premium microsatin finish

i'm confused. when i look at the inspiron page it says under the "express yourself" tab that you can add an optional premium (microsatin) finish. i saw no option to do this and i specifically looked for it.

on the first 1420 i ordered i choose spring green. in the email confirmation it was listed as

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320-5529 Premium Metallic Green with Soft Touch LCD back color

i asked the rep on the phone later what this meant and why it didn't say spring green and he just blew me off and said there was only one green.

i ended up cancelling that order and reordering through the epp site. again, no option to choose a premium finish and my confirmation email says this time:

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320-5529 Spring Green

same part number. what gives? will i be getting the premium microsatin finish? does everyone get this?

thanks

 

yes u will

 

Anything other than black or white is the microsatin finish. There is only one version of each color, doesn't matter if it's called green or spring green, it's the same.

 

All of your orders for the Green is the MicroSatin...every color other than Black or White is MicroSatin - you canceled for no reason...

 

if you're talking to me, that is not why i cancelled it. i cancelled it because i ended up buying it through the epp site instead.

 

whats microsatin

whats better no microsatin or with?

 

microsatin is like a rubbery thing that prevents fingerprints from stinking up your top

 

so that means the black and white one is reflective?

 

I believe the white is glossy yes, and the black is just a matte black finish

 

The black matte seems to be the same material used on the XPS M1210, so it will be very prone to fingerprints. This microsatin seems to be resistant, though. I think it's worth the extra $20.

 

The microsatin costs extra? I'm pretty sure I was able to choose Midnight Blue for free.

 

If you go to build one right now, you can only get black or white for free. All the others, which have the microsatin finish, cost $20.