New XPS 15z

[backtothebeat]

don't buy refurbished, not worth it

Don't give advice unless you have something to back it up with. Why is it not worth it to buy it from the outlet? You save a lot of money (especially with the coupons), and you still get the 21-day return option and a 1 year warranty.

[BigNerd]

I'll buy a refurb Dell as long as it's the right price and the right specs.

Probably going to try to get a 1080p 15z off the Dell Outlet with the 15% discount coupon.

[backtothebeat]

I'll buy a refurb Dell as long as it's the right price and the right specs.

Probably going to try to get a 1080p 15z off the Dell Outlet with the 15% discount coupon.

That's what I just did. I've seen a couple pop-up for 899 (pre-coupon), which is a pretty good deal in my opinion

[yun]

Why not???

$1199 vs $899

2 years in home warranty vs 1 year mail in service
Retail package vs refurbished package
If u need replacement in future, refurbished will get refurbsihed, unless you agrue to the rep so much, they probably offer u a brand new one

The biggest deal is, refurbsihed has less resale value.
Anyway, it's your choice

I'm just giving my suggetions to some ppl, you like to buy it , then go ahead

[pianowizard]

For the Dell Latitudes and Precisions, I think the Outlet is the way to go because the prices are usually very good (especially when you use a 15% or 20% coupon) and all laptops come with three years of warranty. For Dell Home laptops, the warranty is only for 1 year and so I personally would rather buy new. That said, the 15z came out so recently that the refurbished units on the Dell Outlet are almost new.

[mbernstein]

Yes, I had applied ALL of those fixes, including the registry hack, power-saving mode disable for the HD, firmware update to 2.09, latest patches for Intel RST, disabling scheduled defrag, and disabled over-indexing. The drive still locked up constantly. Even OCZ tech support didn't really have an answer, they wanted me to spend 2 days re-installing the O.S. and all my developer tools from scratch, and I told them no thanks.
The fact there is even a website page dedicated to trying to work around this drive's problems speaks volumes: OCZ Vertex 3 Freezes, Locks Up, Stutters and Crashes | Geek Montage
The Intel 510 has not even paused, studdered, or locked up even once since I slapped it in 2 weeks ago.

Hi,

I'm about to buy the 15z and have the Intel 510 SSD exactly like yours (250gig). Did you just replace the HDD for the SSD, install Intel Rapid Storage and that was that? Or did you have to change things in the BIOS, reinstall Win7 (which is not a problem as I do this as soon as I get the PC to upgrade my WIN to Ultimate)? Also, the registry hacks suggested are only for the Vortex, right, no need for the Intel?

Thanks for the advice.

[hizzaah]

when you buy from the outlet, you do have the option to upgrade the warranty.. I've been watching the outlet patiently. They finally get the perfect config for me this morning and their 15% off coupon expired yesterday lol.. oh well

[DJWoX]

you can ask in cahat to upgrade waranty but it costs a lot for +2y i need to ad 300USD shock

also i asked in cahat to give me just -15% discount

[DJWoX]

they have removed 1080p option on tech spec
pff :P

XPS 15z Laptop Details | Dell

i am MAD

i want one but with 1080p screen and in outlet thay have only one for 1400USD MAD

[detusueno]

they have removed 1080p option on tech spec
pff :P

XPS 15z Laptop Details | Dell

i am MAD

i want one but with 1080p screen and in outlet thay have only one for 1400USD MAD

Damn. Bought the fully loaded 15z (1080p/i7/8gb/2gb520m) for ~$1150 shipped ($1200 refurbished + coupon). Returned it because the display was no good for graphic designing and that silver plastic trim looker like it was getting ready to go.

FWIW, someone said that outlets don't get in home repair - i got the default cheapest waranty, and they did a in home repair and replaced the display for me.