AAFES DELL/AW sale May 8-14

[rorkas]

For anyone with AAFES account from 8 to 14 May, there is up to 25% discount (actually considering tax benefit discount is larger than that) on brand new Alienware/Dell laptops/computers on the AAFES website
http://www.shopmyexchange.com/.
No TAX, Free shipping

Access to the Exchange Online Store is restricted to:
Active Duty Military
Military Retirees
Reserves
National Guard personnel
Department of State Officials serving in foreign countries
And, dependants of the above
Veterans Canteen
(thanks baiii)


UPDATE: As of May 10 the prices has gone up by couple hundred dollars.

[masterchef341]

this is only available to airforce, right?

[rorkas]

No, to anyone with AAFES account, you can check if you are eligible by going to
https://shop.aafes.com/shop/Login.as...p/Default.aspx
and entering your last 4 SSN, DOB and last name on the right.

[HopelesslyFaithful]

No, to anyone with AAFES account, you can check if you are eligible by going to
https://shop.aafes.com/shop/Login.as...p/Default.aspx
and entering your last 4 SSN, DOB and last name on the right.

Btw, I was wrong about one day only sale. It seems that this will be good til May, 14th. So hopefully everyone who needs this will get one. I know that some people without AAFES account may know someone who has one and just pay them to place an order for them.
Overall discount depends on what you order. For me it was more than 40% cheaper than the Dell website after tax price.

only airforce or any branch?

[baiii]

You are not an authorized customer. Access to the Exchange Online Store is restricted to:
Active Duty Military
Military Retirees
Reserves
National Guard personnel
Department of State Officials serving in foreign countries
And, dependants of the above
Veterans Canteen

O well, no cheap m14x for me ~~

[Mr.Mischief]

My dad is retired military, this is tempting.

[HopelesslyFaithful]

did i go to the right area?

Alienware M17X R4 Alienware M17X R4 with Soft Touch edit
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit edit
Processor 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0) edit
Memory 6GB DDR3 at 1600MHz (2DIMMS) edit
Keyboard English Keyboard edit
Display Panels 17.3-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED edit
Video Card 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 7970M edit
Hard Drive 500GB 7,200 RPM SATA 3Gb/s edit
AlienFX Quasar Blue edit
Adobe Reader Acrobat SW Adobe Acrobat X Reader edit
Hinge Up Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish edit
Audio Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di with THX TruStudio Pro Software edit
Optical Driver Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW) edit
Wireless Networking Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 With Bluetooth 4.0 edit
Adapter Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter edit
Documentation Alienware Documentation edit
Office Productivity Software Microsoft® Office Home and Business 2010 edit
Shipping Material Shipping Material - Black edit
Security Software No Anti-Virus Software Selected edit
Additional Software Additional Software edit
Primary Battery 90WHr 9-Cell Primary Battery edit
Alien Wallpaper None edit
Hardware Support Services 1 Year Basic Plan

is that good?

EDIT: are these sales common? If so could just wait


There desktop sucks if i went to the right place...its a 580 or 68xx something...meh

[rorkas]

Upgrade i7 3610QM to 3720QM is only $9 and you set.

[HopelesslyFaithful]

ah missed that...i would upgrade to the xm when prices drop so i wasn't even thinking. So this only does a single gpu? Also is there only one hardrive bay?
EDIT: well not even a sager on xotic pc can even come close in that price so i gueesss that is an awesome deal...ahhh no broke...what to do. I really wnat to get a desktop though errr.

What connection does that have for display? what is the max res it can handle? Also does that have usb 3.0/display port or thunderbolt?

EDIT: it has 4 usb3.0 mini display port HDMI 1.3 and 1.4 so it can support 4 2560x1600 screens!!!! eeeeeeee. Plus peSATA

[rorkas]

Visit this thread if you have more questions
Alienware M17x R4 Pre-Order Configuration Questions... Ask HERE