Was This A good Deal ?

The Sony vaio 15.4 widescreen fz series VGN-FZ21Z was going to be my new laptop till i decided to phone dell , having already bought a Dell Inspiron 9200 3 years ago from them i thought i would give them a chance to make the same soec laptop Sony selling

2.2 ghz intel core 2 duo T7500 processor
2g ddr2 667 mhz ram
nvidia 8600m gt
internal bluetooth 2.0
blu ray disc drive hdmi out
300 GB (4200 rpm ) hard drive
built in motion camera 1.3mp
15.4" widescreen wxga tft
2 years extended warranty

all this for 1,400 GBP


Dell Offered

2.2ghz intel core 2 duo T7500 processor
2G DDR2 667 mhz ram
nvidia 8600m gt
Internal bluetooth 2.0
blu ray disc drive with dvi out
200 Gb (7200 rpm )
built in motion camera 2.0mp
17" ultra sharp true life tft 1920 x 1200
3 years extended warranty

all this for 1,600 GBP

so my question is the extra 200 i payed out make it a good deal i had read on the fz sony forums all the problems about people complaining about the slow hard drives so i pushed to make sure i got the 7200 rpm one.


I was wondering what you all think have i made the right decision or should i have gone for the sony.

 

Try and bring the price of the Dell. Call a sales rep and haggle if you have not tried doing this already. I am not sure what model that Dell is what is it?

Take a look at this thread if you want to try and get some money of if you not tried doing this already. Tell them as well that the Sony is cheaper and they will probably respond to this and reduce the price.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=153497

Compared to the Sony this is not seeming like a good deal for the Dell to me at that price. If you can get it down to the same price as the Sony or even cheaper then i would think differently.

 

hi rach

Its was offered for the 1520 but i got them to make it 1720 so i got the best screen , hard drive is much better than the slow 4200 that sony offered people in fz forums are all buying new hard drives with that speed now , dell did offer 5400 rpm, and with the extra years warranty its better for peace of mind , i did get free delivery and installation in to the original deal, i tried to get the price lower but they wouldnt budge on the 1,600 price

i guess the rep and i met in the middle i got a good deal and she got a good deal it is in no way a steal i know that for sure , but it is in no way a bum deal either

its now on order , reading the thread you gave me seems only the op of that thread has made any really steal deals all the rest are like 50 dollars off or 50 pounds off

thanks for your reply

 

just a word of caution, there is no hdmi/dvi on these dell laptops. this will hinder your blue ray playing on an external tv.

 

they told me as it was a configured order to sales rep on the phone that the dvi would be added in they have even given me a hdmi - dvi adapter in the deal

the main reason getting the above spec was to play blu ray to my hd ready 32" tv and back up data i told them if there is no dvi or blu ray read and write i would be sending it back the first day , she assured me it would be added in

so guess i will know for sure when they deliver it