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    Dell just started offering some new parts on the 1640

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jo346820, Jul 23, 2009.

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    Here's what new on their website:

    There is now a no-leather option on the laptop, in this config they charge $40 for the leather

    There is now a 1920x1080 NON RGBLED screen (it'ss still LED), the upgrade is only $75.

    The cart is reporting my BASE screen as 1600x900 instead of 1366...

    Here's my config for $1156 (7% discount, no negotiation, not including taxes)

    My Components
    SYSTEM COLOR Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish edit
    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (3MB cache/2.4GHz/1066Mhz FSB) edit
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit edit
    OFFICE SOFTWARE No Microsoft Office edit
    WARRANTY AND SERVICE 2Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis edit
    HD DISPLAY Edge-to-Edge HD+ Widescreen 15.6 inch WLED LCD (1600x900) W/2.0 MP edit
    MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms) edit
    HARD DRIVE 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive edit
    INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE 8X DVD+/- RW(DVD/CD read/write) Slot Load Drive edit
    VIDEO CARD ATI Mobility RADEON™ HD 4670 – 1GB edit
    WIRELESS CARDS Intel 5300 Ultimate-N Half Mini Card (3x3) with MyWiFi edit
    SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0
     
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    By the way, I just realized that it's reporting the screen size as 15.6" with the 1600x900 resolution....hmm...
     
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    Surprised no one has commented....I would think the opportunity to have a 1600x900 screen would be appreciated, the full high gloss black front would be despised (for it's fingerprints and de-contenting), and the overall price for the content would be appreciated.

    I talked to a dell rep on the phone and they didn't negotiate on this except to give me free shipping.
     
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    Possible...they might have reduced the diagonal lenght of screen and not laptop
     
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    I did forget to mention that they called it "Edge to Edge"

    But I guess that is a fairly vague term.
     
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    Looks like they offer it without leather now! I know some people really didn't like the leather on the Studio XPSs.
     
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    When is the fingerprint free version coming out ? LOL
     
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    I hope they post some pics of the 15.6" screen. If it doesn't look odd on the laptop, I'd rather have it if the colors aren't over saturated like the RGBLED and it offers 1080p.

    I wonder if it comes in matt black now, without gloss? They only say High-Gloss on one of the options.
     
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    Matte black rubberized would be great, though kind of out-of-line with their design philosophy.

    I really like that they are offering the 1600x900 now. It was kinda silly to just have 1366x or, for an extra few hundred dollars, 1920.
     
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