Just Ordered My M1210; good deal? (CANADA)

Hey guys,

Firstly, I have to thank the majority of you out there. I admit to my constant lurking around these forums without giving anything back, but that will soon change! (Now that I'll actually have an experience of which to share.)


Pic shamelessly stolen from Angrymob's thread; it's too lovely a picture to not include.

I just ordered my Dell XPS M1210 2 days ago, and was wondering if the price I got was any good considering the specs on my machine.

After much deliberation, I managed to snag:

Dell XPS M1210
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 ( 2GHz/667MHz/4MB)
- Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
- 12 inch WXGA Wide Screen with TrueLife™ and A/V Communications Pack (Intg. web cam, earbuds)
- FREE upgrade to 2GB at 667MHz (2 DIMM) from 1GB $250 Value
- 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
- 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7400 TurboCache™
- 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
- 6-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery
- Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n Dual-band Internal Wireless
- Integrated Audio with Sound Blaster® Audigy® ADVANCED HD Audio
- Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)
- No productivity suite - Includes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
McAfee Security Center w/ VirusScan, Firewall and Privacy, 90-day trial
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
- 1 Yr Return to Depot Service with 1 Yr Complete Care and 1 Yr Tech Support
- Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
- Windows Vista™ Capable

; all that jazz for $1800 CAD, flat (before taxes). Configuring the same laptop on the Dell Canada website nets me a lovely $2177. I haggled with the Dell CSR best I could (I've never quote haggled with a major corporation before) and my end result was "sufficient" for me to surrender my credit card.

In retrospect, I wished I spoke to at least another CSR and price compare, as the guy I got was somewhat hard to understand, with a heavy accent at times. I suspect I was just too darn excited, with the novelty factor of owning a laptop for the first time.

I'm sure others share the same experience, but those CSR's, eh? He tried to sell me printers and plasma TV's to go along with the purchase, of course the bait being an additional discount on the M1210. I had to tell him firmly that anything in addition to the laptop was not within my budget, period, but the talking helped me get a ~$50 discount while he was attempting to hook me.

He told me it'd be delivered in 7-10 "business days", but I'm terribly impatient and hope to alleviate that via posting this. I'm just stircrazy. Or just plain crazy.

I appreciate any and all questions, comments and criticisms.

 

Holy cow that is a really good deal man. Mine was $1850 before tax and I don't have bluetooth, no sound card, no wireless N, no 1 year completecare, only 9-cell, and only 80gb hard drive.

One thing I'm better than you though is that I have it before you. Haha.. How did you get such a good deal?

dL

 

since you aren't looking for an answer to a question, please feel free to continue this in the ->The official POST ABOUT YOUR NEW DELL NOTEBOOK thread.<- conveniently stickied at the top of this forum

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