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Old 11-27-07   #21 (permalink)
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I forgot to mention one thing... I paid $1100 for it! Dell was offering a $500 off coupon, and offers like that are always going on.
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I forgot to mention one thing... I paid $1100 for it! Dell was offering a $500 off coupon, and offers like that are always going on.
You lucky bastard! I wish they had one of those now, I could upgrade a few things and still pay less. I looked at the notebooks you guys posted, and they are nice, but they are over my price limit even without tax and shipping. The 17" laptops are nice, but I think that they may be to big for me, and I figure I will save quite a bit of money and battery life by going for a 15.4".

Well I did order myself a new laptop, here are the upgrades I opted for:


(I would have went for the T7500 if it was less expensive, but I just dont think that 2mb cach and 200mhz is worth an extra $140)

I also picked up a Pelican 1495 Laptop Case. Well what do you guys think of the laptop? I think it will work pretty good, it is a lot faster than my old (broken:/) laptop. Any accessories you guys recomend getting?
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They are offering a $300 of coupon right now man! Cancel and reorder QUICK!
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Off the Inspirons, not the Vostros (could be wrong, going by what I saw in this thread)
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The only difference between the two is the Vostro has an all-black interior.
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I'd go with at least 2 gig on mem for vista
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If you happen to consider a local purchase....
http://salescircular.com/ca/computer/laptpp.shtml
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They are offering a $300 of coupon right now man! Cancel and reorder QUICK!
I wish, if it says Inspiron then it wont work... Believe me I tried to enter that coupon several times.

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I'd go with at least 2 gig on mem for vista
I did get 2 Gigs, that list is all the things that I got or it came with.
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What made you choose the Vostro over the Inspiron?
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I chose the Vostro over the Inspiron, becuase the Vostra came with 2 gigs of ram for no extra charge, I could get a larger 7,200rpm hardrive for less, the Vosro has Media Direct, imo the Vostro looks better, and the Vostro with better parts cost about $200 less than the Inspiron.
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