Dell Discounters Dump XP Laptops

[Nick]

Both Buy.com (www.buy.com) and eCost.com (www.ecost.com) are drastically dropping prices
on Dell D600 laptops with recertified XP Pro OS to below the
mythical (mystical?) $400 price barrier.

http://www.ecost.com/detail.aspx?edp=38663598&source=EWB071008EML

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=207537932&adid=17654&dcaid=17654

[paulman182]

Thanks for the links, but I can see why they are selling cheap.

They are "recertified" with small hard drives and only 512MB DDR.

Not very attractive deals, IMHO.

[tcusta00]

$399 is cheap for a laptop, no matter how you slice it. However, I received a Dell catalog yesterday - Vostro 1000, 1GB DDR2, 80 GB Hard Drive for the same price, upgradable to 2GB RAM and Dual Core for $65. Looks like buy.com has some work to do on that price. :grin:

[deltafowler]

Dell is selling brand new ones for $399.
(http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=bqcwi1s&c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&kc=productdetails~vostronb_1000)
Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3600+
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic, Service Pack 1
1 Year Basic Limited Warranty plus 1 Year Mail-in Service
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Anti-Glare Display
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 Dimm
80GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive with Cyberlink Power DVD
ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (integrated)
Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Wi-Fi Internal Card

[Mark Holtz]

Nice laptop except for the Vista OS. Does it include downgrade rights?

[deltafowler]

I don't know about rights, but I've got the CD's to get it done. ;)

[su_A_ve]

I don't know about rights, but I've got the CD's to get it done. ;)

The D600 is at least 4 if not 5 years old. The D610, D620, D630 and the E line to come out this year have replace it.

I have one and waiting on the E to get a replacement. They are good laptops provided you have a brand new battery. They tend to last a year or so.

But for 400 you can get something with a tad better processor. A memory upgrade would be nothing in any case.

My .02...