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The $50 instant off is fairly standard. I've been watching for 2 weeks now thinking Dell would cut prices, or provide free shipping, since it's almost the end of their fiscal quarter. I haven't pulled the trigger yet, if that tells you anything.
The $50 instant off is fairly standard. I've been watching for 2 weeks now thinking Dell would cut prices, or provide free shipping, since it's almost the end of their fiscal quarter. I haven't pulled the trigger yet, if that tells you anything.
Don't forget the outlet too. I got 2 nicely equiped Q6600 530 computers (no "N") out of the outlet a few months ago, one for $279, the other for $329. Both of them were a month or two old when I bought them, looked brand new, GO stepping. Vista home basic. Takes awhile of searching the deals, but in my free time scored a couple nice ones.
clearanceman said:Don't forget the outlet too. I got 2 nicely equiped Q6600 530 computers (no "N") out of the outlet a few months ago, one for $279, the other for $329. Both of them were a month or two old when I bought them, looked brand new, GO stepping. Vista home basic. Takes awhile of searching the deals, but in my free time scored a couple nice ones.
To be honest, I want Ubuntu pre-loaded on the machine for various reasons. I called about getting it done on the $499 machine because the hardware (RAM and HD) is slightly better. No dice. When configured to be the same, the 530N was $100 more than the 530.
I have the luxury of time, so I'll wait a little longer.
clearanceman said:BTW, what's the "N" and how is it different than the regular 530?
Guessing 'Non-standard OS'. That's the only difference. Hardware's the same. Only the Inspiron 530 desktop and 1525 laptop have the designation. You can get linux on the XPS M1330, but there's no 'N' designation.
c'mon Dell, it's the end of your fiscal quarter at the end of July isn't it??? Can't you come up with any hotter deals that this? How about regular Inspiron 530's at these prices, then maybe I'd pull the trigger.
(sorry OP, not trying to threadcrap, I just am disappointed at Dell's "deals" at the end of this fiscal quarter so far)
It's nice to see more hardware choices from Dell with Ubuntu. Earlier this summer when I was looking, it was pretty clear that Dell was only putting Ubuntu on hardware it was trying to clearance out.
For point of reference, I ended up buying from Newegg a nice slim and quiet Asus barebones w/ ATI x1250 integrated graphics, 2600 X2 AMD, and 2 GB RAM for $250. HD and monitor were scavenged from the old box. I have no idea about game use, but it is a great Ubuntu box for writing, gimp, internet, and a/v.
EricGo07 said:It's nice to see more hardware choices from Dell with Ubuntu. Earlier this summer when I was looking, it was pretty clear that Dell was only putting Ubuntu on hardware it was trying to clearance out.
This is part of my reasoning for wanting to get Ubuntu pre-loaded directly from Dell. Personally, I do want to do my part to show that there is demand out there. Hopefully, it would provide more business incentive to throw more resources into the Dell Linux team. I'm not convinced that Dell was providing Ubuntu on hardware that they wanted clearanced since there's more effective outlets for them. I think that the staffing dedicated to Linux development and support is limited causing isolated configuration tests and a handful of certified drivers.
If I do go with the $499 deal on the cash-back page, I'm not showing that directly-tied-to dollars support that Dell values, even if I do wipe the OS and load Ubuntu. At the same time, it's hard for me to justify spending $100 more for the same configuration just to make a point. Particularly since I wouldn't be paying for the windows license.
That's probably more information than anyone cares to hear about my specific motivations, but I thought I'd share anyway.
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