Vostro 220s Slim Tower PC with 18.5" Monitor for $434 ($399 plus $35 shipping).
Core 2 Duo E7500 processor, Windows 7, 18.5" LCD Monitor, 2GB memory, 320GB hard drive, CD/DVD Burner.
This looks like a really good deal if you're looking for a simple, low-profile desktop computer.
Western Digital 2TB MyBook Mirror Edition USB Drive for $144 when using codes FSDH6Z?TM9?SV6 and KSTLP8VVB99PDK .
It is a single USB desktop device with two 1TB drives inside.
While the drives can be striped together to give 2TB storage, it's best to use this in mirrored mode so the data is mirrored equally across both 1TB drives, giving redundancy should one of the drives fail.
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- Inspiron 15" Laptop for $399
Dual-Core Pentium T4400 processor, 3GB memory, 250GB hard drive, 6-cell battery, Wireless-g, CD/DVD Burner.
A pretty good configuration for the price.
The T4400 is actually a pretty nice processor, about the same performance as the T6600 that costs $75 to upgrade to.
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- Compaq Presario 15.6" Laptop $350 after rebate
Compaq Presario CQ61-410US 15.6" Laptop Computer for $380 with free shipping, and a $30 mail-in rebate is available.
It's pretty cheap for a laptop, the downside being the CPU.
Its CPU performs two times better than a Intel Atom processor found in netbooks, but about half that of a Core 2 Duo found in other laptops.
It does come with Windows 7 64bit, 2GB memory, and a 250GB hard drive.
Vostro 220s Slim Tower PC with 21.5" Monitor for $529 plus $35 shipping ($564).
Dual-Core E5400 2.7GHz processor, Windows 7, 2GB memory, CD/DVD Burner, 160GB hard drive.
Also includes a free 1TB USB Desktop Drive in the cart, which can be useful for backups and additional file storage.
Vostro 430 Tower PC with Core i5 Processor for $579 plus $35 shipping $614.
No monitor included at this price.
Core i5 650 3.2GHz processor, Windows 7, 3GB memory, CD/DVD Burner Drive, 500GB hard drive, Nvidia Geforce G310 512MB Video Card with DVI & HDMI output, Memory Card Reader.
Dell.com
- Poweredge T100 Server Computer $284
Dell Poweredge T100 Server for $568, and coupon BCBP2VBL0HXHWD brings it down to $259.
Add $25 for shipping.
The servers come with no operating system, so you are on your own to install and set up an OS.
The specs are pretty basic, with a Dual-Core E5400 2.7GHz processor, 1GB Memory, and a DVD drive.
Upgrading to a Core 2 Duo adds $61, or a quad-core Xeon adds $260.
The above configuration includes one 160GB hard drive.
If you want two 160GB's for $30 more, check out this configuration.
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- Vostro 1520 15" Laptop for $571
Vostro 1520 Laptop for $559 plus $12 shipping.
Specs are pretty good for the price: Core 2 Duo P7570 processor, 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive, CD/DVD Burner, and 6-cell battery.
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- Slim Desktop Computer with 20" Monitor $424 (expired)
Dell Vostro 220S Slim Desktop PC with Dual-Core E5400 2.7GHz processor, 2GB memory, 250GB hard drive, DVD-ROM drive, and 20" LCD Monitor for $389 plus $35 shipping.
Upgrading the processor to a faster Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz adds $80.
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Additional $50 off Vostro 1320 and 1520 laptops with code GD456QJ1Q0ML1H
Vostro 1320 13" Laptop for $549 with coupon GD456QJ1Q0ML1H .
It's the $599 laptop with Core 2 Duo T6670 processor, 2GB memory, 250GB hard drive, CD/DVD Burner, 6-cell battery, Windows 7.
Vostro 1520 15" Laptop for $519 with coupon GD456QJ1Q0ML1H .
It's the $569 model with Core 2 Duo T6670 processor, 3GB memory, 320GB hard drive, CD/DVD Burner, 6-cell battery, Windows 7.
Sharp 47" LCD 1080p 120Hz HDTV for $699.
TVs like this usually cost around $900.
It has mostly good reviews, however one negative review should be noted before considering buying it.
In our opinion and experience, Sharp TV's with the letters "SB" in the middle of their model number are Sharp's lower-end models, and not as good quality as other Sharp TV's.
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- Vostro 1520 15" Laptop & 750GB USB Drive for $611
Vostro 1520 with Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz T6670 Procesor, Windows 7, 4GB memory, 250GB hard drive, CD/DVD Burner, 6-cell battery for $599 plus $12 shipping ($611).
Once added to the cart, a free 750GB My Passport Essential USB Drive is added automatically.
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- Inspiron 13" Laptop for $412
Inspiron 13" Laptop in Blue with Dual Core T4300 2.1GHz processor, Windows Vista, 160GB hard drive, 2GB memory, 4-cell battery, webcam, CD/DVD Burner, and wireless-g for $399 plus $13 shipping.
Upgrading to a Core 2 Duo T6600 processor adds $75.
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- Vostro 220s Slim Tower PC with 18.5" Monitor $464
Scroll down a little on that page to find a Vostro 220s Slim Tower PC with 18.5" LCD Monitor, Core 2 Duo E7500 processor, 2GB memory, 250GB hard drive, and CD/DVD Burner for $429.
Add $35 for shipping.
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- 15% off refurbished laptop or desktop, code: JMFGR8?VJ5?9LH
Select desktops or laptops, view their inventory of refurbished products, add one to the cart, and code JMFGR8?VJ5?9LH gives 15% off in the cart.
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- refurbished Dell Mini 10v Netbook for $220
Click here then click the second "check availability & prices" button on the right, under the "Inspiron Mini 10v".
View their inventory of refurbished Mini 10v laptops for $259.
Most of them have identical specs, but look at the colors which may vary.
Some colors are white, pink, purple, and blue.
Find one you like, and add one to your cart.
Once added, apply code M$QZ9DZ7C12RD3 to the cart to get 15% off.
If you were able to add one at the $259 price, the final price should be about $220 after coupon with free shipping.
The 10v is a 10" Netbook with Windows XP, an Intel Atom processor, 160GB hard drive, 1GB of memory, 3-cell battery, webcam, wireless/b/g.
The refurbished products include a 1 year mail-in warranty service plan.
It also has a Secure Digital/SDHC memory card slot, so you can use SDHC cards for storage or for transferring files from cameras and digital devices.
The term "netbook" refers to a low powered laptop which can do email, web browsing, play some movies, print & store digital camera photos, and note taking, but won't be able to run big applications that a real laptop can, such as Photoshop.
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- Vostro 220s Slim Tower PC, 24" Monitor $534
Vostro 220s Slim Tower PC with 3GB memory, 500GB hard drive, CD/DVD Burner drive, and a Samsung 2494SW 24" LCD Monitor for $499 plus $35 shipping.
To get the monitor, select "no monitor" during configuration and the monitor appears automatically in the cart.
Its included Dual-Core E5300 processor is pretty good even though it's not a newer Core 2 Duo processor.
On CPUBenchmark.net, the E5300 is listed as a 1722 benchmark, which is rated about the same as a Core 2 Duo E7200.
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- 40% off Vostro 13" Laptops, code: GL3D56XJCW9FT0 (expired: 1/13)
Configure one of the Vostro 13" Laptops, upgrading its configuration to get the pre-discount price above $999 (the "Starting Price" shown when configuring the laptop, not the Instant Savings price), then apply code GL3D56XJCW9FT0 to get 40% off.
For example, configure this Vostro 13" Laptop with Core 2 Duo P7570 2.26GHz processor, 13" Ultrasharp TrueLife display, 3GB memory, CD/DVD Burner, 250GB hard drive with free-fall sensor, and a 9-cell battery.
Starting price comes to $1003, or $602 after applying the 40% coupon.
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- Studio Desktop Quad-Core PC with 20" Monitor $699
Studio Desktop PC for $699.
Under the Studio Desktop, select either "Personalize" for a regular tower PC or "Personalize With Slim Tower" for the slim model.
They includes a Core 2 Quad Q8300 processor, Dell ST2010 20" LCD Monitor, 4GB memory, 750GB hard drive, CD/DVD Burner, Windows 7, and 2 year in-home warranty service.
An upgrade to a 23" monitor adds $49 more.
The slim model takes up less space, but the regular tower has more upgrade options, such as adding your own Geforce GT 240 1GB Video Card.
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- Lenovo 10" Ideapad Netbook for $209
Lenovo IdeaPad S10E Netbook for $197 plus $11.50 shipping.
Has an Intel Atom processor, 1GB memory, 160GB hard drive, webcam, memory card reader, Windows XP, and a 3-cell battery.
Netbooks are designed to do simple Internet tasks, such as surfing the web, doing email, taking notes, reading digital books, storing/printing digital camera photos.
Some Netbooks are small enough to fit in hotel roof safes, but that depends on the size of the safe.
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- cheap T100 server for $269, T300 server for $499
Dell Poweredge T100 Server for $269 with coupon K7KBZ4PRJ1VDD1 with free shipping.
It includes no operating system, no keyboard, no mouse, and no monitor.
You are on your own to install your own operating system, such as a free Linux OS.
Consider upgrading the memory from 1GB to 2GB for $19 more.
Includes only a 160GB hard drive, DVD-ROM drive, and a Dual-Core E5400 Pentium processor.
You can save money on CPU upgrades by upgrading it on your own, such as a Core 2 Duo E7400 for $118 (instead of $360 on Dell's site), or Xeon Quad-Core X3370 for $350 (instead of $510 on Dell's site).
Hard drive upgrades are also cheaper when buying elsewhere.
Also a Poweredge T300 Server for $499 with coupon 3M$K4NS0ZXKWVQ with free shipping.
Also includes no operating system, no monitor, no keyboard, and no mouse.
Had a Core 2 Duo E6305 processor, 1GB memory, 160GB hard drive, a DVD-ROM drive, and 3 year on-site hardware warranty.
Servers are built a little tougher than desktop PC, and have better cooling.
We worked with over 300 Dell Poweredge servers (towers and rackmounted systems) without any significant problems, except for 2 memory modules and 1 bad disk which went bad after a couple years, which is a very good track record over 5 years of using Dell servers.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
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Most of these deals expire today.
Dell Ultrasharp 24" LCD Computer Monitor for $500.
Twice the price of other 24" monitors, but if you have never seen an Ultrasharp monitor, you don't know how sharp the screen really is.
Unless you need the sharpest PC monitor or if you just want the best, this is a deal for you, otherwise might be best to pay half for another monitor that's almost as good.
While most items above (considered as "accessory" orders from Dell) ship within 24 hours, pay attention to the estimated ship and delivery dates during checkout, since some orders may be delivered after December 25. Computers
Vostro 220 Mini Tower PC with 20" Monitor for $424 after shipping fee.
An upgrade to a Core 2 Duo processor costs $80, and a CD/DVD burner upgrade for $35.
Other than those, the specs are pretty good with Windows 7, 2GB memory, and 320GB hard drive.
Vostro 420 Tower PC with 23" Monitor for $634 after shipping fee.
To get the 23" monitor, select "no monitor" when configuring the computer, and a Dell ST2310 23" LCD automatically appears in the cart.
Includes a core 2 Duo 2.93GHz processor, 2GB memory, 250GB hard drive, CD/DVD Burner.
Most computer orders placed today should be delivered around or after the new year.
Some Vostro 1015 15" Laptop and Inspiron 15" Laptops are available now with delivery in 2 business days. HDTV
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Computers and Computer Stuff:
Inspiron and Studio Laptops for $389 to $749.
The configurations on that page are guaranteed to arrive within 2 days, when placed before 6pm CST today or tomorrow.
These prices are decent, not great, but the guaranteed delivery is nice.
Dell 24" LCD Computer Monitor for $179.
Usually sells for over $200, and includes a 3-year advance exchange warranty.
The warranty will replace your broken monitor before you send the broken monitor back to Dell at no additional cost.
In-stock orders placed today may be delivered before December 25.
An estimated delivery date will be provided during checkout, and you can cancel your order if it will not arrive soon enough for you.
BestBuy.com
- Acer Aspire laptop for $300 or $350
Acer Aspire laptop and netbooks for $300 or $350.
The 15" one on that page is a laptop, and the 10" are netbooks.
Laptops have more memory and are more powerful than netbooks.
The 15" has 3GB memory and a CD/DVD burner, and the 10" have 1GB memory.
All have 160GB hard drive and a single-core processor.