With some tricks I was able to nail this deal

for the e1705. Is it good or could I have done better. Note I got 3 year complete care as well. Thanks for your response, I am on a tight budget and appreciate the input.

222-2985 1 Inspiron E1705, Intel Core DuoProcessor T2500 (2GHz/667MHz FSB)
320-4558 1 17 inch Wide-screen WXGA+ Display for Inspiron 9400/E 1705
311-5638 1 2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, for Inspiron 9400,E1705
320-4779 1 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS, for Inspiron 9400/E1705
341-2947 1 100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 9400/E1705
412-0689 1 Image Restore
420-5755 1 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, English without Media, for Inspiron
420-4830 1 DELL SUPPORT 3.0
420-4928 1 Windows Media Player 10
463-2282 1 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
420-5460 1 Complimentary courses: Look for EU icon
420-5476 1 Dell Direct Download
420-5924 1 Icon Consolidation Application
420-5769 1 Internet Search and Portal
430-0493 1 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
430-1048 1 Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, for Inspiron
313-3866 1 8X DVD+/-RW Drive, for Inspiron 9400/E1705
420-5775 1 CyberLink PowerDVD v5.7 Decoding Sofware for DVD Drives
313-4217 1 Integrated High Definition Audio, for XPS M1710
430-1516 1 Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps) for Inspiron 9400/E1705
465-3653 1 Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR), for Inspiron9400/E1705
412-0850 1 Network Associates McAfee 7.0,English,90-day Trial
312-0375 1 Primary Battery, for Inspiron 9400/E1705
420-3224 1 Broadband Icon for Inspiron
412-0787 1 AOL for Broadband
412-0687 1 NETZERO ISP
420-5256 1 Netscape ISP
412-0803 1 Corel WordPerfect 12 plus Trial of Quartro Pro and Presentations
950-3339 1 3 Year Limited Warranty
412-0359 1 Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
902-4662 1 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7 Technical Support, 2 Year Extended
950-5442 1 Warranty Support,2 Year Extended
960-6910 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
960-6520 1 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
983-2207 1 Thank You for buying Dell
983-2217 1 Please visit WWW.Dell.COM
982-5467 1 Save 10 Percent Add CompleteCare Accidental DamageService to 3yr Limited Warranty
412-0358 1 Soft Contracts - Consumer Complete Care
465-4663 1 Windows Vista Capable
465-0505 1 No Broadband Expresscard technology currently available
412-0856 1 Paint Shop Pro Standard
412-0865 1 Basic digital Music,Photo and Game experience
310-7149 1 Backup media for XP Media Center,Inspiron
464-6538 1 72206 ($50 MAIL-IN DPA REBATE)within 30 days of ship date atwww.dell.com/epprebates


Subtotal: $1957.50
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Tax: $127.25

Total: $2084.75

 

Sounds like a great deal to me, Im trying to configure a labtop to get a price like that...private message me on your steps please Greatly appreciated

 

looks great, but wat were your "tricks"?

 

I am an oncologist in training and rotate thru a veterns hospital. I am not employed by them. Anyway I found a VA canteen coupon code for 10 percent off. I call the number listed and priced out a system. It was still too expensive and I mentioned the 750 dollar coupon. The lady said that was home only but to hold on. She went and found some coupon and took 750 off the price. Not to mention I get 50 more off from the price above by using DPA.

Thats all. sorry to entice with the word "tricks"

 

I understand the t2500 processor has increased in price this week, but you guys dont mention that the faster RAM and 7200 100gb HD dropped in price. I think that cancelled out the more money I spent on the processor. Bottem line is you never now what next week, better tomorrow, will bring. Get em will you can.

 

Get the bare minimum amount of RAM from Dell and then upgrade from newegg.com--this "trick' will save you a lot of money.

 

I'd drop the ram and HD upgrades too, especially since right now the free upgrade is to a 100gb 5400rpm.. If it were me, I'd stick that one on ebay and buy a 100gb 7200 from newegg, along with ram.

Or you can wait until they change the free upgrade to something else you'd actually use.. Seems a decent price, but maybe a tad high.. they did up prices this week though on most everything I think.. Thats why I'm still waiting ..