<a href="http://www.gottadeal.com/Deal/11412" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.dell.com/images/global/configurator/chassis/inspn_6000_cfg.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><br />Hot laptop deal. Get a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop with 1.6GHz Pentium-M (Centrino) processor, 512MB RAM, 40GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, WiFi and a 15.4" widescreen LCD display for $621.<br /><br />To get the deal, follow these instructions: First, click <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=RjWYtCqO0*M&subid=1&offerid=34197.1&type=10&tmpid=442&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fconfigure.us.dell.com%252Fdellstore%252Fconfig.aspx%253FCS%253D19%2526kc%253D6f898%2526oc%253Dd80715s" target="_blank">here</a> to go to this special configuration. Customize it with the following changes: remove TV tuner, no extended warranty, 40GB hard drive, DVD/CD-RW combo drive, MusicMatch Basic. Total should be $1,035. Then use 40% off coupon code <b>71GRJ4ZVZMDWMJ</b> to bring the price down to $621. Coupon expires 8/10 or after 4000 uses, whichever comes first.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gottadeal.com/Deal/11412" target="_blank">Dell Inspiron 6000 1.6Ghz, 15.4", 512MB, DVD/CD-RW, WiFi - $621 - Dell Home</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gottadeal.com/Coupon/751" target="_blank">All Current Dell Coupons</a> (Expires December 31, 2006)<br />

Also includes Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, RADEON X300 graphics and a free crappy Dell printer :)

what is the difference between it and regular xp?

for a laptop - not much. it'll have the media application for viewing pics, playing music, etc... you could always add a USB TV tuner card if you wanted to use it as a PVR or something.

But it will still be Windows XP? Media center is just a application that I can choose to use?

I got this thing priced down to $621 with 40 gig drive and jsut a cd burner.

Wow this is VERY HOT, great deal on a loaded laptop.

If you have questions regarding Windows Media Center 2005 read this
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/windowsxp_mce2005.asp

:gd_devild

I bought it!!!! I just can't pass this deal up. They didn't even charge me sales tax at checkout. Might later though??

Just too good of a deal. I don't think I am going to get funding for tuition to the online school. So that is going to be another few months away. Just went ahead and bought it dang it.

Edit: they charged the tax :(

This really is a good deal. Sure you could get one of the $499 AR specials from the Sunday ads every week, but those usually don't have 512MB RAM, have much slower Celeron processors, integrated less-powerful graphics and don't have the Dell quality.

The only upgrades I might suggest, and this depends on your needs, would be the DVD burner ($59 more), WSXGA+ resolution ($75 more) and/or the 80GB hard drive ($59 more). Because of the coupon, any upgrade also is 40% off :)

Very nice deal on a laptop with more features than you'd usually find at this price. You gotta love the 15.4" widescreen on a $620 laptop. One of the more tempting deals lately, although it's hard not to wait for another $750 off $1500 to come around.

I think I'll have to replace the windows xp with one my own copies of xp pro. Does this come with the xp media center discs? Maybe I could use it for a media center desktop pc?

"We're sorry, the coupon code you have entered has previously been redeemed."

?? doh!

Coupon expired. :( I was actually going to jump on this. I guess that's the price you pay for being productive and staying off the internet for most of a day.

This really is a good deal. Sure you could get one of the $499 AR specials from the Sunday ads every week, but those usually don't have 512MB RAM, have much slower Celeron processors, integrated less-powerful graphics and don't have the Dell quality.

The only upgrades I might suggest, and this depends on your needs, would be the DVD burner ($59 more), WSXGA+ resolution ($75 more) and/or the 80GB hard drive ($59 more). Because of the coupon, any upgrade also is 40% off :)
Not to mention the typical $499 Celeron underpowered laptops have $300 rebates!!!

Does this coupon work for anyone else? It appears to be ... dead :(

Yeah its dead. I was going to wait until later to get it myself. I'm glad I went ahead and purchased it.:banana01:

I'm going to see how the media center does and also how the screen looks. One of my customers have a insprion 5100 and the screen on it... the resolution was very low.

I'm glad I went ahead and purchased it.:banana01:

So am I, people don't realize that this wasn't another typical Dell deal ... this was scorching hot!

A loaded Centrino laptop with 15.4" widescreen LCD and 512MB RAM for under $700 is HOOOOOOOOOT :gd_not_ri

Maybe not entirely dead. The coupon code doesn't work on ANY notebook in the according pricerange, and that should still be working. I also believe the code went dead for awhile earlier today and came back on.... at least thats what I'm hoping. I was literally MINUTES away from buying it. I had to x out previously(when the code was intact) in order to check up on something else. Sure as hell wish I didn't now.

It might come back. Lets hope so.

Yeah Ross that is what really got me was the 15" wide screen. Plus being able to get a one year warranty on it for that was great.

I just tried again a few moments ago... no luck.
I'll try again I guess first thing tomorrow morning. I could use a 'praying like crazy' smilie right now.

I could use a 'praying like crazy' smilie right now.
We'll look for one, I see that you're from NotebookForums.com

Welcome aboard, I look forward to seeing you around :greenappl

34% off now isn't that bad, though the shipping thing is gone now too. So it will end up being about 100 more than I could of had yesterday. I wish I could wait for a good deal to come again, but my time is wasting as I'm leaving home at the end of August.