Not only does the $650 coupon exist, but so does a new $750 one as well. From what I gather, it's an "affilate" coupon that Dell has provided different online "affiliates" to help advertise their products. Most of these coupons can be used a maximum of 10k times.
Mac vs. Dell. XP vs. OSX. Let's be honest...on the hardware side of things, they're neck & neck. There is give & take in types of applications & speed between the two systems.
For $1800 and some change (shipped) you get the following Dell setup:
1.83 GHz T2400 Duo Core
1 GB 667 DDR2 Mem
60 GB 7200 RPM HD
256 MB GeForce Go 7800 vid card
8x DVD/CD burner
1 53 mw battery AND 1 80 mw batter (2 total!)
Intel Wifi & Bluetooth cards
Here's the downside: these jerks have delayed my order 23 days! Unheard of! I orded on 3/1 and have received 3 delay notices each consecutive week. Lame. Their customer service is a waste of time too.
So if you're patient, you can get a sweet system. But Dell will give you the runaround and don't believe any of their shipping dates.
by Andy — Mar 16
Mac vs. Dell. XP vs. OSX. Let's be honest...on the hardware side of things, they're neck & neck. There is give & take in types of applications & speed between the two systems.
For $1800 and some change (shipped) you get the following Dell setup:
1.83 GHz T2400 Duo Core
1 GB 667 DDR2 Mem
60 GB 7200 RPM HD
256 MB GeForce Go 7800 vid card
8x DVD/CD burner
1 53 mw battery AND 1 80 mw batter (2 total!)
Intel Wifi & Bluetooth cards
Here's the downside: these jerks have delayed my order 23 days! Unheard of! I orded on 3/1 and have received 3 delay notices each consecutive week. Lame. Their customer service is a waste of time too.
So if you're patient, you can get a sweet system. But Dell will give you the runaround and don't believe any of their shipping dates.