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    Need help with getting SSD from Dell XPS

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by zephir, Nov 11, 2008.

  1. zephir

    zephir Notebook Deity

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    Right now Dell has a promotion where you can get the very high spec M1330 for only ~$1200, and the upgrade to 128GB SSD is only $200. I am looking for someone who wants to buy the M1330 and want to ask that the person chooses the upgrade to this SSD, take it out and sell it to me. I will pay you the cost of the upgrade, which is $200, plus $200 more so you can buy your own HDD. The 500GB HDD's right now goes only for $150, and the 320GB 7200rpm now only goes for $100, so I think that my offer is fair. I can pay via Paypal. Let me know if you're interested. Thanks.
    PS: I will also pay for shipping.
     
    zephir, Nov 11, 2008
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  2. thejdj

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    Or you could buy one of the 128GB drives available from newegg (and other stores) for less than $400.
     
    thejdj, Nov 11, 2008
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  3. yomamasfavourite

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    They have one for 250 - hell of lot easier to buy that then go through all the bother of paying someone else.
     
    yomamasfavourite, Nov 11, 2008
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  4. zephir

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    The Samsung SSD is the best MLC available. If I can just get the same performance with the other brands I wouldn't be doing this would I? :)
     
    zephir, Nov 11, 2008
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  5. yomamasfavourite

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    Fair point, Though I think you'll have probs getting a candidate, If they give you the ssd, they give you the windows installation on it. I bet if you factor the cost of buying a windows key as well, this idea might become quite uneconomical.
     
    yomamasfavourite, Nov 11, 2008
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  6. zephir

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    NO, they can clone their harddrive before selling it to me. That would preserve the windows installation. They can wipe the SSD before selling it to me.
     
    zephir, Nov 11, 2008
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  8. atbnet

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    You could just buy a SSD from Newegg or buy the notebook with the SSD upgrade and then put in some other hard drive and sell the notebook.
     
    atbnet, Nov 11, 2008
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  9. zephir

    zephir Notebook Deity

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    The thing is, if I buy the laptop and then sell it back on ebay, I'll get hit with ebay and paypal fees, which can be too much for a $1000+ item :(
     
    zephir, Nov 11, 2008
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    Sell it on Craigslist.
     
    atbnet, Nov 11, 2008
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  11. zephir

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    So many scammers on there, I would rather avoid that place altogether.
     
    zephir, Nov 11, 2008
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  12. Yitzter

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    I may want to sell my SSD, I'll have to think about it though.

    $400.00?
     
    Yitzter, Nov 12, 2008
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