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    Buying a 7 months used XPS, guess how much!!!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Muscle Master, Jan 3, 2009.

  1. Muscle Master

    Muscle Master Notebook Consultant

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    XPS M1530 Specs:

    Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB 2M L2 Cache)
    Midnight Blue Casing With Microsatin Finish

    3GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm

    15.4 inch Full Hi Definition Wide Screen WUXGA TrueLife LCD with Camera, 2.0 MP

    128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M

    250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for XPS M1530

    DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP, XPSM1530

    Internet Search and Portal

    Icon Consolidation Application

    Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Ins

    Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium Edition, English

    Media Direct 3.5

    Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system
    set-up to access

    ADOBE ACROBAT READER 8.1 DIM/INSP

    8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive for XPSM1530

    Roxio Creator DE 10

    Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy

    Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini-card

    McAfee Security 9.0, 3-Year Subscription

    56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion P Primary Battery, for XPS M1530

    Finger Print Reader XPS M1530

    DELL WRLS 5720 EVDO, Verizon Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO Mini Card for Verizon

    Microsoft Office Small Business 2007
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    Now what if I told you guys I getting this for $600.00-$650.00

    what do you guys think?
     
  2. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    warranty?

    if ur into gaming (and dont need the EVDO card), i'd say u can find a $700-$800 M1530 with a better process(Penyrn T8100 or better, 8600 card) in dell outlet
     
  3. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    If you told me you were getting it for 600-650 I'd tell you you could probably get it for 100 bucks less. It's not a very impressive system, the selling point is that it's an XPS.
     
  4. Muscle Master

    Muscle Master Notebook Consultant

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    it has a 1 year warranty, orignally I was going to get a new one from dell but my sister blew her transmission on her Impala :mad: so my $1,500 budget was reduce to $750...... Still pissed :mad: , So I had to resort to a not so flashy Studio 1537 until my birthday- see sig

    So I was surfing Ebay friday morning for a cheap PM965 motherboard and then I saw it, I immediately canceled my order on the studio and start bidding, it was $105.00 till some fools tried to out bid me

    The auction is over tomorrow and if no one else try to challenge me I will get it for $595.00 + shipping

    Edit-
    Care to Enlighten me...........
     
  5. gengerald

    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    Please change your language in the above post, thanks. This is also not a deal, between the defective video card, decent cooling, and high price, it may yield a paper weight. For $750 you can do more with an outlet, coupon, or used gaming rig.
     
  6. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Yeah uh, people sell way better systems in the NBR Marketplace for the same price. I've also seen XPS M1530s listed with better specs for a bit less money, and I sold my very own M1330 with similar (but better in most ways) specs for 575 shipped.
     
  7. Boo Boo

    Boo Boo Notebook Deity

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    700 with a 1 year warranty from the outlet was standard a month ago.
     
  8. shadowlaw

    shadowlaw Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry pal, the system is pretty crap even for 600

    Just spend a little more and you can get something a lot better
     
  9. unlimitedx

    unlimitedx Notebook Consultant

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    That's a great deal.
     
  10. Muscle Master

    Muscle Master Notebook Consultant

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    I'm aware of the GPU issue, but other than that and the processor not being a T8300 I see nothing wrong

    If you guys think theirs a better deal, help me out and post something otherwise I think im going to buy it if it does not exceed $650.00
     
  11. jet757f

    jet757f Notebook Evangelist

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    Sorry to break the bad news but chances are there will be more bids on it during the last few minutes.
     
  12. wodstock

    wodstock Notebook Evangelist

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    yeah, always in the last few seconds
     
  13. proninja

    proninja Notebook Guru

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    dont think that is a very good deal.