Official Vostro Owner's Lounge

Yes, that's correct.

 

is the 1500 $50 cheaper too?

 

nope, just the 1400

 

I had ordered a Vostro 1500 two days ago, but since I ordered Dell because of its price I canceled it and ordered a Vostro 1400 today with the current $599 deal with some upgrades. It came out to $658 (USD) before taxes (shipping is free).

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic
14.1 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display (matte)
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM
(going to upgrade to 2 GB with this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145048 )
120G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer7 DVD+R write capability
128MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400M GS
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
+29$ Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Wi-Fi Mini Card (for Linux use -- don't like ndiswrapper)
+30$ Integrated 2.0 mega pixel Web Camera

 

Just Pulled the trigger on a 1400- was initially frustrated dell did not offer XP, seemed silly to me but I got over it. I am also totally sick of shopping! I plan to clean install XP on day one.

Does anyone anticipate any problems with that?

Also I dont seem to get the rock bottom prices some people do. I wish posters would state what discounts they qualified for. University store, Partner company etc.

Still, I got the below system with 3yrs. warranty + 70 bucks off any one of the new accessories I will need for my desk for $1023.00

Seems like a lot of machine for that - I couldn't get a 1420 within $300 of that price.

Will probably wind up doing 2gb ram soon.

It finally came down to the D630 and the 1400. I was weary of the Quadro135m though.

Do we think the 8400GS is going to be stronger then the Q135?

I haven't seen any 1420 owners really talking about graphics in the forum?

Now the wait - 08/02/07

If I got jipped - please chime in...but only if you can provide useful information I can use in a phone call to a rep!

Thanks!



Vostro 1400 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300
LCD Panel 14.1 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display
Memory 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM
Video Cards 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400M GS
Hard Drive 120G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic
8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability
Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Wi-Fi Mini Card
Integrated 2.0 mega pixel Web Camera
Get $70 Dell Dollars w/3Yr Ltd Warranty and Next Business Day On-Site Svc
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth

 

^ Sounds ok to me, I configured mine from the "smart value package" Total came to $775 including tax. It was a deal I couldn't pass up. To make it even better, when I get up this morning and check here I learn that they are now $50 less. Call Dell to cancel the order, and instead the lady offers to refund my account $55 after the computer ships. Sweet! So now it only comes to $720. Thanks Dell!

 

Yeah you gotat use the Smart Value's packages.

 

Yup configured from Smart Value... upgrades climbed quick in the other 2 packages.

 

MSL that's a sweet deal at 720!

Since this machine will become the center of my desk...replacing a very old PIII 800 desktop...I thought I would go to the T7300 to get the 4mb cache. And definately wanted 3 years, since it's a new build and product line.

 

^Yeah, I was quite pleased, as I had originally thought that I would have to at least spend a grand... I don't really need an extremely powerful notebook, thats what the XPS 410 is for!