Just Ordered A XPS M1730! =D

Hey Guys

I Just ordered an XPS M1730 to replace my HP Pavilion DV9500T due to a dead LCD.

Heres my specs

Item Number Quantity Item Description

223-6305 1 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB/3MB cache)
310-9525 1 Smoke Grey
311-7447 1 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
320-5788 1 17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WUXGA
320-5790 1 NVIDIA®SLI™Dual GeForce®8700MGT with 512MB GDDR3 Memory
341-6816 1 Speed: 250GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor

463-2282 1 Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1
410-1883 1 Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0
420-8183 1 CD / DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
313-4217 1 High Definition Audio 2.0
430-2680 1 Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card
420-8051 1 Microsoft Works
320-5789 1 Logitech® GamePanel Display
420-6917 1 Trend Micro Internet Security 15-months
312-0603 1 85 WHr Lithium Ion Battery (9-cell)
988-0307 1 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
900-9987 1 No Installation
420-8651
986-3557 1 1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection
412-0148 1 No ISP requested
310-5408 1 Free Recycling Kit
464-9572 1 No Entertainment software pre-installed
310-8319 1 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Label
310-9516 1 Windows Vista™ Premium

ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS AND COUPONS

Dell Members receive 6% off systems priced $1600 and up with 1/2 yr At-Home service. - $155.94


Order Subtotal: $2,443.06
Shipping and Handling Total: $19.99
Shipping Discount: -$19.99
Tax Total: $171.01
Total Charges: $2,614.07


I CANT WAIT FOR IT TO ARRIVE ON MY DOOR STEP

 

Congrats, u ll be very happy with it but I cant quit thinking that if u go with other high performance companies u ll get at least 50% more power for the same price. Might wanna check Sager laptops.

 

ha also the chipset the laptop dies really fast

 

Same one for $505 less with the Fall Savings promotion:

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DYDEMU9&s=dhs

I think that you can add the 6% discount to that, so you could get SLI 8800M GTX for the same price or just save a few hundred. Congrats either way! It looks like a really sweet system.

 

Cong!but i think you know that you could get a very powerful(with q6600 and sli 9800gt) sager for that price?

 

Hey! Congrat's on your order! Nice!


I bet you can't wait to receive it!!!! :yes:



Cin

 

Well im not a hardcore gamer but i do video editing so I think the specs i have is more than enough and plus i trust the Dell brand since i had my Dell XPS Gen 1 for the past 4 years with no problems

 

You could have gotten the Precision for a better build quality, more powerful and cheaper, ya know?
With $2700 I could get a much much more powerful laptop than that one.
XPS 1730 IMO is plainly crap, if compared to a high-end 17''.

 

That's cool, video editing is neat!! You ordered what you wanted & the fact that you like/trust the Dell brand is a very good thing!


Cin

 

Just ordered mine on the 8th last Monday and I'm stoked!! Still in preproduction to this day with an estimated 9/30/2008 shipping date. Just recently found out the reason its still in preproduction is that the SSD drive is on backorder. Wish it could at least show that on the website when you order.

223-6314 XPS M1730, Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000(2.8GHz, 800Mhz 6M L2 Cache)
310-9525 PERSONALIZATION SHIELD, LCD COLOR WING OPTION,GRAY
311-7447 4GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm for XPS M1730
320-5788 17 UltraSharp TrueLife Wide screen WUXGA for XPS M1730
320-6384 1GB NVIDIA SLI GeForce 8800M GTX
341-7767 High Performance 128GB Solid State Drive XPS Inspiron
420-8585 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Ultimate 32-bit Edition English
313-5857 2X Blu-ray AND DVD+/-RW
430-2582 Intel 4965 WLAN (802.11a/g/n) Mini Card
310-9519 Multi-Media Cables for Inspiron Systems
950-7447 4 Year Limited Warranty
902-2483 Warranty Support,3 Year Extended
960-8710 Warranty Support,Initial Year
430-2655 Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR)

Subtotal:$3,357.99
Shipping and Handling:$0.00
Sales Tax:$201.48
Total:$3,559.47

Sonyfa36: when is your estimated shipping date??

 

Quote Sonyfa36: when is your estimated shipping date??
skewbasteve

My Ship Date is
10/14/2008

That date might change

 

Wowsa! *gulp*.....Nice Viva La Total Enjoyment for you!

Congrat's!

Cin

 

Thanks Cin! I just hope these Samsung 128GB SSD are not going to be withdrawn just like the OCZ SSD were. Its already been a week and I'm so impatient!! sonyfxa36: let me know if your ship date changes.

 

Ok, my honest opinion, I think you jumped the gun on this purchase, and could have potentially saved a lot of money if you had been a little more patient and did your research.
It's your money, and not my business what you do with it, but as others have pointed out, you could have gotten a machine more appropriate to your needs for a lot less.
Just my personal opinion, I'd cancel your order, and start from scratch. Post a thread with faq filled out in the What Notebook Should I Buy? subforum, and see what others suggest.
That's my advice.

 

talin: I purchased my laptop through my employee purchase program and I saved about 2,000 including taxes. price it out on dell's regular consumer website with the same specs and it will be about 5,800$ with shipping and tax. I got mine for about 3,559$. I'm pretty happy with my purchase since I really wanted that 8800m gtx SLI and the X9000. I did realize that the X9100 and 9800m GTX should be coming out soon for Dell since Sager already has it. But I really needed a decent upgrade before I go away next month since I usually buy a top-of-the-line notebook every 4-5 years. thanks for your input though.

 

$5800 is pretty rediculous for that, but what do I know? If you're happy with your purchase, that's all that matters.
I was only giving my opinion, that I would have done more research. I think for your needs from what you stated, that system is really overkill. But that's me. If it makes you happy, then great!

 

heheh thanks talin.. usualy the notebooks I purchase every 4-5 years are indeed overkill, but I need it for my HD gaming and GIS development for work with the addition to last that long of a time but with these new SSD drives it should help. PS..that option really made the price jump ridulcously, I dont know why I fell for it heheh.

Has anyone here had good experience yet with the 128GB SSD for the M1730? I haven't seen too many people talk about it since it just was released in July I believe.

 

I have to agree with some of the other posters on the price of the 1730. Dell has a sale going on for 2 days and I priced one at $2198 shipped with the the8700SLI/T8300/4GB/200GB. It would be another $700 for the 8800SLI which still makes it around $2900.

With my EPP I priced it with the same specs above at $1973 shipped. Again another $700 for the 8800SLI which would make it around $2700.

 

best deal for m1730 right here:

http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/gaming_great_deals_4_f?c=us&cs=2236&l=en&s=eep

you could have gotten the same deal for $2,200

 

wow holy crap these are cheap now

 

Plainly crap?? Sorry?

Its pretty much the best gaming laptop you can get with 100% mobile components if you prefer to stick with the main boys. Excellent cooling system and expandability.

Please substantiate your claims of Plainly Crap. He got a bad price, but don't say the system is junk.

 

Indeed!

I'd also like to know what this "... much much more powerful laptop than that one." is

 

and Honestly for my needs the XPS M1730 is more than enough for me. And about the pricing i didn't know about the XPS Sale until after i ordered. and i know this computer isn't crap. The main attraction was the specs and the Light FX which YOU DO NOT GET WITH A PRECISION Workstation

 

Heh well, lets be clear about one thing, while it is pretty cool at first, you sooner or later will PROBABLY grow tired of it and have everything turned off (except the keyboard backlight.)

 

Well I couldnt resist and ordered one with my EPP during the sale.
It came to $2026 shipped.

I already returned the Studio 17 ($960) so Im hoping that I like this one better.

T8300 2.4/200GB/4GB/8700MGT SLI

Nothing special pretty standard.