->The official POST ABOUT YOUR NEW DELL NOTEBOOK thread. <-

thanks, i will better about my purchase lol

 

Yuppers! Nice. When does it arrive?


Cin

 

It was supposed to arrive today but darn Fed Ex delayed it, should be comming tomorrow

I'm kinda scared tho, I heard the Inspiron 1525 has some problems with the fan noise. Hopefully I can return it if thats true.

 

You should hear my m7700's fans, just about anything modern sounds incredibly quiet compared to them



I got the mini9 in my sig on monday, i really like it

 

Yeah, that's a really good price. If I was bidding on it the Price is Right and it stated those specs, I would have bid some where close to the $500 range and expecting to be under. Obviously, I would have lost, lol

 

I just my new XPS on (1/27/09) xD

Dell XPS M1530 (Product) Red Edition
Intel Core 2 Duo T7350 (2.0Ghz/1066mhz FBS/2MB Cache/Penryn)
3070MB Dual Channel DDR2-667mhz RAM
320GB SATA II (5,400RPM)
nVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (256MB Shared / 1520MB Total VRAM)
15.4 Glossy Widescreen (1280x800) and 2.0MP Webcam
8x Slot Loader CD/DVD
Biometrics Scanner
3year Limited Warrenty (lol my dad added it)
85whr Battery [3-4hours]

Price with shipping and tax $1,597~
Price without shipping tax and Warrenty $1,190~

 

If you live in the USA, that definitely is more on the expensive side as just a few months ago you would have gotten it for much cheaper. Though if you need a notebook badly, I suppose its alright to buy it. Just keep in mind, you are paying a lot more than what many others have gotten as they used to have 25% off coupons for a long period of time and you never know if they might show up again, so if you can wait, I suggest you wait.

 

I've just got this deal from Dell Outlet. How do you guys think of this deal? Thanks !

Item Description:

-- XPS M1530 Laptop: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.1GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache) Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium

-- Certified Refurbished

-- Processor Label
-- Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Web Camera
-- MEDIADIRECT 3.3 Software
-- Software
-- Documentation
-- Keyboard On Notebook
-- Operating System Label
-- Information
-- Dell Bluetooth 5 Button Travel Mouse
-- Software
-- Software
-- Intel 4965 802.11a/g/n Dual-Band Mini Card
-- Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED HD Audio Software Edition
-- Software
-- Blu-ray Disc Drive (BD/DVD/CD burner w/double layer BD write capability)
-- Documentation
-- Dell Support 2.0 Software
-- Software
-- Operating System DVD
-- Dell Solution Center Software
-- 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz (2 DIMMs)
-- 250 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
-- Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
-- Dell Travel Remote Control
-- 90W AC Adapter
-- Bluetooth Wireless Card 355
-- 6 Cell Primary Battery
-- Microsoft Works 9.0
-- Shipping Material
-- Tuxedo Black
-- Documentation
-- 15.4 WUXGA Laptop Screen Display with TrueLife
-- Image Restore Software
-- 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
-- Standard Palmrest
-- Resource DVD
-- Service Software
-- Roxio Creator 10

Unit Price: $939.00
(15% off)- $140.85
+ Tax
Total: $875.98

 

Not bad! The outlet is awesome for getting great deals!

Congrat's.. When is your estimated shipping date?


Cin

 

Hi, actually I just canceled my order and made a new one. This one is little cheaper and trades a few things (the bluray drive, accessories, etc..) for better HDD. Which one do you think was better though?

Here's the new deal:
XPS M1530 Laptop: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.1GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista Home PremiumMemory
4 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz (2 DIMMs)
Hard Disk Drive
500 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM)Video
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Software Upgrade
64BIT Operating System DVD
Microsoft Works 9.0Media Bay
8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
Hardware Upgrade
6 Cell Primary Battery
90W AC Adapter
Dell Travel Remote Control
Certified Refurbished
Base
Web Camera
Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Web CameraNetwork Interface Card
Dell 1395 802.11G Wireless Mini Card

 

What screen res. did you get? The same as in the prior post? What was your final cost?


Cin

 

The screen was the same "15.4 WUXGA Laptop Screen Display with TrueLife" and everything was for $821.04. The outlet list for m1530 is almost gone. Luckily i've got one. :]

 

Nice, that will be good for you! A nice system


Cin

 

posting from my brand new studio 15 right now! so ampedddddd

going to be fiddling with it all night and getting it all set up to my specifications!

 

Congrat's, and awesome..glad it's working good for you so far!


Cin

 

yup, so far so good! (knock on wood)

i only had one issue with my wireless router (which is a brand new linksys wireless-n router) but it was fixed by tech support via dell connect. that's amazing technology. anyway, my wireless-n card and my router should have been receiving an amazing signal, but my connection was dropping every 3 minutes. my tech guy changed a setting and now it's working great.

he said it should have came like that but sometimes in production the little things can be mistakenly overlooked.

i LOVE the color, so glad i went with the graphite/black trim instead of the jet black. also loving the back-lit keyboard for night time use. the widescreen is amazing and has great resolution.

overall i'm extremely pleased with it!

 

Aww that's great! I am so happy, that you are very pleased with your new lappy!

I hope going forward all is good and great with your lappy!


Cin

 

After months of searching for the ideal netbook (a mix of features, upgradeability, performance, and price) I finally picked the Dell Mini 9. I just ordered it today, and man, what a great deal. I got it for 301 (including the tax/shipping). It was the 249 dollar version, but I added a 1.3mp web cam. I'm looking forward to this machine, and hopefully I can upgrade it without too much trouble. (i've never actually opened up a laptop before)

 

Congrats!

Hope You are Happy With It!

 

Congrat's! And, welcome to the Mini 9 family! You will really like it!

What color did you get? And, when is your ESD? It's easy to tweaks, and such to the Mini 9


Cin

 

Upgrading looks to be mighty simple, one panel and all snap-click type connectors.

Tip: Static is bad, don't touch anything shiny that isn't a clip

 

ordered the studio xps 16 from best buy on thursday
its backordered but i chose express shipping so i dont really know for sure when it gets here

check my sig for specs!

 

I ordered a Studio 15 straight from Dell on February 3rd. Tuxedo Black, 2GHz Intel Core2Duo, 4GB RAM, Intel graphics, 320GB 5400RPM HDD, Illuminated keyboard, fingerprint scanner and webcam. Got Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit... ESD is 2/13/09, with the arrival date anywhere between the 16th to the 18th.

 

Congrat's! Hopefully, it won't be on back order for very long!

I heard 2 weeks is normal back order time?? Not sure. But, it would be nice, eh?

Cin

 

i sure hope so

that means i would have it by friday!

 

Just got an E6400!

Its a certified refurb; it has everything i want at a great price:

-- Latitude E6400 Laptop: Intel Core 2 Duo P9500 (2.53GHz, 6M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)

-- 14.1 inch UltraSharp WXGA+ (1440x900) LED Display

-- Back-lit Keyboard

-- Genuine Windows Vista Business

-- Brushed Metal Black

-- 24X CD RW/DVD Combo Drive

-- 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz (1 DIMMs)

-- 90W AC Adapter

-- 9 Cell Primary Battery

-- 125V Power Cord

-- Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD With Express Card

-- 250 GB Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

-- Dell Wireless 1510 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card

-- Integrated Webcam with digital microphone

 

How much was it?

 

It was $829 ($908 shipped). I was anal about having certain features, and this ended up having all of them with this processor, which i for some reason really liked lol. I woulda gone cheaper, but I couldnt find the exact combo that i liked. I believe new it costs $1500+.

 

Any updates?

Nice deal! It will ship fast from the Outlet, also!


Cin

 

just shipped! You were right cin

 

WoOT! That's great! Now, hopefully & maybe you will have it by Friday! And, enjoying it over the weekend!


Cin

 

yea...
one big one

i canceled the order

i called bestbuy and they told me i would have to wait another 2 to 4 weeks for it to arrive

i said cancel my order, they did, and either tomorrow or this weekend im picking up the 1340 from my local bestbuy

i was really looking forward to the 1640 tho...the 3670 graphics card, the blu ray player, 720p res. screen

ughhh

whatever

i think im going to be really happy for a good 3-4 years with the 1340

 

Oh noze...That's major stinkage there, for you

But....your going to get the 1340...Which I think is a good sized lappy!

Now you will have the 1340 in your hands, soon!


Cin

 

Ordered mine on 2/17! Had a great rep on the phone, April Whetstone. She and Team Raider rock.

I got a pink Inspiron 1525 + v305w wireless 3 in 1 printer + Norton 360 + MS Office Student Edition all for $933.05 total (tax included).

The prices individually, before tax and shipping:

Printer - $79
Laptop (w/MS Ofc) - $713
S360 Software - $80

Free shipping and handling for everything!

The printer was shipped on 2/18 and got here on 2/20. The estimated ship date for the Inspiron is 3/4, but since it is in the boxing stage now, I am hoping it is sooner!

 

Very nice! The ESD for the lappy's are usually over-estimated...So there is a good chance it will ship before then..unless there are production delays, etc.


Cin

 

It was shipped yesterday, which, since yesterday was a Saturday, it will technically be shipped tomorrow. The estimated arrival date is 3/4, Wednesday, so yay!

 

Awesome! 3 days to wait for your lappy!

So, it took about 2 weeks for the build and ship!


Cin

 

Got it! And it's lovely! Promise pink is such a lovely color!

 

That's awesome! Glad to hear that it's all you expected it to be!

Yes, pink is a lovely color! Enjoy!


Cin

 

I finally ordered my Studio 15 Special Edition....and I want it now :|

 

Well ive just spent my first day with the studio XPS 1640 and im rather impressed, really put it through its paces and it came out the other side unscathed. Very happy with the support i have recieved from dell i placed my order over the internet exactly one week ago recieved a phonecall within hours and had it delivered first thing this morning, throughout the week i had the customer support person phone me on three occasions to inform me of progress and that sort of customer care really impresses me.

all and all im very happy with what Dell offers in and out of the box, nice job dell you will get recommendations from me in the future.

 

How the hell did you get phone calls??? I have to call myself to check my progress. Also, how the hell did you get such quick delivery? You threaten to break their dog's knees???

Placed mine on the phone, and haven't gotten d**k for customer service, then or since.

 

Note: I also posted this in the XPS section as I had not seen this thread.

Well, today I took the plunge. I ordered the following configuration XPS 1640:

CPU: Intel T9550 (2.66 Ghz, 6MB L2, 1066 Mhz)

Display: RGBLED

HDD: 256GB SSD

RAM: 4GB DDR3

Optical Drive: Blu-Ray

Scheduled to ship 3/31/09.

Final cost: 2044.46

Sales Experience

When I tried to purchase this through the website I ran into 2 issues.

First, there is a special that allows Blu-Ray to be added for $49. However, I was in the Member Discount section (to get my Dell Discount through my employer) and there it wanted $170 for the Blu Ray.

Second, the shopping cart in that section would not communicate properly with my Payment method.

So, I used the "click to call" option on the website. The service was fast and courteous, and they manually applied the right discounts and got my order properly entered into the system.

Within minutes I had an email with a detailed description of my order.

More interesting, shortly thereafter I received an email notifying me that I would be receiving a $100 Dell gift card. Then later when I logged in online to check the order and make sure it was in the pipeline I noted that Dell upgraded my shipping to Next Business Day at no charge.

The current projected ship date is 4/1/2009.


Once it arrives I will post the usual box opening and performance testing information. I am especially curious to see the following:

1) Does the SSD affect temperature? If so, how much?

2) Performance and temp before and after I rebuild the image to get rid of the extraneous apps Dell includes and also to optimize Vista for SSD use.

 

Grat's on your order!!! Please be sure to provide feedback on this once you receive it and have made it yours That is a sweet looking special edition


Cin

 

Yep I'll try to. But it's so far away. They're saying the EDD is April 2nd.

 

Oh great! Maybe some pictures too?

Yeah, that's always spread out. Maybe, it will ship earlier...you just never know with Dell!


Cin

 

Just got me e6400! I love this machine...

P9500 2.53ghz
2GB RAM
128 gig ssd
XP pro

got it really cheap previously ordered new from the dell outlet. I'm thinking about upping to 4GB ram and loading up windows 7.

 

Yea I can most definitely do pictures, maybe an unboxing video even though there's a ton of them around.

Congrats on your system. On the other hand, the wait is killing me

 

Excellent! Can't wait to see it them! But, your unboxing vid' will be different, as you will have the *Special Edition* Studio 15~


Cin

 

I got my new Dell Laptop a little more than a month ago, but I feel I should post about it here too

Background: Old machine was a Dell Inspiron 4000 from 9 years ago or so. It had not been used for a few years, used to be a family machine for internet use when on vacation (Dial-Up LOL). Because of it's age, and non-use, it basiclly became my Linux machine, as Windows ME was NOT in ANY WAY usable! Got new power adapter, high capacity battery, DVD/CD-RW Drive, PCMCIA Ethernet Card, PCMCIA Linksys Wireless-G card, and upgraded to 512MB of RAM. Runs Xubuntu 8.04.2 fine now But, I still needed something newer, and actually had Windows on it. Plus, I needed a machine that I would be able to take to college.
It came down to a decision between the XPS M1530 and Studio 1537. Went with the Studio 1537 because I thought it had all of the features I wanted for the best price. Got it for my birthday, pretty exciting present !
Here are the Specs:
Jet Black Color
Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 (2.53 GHz/1066 MHz FSB/6MB L2)
4GB DDR2 RAM 800MHz
Backlit Keyboard
WLED Display-1440x900 Resolution
ATI Mobility Radeon HD3450-256MB RAM
250GB 7200 RPM HDD-Hitatchi
6x Slot-Load Blu-Ray Drive
Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN Half-Mini Card
Integrated 2.0 MP Webcam
SoundBlaster Audigy Advanced HD Software Edition
85WHr 9 Cell Battery
Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module
Fingerprint Reader
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit

Needless to say, I am in love with this laptop. I guess the only thing I wish Dell had done differently is if they had put the proper Intel Centrino 2 sticker on the front
Thank you Mom and Dad!!!

Unboxing Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7365369567678068051

Here are a few pics


Studio 1537


Dell Inspiron 4000