Dell Home: Inspiron 2600 Laptop Celeron 1.06Ghz 14.1" 128MB 20GB $824, New Inspiron 2650 P4-1.4Ghz 256MB DVD/CDRW $1224

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Dell Home system has 1) Free Memory Upgrade OR upto $200 rebate On notebooks 2) Free Memory Upgrade OR upto $150 rebate On Dimension desktops 3)Free CD-Burner or DVD Upgrade on select Dimension desktops 4) Free Display Upgrade on Inspiron 8200 notebook.

Use a $75 off systems coupon to save more! No tax in most states. Now Dell only has a generic rebate form so you may want to print out the detailed rebate offers.

Inspiron 2600 Notebook with Celeron 1.06GHz, 14.1" TFT, 128MB, 20GB, CD-ROM, Modem, NIC, XP Home, MS Works for $999 - $75 off coupon - $100 rebate = $824. On the main page, choose "notebooks" >> "Inspiron 2600 from $899" >> "Recommended Systems starting at $899 After Rebate".

New Inspiron 2650 Notebook with Pentium 4-1.4GHz, 14.1" TFT, 128MB DDR, 20GB, CD-ROM, 8MB Geforce2Go, Modem, NIC, XP Home, MS Works for $1299 - $75 off coupon - $100 rebate = $1124. On the main page, choose "notebooks" >> "Inspiron 2650 from $1199" >> "Recommended Systems starting at $1,199 After Rebate".

New Inspiron 2650 Notebook with Pentium 4-1.4GHz, 14.1" TFT, 256MB DDR, 20GB, 8X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive, Modem, NIC, XP Home, MS Works for $1648 - $75 off coupon - $100 rebate and $249 rebate = $1224. Enter E-Value code: 6V776-Bundle in the top left box to get the configuration.

 

[RossMAN]

YADD: Yet Another Dell Deal

http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/offers/specials_m_inspn2650.htm

The laptop I would want priced at $1,536 - $75 coupon - 2% eBates - $100 MIR = $1,331.78 or I could get free double RAM and not get the rebate, I think it depends on the available RAM slots (probably 2) and how much Crucial.com is charging for RAM.

 

[RossMAN]

Ok I did some research and here's what I found out:

1) I'm helplessly addicted to laptop deals

2) According to Dell's tech specs the RAM maxes out at 512MB with 2 available slots:
128 MB SDRAM standard, upgradeable to 512 MB maximum
SDRAM configurations include one of 128, 192, 256, 384 or 512 MB
2 SoDIMM sockets, one is user-accessible and one is factory configurable

3) Damn Crucial.com does not sell RAM for this laptop. So it looks like I'd get the free RAM upgrade instead of the $100 rebate.

4) Damn ePinions.com has no reviews for this relatively new laptop but I did find this (search for 2650) and this.

 

[hoihtah]

dang... i wanna lappy as well.
but i think i'll pass on this one. i should've jumped on the 8100.

 

[after5cst]

*Rapidly looks at Dell's site, repeatedly through the entire day, trying to make up mind*

Sigh. I've been wishing I'd jumped on that 8100 deal as well when it came by, but just couldn't pull the trigger finger then. The other two deals are OK, but nothing exceptional IMO.

The bundle deal ( 6V776-Bundle ) is actually really good IMO after the rebate... but it doesn't allow you to customize the hardware ( well, hardly any at all ). I'd get this, but the video card only has 8MB of memory ( although it is a GeForce Go, so 3D performance shouldn't totally suck ). The rest of the lappy looks really good, though IMO -- I couldn't touch the price with any other configuration at Dell or other laptop sites that I briefly visited.

If they'd offered a good video card option on the bundle deal ( either 16MB+ in a GeForce format or even better a Radeon 7500 mobile option ), I would have parted with the money, even though it's a bit more than what I'm hoping to spend.

I may change my mind, but at the moment it's just not hot enough to burn a hole in my wallet.

 

[cys]

Dell sells memory sticks for 2600, about $79 for 256MB.
You can take the rebate and buy the memory stick,
toast one of the preinstalled 64MB stick and
get 320MB memory with 20 bucks less.

 

[riznick]

6V776-Bundle is dead
they wont allow you to get a p4 1.4 anymore

 

[DowntownII]

So does anyone have experience with using a coupon and rebates with Dell? I have done a lot of coupon and rebate deals elseware so I know most places don't have a problem, but I've never done one at Dell. The rebate form is kind of vague:

Rebates are redeemable after purchase at regular system price.

further down it reads:

Offer may not be combinable with all other offers or discounts available from Dell Home Systems Co.

Whaddya think?

 

[bit]

DowntownII,

dell rebate is reliable. now dell home uses generic rebate form so you may want to print out the rebate offer with your system configuration.

 

[DowntownII]

Great, thanks for the info