New Dell Notebook Deals (8200 - $1299 & 4100 - $1049)

[aphex]

Some Nice Deals: (Not as good as the 8100 deal from a few weeks ago, but not bad)

Inspiron 8200 - $1299 (after $150 MIR + $50 Coupon) - LINK

• Intel® Pentium® 4 1.6GHz-M Processor, 15" Ultra XGA TFT Display (Free Upgrade from SXGA)
  128MB,DDR,266M,1DIMM
  32MB DDR 4X AGP NVIDIA® GeForce2 Go? 3D Video
  20GB4 Ultra ATA Hard Drive
  8X Max DVD Drive
  Internal 56K1 Modem (Integrated Ethernet)
  Microsoft®Works Suite 2002 with Money 2002 Standard with DVD media
  1 Year Limited Warranty5 plus 1 Year Mail-In Service

Inspiron 4100 - $1049 (After $150 MIR) - LINK

• Mobile Intel®Celeron?Processor 1.06GHz-M 14.1 XGA 16MB Video
  128MB,SDRAM,2DIMMs
  20 GB4 Ultra ATA Hard Drive
  FREE 8X Max DVD-ROM Upgrade! (from CD-ROM)
  Internal 56K1 Modem
  Microsoft®Works Suite 2002 with Money 2002 Standard
  1 Year Limited Warranty5 plus 1 Year Mail-In Service

The $50 coupon can be found on many deal sites...

 

[love]

Its their mistake on website. Today, they are not offereing FREE UPGRADE to CR-RW/DVD Combo.

Today :

1) FREE DISPLAY UPGRADE
2) FREE MEMORY UPGRADE or 150$ REBATE

 

[aphex]

I was curious about that as well, when you configure it, it dosent come up free. Ok, i'll edit. Thanks.

 

[after5cst]

There's also a coupon out to take $50 off an 8200, and it worked as of a few minutes ago. So, you can skim another $50 off the 8200 -- putting the price at just under $1300.

Still about $200 too much for me to lose my sanity and order one, though.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: after5cst
There's also a coupon out to take $50 off an 8200, and it worked as of a few minutes ago. So, you can skim another $50 off the 8200 -- putting the price at just under $1300.

Yea, i noticed that too.. Just one thing i noticed on the bebate that made me hesitant if you use the coupon as well, is the system considered regular price??

From the Rebate: "Rebates are redeemable after purchase at regular system price. "

Anyone know?

 

[love4god]

A bit off topic here ----

But if anyone got in on one of those last two 8100 deals but wants to get rid of their system now.... please PM me with details....

Thanks
Larry

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: love4god
A bit off topic here ----

But if anyone got in on one of those last two 8100 deals but wants to get rid of their system now.... please PM me with details....

Thanks
Larry

Sorry, but i am in LOVE with my 8100 from the last deal..

 

[RossMAN]

Not bad but not nearly as hot as the 8100 deal was (still regretting I didn't jump on that). I configured a 4100 for $1,437 - $150 MIR.

Still think I'll wait for the CostCo/Toshiba & Compaq deals in August.

 

[numlock]

where is the coupon, im about to buy and i'd like it ... also, anyone know of how ot get free shipping? cause its a lot to pay

 

[Dotman]

I'm with you aphex, I love my 8100. The 8200 sounds nice though. Can take a gig of ram, more than the 8100. BTW, I just got one of those $100 off coupons with a biz catalog, so check your mail, you might have one. If not, make sure you go to the biz section and request a catalog, that way they'll start sending them to you.

Dot

 

[dpm]

Does anyone know what the battery life is on these? They aren't exactly tiny, so hopefully the battery is decent, or am I just being hopeful ?

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: dpm
Does anyone know what the battery life is on these? They aren't exactly tiny, so hopefully the battery is decent, or am I just being hopeful ?

My 8100 gets ~3 hours on a fully charged single battery with normal usage...

 

[Dotman]

dpm, make sure you choose a fixed optical drive, ideally the combo, keeping both front bays open for dual batteries, easily giving you a full days work.

Dot

 

[airduct]

typing on my uxga 8200 right now... the screen is gorgeous!!! if you're worried about small fonts, just increase it and it still looks great because the pixels are so small... i think it is .19 in uxga and .21 in sxga... check the dell for more info. if you have more dough, get the enhanced uxga for 400:1 contrast as opposed to the regular 250:1 in uxga. i got in on the last 8200 deal and very happy.

 

[JumpOnDeals]

Originally posted by: aphexII
Some Nice Deals: (Not as good as the 8100 deal from a few weeks ago, but not bad)

Inspiron 8200 - $1349 (after $150 MIR) - LINK

• Intel® Pentium® 4 1.6GHz-M Processor, 15" Ultra XGA TFT Display (Free Upgrade from SXGA)
  128MB,DDR,266M,1DIMM
  32MB DDR 4X AGP NVIDIA® GeForce2 Go? 3D Video
  20GB4 Ultra ATA Hard Drive
  8X Max DVD Drive
  Internal 56K1 Modem (Integrated Ethernet)
  Microsoft®Works Suite 2002 with Money 2002 Standard with DVD media
  1 Year Limited Warranty5 plus 1 Year Mail-In Service

Use the $50 Off Coupon Code (found on coupon sites) for an Additional $50 Off!

Steve

 

[hoihtah]

ah~~~

i want one.

with everything that i want, it still come out to about $1800.



that same as cash 90 day thing sounds so tempting.

 

[SuperShaz]

This is great. I've been waiting for a good deal on a Laptop. The $150 MIR and the Free Display Upgrade are in my opinion a way better deal than the cdrw upgrade.

If anyone is interested in this, I urge you to take the $150 MIR instead of the memory upgrade. Dell is quite funny with their memory configurations. They charge $150 to go from 128mb (1 dimm) to 256mb (2 dimm). However, they sell the 128mb 1 Dimm Upgrade in their software and acessories store for only $49 (even less with the coupons you can use on that part of the store). So apparently they charge $100 for installation. I'm going to save $100 and install the extra dimm myself.

Does anyone know how long the Free Display Upgrade is going to last? Its not a 1 day thing is it? If I buy this after June 20th then I won't have to pay for it until August 20th because of the way my Discover Card works.

- SuperShaz

 

[bit]

i believe the free display upgrade promotion expires 6/19.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: SuperShaz
This is great. I've been waiting for a good deal on a Laptop. The $150 MIR and the Free Display Upgrade are in my opinion a way better deal than the cdrw upgrade.

If anyone is interested in this, I urge you to take the $150 MIR instead of the memory upgrade. Dell is quite funny with their memory configurations. They charge $150 to go from 128mb (1 dimm) to 256mb (2 dimm). However, they sell the 128mb 1 Dimm Upgrade in their software and acessories store for only $49 (even less with the coupons you can use on that part of the store). So apparently they charge $100 for installation. I'm going to save $100 and install the extra dimm myself.

Does anyone know how long the Free Display Upgrade is going to last? Its not a 1 day thing is it? If I buy this after June 20th then I won't have to pay for it until August 20th because of the way my Discover Card works.

- SuperShaz

Even better than that, buy extra ram through Crucial when there is a 20% and coupon sale... I got a 256 meg chip for my laptop for $64 or so...

 

[OTR]

One thing to consider with the display upgrades is that having a native resolution of 1600x1200 is pretty silly on a 15" monitor. Then, when you want to use a more reasonable 1024x768, it looks fuzzy, given the tendency of LCD's to only look crisp at native resolutions.

I just ordered an Inspiron 8200 for our company and actually had to accept a "not so great" deal because the 15" Latitudes that we get price breaks on all have UXGA and we need a lower native resolution.

 

[gritz]

I agree that the UXGA is problematic at 1600 x 1200. So I'm probably going to get the 4100. UXGA probably looks crisp at 800x600 since every 4 pixels would become one, but seems like that is not the way to solve the problem.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: gritz
I agree that the UXGA is problematic at 1600 x 1200. So I'm probably going to get the 4100. UXGA probably looks crisp at 800x600 since every 4 pixels would become one, but seems like that is not the way to solve the problem.

Personally i LOVE my native 1600x1200 resolution on the 15" screen. Its simply GEORGOUS.

BTW: Define problematic?

 

[Dotman]

gritz, I mentioned this in an earlier thread, our company bought 4 4100's of which I set up, and I found them to be incredibly flimsy, particularly the screen. Simply touching the back of the screen sent ripples throughout the lcd, which besides making me uncomfortable, was annoying as hell. the insprions on the other hand feel quite solid IMHO.

Dot

 

[kimagurealex]

RossMAN:
"Not bad but not nearly as hot as the 8100 deal was (still regretting I didn't jump on that). I configured a 4100 for $1,437 - $150 MIR.

Still think I'll wait for the CostCo/Toshiba & Compaq deals in August. "

How good is the Costco/ Compaq deal in August? I am looking for a laptop and hate the dell's cheap feel. Compaq looks pretty good right now.
Alex

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: kimagurealex
RossMAN:
"Not bad but not nearly as hot as the 8100 deal was (still regretting I didn't jump on that). I configured a 4100 for $1,437 - $150 MIR.

Still think I'll wait for the CostCo/Toshiba & Compaq deals in August. "

How good is the Costco/ Compaq deal in August? I am looking for a laptop and hate the dell's cheap feel. Compaq looks pretty good right now.
Alex

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