I bit the bullet and my 9300 is on the way.

I wound up ordering from eBay... It is new and never opened, It was bought from Dell on 9-9-05, the seller has great feedback and a history of selling dell computers and of course I bought with a CC via PayPal. Here is what I got

Dell 9300
- Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
- 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display
- 512 MB,DDR2,533MHZ,2 DIMM
- 128MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300
- 100GB Hard Drive
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
- 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW)
- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)
- 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
- 3yr Plus Solution Package

All of this for $1650 delivered... There were a couple of things I would have changed but nothing major and nothing that can't be added later, I would have liked 1gb of RAM and a 9-cell battery.

thanks guys for all your help with my silly questions

 

nice config, finding a seller with good feedback is important on ebay. good luck with the 9300 and thanks for visiting and posting your questions! of course, in return it is now expected you come back and help out all the other people that want to buy a notebook

 

I can try... not sure if I will be any way near as knowlageable as you guys

 

I'm sure you know more than you think.

 

Whats the reason of not buying thru their site and using their coupons ?

 

Lots of times when Dell has coupons people buy them with the intention of selling them at a profit. Sometimes the coupons are so successful, they drive the price down and you can get them cheaper than on Dell.

 

Ya, but i got this one for 1400 bucks..

 

Congratulations on your 9300 purchase, its a great system and Im sure you will be quite pleased with it, finding it hard to put mine down!!

 

I got all that plus a 9 cell battery and the 6800 go card minus the microsoft works for 1477

 

1477 ?... including shipping and tax? Using the 750 $ coupon ?

 

Mine should be here tomorrow. wOOt!

Inspiron 9300,Pentium M 740 (1.73GHz/533MHz FSB) Qty: 1 Unit Price: $1,425.00
[221-7305] Inspiron 9300,Pentium M 740 (1.73GHz/533MHz FSB)
[320-4177] 17 inch UltraSharp Wide ScreenXGA+ Display for Inspiron 9300
[311-3730] 512MB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm, for Inspiron 9300
[320-4185] 256MB NVIDIA 6800,for Inspiron
[341-1808] 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 9300
[463-2282] Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
[412-0689] Image Restore
[420-4830] DELL SUPPORT 3.0,INSP
[420-4928] Windows Media Player 10
[420-5243] Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, English, without Media, for Inspiron
[430-0493] Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
[430-1048] Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, for Inspiron
[313-3082] 8X DVD+/-RW Drive for Inspiron9300
[420-5111] CyberLink PowerDVD v5.5 Decoding Sofware for DVD Drives, for Inspiron Systems
[430-1401] Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11b/g,54Mbps) for Inspiron 9300
[412-0802] No Security Subscription
[412-0741] Music Match 9.0 Basic 7 day OnDemand
[312-0283] 80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery for Inspiron 9200/9300
[412-0586] AOL BSD/SMB
[412-0670] DELL/MY WAY HOME PAGE
[412-0744] Paint Shop Photo Album 5.1 Standard
[412-0803] Corel WordPerfect 12 plus Trial of Quartro Pro and Presentations
[412-0357] Soft Contracts - Business Complete Care
[960-1929] CompleteCare Accidental DamageService, Inspiron, 2Years
[960-2780] Technical Support, Initial Year
[900-8221] Technical Support, 1 Year Extended
[981-4258] Thank you for choosing 2yr Mobility Plan
[902-0631] Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, 1YR Extended
[960-7490] Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, Initial Year
[412-0359] Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
[900-9987] Standard On-Site Installation Declined
[463-1832] System not eligible for hardware mail-in rebate
[420-5136] Quickbooks 2005 Special SimpleStart Edition