How good is it?

I've been looking to purchase the XPS M1530 and I'm lucky enough to be able to capitalize on a student discount. Through the discount program, I can only alter some components of the laptop that I am buying, I'll bold the ones that I can.

Dell XPS M1530
Tuxedo Black

Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1
High Res, Glossy Widescreen 15.4" LED LCD (1440x900) & 2.0M

4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667 MHz (2 Dimms)
250GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0+Enhanced Data Rate)
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
High Definition Audio 2.0

Finger Print Reader XPS M1530
Windows Vista Dell Printer Driver
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1
Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
Norton Internet Security 2008, 15-month
3 Yr In-Home service, Parts Labor, 24X7 Phone Support
Accidental Damage and LoJack Theft Protection for 3 Yrs
Included 3 GB DataSafe online backup for 1 Yr
No ISP requested

With discount and tax, the total comes to $1,375.74. Good deal?

 

Very Very Good Deal

 

Good deal definitely.

 

definitely gud deal....i bought my d630 in a similar way....guess we students have an edge over others when it cums to buying power....

 

Nice! Are you going to order it, then???

If so, congrat's

 

Is the processor type listed in the spec?

(If not, how do people know it's a good deal?)

 

Ah, thanks. I thought I forgot something:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)

 

Yup great deal, the t8300 is also a pretty well performing processor. Congrats!

 

add $80 for 4 yr warranty with a free $70 gift card.... even sweeter

what u listed is what you could have bought from dell.com/epp -> college students in the past 2 months..... i'm still waiting for a special on m1330

if u dont need/want the extra warranty, wait for a m1530 deal w/ 1 yr warranty ~ $1000....

 

Yup, I think I will.

In reponse to paper_wastage: when do you think that deal will come around? I don't want to wait too long to get a laptop.

 

check slickdeals.net

http://slickdeals.net/sdsearch.php?&mode=fp&search=m1530&perpage=20&pagenum=1

there have been a good m1530 deal once every two weeks for the past month, ~$700 w/ 8400(or add $150 to upgrade to 8600) but u have to get up early every day to check, the deal often expires by 11am....

or u could just order what you have.... its a good deal if u need the warranty

 

hey man how did you get this EPP discount? can you tell me process of doing that I am student as well and willing to spend that much money if you show me how did you do?

it will help me thankx

 

go www.delluniversity.com and check whether your school participates(it should if its a college)
theres a m1530 deal right now(dell 10 days of deals) i think its on dell epp too, go check:, $1200, 1 yr warranty, good.... but its not the $800 deals that popped up

the $1450 is a good deal if u cant wait any longer

 

yeap , I got mine now.

 

That is a pretty awesome setup. Ill be the first to admit that I picked the M1530 due to the ridiculous deal I got with my student discount. They basically gave me the three year accidental warranty for free.

 

how much ya pay bro?