Dell Inspiron B120 (1.4GHz/512MB/40GB/WiFi) for $467

[RossMAN]

http://img.dell.com/images/global/configurator/chassis/inspn_b120_cfg.jpg

 

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=19&kc=07789&oc=D80506F&x=6&y=7

 

• Intel® Celeron® M 360 (1.40 GHz/1MB Cache/400MHz FSB)
• Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
• 14.1 inch WXGA LCD Panel
• 512MB Shared, 2 DIMM
• 40GB 5400rpm Hard Drive
• 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
• Dell 1370 Internal Wireless (802.11b/g, 54Mbps)
• 4-Cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (29WHr)
• 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support

[kmbrly]

So this is good "as-is"? (meaning I wouldn't need to upgrade this and upgrade that?)

 

A computer (laptop or desktop) for me is used strictly for "fun". Chat, IM's, GottaDeal, online banking, paying bills online, etc. Not much of a game person, but I do want to be able to watch DVD's.

 

I found a couple others that have tempted me, but one was a Gateway, and I'm not too crazy about having a Gateway, and the other was a Cisnet, but I've never heard of this brand.

 

Hmmmm..... this is very tempting.

[RossMAN]

Kim,

 

Good:

 

No rebates!!!

512MB RAM - you won't have to upgrade RAM which is nice.

Combo CD-RW/DVD you can burn CD's or watch DVD movies

WiFi included

 

Bad:

 

Battery life is poor maybe 1.5 hours

 

Verdict: BUY IT!

 

If you have a CitiBank or American Express credit card use that to pay for this laptop.

[kmbrly]

Is there an expiration date on this offer? (like in the next 48 hours?)

 

I think this is the one I'm going to go with. Will probably order it tomorrow evening

 

Thanks RossMAN, you're the bestest deal finder.

[RossMAN]

This should expire very soon, it may be gone by tomorrow night. Then you'll have to pay closer to $600.

 

Any reason you can't order tonight?

[sunshiine]

wow, this is a really good deal. i wish it was later on, so i could budget for it. but i'll keep checking!

thanks

[kmbrly]

This should expire very soon, it may be gone by tomorrow night. Then you'll have to pay closer to $600.

 

Any reason you can't order tonight?

 

Only that I'm a procrastinator. hehehe

 

Actually I could go ahead and order it tonight. My sister is repaying $$ that I had loaned her to buy a desktop a while back, so I was just going to use that to buy the laptop. It's almost like getting it for free, because I never really thought she'd pay me back.

[RossMAN]

If you can afford another $121, here is a 10x better deal:

 

Dell XPS M140 for $588

 

Comparison of XPS M140 vs Inspiron B120, better components are in bold:

• Pentium-M 1.73GHz vs Celeron 1.40GHz
• Windows MCE 2005 vs XP Home
• 60GB Hard Drive vs 40GB
• DVD Burner vs combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM
• 9 cell battery (6.5 hours) vs 4 cell (1.5 hours)
• XPS support vs Inspiron support

All those upgrades for only $121 more is a very sweet deal. The 9 cell battery itself costs a whopping $134.95.

[kmbrly]

If you can afford another $121, here is a 10x better deal:

 

Dell XPS M140 for $588

 

Comparison of XPS M140 vs Inspiron B120, better components are in bold:

• Pentium-M 1.73GHz vs Celeron 1.40GHz
• Windows MCE 2005 vs XP Home
• 60GB Hard Drive vs 40GB
• DVD Burner vs combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM
• 9 cell battery (6.5 hours) vs 4 cell (1.5 hours)
• XPS support vs Inspiron support

All those upgrades for only $121 more is a very sweet deal. The 9 cell battery itself costs a whopping $134.95.

You have a PM.

 

Just out of curiosity (and you know I'm so technology challanged), what's Windows MCE 2005??

[RossMAN]

You have a PM.

 

Just out of curiosity (and you know I'm so technology challanged), what's Windows MCE 2005??

Basically Windows XP Home with some extra multimedia features.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/evaluation/features.mspx

[kmbrly]

This has seemed like the sloooooowest 3-5 day shipping!!

 

Shipped on 5/25 from Patrick, NV (origin scan at 12:52pm)

Departure scan from San Pablo, CA on 5/26 at 2:23am

 

and then nothing... no updates since then. (I realize there's a weekend and a holiday that delays it a little bit too)

 

Scheduled delivery is 6/2

 

*sigh*

I'm such an impatient procrastinator