hi guys....Is this a good dell deal?

im leaning towards the dell D630 like this....the total comes out to $919 before tax....

the lady i spoke to offered to knock off 50$ off that price, so total with tax it comes to about 940 i think.....with tax and free shipping.....

the only thing i would do is buy another 512 memory chip so i would have 1 gig which should be enough to run xp...i dont want vista.....so the end up spending a little less than 1k....b/c i would buy the memory from another site.....it would cost me 80$ to do it with dell....30$ myself....

i wanted something 14.1, light, and good.....is dell a crappy brand? or does it get a bad rap? help please....good deal?

My System Details
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.80GHz) 2M L2 Cache, 800MHz Dual Core
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2, with media
14.1 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ LCD Panel
512MB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 1 DIMM
80GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 7200RPM
24X CD-RW/DVD w/ Cyberlink PowerDVD™
Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Dell Wireless™ 1390 802.11g Mini Card
Standard Touchpad
My Accessories
6 Cell Primary Battery
65W A/C Adapter
No Floppy Drive

 

it is a good deal for a strongly built D630

 

Hi if I were you I would go with the vostro 1400. Its 14.1 inches and you can get it with vista or xp. The link that Im going to show you doesnt come with xp so that might not pertain to you. However the deal is spectacular compared the one you configured and is way less.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&kc=65023&oc=bqpcjba

Core 2 Duo 1.6
Viista Basic
1gb ram
120 gb hd
8x dvd burner
nvidia 8400m gs

 

I'd go with the vostro 1400 also. there are better deals than that on Dell. In fact you can get a loaded 1420 for $100 more with a discrete car, 9 cell, 2GB of RAM, 160gb harddrive AND bluetooth to boot.

 

Surf can you post the link to that deal...I want to check it out

 

ya sounds good

 

well my main focus is weight and speed....and i hear the d630 has less problems than the other models.....

the d630 i want is light, includes a 7200 rpm HD, and i dont need more than a 6 cell battery.....im not a gamer or anything....using it for law school......

so just to watch movies, surf the net, IM, write papers, and all that normal stuff......

 

if thts the case you wouldnt need to spend 900 dollars for a laptop. You can get simpler models I just thought that hte vostro 1400 can do all you want and cost alot less.

 

Very Nice!

 

It's the $325 off for a $1299 system under the Dell coupons button above.
In fact, I need to add my lappy to my sig....

 

O I thought u meant u can get the 1420 for 100 more than the 1400 with included specs. SO you meant a 100 more than the d630 not hte vostro 1400

 

This seems like a great deal; the only thing that would make it sweeter is if XP were on it. Is there a similar offer for the 1400 but with XP instead of Vista?

Also, what are the thoughts on resolution for a 14" laptop? When I was looking at a 15" 1440x900 seemed just right, but now that I've shaved off an inch of the screen, I'm having second thoughts. I'm hoping to get to a Dell kiosk soon (none within an hour of me) but any opinions you all could offer would be welcome.

 

Sorry I tried looking but only found the vista option. Honestly tho vista isnt that bad at all. I use xp on my desktop but vista on my laptop and its not that hard of a transition. Microsoft is trying to phase out xp so sooner or later your going to have to go with vista. Also vista basic is basically a suped up version of XP. Turn off the security option and its alot less irritating. To use vista and save 200-300 dollars seems worth it to me. As for the screen i ddont kno because I dont have one but I really want one and thinking of selling my e1505