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    suggestions needed regarding 640m

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by infotech58, Feb 28, 2007.

  1. infotech58

    infotech58 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello Folks..

    Please go through the following and give me your inputs ..

    I was planning to buy a Dell Inspiron 640m.
    following config
    Core Duo T2250
    2 GB RAM
    120 GB HDD
    14.1" True Life
    Bluetooth

    The cost of this setup was coming around $ 950 till Feb 25th.
    Yesterday when I decided to order the machine I saw that Dell has increased prices and now the total setup costs me $ 1150.
    Would the cost come down again in next few days ?
    I would be going out of US for couple of months on March 23rd, so I need laptop to be delivered to my place before that.
    Should I wait or place an order right now ? Approx how many days they will take for Delivery ?

    Mods If you feel this is not the correct Thread to post .. Please move it to appropriate Place..
     
    infotech58, Feb 28, 2007
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  2. princec

    princec Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am in a similar situation.

    prices seems to have gone up. my current price is $1269 cdn plus tax

    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
    Vista Business
    2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM
    160GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
    Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N
    85w battery
     
    princec, Mar 4, 2007
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  3. jhu

    jhu Notebook Geek

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    Why don't you just call them to see if they can offer it to you at the $950 price? If you have a printout or some sort of physical proof, I think they sometimes will give it to you at that price.
     
    jhu, Mar 4, 2007
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  4. infotech58

    infotech58 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The price seems to went down again ..
    I can get the same specs now for approx. $1000.
    they have made some changes in what they offer for Screen ..
    Earlier there were two options to choose from .. now there are three ..
     
    infotech58, Mar 5, 2007
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  5. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    DELL's prices goes up and down all the time, no telling what will happen tomorrow or next week. But in general they always go down over time.
     
    PhoenixFx, Mar 5, 2007
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    Try and see if you can get a coupon from ebay to bring the price down a bit more
     
    mtor, Mar 5, 2007
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