About to order this build, have a few questions

this is the system i want to get, i am about to order it here soon, now the price comes out to $1,824 but i see alot of people here getting similar specs for about $500 cheaper around $1300-$1400 is there any deal i could get, i think my problem is i got the T9300 and the 7200RPM drive

i don't care about the OS once i get it i will do a clean install of vista64 pro and probably dual boot with ubuntu or fedora

is there anything i should know about this build? i got the LED screen because people here say it looks better and uses less power? also should i worry about the defective GPU chips?

i plan to use this for school work and some gaming, i am a hardcore pc gamer but prefer to game on the desktop but if there is a game like fallout 3 i can't wait to play i will fire it up on here, also if i am bored i would like to game, mainly the games that are already out.

i have been doing research here and this seems like a great rock solid laptop, lots of people are happy with

SYSTEM COLOR Tuxedo Black edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB, 6MB Cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1 edit
LCD AND CAMERA High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LED LCD (1440x900) & 2.0 M edit
MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms) edit
HARD DRIVE Speed: 250GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write) edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT edit
WIRELESS CARDS Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card edit
BLUETOOTH AND WIRELESS USB Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0+Enhanced Data Rate) edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery edit
SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition edit
FINGERPRINT SCANNER Finger Print Reader XPS M1530

 

buy thru Dell EPP...its usually muchc heaper

http://slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=354428&t=863669

only changes: T8300 instead of T9300(u wont notice the difference), 250GB 5400rpm NON-FREEFALL SENSOR, 4 yr warranty+accidental damage,

big change: $1268 onli

 

How do we get into Dell EPP?

 

thru ur college

www.delluniversity.com

find ur school, make sure ur school is participating, then use the dell epp link in my slickdeals link

 

i got it down to about $1600 and if i dump the 7200 RPM its about $1450 very good price,

i think the extra $200 for the HDD is a rip off i can just upgrade later on once i find a good deal on a 7200RPM

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=112

u wont notice much between 7200rpm vs 5400rpm..... i'd rather spend $100 to get a 500GB external HDD.... or ur choice.... do u need that extra 5s ?

besides, ithough it was $50 to upgrade from 5400 to 7200.... unless u changed the whole config

go newegg and buy a 320GB 7200 drive for $100+

then spend $100 for an external HDD, or send the $100 to me for consulting fee