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post #1 of 11
7/11/06 at 4:17am
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First off, this is my first post, so hey guys.

Okay, right now (until 7/13 anyways) there are 30% off coupons for the E1505. With that going on, I decided to upgrade about everything I can on that model, so it ended up at 2,684. With 30% off, it ends up at 1,871. Not a bad deal if you ask me. The dilemma is this, however...I want the m1210 more than I want the e1505.

The e1505 is upgraded to 2 GB of ram, 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor, Ultrasharp Truelife 15.4" screen, 2 GB of RAM, 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™Go 7300 TurboCache, 60GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive, TV Tuner w/ Remote Control.

That's a heck of a system if you ask me.

Similar specs on the XPS will get me up closer to 2200-2300 range.

Do I wait until possible XPS deals come out, or do I go ahead and get a good deal on the e1505 while I can? I mean the 1505 is about as loaded as it will get in that deal, while I'll have to settle for lower specs on a 1210 to get down in the 1800-1900 range (which is where I need to be).

What's the call here fellas?
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post #2 of 11
7/11/06 at 9:11am
The XPS deals will come in time. I'd wait.

But then again, I'd never spend 1.8k on an e1505.
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post #3 of 11
7/11/06 at 9:58am
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then again, i'm going to have to figure something out in time for school...ahh i hate this lol
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post #4 of 11
7/11/06 at 11:33am
Well help us out with some more info then.

When do you need it by?
What are you going to use it for (aka do you even need the decked out options)?
What screen size do you prefer?
Do you intend to carry it around campus every day?
Price range?
And are you ony open to a dell?
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post #5 of 11
7/11/06 at 11:43am
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Well school starts Aug 21, so I'll need it by mid August at the latest.

I'll probably use it for net, homework, some music, (most of it will probably me on my iPod, if not all of it) and some gaming (1-2 games). Nothing extremely rigorous I'd say. I do want to be able to use it as a DVD player/CD player/etc.

As for carrying it around campus...I will probably take it with me at times, but more than likely it will spend a majority of its time in my dorm room.

Price range is 1500-1900.

And I'm open to any, but I'd probably prefer Dell just because I've always been a dell user.
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post #6 of 11
7/11/06 at 12:26pm
Ok. Unless you plan to be playing some BF2, F.E.A.R. or some of the newer FPS, I really like the e1505 for you then. If you were going to carry it around I'd get the m1210, but you will enjoy the bigger screen for movies. I'd knock the system down to 1.83ghz processor, 1 gig ram, ditch the tv tuner (torrent tv shows man :-p) and get the cheapest possible HD and upgrade it myself from newegg to save some cash. I'd buy after waiting around for a 30-35% coupon (ebay) that will stack with the university discount.
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post #7 of 11
7/11/06 at 1:29pm
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Thanks man, I am kinda leaning towards the e1505 now. I still don't really like the way it looks, but I guess performance is more important anyways so I'll live.

I still want to wait and see if I can get a good deal on an XPS during this 'ten days of deals' stuff goin on for dell. If not, I'll go ahead and get a e1505.
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post #8 of 11
7/11/06 at 2:07pm
I know what you mean. I really wanted the m1210 but wound up going for the e1405 for portability and preformance over style. Should this 10 days thing give a 1k or less deal on the XPS I might send mine back and get one, but the way these deals are looking I'm not holding my breath.
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post #9 of 11
7/11/06 at 2:14pm
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I know what you're saying, these deals so far have been mediocre at best. But from what everyone else has been saying (hoping?) and the way these deals have gone in the past, the better deals may be had the last day or two. I want to wait, but if I can get the e1505 upgraded a bit for 1,500 or so, I'd be thrilled.

I don't think I'm in the best position to be blowing unneccessary money right now anyway, with college and all, and not having worked all summer b/c of my shoulder haha. Thank god for that graduation party and money lol.

My only concern is that I may wait to see on the XPS deals and let the 1505 deal go without taking advantage of it...and then still need my laptop by the time school starts. I don't want to screw myself over. If time were no issue, this would be a lot easier.
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post #10 of 11
7/11/06 at 2:34pm
They seem to be pushing the Inspirons heavily right now, prob due to the new chip set coming out at the end of July. I'm guessing we'll see another deal on them once this 10 days is over--the XPS I'm not so sure about.

I'm recently out of college, and if you're at all into games you'll get sucked into to BF2 or whatever the new/hot FPS or mmorpg is. I'd get a barebones laptop for like $499 for class and use the other $1k to build yourself a really sweet gaming desktop from scratch.
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post #11 of 11
7/14/06 at 2:53am
I'll go with the e1505 my self. And why don't you get the x1400? I think they are better than the Go7300. Am I right? Have you used the student discount? If not then use it and stack it up with a 30% coupon discount. But Iam still confused myself where to get coupons that can be stackable with the student discount? Does anyone know?
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