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post #21 of 32
3/18/05 at 7:19am
BTW ... the offers on the 9300 on that crazy weekend were (AFAIK):
- Free upgrade from 128MB X300 to 256MB GF Go 6800 graphics (incidentally the Dell rep suggested that if I wanted the notebook now, I could downgrade to the X300 and they'll chop $100 off ... I said no, I'll wait thank you very much!) ... savings of $620
- Free 3 year theft cover upgrade and bundling of SupportPlan with 3 year Collect and Return ... savings of $288
- 33% cash off ... savings of $1286

Total saving of $2194 AUD ... man I feel sorry for those who ordered fully specced out 9300's the Friday before these offers came out ... heh ... did I miss any other offers (apart from the $300 off)?
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post #22 of 32
3/18/05 at 7:44am
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Originally Posted by CalmOcean
a week ago i got my i6000 and though i love the design, performance wise it sucks, the fps with the x300 card was so poor, leave alone the pathetic rendering it does on most the games i tried playing......

Luckily, a 33% discount on 9300 just came by and so i decided to send back my i6000 back to where it should be .....

The followings is the specs of my new i9300 which is scheduled for delivery on 30th March........

Inspiron(TM) 9300 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor at 760 2.0 GHz, 2MB Cache, 533 MHz FSB
17" UltraSharp(TM) Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife(TM): 1920x1200
1024MB (2 X 512MB) 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM
256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) Go 6800
60GB Ultra ATA 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive
Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive
Integrated Stereo Sound with Subwoofer
Integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet
Charcoal Leather Color Kit
1Yr Limited Warranty with Next Business Day Onsite Service
1Year Onsite Warranty with Standard Phone Support (Mon-Fri 0800-2000, Sat 1000-1
Dell(TM) Wireless 350 Bluetooth Module
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915 Dual Band 802.11a/b/g 54Mbps MiniPCI Wireless Card
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition (English)
Internal 56K Modem
9-Cell 80Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Deluxe Nylon Case


Total AUD 4358
and after 33% discount + $300 onlin coupon, total came down to a whooping AUD 2742.30 (somewhere USD 2190)

The offer was so hot to resist, so i send back my i6000 (by the way, the graphic sucks on i6000 (pentium M 2.0 760, 1 GB DDR2 RAM, with the 128 MB ATI x300, in fact, my i600m with the 64 MB ATI radeon 9000, Pentium M 1.5 Ghz, 512 MB RAM was able to play most games comfortably or even better than i6000) which i got last week (worth AUD $3000) and order this (33% discount) awesome offer (weekend offer in Australia) + the Geforce 6800 go

Would love to read other australians who got the last weekend offer...
What was the specs on your i6000?
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post #23 of 32
3/18/05 at 8:03am
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Originally Posted by uhoo
the salesguy mentioned that because of the Geforce shortage, the colour kit would arrive before the notebook . .the delay? 3 weeks from today!! Which means that it'll ship in mid-April
What's your status on the online tracker? Is it still 29?
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post #24 of 32
3/18/05 at 9:14am
Yes, still shows shipping date as 29 March, incidentally, colour kit shipping date is 1 April, so either my order wasn't affected by the shortage or they just haven't updated the page
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post #25 of 32
3/18/05 at 9:24am
Ugh, it makes me worry. Mine also shown as 29 March and stuck on "In Production" stage ...
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post #26 of 32
3/18/05 at 9:37am
I spec'd a 9300 and saved the cart on Thursday, ($3700) went to buy on Saturday but the price was $4200. Retrieved the cart and placed the $3700 order on Saturday. Checked prices on Sunday and the same 9300 but with a faster processor and better video card was $3300. Cancelled the order on Monday and re-ordered. What a deal. Checked price on Tuesday. $5300 Aus. Regards Alan
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post #27 of 32
3/18/05 at 9:51am
Oh no!
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post #28 of 32
3/18/05 at 10:03am
BTW, does anyone know if there's a number that we can call to check on order status? The U.S. Dell store seems to have an automated telephone system that can tell you what build stage the order is in, e.g. building, kitting, etc. The live humans at the call centre don't have a clue. .
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post #29 of 32
3/18/05 at 12:21pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by joybugoy
What was the specs on your i6000?
the followings were the spec of i6000 which i returned to get i9300 (33% discount offer)
Pentium M 760, 2.0
1 GB DDR2 533Mhz RAM
80 GB 5400 RPM ATA
128 MB ATI x300
DVD +/-RW
15.4" WUXGA 1920x1200
bluetooth
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post #30 of 32
3/18/05 at 12:23pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by uhoo
BTW, does anyone know if there's a number that we can call to check on order status? The U.S. Dell store seems to have an automated telephone system that can tell you what build stage the order is in, e.g. building, kitting, etc. The live humans at the call centre don't have a clue. .
no clue on that, but if there is one, it will be much easier to keep track than calling those live DELL people
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post #31 of 32
3/18/05 at 12:24pm
Thread Starter 
my shipping date is still 30th March...no change at all... does it mean, mine is right on schedule?? hoping so....
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post #32 of 32
3/18/05 at 6:13pm
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Originally Posted by CalmOcean
the followings were the spec of i6000 which i returned to get i9300 (33% discount offer)
Pentium M 760, 2.0
1 GB DDR2 533Mhz RAM
80 GB 5400 RPM ATA
128 MB ATI x300
DVD +/-RW
15.4" WUXGA 1920x1200
bluetooth
yikes..that's better than what i have and it sucked? But then again you're agamer, i understand.

Well i don't play too much games anyway, i only have starcraft and tantra on this lappy http://www.tantra.ph

Thanks for the info
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