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Inspiron Mini 9 Going for US$99 if You Buy Another Dell
Posted by Kit Eaton at 6:26 PM on September 4, 2008
Until 6AM September 9th, according to Dell's own blog, if you buy a Studio 15, XPS M1530 or XPS M1330 machine from Dell, you can buy an Inspiron Mini 9 for a suitable mini price of US$99. It's a mini bargain.
AU: Not sure if this will follow through to the AU site, but I don't think it will, somehow...[Direct2Dell]
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poserman
Posted 7:09 PM 4/9/08
it looked amazing, untill i saw the word "Glossy" on the linked address. that means i can't take it anywere. the biggest disadvantage of my macbook, is the screen, it's glossy. i can see everything on the screen! for example the clouds, the train that drives by, the people standing behind me, the airplane in the sky is also really clear, in such a high resolution. but i can't see anything that i'm supposed to look at. i can't view photoshop, indesign, illustrator etc etc etc. only if the room is totally dark.
poserman
KoRnholio8
Posted 6:47 PM 4/9/08
wow... resell it later and you've got yourself a hefty discount.
KoRnholio8
Evangelion
Posted 6:47 PM 4/9/08
Wow. That's quite a deal there!
Evangelion
sarwatmj
Posted 7:18 PM 4/9/08
now we r talking!
sarwatmj
Hvedhrungr
Posted 7:51 PM 4/9/08
Uh... ok? Not sure this is direction I was expecting Dell to take?
Hvedhrungr
Sam_Zebian
Posted 8:26 PM 4/9/08
wow good deal if you were going to buy a dell laptop anyways...
Sam_Zebian
Novenus
Posted 9:03 PM 4/9/08
I wonder if my Dell account exec. will allow me to apply this deal retroactively on the XPS I recently bought...
Novenus
strider_mt2k
Posted 9:32 PM 4/9/08
This just makes me happier because if I was waiting to pounce on this one still, they'd completely sell me the desktop I decided to wait a year to replace.
Whew.
strider_mt2k
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 10:12 PM 4/9/08
@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: Well ho ho way to RTFA dingus, it's more laptops. I dunno, it doesn't seem as attractive since you'd already have a laptop, but KoRnholio8 makes it all better.
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 10:11 PM 4/9/08
Damn that's a steal. SInce this is the only Dell I'd want to buy, no matter, but anyone who was going to buy a big desktop would now have a little companion system to compliment their purchase. Excellent.
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
salviati
Posted 10:19 PM 4/9/08
I literally just bought 2 Dell XPS m1330's in the last two weeks. Is there any way to take advantage now without returning them?
salviati
TendoMentis
Posted 10:56 PM 4/9/08
Damn it....my new m1330 is sitting in my laptop bag and it's not even a month old.
Curse you linear perception of time!!!
TendoMentis
ps61318
Posted 11:15 PM 4/9/08
@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: See, now, I have a client who is shopping for a laptop to replace one that was stolen. I may ask if she is willing to go Dell and make a deal - let me piggyback on her order and get this mini for my self. Like I need it, because, well, one laptop just isn't sufficient anymore.
...but $99... that's pretty freakin' compelling....
ps61318
ggvrsn
Posted 11:27 PM 4/9/08
this is not a deal at all. who in their right mind will spend $940+ and then spend $99 on a laptop? nutter of a deal.
ggvrsn
PipeRifle
Posted 12:09 AM 5/9/08
@jibbly: Yeah, one would think it makes sense that someone buying a desktop might find use for a mini-laptop, while someone buying a laptop probably has less use for another, smaller laptop.
PipeRifle
jibbly
Posted 11:58 PM 4/9/08
Nice although I would have preferred a desktop + mini deal. This just goes to show that their laptop margins are way higher than desktops and can afford to give up some cash for an immediate boost in sales.
Dear Dell, bring this deal to desktop land and I will be your bff. Uh. 4 real. Not like 1999 when I swore I would h8 u 4eva.
jibbly
NNTPgrip
Posted 12:24 AM 5/9/08
@PipeRifle: Agreed, if they gave you the mini for $99 with the purchase of that little Studio desktop thing, but when I saw the Studio 15 was a laptop...
NNTPgrip
Rajio
Posted 1:34 AM 5/9/08
Not available to Canada? WTF?
Rajio
Agent-199
Posted 1:39 AM 5/9/08
poo. Got a Studio 15 two weeks ago and Dell won't retro-activate the offer for me. Not that I expected it, but I'm really bored so I called them anyway.
Agent-199
userids
Posted 2:32 AM 5/9/08
This deal is no good. I called dell and spoke with two people and they could find no information about it.
userids
joefuu
Posted 2:49 AM 5/9/08
I'd give this a try. I'd like to see how OS X might run on it.
joefuu
Weihovah
Posted 3:28 AM 5/9/08
it'd be a good deal if you could apply other discounts or coupons. they'll probably require that you pay the full price for the studio or xps in order to get the mini for $99
Weihovah
itchytooth
Posted 4:01 AM 5/9/08
@Weihovah: Exactly what I was thinking. People really work those Dell coupons.
itchytooth
AznSlackerType
Posted 8:14 AM 5/9/08
TT_TT no love for canada, man and I was about to go buy a $1000+ from dell, and get this on the side
AznSlackerType
rentahero1
Posted 9:30 AM 5/9/08
Base model Studio 15 is only $650... for $750, get two laptops? Maybe...
rentahero1
mmcnary
Posted 10:13 PM 5/9/08
No mention of the deal on the Dell site.
mmcnary
mcowan3
Posted 5:05 AM 6/9/08
Here are the websites for the three models. I had to contact Dell to get any info, they do not seem motivated to list this anywhere on their website.
[configure.us.dell.com] (XPS1330 link)
[configure.us.dell.com] (Studio 15 link)
[configure.us.dell.com] (XPS 1530 link)
mcowan3