Ordered an Inspiron 6000d is this a good deal?

1 221-5500 Inspiron 6000D, Intel Pentium M Processor 750 (1.86GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
1 320-4267 15.4 inch WSXGA+ LCD Panel forInspiron 6000d
1 463-7976 1GB, DDR2,400MHz 2 Dimms, Inspiron 6000
1 320-3897 128MB ATI Mobility Radeon X300Video Card, for Inspiron 6000
1 341-2125 60GB Ultra ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive for Inspiron 6000
1 420-4766 Microsoft Windows XP Home Service Pack 2, English, for Inspiron
1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
1 412-0689 Image Restore
1 420-4928 Windows Media Player 10
1 420-4830 DELL SUPPORT 3.0,INSP
1 430-0493 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
1 430-1048 Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, for Inspiron
1 313-3243 8X DVD+/-RW Drive for Inspiron 6000
1 420-5111 CyberLink PowerDVD v5.3.1012, Decoding Sofware for DVD Drives, for Inspiron Systems
1 430-1255 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 (802.11b/g) Internal Wireless Inspiron 6000
1 412-0755 NO SECURITY SUBSCRIPTION, MCAFEE
1 412-0741 Music Match 9.0 Basic 7 day OnDemand
1 312-0275 80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery for Inspiron 6000
1 412-0584 EARTHLINK TA2003 ISP
1 412-0625 Dell/My Way Home Page
1 420-3224 Broadband Icon for Inspiron
1 412-0687 NETZERO ISP
1 412-0744 Paint Shop Photo Album 5.1 Standard
1 412-0714 WordPerfect Productivity Pack 12, English, for Inspiron
1 950-9057 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 950-3337 1 Year Limited Warranty
1 950-3550 Type 12- Mail-In Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 412-0361 Soft Contracts - DHS Home Sales
1 960-2780 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 412-0706 Dell Media Experience,v2.1, for Inspiron
1 412-0668 Remote Control for Dell Media Experience with IR receiver for Inspiron
1 420-5139 Quickbooks 2005 Special SimpleStart Edition
1 462-3237 24HR Q TRACKING

Final price was $1518.50 no tax and free 2 day shipping

 

Ugh Im tired of these "is this a good deal" posts. They're all the same deals for the specs if you use the same coupons available for Dell.

For the most part it looks like you got an identical system to mine, except I paid $1484 with shipping and tax.

 

I would recomend getting less ram for 2 reasons. First of all, it is cheaper to buy ram other places. Second, Dell is shipping these units out with 400Mhz ram. The 6000 should be able to handle 533Mhz ram. Another member of this board should be confirming this soon.

The 6000 I ordered has the same specs. It is schedule for the 14th.

 

Its funny, people ask if this is a good deal all the time. Not saying its bad, but with Dell they run a different promotion on a weekly basis, with awesome deals about once a month. Guaranteed when you buy your system, down the road someone will buy the exact same one for cheaper with Dell, or just about any maker of product. As the cycle continues...


*Dell Inspiron 9300, P-M 1.86ghz 533mhz FSB, 1GB DDR2 533mhz ram, 17inch UXGA+ screen with TrueLife, 256mb Nvidia GeForce 6800, 60gb 7200rpm drive, XP Pro SP2, WiFi*

*Sony MDR-G74SL Headphones for music and gaming, best 40 dollar pair i have ever bought!*

 

bugmenot is right, Dell is kind of screwing you over for only giving you 400mhz DDR2 ram. Your 6000D can handle 533mhz DDR2 sticks, just make sure if you want 1 GB to buy 2 from the same manufacturer. I would just buy 256mb of ram and then watch pricewatch.com, newegg.com or even ebay and pick up the 533mhz DDR2 ram, trust me its worth it.

Also the install will be a piece of cake, usually unscrew 2 screws and pop out old ram, put in new ram and screw lid back on! Done!

*Dell Inspiron 9300, P-M 1.86ghz 533mhz FSB, 1GB DDR2 533mhz ram, 17inch UXGA+ screen with TrueLife, 256mb Nvidia GeForce 6800, 60gb 7200rpm drive, XP Pro SP2, WiFi*

*Sony MDR-G74SL Headphones for music and gaming, best 40 dollar pair i have ever bought!*

 

Is that a price w/the $750 coupon? Any other deals? Through the Dell Home Site?

 

I agree with guitar guy here, going to 533Mhz from 400Mhz RAM is not going to make a noticeable difference.

 

in reality your not going to see the difference in performance with ddr2 400mhz or 533mhz unless your doing intense number crunching and the notebooks were side by side and maybe the notebook with the 533mhz may finish its task 2 seconds faster if that? Besides, the same specifications right now through Dell will cost $ 1926.00 which is a big difference from paying $1518.00 [ ]

 

It will make a noticeable difference in games and video editing. Its about a 33% increase in performance, depending on your needs, is the only reason to warrant faster ram, but overall it will make your system run faster.

*Dell Inspiron 9300, P-M 1.86ghz 533mhz FSB, 1GB DDR2 533mhz ram, 17inch UXGA+ screen with TrueLife, 256mb Nvidia GeForce 6800, 60gb 7200rpm drive, XP Pro SP2, WiFi*

*Sony MDR-G74SL Headphones for music and gaming, best 40 dollar pair i have ever bought!*

 

There is no way your going to see a 33% difference in performance in video editing or anything. Going from 400mhz to 533mhz? Both are DDR2 so that makes a difference right there. If one being DDR and one being DDR2 than I would say yes, there could be a slight noticable difference.

 

Also, the noticable difference between memory would be when you go from 512mb to 1gb then you will notice a difference in performance. Thats like saying you can notice a difference between a pentium 4 3.2GHz vs. a pentium 4 3.4GHz you will not be able to notice a difference in performance in these processors. Neither will you notice a difference between PC2-3200 and PC2-4200 ram.

 

Conscript, what were the specifications on your get 6000D?

 

There is more to performance than just speed of the RAM. 533Mhz is 33% faster than 400Mhz, but there is more to your system than RAM, like your video card and processor and hard drive, which are all constant on both systems.

Swapping out just the RAM won't make much of a difference. Someone in a post has already posted the benchmarks and it looks like while there is an improvement (I think 2900Mb/sec bandwidth with 533 over 2700Mb/sec with the 400) it doesnt warrant the hassle I think.

The 6000d I got is 15.4" WSXGA+ 1680x1050, 1.86Ghz Pentium M 750 (New Sonoma), 40GB HD (thats the one difference I think), x300 128MB Video, DVD Burner, 1GB of 400Mhz RAM (2 Dimms), and all the other standard stuff. I think I may have upgraded one of them optional software packages though I am not sure now.

 

Hi guitar_guy,

I was very interested in your post as I ordered my system yesterday and was searching for reassurance that I got a fair price.
I spent ~ $50 dollars more, and did not get a monitor upgrade, 9 cell batt, IR remote, or 128 mb video.
I did call dell and they told me that if I got your order# they would match the price for me.
Please feel free to email me, or post on this topic. I sincerely appreciate any help you are willing to provide, and thanks for your informative post!

 

Today, Dell is ofering again the 30% off and if you customize it like I did, you shall get approximately the same deal.

 

I am also looking to purchase new laptop and deciding between Latitude D810 and Inspiron 6000d. Does the I6000d with ATI x300 have upgradeable video card? or is it soldered on the board or is it removable card like my old I8200 has? I ask cause I though maybe some of you already looked inside of the I6000d. The latitude D810 does have upgradeable card, and for now I would only be able to get the base version with x300 64mb cause it's more expensive than i6000d, however they stripped if from firewire port which I like to have. I'm not sure about sturdiness between the two of those, but I guess the I6000d should be fine. Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

I just found an amazing coupon code and configured this same system and it came out to be cheaper than what I paid so I called Dell and they gave me a credit to my credit card the difference otherwise I told them I would ship back my system and configure it again for the price so they credited me.


Order Details
Inspiron 6000D, Intel Pentium M Processor 750 (1.86GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
15.4 inch WSXGA+ LCD Panel forInspiron 6000d
1GB, DDR2,400MHz 2 Dimms, Inspiron 6000
128MB ATI Mobility Radeon X300Video Card, for Inspiron 6000
60GB Ultra ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive for Inspiron 6000
Microsoft Windows XP Home Service Pack 2, English, for Inspiron
Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
Image Restore
Windows Media Player 10
DELL SUPPORT 3.0,INSP
Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, for Inspiron
8X DVD+/-RW Drive for Inspiron 6000
CyberLink PowerDVD v5.3.1012, Decoding Sofware for DVD Drives, for Inspiron Systems
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 (802.11b/g) Internal Wireless Inspiron 6000
NO SECURITY SUBSCRIPTION, MCAFEE
Music Match 9.0 Basic 7 day OnDemand
80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery for Inspiron 6000
EARTHLINK TA2003 ISP
Dell/My Way Home Page
Broadband Icon for Inspiron
NETZERO ISP
Paint Shop Photo Album 5.1 Standard
WordPerfect Productivity Pack 12, English, for Inspiron
Soft Contracts - DHS Home Sales
Dell Media Experience,v2.1, for Inspiron
Remote Control for Dell Media Experience with IR receiver for Inspiron
Quickbooks 2005 Special SimpleStart Edition

$1395.00 no tax free 2 day shipping.

 

So you already recieved your system and told them you wanted the better deal? If that worked for you I will call them up.

 

Yes, it worked for me not once but twice. Last week, I configured the same system and I found an online coupon saving me about $100 from the price I originally paid. Today, about 5pm I called Dell cause I found a coupon code that says save $800 on a a inspiron from $1999 and up so I configured it again and called Dell and said, if they can't give me the difference from the price I have sitting in my Dell shopping cart I will send back this one and re-order it I told them the ball is in their court being I had 21 days for a return besides, HP/Compaq policy is they price match and guarantee the price of a custom built system for 30 days so why can't Dell? Well, in my case they did and now I will be recieving an Extra $63 back on my Visa bringing the system to $1395.00 no tax no shipping. The original was $1544 If you don't use the coupon code the system now is $1945 from what my configuration was.