XPS 15 (L502X) :- Is this UK price good?

Dell XPS 15 (L502X)
i7 - 2720QM
Hi XPS 15 UK owners, is the price below a good deal or its been cheaper?
It only has a standard 10% voucher or coupon

Win 7 Ultimate + Recovery Disc
4GB Ram
2GB GT 540M Graphics
15.6 B_RGLED 1080p Screen
9 Cell batery
640GB 7200 rpm HDD
Intel N6230 wifi+bluetooth combo
Blu-Ray CD/DVD Blu-Ray Read
Backlit Keyboard
Internal TV Tuner
3Yrs Next day Support

£1610 comes down to £1450 with 10% Coupon

I gave them a call but they wont go lower than that

maybe I should wait till tomorrow when their prices changes again

css_jay99

 

3 years support really jacks up the price! How much is that adding on?

 

Def wait till tomorrow.

 

its £155 for 3yrs

 

Seems a bit higher than it has been. The other week they started offering upgrade to 6Gb RAM free, whereas that looks to be about full price, less your 10%. On the other hand, if they're short of parts and demand is good, why should they reduce it?

Bear in mind they'll be taking out the mobile broadband card to put the TV card in. Then you've got Ultimate, BL KB, BDROM - guess it's not over what I paid in that respect, just not what I would have paid had I waited 3 more weeks!

 

I have just checked and the price & coupons amounts have not gone down. There is free shipping now though but the 6230 wireless option was no longer available, only the 1000 option was available when I checked

The coupon date has changed to April 6.

No backlit keyboard and blue ray drive option available yet online for the i7 XPS 15.

this was the configuration and the total including the 10% coupon is £1,187.10 (additional cashback from quidco 6% or topcashback 7.07%)

COLOUR CHOICE Metalloid Aluminum Cover
PROCESSOR 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM processor 2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.30 GHz
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
SYSTEM RECOVERY OS Media MUI Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) Resource DVD
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook
SERVICES AND SUPPORT 3Yr Next Day Hardware Support
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE PROTECTION No Accidental Damage Protection
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee® SecurityCenter 15 Month Subscription
LCD 15.6 FHD B+RGLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
MEMORY 4096MB (2x2GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
OPTICAL DRIVE 8x DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
HARD DRIVE 640GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
PRIMARY BATTERY 9-cell 90Whr Lithium Ion battery
GRAPHICS CARD 2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M Graphics Card
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 (EUR)
TV TUNER TvTuner Not Included

Accessories
Also included with your system
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP DataSafe Online Backup 2GB - 1 year licence
MOBILE BROADBAND Mobile Broadband Module - no SIM card included
Order Information XPS L502x Order - UK
Shipping Documents English Documentation
DataSafe Datasafe Local 2.3 Basic
Dell System Media Kit XPS L502x Resource DVD (Diagnostic & Drivers)
Power Supply 130W AC Adaptor
Standard Warranty 1 year Collect & Return Hardware Support included with your PC
Carrying Cases No Carrying Case
Cables UK 250V Power Cord
Keyboard Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard

 

Instead to choose the i7 2720QM, you could choose the i7-2630QM without 3years warranty. That would be around 300 pounds less.

 

problem you really do need some form of warranty for a dell purchase. Support is crap without it and and there is possble risk of failures after the standard 1Yr. Its a lot of money but if you have to call them out once/twice ... it pays for itself.

OK backup a minute.

Do You mean that I Cant have a Broadband card as well a a TV tuner? because they occupy the same slot?


css_jay99

 

Yup, the do. There's a half mini PCI-e card slot for the WiFi card and a full sized one for mobile broadband or TV tuner, or whatever else.

 

True about the support, in my case is the first time I buy a Dell, and it is without any extended warranty... hope I will not encounter any issue after a year.. I am here sitting and praying..

 

Well I guess its best to have something like the Three mifi (E585), so that conecton can be shared across multiple devices.


I cant make up my mind on the price

Anyone ever get Dell to bulge on prices?.

I am tempted to buy without warranty and then ask to return notebook on receipt to force them to throw me freebies like the 3/4yr support

css_jay99

 

How did you get them to include backlit keyboard and Blue ray player?

When i spoke to dell I was told these are not available in the UK at the moment with the xps 15 L502x

 

I think it depends on which agent you speak to. I'm also trying to get the bluray drive and backlit and everytime I go back to chat I am told something different!

This agent told me I could have both by ordering with him: [email protected]

Good luck!

 

Your covered for 3 years under the sales of goods act against defaults especially with items of this value. When you buy these extended warranties your just buying something your entitled to by law. If the thing
Breaks after a year and they say the won't fix it , offer to complain to trading standards quoting the sales of of goods act and they will repair or replace it. It is the law.

 

You might have to try via dell chat (which is how i got the info)
Backlit Keyboard £30
Blu Ray Read £100
TV Tuner £30

Good luck with that

Come on .... This is Dell we are talking about

 

Not in a bad way, but that's a [citation needed] I reckon. Seems like that only helps for 6 months, and only if the conditions of sale dont specify something contrary?

 

Blue Ray is now available (£91) to select from but the other two are still not. Also the wifi is still only showing one option (Wireless N-1000).

 

Chaps,

since addition of Tv Tuner & Backlit keyboard has to be done by phone.
Any idea how to get quidco to work with this?

 

I would say my broken LCD tv and subsequent brand new one from currys after 20 months says different. As does 3 years of law studies. ;-)

 

I bought backlit keyboard separately and a blu-ray writer from Amazon to swap out the DVD/CD drive - cheaper this way.

Bear in mind if you go for the TV tuner, they take out the 3G/HSDPA/GPS module which you get chucked in for free in the UK but have to pay for everywhere else!

 

hanstar ,whats your supere pi 1 m time?

 

hamstar ,whats your supere pi 1 m time?

 

hamstar ,whats your super pi 1 m time? and please tell me how i delete the above posts !!!!

 

Looks like I might go the Amazon way as well. which model of blu-ray writer did you buy?.

Does the swap invalidate warranty?

css_jay99

 

Looks Like i just got a good price after a prolonged process

Dell XPS 15 (i7 -2820QM)
Win 7 Ultimate + Recovery Disc
4GB Ram
2GB GT 540M Graphics
15.6 B_RGLED 1080p Screen
9 Cell batery
640GB 7200 rpm HDD
Intel N6230 wifi + bluetooth combo
CD/DVD RW
Backlit Keyboard
Internal TV Tuner
3Yrs Next day Support

for £1448

I had to buy the Inspiron Duo as well to take total price up to £2030 so I can recliam VAT of £340 ....

css_jay99

 

Hi - was this online? Most excellent price. I have been trying to get the 6230, TV tuner and backlit keyboard but no joy doing it with an online order. I have a 10% off coupon with a 7.07% cashback . The configuration I am looking to get is almost the same as yours except for Win 7 Home Premium and i7-2720.

BTW - i just checked and there are no i7 options tonight

 

you can also try this, go to:

E-Value | Dell UK

and insert e-code 123456-N00X5M59

 

try going via dmxdimension.com to get to i7 as well

Prices have now gone up as well sadly.

you will need to go via chat to get those options added.

dromi, your code does not work

css_jay99

 

many thanks dromi, I was able to submit my order using the code you provided. Total amount was £1,279.10 which does not include the £74 cashback. I am still waiting for the order confirmation, I already received the order acknowledgement as soon as the order was submitted.



Order Details



XPS 15
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM processor 2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.30 GHz, Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English

Item
Description

Base
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM processor 2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.30 GHz

Memory
4096MB (2x2GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel

Keyboard
Internal Backlit UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard

Video Card
2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M Graphics Card

Hard Drive
640GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive

Microsoft Operating System
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English

Optical Devices
8x DVD+/-RW, & Blu-ray Disc™ combo drive (reads Blu-ray Disc™ & writes to CD/DVD

Wireless Networking
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)

Cables
UK 250V Power Cord

Shipping Documents
English Documentation

Bundle
N02X5M59

Standard Warranty
1 year Collect & Return Hardware Support included with your PC

Enhanced Service Packs
3Yr Next Day Hardware Support

Integrated Mobile Broadband
Mobile Broadband Not Included

Order Information
XPS L502x Order - UK

Primary Battery
9-cell 90Whr Lithium Ion battery

Carrying Cases
No Carrying Case

Dell System Media Kit
XPS L502x Resource DVD (Diagnostic & Drivers)

Color Choice
Metalloid Aluminum Cover

Accidental Damage Support
No Accidental Damage Protection

Online Backup
DataSafe Online Backup 2GB - 1 year licence

TV Tuner and Remote Control
Internal DVB-T TvTuner

LCD
15.6 FHD B+RGLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera

DataSafe
Datasafe Local 2.3 Basic

Microsoft Application Software
Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook

Protect your new PC
McAfee® SecurityCenter 30 Day trial version

Power Supply
130W AC Adaptor

Operating System Recovery Options
OS Media MUI Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) Resource DVD

 

How did you get this to work?

I pasted the 123456 & N00X5M59 in the two boxes and all i get is
....... " We're unable to process your request. ....."

 

Hi - I copied and pasted the two values in to the two boxes, it still works for me. Not sure why you are getting the 'We're unable to process your request...."

Still waiting for the order confirmation .

 

Any chance you can try again now to see if it still works?

Dell has screwed up my order an it looks like your price is good

 

Hi - I have just tried and it still works.

 

I give up !
i put 123456 in one box & N00X5M59 in the other box and no dice at all.


i tries in firefox as well and no lock.

can you post the link after you have entered the values ?

maybe that will work

 

I just got the order confirmation and the EDD is on or before April 25 .

Anyone that need the 10% voucher and cashback can get it from TopCashBack (cashback = 7.07% + 10% coupon) or Quidco (cashback = 6% + 10% coupon).

 

Hi - this was the link: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/t...m/evalue?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&~ck=anavml. good luck!!

 

cheers, I had to go via the main screen to get at the e-value page.

css_jay99

 

were you able to get your order though? My order status is still WIP. I have also just checked the dell UK website and the i7 is still missing.

 

The best way to buy for Dell if you have the choice is not to talk to any of the numbskulls that man the phone seriously!

I ordered Friday Night and they send me Confirmation email for rubbish. After repeatedly saying to the dude what I wanted and then he reading it back to me on the phone. The Jack*** ordered me an XPS 15 with NO TV Tuner, Downgrade of wifi to 1030 when I asked for the 6230! And a 6GB RAM instead of 4GB Ram! I called my Barclaycard up and they have processed payments


So Now I have to write them an email telling them how they lark grey cells most animals have and should cancel the order and return my money back.

Looks Like I might just use the link you used. That way I won’t have to deal with those idiots


whats the difference between the Wireless card 1030 and 6230 ?

css_jay99

 

I hope that works out! I havent yet ordered mine, but lookig at all options

Also you can still find the i7 in the dell website, is just absourdly hidden.

Go via the "signature event" banner, in the home of all laptops...

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/signature-event?dgc=IR&lid=F2336DD6&cid=&ref=gzilla

 

yup, the code you provided worked great for me. I was able to submit my order this past Saturday, it had the backlit keyboard, TV tuner and a higher spec wifi card (1030 instead of 1000 ) for £37 more (using a 10% off voucher). Thank you very much once again for the code.

by the way, why does dell make it so hard to select options? hiding the i7 or the backlit keyboard or tv tuner is just stupid. why not just have all options available to select and provide availability information so the customer can determine if they are willing to wait for that part.

 

Thats great you got the backlight keyboard as well! trying the e-code now and it's not working for me either, really need to stop fuffing around and just get one!

Do only thing that's making me doubt is the bloody massive baterry, I wish I could just pick the ION 6...

 

Its still working actually, here is the direct link in case anyone else needs it:

The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

 

sorry mate - no idea what this means...

 

Swapping components such as RAM and optical drive etc don't invalidate warranty...that said i'd put it back to factory before any repairs just in case

I bought a Sony Optiarc drive...any standard laptop drive will work...doesn't have to be Sony.

 

download super pi v 1.5,run the 1m test ,it,s just a quick cpu test

 

11.285 seconds

 

wow i am impressed,my i5 560 runs it in 14 seconds dead

 

Hopefully Finaly sorted!

Dell XPS 15 (i7 -2820QM)
Win 7 Ultimate + Recovery Disc
6GB Ram
2GB GT 540M Graphics
15.6 B_RGLED 1080p Screen
9 Cell batery
640GB 7200 rpm HDD
Intel N1030 wifi + bluetooth combo
Blu ray Combo
Backlit Keyboard
Internal TV Tuner
3Yrs Next day Support

For £1455

A shame that the N6230 cards dont exists at the moment for XPS

What a painfull experience having to go via Dell representatives ... it ages you!

Is the 5300 series card better that the N1030?

css_jay99

 

you can now get blu-ray reader in the in the UK again
AND Backlit keyboard online! Damn...would have saved me some work...the price seems nicer now too...there's like £400 off!!