Leon
06-08-2006, 08:39 PM
Second in line behind the entry level Inspiron 2650 is the Mid-Level Inspiron 4150. Thinner and lighter, this baby is great for those of you always on the go, but still want to have all the peripherals that an ultra-compact laptop sacrifices. Check out what you get:<ul>
<li>Mobile Pentium®4 Processor 1.7GHz-M
<li>14.1 SXGA+
<li>ATI Radeon Mobility 16MB Video
<li>24X CD-RW with Roxio`s Easy CD Creator®
<li>256MB DDR 266MHz RAM (2 DIMMs)
<li>30 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
<li>Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
<li>No Floppy Drive (You might want to add it if you still use floppies a lot. It`s only a $20 option)
<li>Integrated Network Card
<li>Internal 56k Modem</ul>
This is quite the system for just $100 over the 2650 model, definitely worth it
in my opinion.* This great price is due to a $300 instant discount (expires
8/23/02) and a $350 rebate (expires 8/31/02). Like the 2650 deal, most of the cheapest options are already chosen. <ul>
<li>First, go to <a href="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=37628499&siteid=38421795&bfpage=odo8" target="_blank"><b>DELLSB</b></a>
<li>Somewhere in the middle, it should say, <b>"Save $250 Instantly! Affordable Notebooks!"</b> Click on that.
<li>Choose the Inspiron 4150 SE and <b>Customize It</b>
<li>Just choose the cheapest options for everything. When I went through it, everything was already done and I didn`t have to change a thing.
<li>Add it to your cart and check out.
<li>Choose ground shipping, it should be free.
<li>Send in the $350 <a href="http://www.dell.com/downloads/us/bsd/bsd_rebate_inspironbundle_020801.pdf" target="_blank"><b>REBATE</b></a></ul>
Now, you will probably have to pay for sales tax unless you live in a very lucky state. This is a ridiculously good deal for this notebook. A friend of mine paid over $200 MORE for an inferior notebook. I`m still kinda bummed about that. <ul>
<li><font color="#CE0E0E"><b>Update:</b></font> We`ve been getting some emails
from people who called Dell, some saying that the rebates are good, others
saying the rebates are not. The reason for this apparent controversy is
the small print at the bottom of the rebate stating <i>"Can NOT be combined
with any other promotion on the BSD website going on between x date and y
date."</i> The issue is there have ALWAYS been promotions, whether the
promotions were $ off, or free shipping (yes, the free shipping they
practically always have is listed as a promotion). In the past, these
rebates were always honored with these, which makes complete sense. Why
would a $300 rebate be voided by free shipping? Why would it be voided
by a $ off discount that you can`t remove? The SE bundle rebates could
NOT, however, be combined with other Inspiron mail in rebates(which also makes
sense). Anyhow, we`ve contacted our Dell liaison and he will get back to
us with a definitive answer from someone with the authority to say.</li>
<li><font color="#ce0e0e"><b>Update2:</b></font>
Valid!* We spoke with Philip (x57674), who checked with his manager, Heather
Jones, who according to Philip, has the authority to definitively say whether
the rebate is valid or not says as long as the system base code numbers match
up, AND THEY DO, the rebate is valid.* w00t!</li>
<li><font color="#ce0e0e"><b>Update3:</b></font> Rebate changed to expire
8/21/02.</li>
</ul>
<li>Mobile Pentium®4 Processor 1.7GHz-M
<li>14.1 SXGA+
<li>ATI Radeon Mobility 16MB Video
<li>24X CD-RW with Roxio`s Easy CD Creator®
<li>256MB DDR 266MHz RAM (2 DIMMs)
<li>30 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
<li>Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
<li>No Floppy Drive (You might want to add it if you still use floppies a lot. It`s only a $20 option)
<li>Integrated Network Card
<li>Internal 56k Modem</ul>
This is quite the system for just $100 over the 2650 model, definitely worth it
in my opinion.* This great price is due to a $300 instant discount (expires
8/23/02) and a $350 rebate (expires 8/31/02). Like the 2650 deal, most of the cheapest options are already chosen. <ul>
<li>First, go to <a href="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=37628499&siteid=38421795&bfpage=odo8" target="_blank"><b>DELLSB</b></a>
<li>Somewhere in the middle, it should say, <b>"Save $250 Instantly! Affordable Notebooks!"</b> Click on that.
<li>Choose the Inspiron 4150 SE and <b>Customize It</b>
<li>Just choose the cheapest options for everything. When I went through it, everything was already done and I didn`t have to change a thing.
<li>Add it to your cart and check out.
<li>Choose ground shipping, it should be free.
<li>Send in the $350 <a href="http://www.dell.com/downloads/us/bsd/bsd_rebate_inspironbundle_020801.pdf" target="_blank"><b>REBATE</b></a></ul>
Now, you will probably have to pay for sales tax unless you live in a very lucky state. This is a ridiculously good deal for this notebook. A friend of mine paid over $200 MORE for an inferior notebook. I`m still kinda bummed about that. <ul>
<li><font color="#CE0E0E"><b>Update:</b></font> We`ve been getting some emails
from people who called Dell, some saying that the rebates are good, others
saying the rebates are not. The reason for this apparent controversy is
the small print at the bottom of the rebate stating <i>"Can NOT be combined
with any other promotion on the BSD website going on between x date and y
date."</i> The issue is there have ALWAYS been promotions, whether the
promotions were $ off, or free shipping (yes, the free shipping they
practically always have is listed as a promotion). In the past, these
rebates were always honored with these, which makes complete sense. Why
would a $300 rebate be voided by free shipping? Why would it be voided
by a $ off discount that you can`t remove? The SE bundle rebates could
NOT, however, be combined with other Inspiron mail in rebates(which also makes
sense). Anyhow, we`ve contacted our Dell liaison and he will get back to
us with a definitive answer from someone with the authority to say.</li>
<li><font color="#ce0e0e"><b>Update2:</b></font>
Valid!* We spoke with Philip (x57674), who checked with his manager, Heather
Jones, who according to Philip, has the authority to definitively say whether
the rebate is valid or not says as long as the system base code numbers match
up, AND THEY DO, the rebate is valid.* w00t!</li>
<li><font color="#ce0e0e"><b>Update3:</b></font> Rebate changed to expire
8/21/02.</li>
</ul>