Originally posted by: RossMAN
rehany - If you purchase your Dell laptop using a Visa, MasterCard or Amex you will receive 1 FREE year of extended warranty after the manufacturer's warranty expires. So if you buy 1 year or 3 years from Dell, you'll still only receive 1 year extra from Amex.
Originally posted by: RossMAN
rehany - You're welcome. Does Dell even offer a 2 year warranty on their laptops?
I'm not sure if you have to register your laptop with Amex in order for the FREE 1 year extended warranty to kick in, I would check the American Express Blue customer service website or give them a call and ask.
Originally posted by: SXMP
As far as floppy drives as someone mentioned, I see no real need. Now days most Bios allow boot-from-cd and with the extremely cheap prices of CD-RW drives and CD-R media, its almost cheaper to buy a CD burner and pack of 5 CD-RW's and use those instead of floppies.
Yeah, if you don't use floppies, you certainly don't want the internal floppy drive. For $30 you may want to get the external one and store it in the closet in case you need it someday.Originally posted by: RossMAN
I wouldn't get a floppy since it adds weight, bulk and expense. Unless you have an O/S which absolutely requires you book from a floppy disk I wouldn't get it because you can bootup in Windows from a CD-ROM startup disk.
Then again it's only $30 and you may need it some day, maybe get it if you never use it sell it on eBay.
On the other hand, that can also be a minus for some people...if the viewing angle includes the person in the seat next to me, I can't use my laptop on a plane except to play solitaire. I can't even watch a movie because the grandma sitting next to me might object to heavy p0rn!Originally posted by: SXMP
5) While I don't view this as too benefical, there are those out there who REALLY REALLY would find it benefical that the normal viewing range of the Ultrasharp is quite larger than the normal UXGA. Normal displays +/- 40 degrees of horizontal viewing angle with nominal "wash out" or loss in detail. Ultrasharp has horizontal viewing with nominal decrease at +/-70, which if you figure, thats 80degrees larger viewing angle. Not benefical to me, as usaully I am the only one viewing my display, but perfect for those frequently showing collegues or friends whats on their display. Also the vertical angle goes from +10/-30 to +50/-60 again the numbers speak for themselves.
Originally posted by: Mr.Diggler
The laptop I am buying has to have an internal floppy or it will be a pain. If I could find one with an internal LS-120 that would be perfect...why did this great device never catch on? It allows 120MB of storage on a Superdisk in a device that can use regular floppies as well. Far superior to the Floppy/Zip combo.
Thanks, I'll probably do that instead of crucial if I use Dell.Originally posted by: elways07
--Concerning memory for the 8200, you can buy 256MB from the Dell S&P store for $59.95 a stick with free shipping AND an additional 10% off, so $53.95 total SHIPPED for each 256MB stick you buy. The same memory at Crucial (the non-generic) costs $94/stick with the 15% off discount. Only downside is that Dell is low on stock and it'll take a week to ship the memory (no problem since the laptop will take just as long to get here).
When I tried to see if Home would save me money over Small Business with the 8.6% tax rate for me, my config was several hundred dollars more. If you are going for a more high end machine, I think the free add-ins at Home can save you money. If you are trying to just get a basic laptop, you cannot come close to the Small Business prices with Home. I noticed the warranties with Home are a lot more than with Small Business for some reason too.Originally posted by: elways07
--Don't know about you guys, but I sure as heck got a much better deal in the home division for my config WITHOUT trying to get the coupon to work and all the rebate BS...you guys should really check it out.
Wouldn't it though?! I guess we can spec out the RossMAN special now and see if any company will make it:Originally posted by: RossMAN
Now that would be cool. An internal LS120/floppy drive along with the optical 8x CD-RW/DVD, I can dream. I can really dream considering I still don't own a laptop