cme4oil said:em17976 said:But you must remember it comes at no charge with"Dell HELL".

That is their crappy service or BS.

Come on, get real - Dell does not have crappy service. About the only ones I usually hear say that are the ones trying to take extreme advantage of Dell and getting a little push back on it.

Sorry to disagree with you but I own three Dell laptops and one desktop and their service S*CKS bigtime. Try getting through their crappy auto call attendant. Try getting help from India or Indonesia. Hell, I just purchased a harddrive from THEM for one of my laptops and they sent me the wrong mount - guess what, it took me two weeks, four or five calls, having to send pictures of both the right and wrong parts to show them it was wrong, and when I finally got the correct part they charged me $12 for it??? I tried to buy a dvd burner to replace the cd burner on another machine and they sent be FOUR burners for the wrong machine (dimension versus inspiron). I finally sent picutures again of the right versus wrong parts before I got the correct one, and that was only after I finally called and asked for the president in Texas and a "representative" called me back. I thing he is reason I finally got the correct part. (anyone need burners for a dimension? i have four for sale or trade.....) Sorry guy, they S*CK big time. Forget about my nightmare with getting a failed laptop motherboard repaired under warranty. It is a joke having to call Dell and get anything from them. Just my nickels worth.

Got it now, thanks.

For anyone else in the same boat:
1. click on "Shipping" (to the left of the $69)
2. Window comes up, pick $19 - $19 option, 3-5 days.

Thanks OP!

Wifey wanted 1520 Inspiron with the purdy case option like one of her friends just got... but she will be more happy when I tell her I spent $200 less...

[I upgraded to the TL and 6 cell battery - foolish not to for those considering the choices... Battery has to last as long as my wife's former Dell 8600, or she will complain that it is not as good... ]

I also threw in a Epson R260 to get the ink for $14 AR. I know there are cheap OEM cartridges, but the Clarion ink is suppose to last longer. We print-out pics for everyone at Christmastime, so this is a great deal on genuine Epson ink which is $75 at Sams or $30ish on eBay...

Has anyone figured out how to use DPA with this to save extra?

SirZ said:spiffyjwc said:SirZ said:OUCH!! 69 dollar shipping?? (plus 40+ tax)

Really? My cart says free shipping....

I did the XP with TL, and once I logged in it gave me 69 shipping plus 40something tax.

Some do pay tax, I never do for any buys (Oregon) as I recall 2 other states the same.

No firewire?? (for my camcorder)

is there any equilvant deal on 14.1? thanks

sreebalt said:CAN SOME BODY TELL ME WHAT IS EQUIVALENT AMD PROCESSOR FOR INTEL CORE2DUO? I am seriously looking for goodlaptop and guide me where to get comparisons between AMD and Intel processors - thx sree

NO. oops forgot caps lock on. I have friends Sergey and Larry at Google, they might help.

NccOps said:$391 shipped

No tax in oregon

Couldnt use DPA, but got approved for Dell biz account, that took 2% more off

We'll see if FatCash shows up as well.

Actually it now is on the FW Dell SB offer page, so FW cash will kick in if linked thru them.

thisboyshouts said:redasuka said:Never consider a AMD inside laptop... it's not the same performance as a desktop.

No doy!

Actually AMD Dual Cores beat Intel Core Duos. Core 2 Duos are significantly better than AMDS though. The processors available for this deal all have 512 cache which sucks I personally wouldn't buy one. The thing I found as odd is that there seems to be no way to get Vista home Deluxe. It conflicts with the optical drive and you have no other option for an optical drive.