Dell XPS M1330 - Loaded - $1331 Good - $1096 Barebone - $771 YMMV

OK... let's see how long we can get away with this.

Here is the "Best" configuration at the standard price of $1,859

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DYCWTG3&s=dhs&sm=2

It includes the following:

XPS M1330 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (2MB cache/1.8GHz/800Mhz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM(S) Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
System Color Tuxedo Black BLACK
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz 2GB
LCD and Camera Standard Display with 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
Video Card 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400M GS
Hard Drives Size: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) 160GB
Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive) 8XDVDRW
Sound Options Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition
Wireless Networking Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card 1P4965
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 15-months
Primary Battery 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
Hardware Support Services 1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor
CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service 1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection
Fingerprint Reader Biometric Fingerprint Reader
Bluetooth Options Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
Camera Panel Standard LCD with Tuxedo Black Casing and Camera XPS M1330 DataSafe Online Backup DataSafe Online Backup 10GB for 1 year

Now, if you navigate as follows:

www.dell.com/stanford
Click on "Recommended Bundles"
Click on the "Customize" button under "XPS 1330 - Click "Customize" to Pick Color!!!"

You can configure the same system for $1,779. Keep reading BTW:

XPS M1330 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (2MB cache/1.8GHz/800Mhz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM(S) Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
System Color Tuxedo Black
LCD and Camera Standard Display with 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Hard Drives Size: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Video Card 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400M GS
Wireless Networking Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
Bluetooth Options Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
Sound Options Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition
Primary Battery 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No security subscription (McAfee 30-day trial)
Fingerprint Reader Biometric Fingerprint Reader
Dell Printers Dell Laser Printer 1110 with 90 Day Advanced Exchange
Hardware Support Services 3Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor
CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service Add Accidental Damage and LoJack Theft Protection to 3Yr Warr.
Datasafe Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1Yr

As you see this includes the following

Hardware Support Services 3Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor

A $260 option

CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service Add Accidental Damage and LoJack Theft Protection to 3Yr Warr.

A $99 option

Dell Printers Dell Laser Printer 1110 with 90 Day Advanced Exchange

A $89 option

Now assuming you call a CSR, and have those options removed, the system should then price out at $1,779 - $260 - $99 - $89 = $1331.

Further more, if you drop the following items

Downgrade from T7100 to T5250 (-$100)
Downgrade from 160GB to 120GB HD (-$85)
Downgrade from "Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition" to "High Definition Audio 2.0" (-$25)
Remove "Biometric Fingerprint Reader " (-$25)

Your price will be $1331 - $100 - $85 - $25 - $25 = $1096

If you want the system for even less....

Downgrade from 2GB to 1GB (-$150)
Downgrade from 128MB NVIDIA to Intel Integrated Video (-$100)
Downgrade from 6-cell to 4-cell battery(-$30)
Remove bluetooth (-$20)
Downgrade from wireless N to wireless B/G (-$25)

NOTE: These options can ONLY be downgraded by calling a CSR

Your price will be $1096 - $150 - $100 - $30 - $25 = $771!!!!!

Now of course.... this is all theory. Good luck, and let me know if you get it to work.

BTW: If they nuke the XPS from Stanford:

Click on the link below

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php

Pick a college. Type in www.dell.com/[insert college name here]

Click on "Recommended Bundles"

Find the XPS.

There may even be a college out there with a better deal for the XPS....

 

Wait, didn't they nuke this deal a long time back?

I wrote a thread on it a while back... http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2096793 and then dell killed the deal presumably because it was being abused...

 

So, abusing the educational discount again. How original.

 

They nuked some of the university deals, including the infamous Duke one. It's quite possible that the Stanford one still works.

 

The UW has the same deal. Its not that sensational though, like $50 cheaper than the regular people.

 

OMG sweet find i got a xps m1330 for $821. My ESD is till 10/1 thou oh well

 

How did you manage to do that?

 

yes id like to know as well i tried almost every one on that list and none of them worked...id love a 1330 for that price.. thanks

 

Now thats some deal man ;-)

 

This is awesome, now I can save $300-$400 and afford a LED screen...

Stanford is the only one that offers XPS from the colleges I've checked...

are you sure this works if i'm not a stanford student?

 

I see this for my college. Interesting, might call up a CSR to see if we can take off a few things. ^_^

 

Bump... Great...

 

This does not work anymore.The prices are same as the regular ones. Hard Luck Guys !!!