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    Exchange prices went up? more than dell?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by christo493, May 24, 2012.

  1. christo493

    christo493 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was researching prices on the exchange website (discounts for vets, dependants of vets, etc) and I noticed that the M17x-R4 was
    $2,131. Here are the specs.

    Alienware M17X R4:
    Alienware M17X R4 with Soft Touch

    Operating System:
    Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit

    Processor:
    3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)

    Memory:
    6GB DDR3 at 1600MHz (2DIMMS)

    Keyboard:
    English Keyboard

    Display Panels:
    17.3-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED

    Video Card:
    2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 7970M

    Hard Drive:
    500GB 7,200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s

    AlienFX:
    Quasar Blue

    Adobe Reader Acrobat SW:
    Adobe Acrobat X Reader
    Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish

    Audio:
    Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di with THX TruStudio Pro Software

    Optical Driver:
    Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

    Wireless Networking:
    Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 With Bluetooth 4.0



    Now, the exact same specs (also R4) without using exchange:
    $1,819 (before tax, free shipping [even with tax it's less than $2,100])

    Am I missing something? or has aafes just not updated anything yet, which I don't believe is true, as the same laptop about a month ago with the same specs was on exchange for $1,700.
     
    christo493, May 24, 2012
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