about to pull the trigger on a new dell 9300

[leeland]

Inspiron 9300,Pentium M 730 (1.60GHz/533MHz FSB)
17 inch True Life Wide Screen UXGA for Inspiron 9300
512MB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm, for Inspiron 9300
256MB NVIDIA 6800,for Inspiron
60GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 9300
Microsoft Windows XP Home Service Pack 2, English, for Inspiron
Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
24X CD-RW/DVD Combo for Inspiron 9200
Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g,54Mbps) for Inspiron 9200
80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery for Inspiron 9200

would get it all for 1620 with free shipping and 400 dollar coupon...is this a decent price ?

Thanks


Leeland

 

[RamIt]

$750 off $1500 coupon starts tommorrow.

 

[RamIt]

BTW keep the 6 cell and buy the additional 9 cell for an extra $30.

 

[leeland]

Originally posted by: RamIt
BTW keep the 6 cell and buy the additional 9 cell for an extra $30.

Thanks for the heads up...I just found that in the hot deals forum...where is a good place to get the coupon for that deal ?


Thanks again

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: leeland

Originally posted by: RamIt
BTW keep the 6 cell and buy the additional 9 cell for an extra $30.

Thanks for the heads up...I just found that in the hot deals forum...where is a good place to get the coupon for that deal ?


Thanks again

I'd visit the OP's site tomorrow morning.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Go for it, sounds like a good laptop

 

[leeland]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: leeland

Originally posted by: RamIt
BTW keep the 6 cell and buy the additional 9 cell for an extra $30.

Thanks for the heads up...I just found that in the hot deals forum...where is a good place to get the coupon for that deal ?


Thanks again

I'd visit the OP's site tomorrow morning.

Don't want to sound ignorant but what is the OP's site ?

 

[croak]

i just bought nearly the same machine a couple weeks ago and love it.

good choice.

 

[cpars]

Mine just arrived today, with almost the exact same specs as yours and so far I love it. Have not had a chance to do a whole lot yet since I was testing the DVD quality and popped in the Incredibles and my little girl came in and starting watching it and has not let me back on it yet. She seems to prefer it over the Plasma hanging on the wall :Q

 

[T2urtle]

did u get yours? I got the same configs as your as well. just about to pull the trigger as well.

1.6ghz, truelife,512mb,60gb standard, 24x cd-rw/dvd, geforce for 1373.86 shipped to my door after taxes and everything

 

[leeland]

Ya I got mine but I reconfiged it

Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)

Display 17 inch UltraSharp? Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife

Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm 1GB2D

CD/DVD Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive 24COMBO

Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce? Go 6800 256MB

Hard Drive 60GB 7200rpm Hard Drive 60GB

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

Wireless Networking Card Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)


this is my new toy

 

[T2urtle]

i bought mines.. the specs up tehre but prices came to 1400.67 even

 

[leeland]

Mine got shipped today...hopefully will be here on Thursday !!

 

[johncatral]

I just boughta Dell Inspiron 9300 Last Friday from the Dell Outlet and these our the specs.

Inspiron 9300 Notebook: Intel Pentium M 730 Processor (1.60GHz/533MHz FSB) Integrated Audio
Microsoft Windows XP Home
512 MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMM)
80 GB EIDE Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
128MB DDR ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300
17 inch UltraSharp Wide Screen XGA+
Wireless 1350 Internal Wireless
8x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability

I got this for $1169 but I'm thinking of returning it because I am not sure of the Video Card. I am a casual gamer that enjoys a game here and there and I would possibly get dissapiointed and frustrated with the ATI x300 SE. Any thoughts on this?

This is what I am thinking of getting instead. The laptops are very similar except the items that are in BOLD. With the $750 coupon I'm getting the new configuration for $1252 What do you gusy think? Do I sacrifice some of the items for the much better video card? I'm on a budget so I want to stick by the 1100-1300 range.

Inspiron 9300 Notebook: Intel Pentium M 730 Processor (1.60GHz/533MHz FSB) Integrated Audio
Microsoft Windows XP Home
512 MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMM)
40 GB Hard drive
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
17 inch UltraSharp? Wide Screen XGA+ Display
Wireless 1350 Internal Wireless
8x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability

Thanks for your thoughts!

- John

 

[Jassi]

johncatral - Get the bare minimum RAM and HD. Upgrade those yourself afterwards. For example, for a little bit more than the $50 Dell charges for upgrade to 512, you can get a 512 DDR2 module thus giving you a total of 768 MB.

 

[dumbsioux]

Is it too late to get that 750 off 1500? Anyone have a link were to get it?

 

[thai]

i have the dell 9300 with the wuxga 17" screen. everything looks ok, but all images under Internet Explorer seems like it has been enlarged and its not as sharp. the LCD screen resolution is 1920x1200, but viewing a 1280x960 image under IE will take up the entire screen and more, and require a little bit of scrolling. if setting the image as wallpaper, it looks fine on the desktop. i've already turned off IE image resize option. what can i do to have IE display images correctly? anyone got any ideas?

 

[leeland]

Originally posted by: johncatral
I just boughta Dell Inspiron 9300 Last Friday from the Dell Outlet and these our the specs.

Inspiron 9300 Notebook: Intel Pentium M 730 Processor (1.60GHz/533MHz FSB) Integrated Audio
Microsoft Windows XP Home
512 MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMM)
80 GB EIDE Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
128MB DDR ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300
17 inch UltraSharp Wide Screen XGA+
Wireless 1350 Internal Wireless
8x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability

I got this for $1169 but I'm thinking of returning it because I am not sure of the Video Card. I am a casual gamer that enjoys a game here and there and I would possibly get dissapiointed and frustrated with the ATI x300 SE. Any thoughts on this?

This is what I am thinking of getting instead. The laptops are very similar except the items that are in BOLD. With the $750 coupon I'm getting the new configuration for $1252 What do you gusy think? Do I sacrifice some of the items for the much better video card? I'm on a budget so I want to stick by the 1100-1300 range.

Inspiron 9300 Notebook: Intel Pentium M 730 Processor (1.60GHz/533MHz FSB) Integrated Audio
Microsoft Windows XP Home
512 MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMM)
40 GB Hard drive
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
17 inch UltraSharp? Wide Screen XGA+ Display
Wireless 1350 Internal Wireless
8x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability

Thanks for your thoughts!

- John

from what I have read you should get the 6800....the ati card is not up to snuff and will bog down....

I just got mine tonight...just finishing the formatting of the drive to get all the sh!t off of it. For the most part it looks awsome...thing is way bigger than I expected....can't wait to try out a couple of games on it to see how it looks


one question though...I should run the games in 1900 x 1200 right ?

 

[johncatral]

With an Nvidia 6800 you should be able to run the newer games at 1900x1200.

 

[CptTripps]

My XPS2 came with DPI @ 120 (Large), I set it back to normal and the text is not fuzzy anymore, but of course it is small.

As far as gaming in 1900x1200, yes it is great and you should have no probs. But I have run 1680x1050 just testing and the interpolation (fuzziness) was not really a problem, it still looked great.

Return that x300 turd, the upgrade is worth it even for the casual gamer.