIONS Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
SHIP DATE August 3, 2007
(I also have the DellCare Plus Package, which gave me a 7% discount)

Original ordered price (with only 7% discount) (total + tax) 2215.82
This order (with the 12% and 7% discount) (total + tax) 1949.61

266.21 SAVED!!!!!! I'M SO HAPPY

 

i have the exact same config BUT 160GB 7200RPM - did the same thing as you - however i canceled a 2nd time for this simple reason:

i called and said i went to drake university and they gave me the school's bundle package and look at this beautiful final price:

$1762 including tax and free shipping already confirmed - ships july 31st

t7300, 2GB, 8400M 128mb, 160gb 7.2K, bluetooth, next gen N wireless, LED 13.3" with vga camera, fingerprint reader, 6 cell, dvd burner, dell care plus - 3 year with accidental.

and its not available at drake anymore incase people were wondering - too many orders

went from retail with 7% discount - $2380 to a much more reasonable $1762

 

What do you guys think about a 9 cell vs a 6 cell...is the extra battery life worth it sticking out.

And does anyone know if the screen can bend much more than 90 degrees backwards; from all the video I have seen of it, it looks like it has the same problem as the macbook pros; and this problem would be worse with the angle the 9 cell battery creates.

O, and does anyone know how I can just buy a single battery...in case I want to get a 6-cell and a 9-cell?

 

That's a personal preference. Personally, I'd get the 9-cell in a heartbeat because I want that 1/3 extra battery life. Even if it is heavier, an extended 9-cell is still easier to carry around with the notebook than two six-cells.