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    I think i got a pretty good deal on this studio 14z. What do you think?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Trenium, Oct 5, 2009.

  1. Trenium

    Trenium Notebook Guru

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    Refurbished of course... here are the specs, only thing i'm worried about is the processor, it doesn't seem they offer this one for new studio 14z anymore... don't know why... but here we go. only one with 1600x900 screen, which BTW for anyone curious is a free upgrade when u buy new at the moment!

    Operating System
    Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium

    Memory
    Integrated Memory - 1 GB
    2 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz (1 DIMM)

    Hard Disk Drive
    320 GB SATA II Hard Drive (5400 RPM)

    Video
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

    Web Camera
    Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam

    Certified Refurbished

    Studio 14z - 1440 Laptop, No internal DVD or CD Drive

    Hardware Upgrade
    Chainlink palm rest
    No WWAN Option
    Back-lit Keyboard
    125V Power Cord
    8 Cell, 74 Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery
    8 in 1 Media Card Reader (via 34mm ExpressCard)
    65W AC Adapter

    Software Upgrade
    Windows Live
    64BIT Operating System DVD
    Microsoft Works 9.0
    Facial Recognition Version 2.3
    64BIT Operating System CD

    Processor
    Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6600 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)

    System Color
    Black Chainlink

    Laptop Screen
    14.0 inch High Definition+ (900p) Bright LED Display with TrueLife

    Network Interface Card
    Dell Wireless 1515 802.11a/g/n WLAN half Mini Card

    $570 delivered. Let me know what you think. Again my only worry is why they only offer the t6500 instead of the t6600 on new systems now.
     
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  2. Trenium

    Trenium Notebook Guru

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    Someone tell me i got a good deal lie if you have to! :D
     
    Trenium, Oct 5, 2009
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    FiFe Notebook Enthusiast

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    You got a good deal.

    At least compared to what it would cost in Canada. :p
     
    FiFe, Oct 5, 2009
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    Thats pretty good. Your CPU won't matter much, it should be great.
     
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    ifse Notebook Geek

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    You got a good deal :lie:

    Seriously, I just got a 14z. Differences are: Blue color upgrade, T6500 CPU, added Bluetooth, no media card, 250 GB HD 5400 rpm. Price was about $840 + state tax.

    But that was after EPP discount of 7%, and I had a quotation from 3 weeks ago (the price actually went up 7% during that time but they honored the quoted price).

    So $570 is a great deal.

    Happy? :)
     
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  6. Trenium

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    Well, I really wanted the blue color, but the 900P screen and backlit keyboard was hard to pass up. Since I've heard really good things about the screen. This laptop will be for surfing the net and doing homework pretty much. My desktop computer will be for anything more than that, so i'm really excited about the flush 8 cell battery...

    Can anyone comment on the chainlink black? I've heard you either like it or you don't.

    Trenium
     
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    ifse Notebook Geek

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    For a refurb, you got 3 nice options: the 900p screen, backlit keyboard and 8-cell battery.

    The black chainlink color looks OK, but I wish it wasn't glossy (other colors come with a matte finish). One other reason for me is that I have a black work laptop, so I wanted a different color to tell them apart from a distance.
     
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  8. Trenium

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    More interested in the design on the wrist area, I'd prefer a matte finish too but the more I think about it, i will probably end up getting a skinit.com design for the top like i do with most of my electronics.
     
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    Bump, can anyone comment on this?
     
    Trenium, Oct 6, 2009
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