->The official POST ABOUT YOUR NEW DELL NOTEBOOK thread. <-

[Spyda Kat]

I finally ordered my Studio 15 Special Edition....and I want it now :|

[mtness]

Well ive just spent my first day with the studio XPS 1640 and im rather impressed, really put it through its paces and it came out the other side unscathed. Very happy with the support i have recieved from dell i placed my order over the internet exactly one week ago recieved a phonecall within hours and had it delivered first thing this morning, throughout the week i had the customer support person phone me on three occasions to inform me of progress and that sort of customer care really impresses me.

all and all im very happy with what Dell offers in and out of the box, nice job dell you will get recommendations from me in the future.

[jeremysdad]

Well ive just spent my first day with the studio XPS 1640 and im rather impressed, really put it through its paces and it came out the other side unscathed. Very happy with the support i have recieved from dell i placed my order over the internet exactly one week ago recieved a phonecall within hours and had it delivered first thing this morning, throughout the week i had the customer support person phone me on three occasions to inform me of progress and that sort of customer care really impresses me.

all and all im very happy with what Dell offers in and out of the box, nice job dell you will get recommendations from me in the future.

How the hell did you get phone calls??? I have to call myself to check my progress. Also, how the hell did you get such quick delivery? You threaten to break their dog's knees???

Placed mine on the phone, and haven't gotten d**k for customer service, then or since.

[Joelist]

Note: I also posted this in the XPS section as I had not seen this thread.

Well, today I took the plunge. I ordered the following configuration XPS 1640:

CPU: Intel T9550 (2.66 Ghz, 6MB L2, 1066 Mhz)

Display: RGBLED

HDD: 256GB SSD

RAM: 4GB DDR3

Optical Drive: Blu-Ray

Scheduled to ship 3/31/09.

Final cost: 2044.46

Sales Experience

When I tried to purchase this through the website I ran into 2 issues.

First, there is a special that allows Blu-Ray to be added for $49. However, I was in the Member Discount section (to get my Dell Discount through my employer) and there it wanted $170 for the Blu Ray.

Second, the shopping cart in that section would not communicate properly with my Payment method.

So, I used the "click to call" option on the website. The service was fast and courteous, and they manually applied the right discounts and got my order properly entered into the system.

Within minutes I had an email with a detailed description of my order.

More interesting, shortly thereafter I received an email notifying me that I would be receiving a $100 Dell gift card. Then later when I logged in online to check the order and make sure it was in the pipeline I noted that Dell upgraded my shipping to Next Business Day at no charge.

The current projected ship date is 4/1/2009.


Once it arrives I will post the usual box opening and performance testing information. I am especially curious to see the following:

1) Does the SSD affect temperature? If so, how much?

2) Performance and temp before and after I rebuild the image to get rid of the extraneous apps Dell includes and also to optimize Vista for SSD use.

[Cin']

I finally ordered my Studio 15 Special Edition....and I want it now :|

Grat's on your order!!! Please be sure to provide feedback on this once you receive it and have made it yours That is a sweet looking special edition


Cin

[Spyda Kat]

Grat's on your order!!! Please be sure to provide feedback on this once you receive it and have made it yours That is a sweet looking special edition


Cin

Yep I'll try to. But it's so far away. They're saying the EDD is April 2nd.

[Cin']

Yep I'll try to. But it's so far away. They're saying the EDD is April 2nd.

Oh great! Maybe some pictures too?

Yeah, that's always spread out. Maybe, it will ship earlier...you just never know with Dell!


Cin

[andy71600]

Just got me e6400! I love this machine...

P9500 2.53ghz
2GB RAM
128 gig ssd
XP pro

got it really cheap previously ordered new from the dell outlet. I'm thinking about upping to 4GB ram and loading up windows 7.

[Spyda Kat]

Oh great! Maybe some pictures too?

Yeah, that's always spread out. Maybe, it will ship earlier...you just never know with Dell!


Cin

Yea I can most definitely do pictures, maybe an unboxing video even though there's a ton of them around.

Just got me e6400! I love this machine...

P9500 2.53ghz
2GB RAM
128 gig ssd
XP pro

got it really cheap previously ordered new from the dell outlet. I'm thinking about upping to 4GB ram and loading up windows 7.

Congrats on your system. On the other hand, the wait is killing me

[Cin']

Yea I can most definitely do pictures, maybe an unboxing video even though there's a ton of them around.

Excellent! Can't wait to see it them! But, your unboxing vid' will be different, as you will have the *Special Edition* Studio 15~


Cin