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    Studio 1555, is this a good deal

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mikebuzz, May 29, 2009.

  1. mikebuzz

    mikebuzz Notebook Consultant

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    STUDIO 15 (N0653504)
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40Ghz, 3MB, 1066MHz), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1- English

    Base
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40Ghz, 3MB, 1066MHz)

    Memory
    4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]

    Keyboard
    Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard

    Video Card
    512MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570

    Hard Drive
    320GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive

    Microsoft Operating System
    Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1- English

    Optical Devices
    Fixed Internal DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive including Software

    Wireless Networking
    Intel WiFi Link 5100 (802.11 a/b/g/n 1X2) 1/2 MiniCard


    Primary Battery
    Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery

    Camera
    2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera

    Colour Choice
    Midnight Blue with Microsatin Finish

    LCD
    15.6in Widescreen Full High Definition (1920x1080) WLED with TrueLife

    £656.10
     
    mikebuzz, May 29, 2009
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  2. kirkus

    kirkus Notebook Consultant

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    wow.
    that's a very good config for a very good price

    my order was 1050 canadian dollars and I only have T4200, 3Gb, 250 5400 hdd, 256 ati, bluetooth and backlit keyboard and 900p screen
    that is like 594.301 GBP

    Update...after a little chat i got the T6400 and 4Gb of ram for free :D
     
    kirkus, May 29, 2009
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  3. mikebuzz

    mikebuzz Notebook Consultant

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    Have now ordered the following

    STUDIO 15 (N0653504)
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40Ghz, 3MB, 1066MHz), Genuine

    Memory
    4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]

    Keyboard
    Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard

    Video Card
    512MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570

    Hard Drive
    320GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive

    Microsoft Operating System
    Genuine Windows Vista SP1™ Home Premium (64 BIT) - English

    Optical Devices
    Fixed Internal DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive including Software

    Wireless Networking
    Intel WiFi Link 5300 Half Mini Card (802.11 a/g/n) (Centrino)

    Primary Battery
    Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery

    Camera
    2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera

    Colour Choice
    Midnight Blue with Microsatin Finish

    LCD
    15.6in Widescreen Full High Definition (1920x1080) WLED with TrueLife

    £ 674.11
     
    mikebuzz, May 29, 2009
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  4. Fragilexx

    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    That is a very good price indeed. That's pretty much the same spec as my Inspiron, but only £74 more than I paid and you get a batter GPU and connectivity to boot. Yes that's right, £600 on an inspiron; but then I got the best of their line you could get - it was a work thing, I was given a range of models I could buy, the Inspiron was the best of a bad bunch.
     
    Fragilexx, May 29, 2009
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  5. hotfusion

    hotfusion Notebook Consultant

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    How did you manage to get the free upgrade? Do I have to seduce the Dell rep?
     
    hotfusion, May 29, 2009
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  6. lottdod_1999

    lottdod_1999 Notebook Evangelist

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    If you chat with them they'll give you a better deal.
    I got a similar deal
    I went through
    www.dell.com/may2
     
    lottdod_1999, May 29, 2009
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  7. kirkus

    kirkus Notebook Consultant

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    Just told him that the base system was 50$ less...and i received the cpu and 1Gb of extra ram
     
    kirkus, May 29, 2009
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  8. chimera27

    chimera27 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The May2 special doesn't seem to be working... when you click on 'customize' the price jumps up by a few hundred dollars. What am i doing wrong?
     
    chimera27, May 29, 2009
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