Dell M1330 - UK

I was just trying to spec up a Dell M1330 on the UK website, only to find I can't configure it with a T7300. Can people also tell me what is the main difference between the 2 LCD options? The more expensive one has a weaker webcam?

I was thinking of getting the following:

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dell...20&rbc=N0713307 &s=dhs&sbc=ukdhsrsxps_m1210_1

It's a base spec but with a T7300 (might call them to get this processor) - would that be fine? There's nothing else worth upgrading on this right?

 

Deffinatly give them a call you can haggle a discount that way too.

The website is a little screwed at the moment they will sort it next week.

The more expensive of the two screen is LED backlit. This offers greater battery life and improved brightest over the standard screen as well as being thinner and lighter.

 

Thanks Mike. I am hoping to give them a call this week and see if they can get a T7300 in there for a decent price along with the LED backlit screen. I'll see what happens.

 

I called them up just to price the 1330 and see how much i could get it down to and they were only willing to offer me free shipping. That is not a great deal at all. Sony were willing to offer me free warranty cover. The price came to £1,320. Let us know what they offer it to you for.

If i ever did want the 1330 i would get it from the US next week as the prices in the UK are a bit to high.


Edited to add:
They called me back and offered it to me at £1,250 for one with the 2ghz SR and all the extras. I would need to get them down to £1,100 before i was seriously interested as i can get this in the States for £1000 with the accidental cover thrown in as well.

 

lol i just ordered the Dell. I mailed them my final offer to the person who i was talking to and they came down to £1,188 which is not bad and about the same price as a student MBP would cost the free insurance thrown in.

So i brought them down from 1,380 to 1,188. This model will sell better in the UK if i want to sell it compared to the US model. I also have a UK Keyboard as well so i don't have to change that.
This is the specs that i will be getting. I was dead set on getting the Asus W7S but i just changed my mind today.


*1 1 List N0713306 - XPS 1330 Better
2 XPS M1330 CORE 2 DUO T7300 2.00GHz,800,4M 1
3 13.3" WXGA (1280x800) White-LED Display with TrueLife¿ (thinner, brighter & lighter) 1
4 Biometric Fingerprint Reader 1
5 Save £140 (ex VAT) 1
6 Pearlescent White & 0.3 mega pixel Camera for White-LED Display 1
7 English Documentation XPS M1330 1
8 English/Irish Ship Accessories - Power Cord 1
9 Resource DVD XPS M1330 - (Diagnostics & Drivers) 1
10 Memory Dual-Channel 1024MB (2x512) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM 1
11 160GB (5,400 rpm) Sata Hard Drive 1
12 8xDVD+/-RW Slim Slot-Load Drive, including SW 1
13 AC Adapter (65W) 1
14 Primary 6 cell Li-Ion Battery 1
15 Not Included Carry Case 1
16 NVIDIA® GeForce¿ Go 8400M GS (128MB GDDR3) 1
17 Modem Not Included 1
18 European - Dell TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module 1
19 Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-PCI Card, EUR 1
20 Uk/Irish Internal Lightweight Keyboard (QWERTY) 1
21 Software Drivers XPS M1330 1
22 English - Vista Home Premium 1
23 English Microsoft Works 8.0 (Word Processor, Database) with Recovery CD 1
24 Dell Support 3.4. - Vista Only 1
25 English Adobe Reader 7.0.8 1
26 UK Internet Service Provider (Orange & Tiscali) 1
27 English McAfee Security Centre 8.0 - 15 Month Subscription 1
28 3 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support 1
29 Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support) 1
30 No Accidental Damage Support 1
31 ** Vista introduction Online Training (30 Days) 1
32 To access Online Training or free trial, please go to www.learndell.com/euro to register 1
33 Inspiron Order - UK 1
34 Futuristic Order Flag SKU 1

 

I took the time and effort to spec a machine up this afternoon perfectly suiting my needs, with the following discounts,

Quido 4.5% clickthru
Sky 5% code
and finally a £70 off refferal from dmxdimension

After completing my order, it gave me no internet order number (it was just blank on the 'order complete' page) and several hours later I have had no email confirming anything at all.

Suitably unimpressed.

 

Well I managed to order the following:

XPS M1330 Core 2 Duo T7300 2.00GHz (Crimson Red Version!)
13.3" WXGA (1280x800) White-LED Display with TrueLife (0.3MP Camera)
2048MB (2x1024) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
120GB Serial ATA (5400RPM)
8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot-Load Drive
Primary 6-Cell 56WHr Li-Ion Battery
GeForce Go 8400M GS (128MB GDDR3)
English - Vista Home Premium
2 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support
Dell TrueMobile 355 Internal Bluetooth Module
Dell 725 Printer + Cable
No Additional Software
No Biometric Finger Print Reader
No Accidental Damage Support

£999 inc VAT & Shipping.

That's not too bad? Managed to get them to throw in a printer - not the best in the world considering I already have a multi-function epson at home. Stuck with the 120GB as I might be sticking in a smaller 100GB 7200RPM later. The sales guy also said he'll up the shipping to "high priority" - whatever that means... :O

 

kbc you got a good deal. You could have got a very close price to that as well if you checked out with the skyperks 10% deal and you checked out through the link below but you would not have got the free printer. If you check out with the link below you also get free Norton Antivirus security for 3 years.
http://www.dmxdimension.com/blogcategory/dell_uk_xps_m1330.html

Also it seems that this morning that they are offering the 2.4 processor for the price of the 2.0 processor do you think that they would have to honour this if you placed an order for it now? They started to a few days offer the 2ghz as an option on the Dell website.

 

I saw that too, but that seriously looks like a glitch on the Dell website? It's really odd as the T7700 is cheaper than the T7500 option! I'll be quite annoyed if this offer is genuine? What do you think? I made my offer on the phone and was warned that I could not ammend the offer once it has been placed...

 

it looks like a got a bargain after calling them up and getting the below:

Ordered 04-07-07 and being Est Del 23-07-07.

My Config is:

Dell Inspiron XPS 1330
Intel Core™ 2 Duo T7500 Processor (2.2GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache)
Colour Choice Tuxedo Black & 0.3 mega pixel Camera for White-LED Display
LCD 13.3" UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) White-LED Display (300 nits) with TrueLife™
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Memory 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
Keyboard Internal Lightweight Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Video Card nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8400M GS with 128MB GDDR3 dedicated graphics memory
Hard Drive 200GB (7200RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Optical Devices Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load Drive, including SW
Wireless Networking Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card - European
Standard Warranty Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)
Enhanced Service Packs Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)
Power Supply 65W AC Adapter
Bluetooth Dell™ TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module - European
Primary Battery Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Biometric Identification Biometric Fingerprint Reader

All £1110.00!

 

They don't offer the 2.4 model at all now i was told.
I canceled my first order with Dell with the specs and price that i gave earlier in this thread. I didn't get a great deal on that order for £1,188 that i had previously.

I then ordered again and got the 2.2, 2GB 160HD 5400, backlight,fingerprint reader, 3 years warranty, wireless n, bluetooth standard, free modem, and the free 3 years virus software for 1,240. I think that this was an ok deal i am going to cancel that order. I may as well because my order has been put back and i won't be in the UK when it ships.

I am negoitating at the moment to get all the above specs but with a 4 year warranty for £1,176 instead of £1,240. I just have to accept their offer.


bbsara you got an excellent deal. There is so much variation in how much Dell charges.

Edited to add:
The deal closed at £1,195 which i am very pleased about. I got it for £45 cheaper it is not a huge difference but i wanted to get it just under £1,200 lol and i also got another year warranty which will be a good selling point.

 

Dell Inspiron XPS 1330
Core™ 2 1.8GHz
LCD 13.3" UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) White-LED Display (300 nits) with TrueLife™ (with white lid)
Vista™ Home Premium
Memory 2048MB
Video Card nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8400M GS
Hard Drive 120GB 5200rpm
Optical Devices Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load Drive, including SW
Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card - European
Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support
Bluetooth Dell™ TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module - European
Primary Battery Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)


£912, hopefully with 4.5% quidco yet to come. (I tried to cut all the generic stuff out that comes with everyones order anyway)

I will be swapping the hdd as/when/if I see fit, will put a faster CPU in the machine on a similar basis, regardless of warranty (you can swap it back you know...)

 

XPS 1330
Core 2 Duo T7100
LED Display with Red colour, 0.3mp webcam
Vista Home Premium
2048MB RAM
120GB Hard Drive
8400M GS 128mb graphics card
DVD+/-RW Slim Slot
Bluetooth
Wireless-N mini card
3 Year Warranty
6-cell Battery

£889.01 after much haggling on the phone. definitely the best way to go when ordering.

 

I have had dell make a few 'hiccups' shall we say on my order, so hoping to turn the screw a bit tomorrow good price though man

 

The T7300 hasn't existed as an option for a while on the swedish site either... Have they run out of stock?

This computer is just a bit too expensive for me, I still have a week to see if I can decide on what to buy

 

The T7300 is now back as an option on the Dell UK website. It's +£94 from the T7100.

John

 

It's also listed as a 2.4GHz, ive had a go at dell about that twice on the phone when they have rang me today, neither of them have done anything about it...

 

Was this price ex-vat.. they are giving me grief on the phone trying to order similar spec and wanting £1350...

 

They said that the they dont have a T7500 now.. they have a t7700 which is 2.6ghz and says the T7300 is 2.0ghz... errmmm ??

 

They ran out of them or something?

 

Guessing so.. he acknowledged the speeds are listed wrong on the site.. playing hardball tho.. for Red T7500 with led/ 2gb /120gb/nvidia/bt/wirelessn/3 year warranty.. we are stuck at £1300inc vat and deliv..

Even though as mentioned its "not available"... I always thought laptop shopping would be easier these days..

 

Pretty good deal there..certainly a lot of laptop for the money..

I paid £1170 for

T7500 2.2GHz
2gb of Ram
200gb 7200rpm Hard Drive
8400GS
LED Screen
9 Cell battery

Plus wireless etc..

probably could of haggled a little bit more but just wanted to get it ordered.

 

Inc of vat?

 

I got the following spec from Dell for an M1330 two days ago. I didn't go ahead with the order due to 4-5 week delivery time.

2Ghz Core 2 Duo - T7300
2GB RAM 667Mhz
13.3" LED Screen 1280x800 TrueLife
Fingerprint Reader
120GB 5400RPM HDD
Geforce Go 8400M 128MB
9 Cell Battery

£900 inc VAT and Delivery.

For £1020 I upped the HDD to 200GB 7200RPM and the warrenty to 2 years. Well worth it IMHO.

Dunno if anyone has a better price, I thought that was very decent. Should give you an idea of what level of discounts are available.

 

Including VAT i would think.

My Config is again:

Dell Inspiron XPS 1330
Intel Core™ 2 Duo T7500 Processor (2.2GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache)
Colour Choice Tuxedo Black & 0.3 mega pixel Camera for White-LED Display
LCD 13.3" UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) White-LED Display (300 nits) with TrueLife™
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Memory 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
Keyboard Internal Lightweight Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Video Card nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8400M GS with 128MB GDDR3 dedicated graphics memory
Hard Drive 200GB (7200RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Optical Devices Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load Drive, including SW
Wireless Networking Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card - European
Standard Warranty Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)
Enhanced Service Packs Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)
Power Supply 65W AC Adapter
Bluetooth Dell™ TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module - European
Primary Battery Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Biometric Identification Biometric Fingerprint Reader

And £1110.00 inc VAT and DEL

 

I have been on the phone to Dell.

They have offered me the following....

XPS M1330
T7300
1GB Ram
120GB HDD
3 year on-site
3 year accidental
LED backlit display
8400M Graphics Card
6 cell battery
A spare 9 cell battery (costs £60 I believe)
Bluetooth
Wireless N card
36 months anti-virus


£1230 incl. VAT & Delivery

So not sure if I have got a good deal or not compared to the above.

 

Can someone let me know their postcode and /or order number as they wont let me have any of the similar deals without some previous basket information.. arghh.. anyone ?

 

Sorry mine included 4 years warranty. If anyone beats my deal i'll be moaning to my account manager lol.

Some of you got some really good deals though..such a good laptop for the money..on paper at least.

 

Yep thats with vat.

 

For £60 more than mine, you got additional 4 years and 9 cell battery

Thats not fair!

 

Arggghhhhh... I must be directed to all the anti-deal reps... anyone got suggestions of how to approach this please... how did YOU get your deal.. what did you say to them...

 

mrkuji, if you're struggling on the phones try using the codes knocking about to spec up a machine online, ok so I might be a few pounds short of some of the deals on here, but frankly value your time!

I can't stand talking on the phone to these call centres, they have had to ring me twice and I have hated both calls!

On another note, my quidco got validated today, another £36 off

 

Ordered on 09/07/07 via telephone...

• Dell Inspiron XPS 1330
• Intel Core™ 2 Duo T7500 Processor (2.2GHz,800MHz,4MB L2 cache)
• Crimson Red & 0.3 mega pixel Camera for White-LED Display
• LCD 13.3" UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) White-LED Display (300 nits) with TrueLife™
• Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate
• Memory 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
• Keyboard Internal Lightweight Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
• nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8400M GS with 128MB GDDR3 dedicated graphics memory
• 120GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
• Optical Devices Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load Drive, including SW
• Networking Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
• Standard Warranty Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)
• Enhanced Service Packs Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)
• Power Supply 65W AC Adapter
• Bluetooth Dell™ TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module
• Primary Battery Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
• Biometric Fingerprint Reader

All cost me £950 (including FREE Delivery and SKY PERKS discount).
Estimated Delivery: 30/07/07

 

You know i have worked out how much everybody has saved so far in terms of price paid and money saved lol.
My saving worked out at £408 on the top model and its works out quite a bit more if i had configured the base model. Homer J you got an excellent deal you saved £421 based on the current top model. I am really pleased with my deal.

I doubt that Dell is making any profit on some of these deals that some of us have got in this thread.

 

Pretty good deal!

I just noticed Dell apparently included bluetooth as well, I didn't even ask for it (don't use it that often, just for my phone but the cardreader is included so heh) LOL

 

Wow, HomerJ did get a GREAT deal.

You can include me in your list too rachuk (although I'm not based in the UK)... I saved 330EUR = 225GBP.. but I'm happy too

The Dell rep I spoke too said I got a 17% discount which is far below the amount of discount available, he said.. I'm wondering if Dell's making any profit as well lol

 

...and does anyone want to share their tips on this haggling.. either im being retarded or dell have chosen to be gits to me.. they just wont budge much on the price.. its all very well saying yes we got a deal.. but how.. I have tried the skyperks and the dmx but just cant see how some of you managed a £500 discount........

help...i need somebody...

 

mrkuji, I don't want to question anyones integrity on here, but get the best deal you can and be happy with it, I myself don't believe everything I read

 

ditto

The first thing I am asked is do I have a product code to the machine! Which one do I pick?

I think most of the deals here are much better than the one I have been offered.

 

Yeah I keep getting asked for an order number or a postcode then they promise to match any offer already given.. of course NOONE wants to give any of that information... then its just round and round and round on the phone... thanks isdoo and matt.. just glad im not (maybe) going mad here..

 

I'm fairly sure i would get my account manager in trouble if i started telling everyone how to get £400 - £500 off list..

best thing for you guys to do is get a job and then open a business account with them

 

I was also told buy my seller not to give his details out as he will not honor the price for anyone else. i was on the phone for a total of 2 hours to get my price.

i told him i have the Dell XPS 10% discount code and he applied that right away but i still haggled some more telling him i can get the apple mac book cheaper with the same spec but want dell for the excellent support they provide. he said we can match that so the call went on.....

Finally we made a deal.

 

The thing I did was to contact someone at a dutch forum who ordered one while the prices were not correct (ie cheaper than they are now), let him email his config, complete with price and rep name. Then, I called Dell and told them: I want to order this notebook, but don't have access to Dell.nl (which was BS of course) and with some chitchat (wow, this machine is great!) I got one for the same price

 

Ok this is some progress thanks for the help.. I am currently being offered after about 12 calls the same spec as listed rachuk.. but with a 9cell battery not a 6 cell.. inc vat and deliv £1253.26

I think I am realising that their sales people are just hardnosed.. and you have to keep toying with them, being interested...

Bbasra.. you are right they didnt like me putting them on hold to chat to incoming apple sales rep... price dropped 150quid straight off... hehe

 

I'm looking to order a M1330 but am not having much luck finding coupons/discounts. So far I have:

Sky 5% off - PWTSRB?0HBF?BM
dmXdimension £70 off - http://www.dmxdimension.com/blogcategory/dell_uk_xps_m1330.html

Does anyone have any other discount codes? From the sounds of it the best deals are done over the phone but I wanted to spec one up online to use as a base price for when I call up.

 

Dunno if you tried yet, but you need to try different people over at Dell... When I ordered a E1705/Inspiron 9400 the first time I only got 50EUR discount, second time none and third time: Jackpot, 300EUR

Good luck.

 

Quidco.com is a cashback site, 4.5% on dell purchases

 

I configured my laptop and then asked the rep to give me a few hours to think about... at that point, the price was £1213. He rang me a few hours later and offered me a further £200 discount. I still said that it was expensive and after a few minutes (of hagling) put the phone down! He rang me back the next day and offered £980 + delivery. I said that I could only go upto £900 + delivery... In the end we agreed on £950 + free delivery! He started giving me talk of his job being on the line etc. Not sure how true this is, but I am generally pleased with the deal!

I have heard from someone at work, that Dell reps can usually give discounts of upto 10% to 40% on quoted prices, though they can only use the top end (40%) once a week! Is this true???

 

I did the same start as rachuk ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=2134928&postcount=9)

Took a good number of hours and about 14 phone calls.. Lots of refusals and complaining that Apple will give me a better deal.. i think I refused like this:

With 9cell battery
£1750ish (online price)
£1600
£1375
£1183 (lower spec 120gb/3yr warranty/7300 processor)
£1288 (back to top spec)
£1235 (I said chuck in an extra 6 cell battery for £1250 all in)
£1270 "absolutely maximum discount can offer.. you want a free wireless mouse"

NO... but if you make it £1250 you can have my card number and we can finish this up right away...

Finally settled on £1255inc Vat and delivery.

its NOT easy process.. they are hardened sales people.. but clearly persistence will give... "Call me back in 10mins, i will speak to apple -- you speak to your manager and let me know what you can do".. etc etc

Thanks to all that gave some advice..

Dont bother calling at night.. nowhere near as helpful as in the daytime.. and pretty rude imo

 

@mrkuji, you got a very good deal esp with 4 Years Warranty.

maybe i should have bargained some more for extra warranty. :-S