Is there any way I can say no to this 1420?

Edited: Ok, seeing as the $350 coupon doesn't work with the EPP discount, this is what I'm getting with the DellU coupon I'll have coming to me shortly:

Inspiron 1420
Ruby Red
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Edition
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440x900)
128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8400M GS
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
160GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
CD/DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
6-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery
Integrated High Definition Audio
3 Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor - Next Business Day
Price: $1,243.20 (after 12% and $200 off)

A lot of these things are a bit extraneous for me... I had it configured for the $350 coupon before I found out it wouldn't work. I'll be updating this with what I actually want/need shortly, maybe tomorrow. Still I think this is a pretty sweet deal...

Edit again: Alright, here's what I'm getting with my actual wants/needs:

Inspiron 1420
Ruby Red
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Edition
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440x900)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
CD/DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
6-cell Primary Battery
Integrated High Definition Audio
3 Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor - Next Business Day
Price: $1,029.12 (after 12% and $200 off)

So basically it comes down to about $200 for the dedicated graphics, better hard drive, and extra battery. I don't need any of them, exactly, but I just wonder if that's too good a deal to pass up. Bleh...

 

350 off coupon ain't working for me on the dell university section.

how do you get 12% + $350 off?

 

That is an amazing price

 

Yeah, so, it looks like this isn't going to work. The $350 coupon is getting eaten in the EPP site for me. Are we sure that the $200 still works with the EPP discount? Because then those two together would about break even with the $350, I think.

 

I was going to say...the $350 coupon is Home and Home Office only...but you CAN use the $200 University Discount with EPP...

 

What? Was this just a theoretical guesswork playing with a calculator?

 

That was when I thought the $350 coupon wouldn't work yet, seeing as it's not 7:00 am on July 28th yet, and I didn't know it wouldn't work through EPP.

Yeah, let's not crucify the new guy? I'm editing, again, now...

 

How are you using the $350 coupon + EPP? I cant get the coupon to work on the University site (only the $200 one works).

 

It doesn't, my mistake, I jumped the gun.

Sorry for getting any hopes up, guys.

 

Well, if you were willing to spend the extra dough, I'd get a m1330.

 

I can't configure an M1330 with the LED screen for anything close to even the $1,243 price, and the LED screen is the big selling point on the M1330. Otherwise, I'm spending several hundred dollars more for a smaller screen and a pound off the weight - not really worth it, to me.

 

For comparison's sake, this is what I'm getting for the M1330 with similar specs:

Dell XPS M1330
Crimson Red edit
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)
Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Edition
Standard Display with 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
High Definition Audio 2.0
3 Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor - Next Business Day
1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection
CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
37Whr Lithium Ion Battery (4 cell)
IntelJ 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card
Price: $1,490.72 (after 12% EPP discount)

Mind you I'd still need to upgrade the RAM on my own, which would cost some money, and this is without the LCD, which is a big selling point of the M1330. It just doesn't make sense to me; am I not seeing something?

 

For what it's worth, I'd rather have a 14.1" screen with normal backlighting than a 13.3" screen with LED backlighting. (That's just me though.)
The small, thin, and light thing with the M1330 is really nice though.

 

Yeah, I'm worried that the 13.3" screen would be too small for me, and I don't know if the weight is worth the $200+. It's not like I'm a little guy, so 5.5 pounds on the Inspiron shouldn't kill me.

 

Trust me. Go with the 1420. I do not think it's worth the extra money to get an even smaller screen and to reduce the weight by a little bit.