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    Reordered with Better

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Atsushi, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. Atsushi

    Atsushi Notebook Geek

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    Some of you may know my last notebook that I ordered didn't work out & I canceled it & I just reordered a new one, here it is:

    1st - Est. Delivery Date: 1/21/2008-1/23/200 - Free 3-5 Day Shipping
    2nd - Est. Ship Date: 1/17/2008, After Asking from the Rep for Free Next Day Shipping <- I wasn't going to spend 30bucks for something I could get for free.

    So in the end, I got all free next biz shipping.

    Sub-Total : $769.00 - Was $919.00 - Used -$200 Coupon
    Tax : $53.85 <- Grr I hate tax.
    Order Total : $822.85 - Not too bad, I think.
     
    Atsushi, Dec 29, 2007
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  2. James

    James Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    The only thing I'll suggest is accidental care coverage. I was always treated better as a customer with that coverage on my notebooks. Otherwise, the config looks good at a pretty decent price.
     
    James, Dec 29, 2007
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  3. mtv2004

    mtv2004 Notebook Evangelist

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    i would have gotten a bigger hard drive or get one on newegg because 80GB on vista is going to be like having zero space :)
     
    mtv2004, Dec 30, 2007
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  4. Atsushi

    Atsushi Notebook Geek

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    Vista, LOL, I COULDN'T even run with 1Gig with Vista. If you can read, I have XP
    I wasn't about to get vista, lol.

    And 80GB HD on XP is a good amount, mostly I'll be saving most of my music/videos/etc on my network server.
     
    Atsushi, Dec 30, 2007
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  5. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    1gb in 2007-2008 is not enough even for xp
     
    nizzy1115, Dec 30, 2007
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  6. Atsushi

    Atsushi Notebook Geek

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    I've been using 1GB for my desktop, and its fine, never once needed more. And just because the years change, doesn't the amount. Now my only problem might be gaming, but I don't care about that.

    Also, I can buy ram from dell two Gigs for 90$, but yet when I custom it, its 125$, but with my 90$ I get two one sticks of 1Gig and two 512MB sticks, lol.
     
    Atsushi, Dec 30, 2007
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  7. Zahn1138

    Zahn1138 Notebook Consultant

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    Newegg FTW.


    Dell wanted to charge me $125 to go to 2GB. I ordered 1GB and bought 4GB on Newegg for $70.


    My uncle, who is a Mac fanatic, owns a Mac Pro with two Quad Core Xeons at 3.0 GHz and 16GB of RAM. He was telling me that he paid a lot (something like $1500) for the 16GB, which is 8x2GB. I told him I got 4GB for my lappy for $70 off Newegg and he responded that this was "high-speed". I didn't want to say anything more because he pulled up his "about this computer" and it said DDR2-667, which is substandard for desktops now and just as fast as mine.

    I didn't want to rub it in that I got a great deal and Apple screwed him.
     
    Zahn1138, Dec 30, 2007
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  8. mtv2004

    mtv2004 Notebook Evangelist

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    oops, I didn't see the xp.....lol

    I ran xp good with 1.2 GB of memory on my other laptop, but there's no way i could run that on vista :D
     
    mtv2004, Dec 30, 2007
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  9. outkastland

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    seems like a decent deal, good work
     
    outkastland, Dec 30, 2007
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    Atsushi, Dec 30, 2007
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  11. outkastland

    outkastland Notebook Evangelist

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    That's some inexpensive upgrade, awesome deal.
     
    outkastland, Dec 30, 2007
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