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blackstar360
May 20th, 2008, 04:01 PM
I want to buy an XPS 1530 from dell.ca, but I want the best deal. Is $1399.00 ($420 off) a good deal for this laptop, or should I wait for a better deal for an XPS 1530 on the dell website. I upgraded the ram from 3 to 4 gb of ram which is $50 more. Below are the specs for the laptop.

PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM: Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate Edition
SYSTEM COLOUR: Tuxedo Black
LCD AND CAMERA: Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch LCD (1280x800) & 2.0 MP Camera
MEMORY: 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
HARD DRIVE: 320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD: 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT
OPTICAL DRIVE: 8X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
WIRELESS CARD: Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
BATTERY OPTIONS:56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
SOUND OPTIONS: Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition

Webkikr
May 20th, 2008, 10:03 PM
I want to buy an XPS 1530 from dell.ca, but I want the best deal. Is $1399.00 ($420 off) a good deal for this laptop, or should I wait for a better deal for an XPS 1530 on the dell website. I upgraded the ram from 3 to 4 gb of ram which is $50 more. Below are the specs for the laptop.

PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM: Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate Edition
SYSTEM COLOUR: Tuxedo Black
LCD AND CAMERA: Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch LCD (1280x800) & 2.0 MP Camera
MEMORY: 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
HARD DRIVE: 320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD: 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT
OPTICAL DRIVE: 8X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
WIRELESS CARD: Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
BATTERY OPTIONS:56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
SOUND OPTIONS: Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition

I have that exact laptop and I paid the same price.

If I were to order again I would not get the Sound Blaster Audigy, or the extra gig of memory.

The Windows Vista Ultimate that comes with this system is only 32bit so you can really only use 3.2gb of the memory. The sound is no real improvement over the standard audio offering to.

I did however get a better screen that goes up to 1650 x 1080 or something like that included in my price after emailing my cart to a rep to see what they could do for me on a better price.