Just got an e-mail offer from Dell Sm. Business that is interesting.

Inspiron now offering an XP option? Also, please notice the entry at the
bottom: "North American-based phone support."

XP still isn't being offered on all Inspiron or Dimension in either Home or
Small Business sites, so I'm kind of wondering why on this model:

Inspiron 6400 copy from the e-mail:

<paste>

Notebooks customized by you.
24/7 service and support by us.

Powerful, versatile
InspironT 6400

Choice of Windows® XP Professional or Windows VistaT Business*
2GB memory
120GB* hard drive
256MB ATI® graphics
1-year Next-Business-Day On-site Service* that brings the technician out
to you when needed
1-year Gold Technical Support for speedy* issue resolution and North
American-based phone support

Featured at $849


<end>
http://www.dell.com/content/products...=04&l=en&s=bsd

S.Lewis wrote:
> Inspiron now offering an XP option? Also, please notice the entry at the
> bottom: "North American-based phone support."
>
> XP still isn't being offered on all Inspiron or Dimension in either Home or
> Small Business sites, so I'm kind of wondering why on this model:
>
> Inspiron 6400 copy from the e-mail:
>
> <paste>
>
> Notebooks customized by you.
> 24/7 service and support by us.
>
> Powerful, versatile
> InspironT 6400
>
> Choice of Windows® XP Professional or Windows VistaT Business*
> 2GB memory
> 120GB* hard drive
> 256MB ATI® graphics
> 1-year Next-Business-Day On-site Service* that brings the technician out
> to you when needed
> 1-year Gold Technical Support for speedy* issue resolution and North
> American-based phone support
>
> Featured at $849
>
>
> <end>
> http://www.dell.com/content/products...=04&l=en&s=bsd
>
>
I got that one too. 6400 and 9400 have the XP/Vista Option. All
others just have the Vista.
However, checking each option in the customizing, XP is not on the list
of options for the OS for the either one.

Yeah, the site won't let you choose XP for the 9400.

Maybe it's not working yet.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

They may have waited until after March 15th to [re]make the Vista/XP
choice available, since before March 15th, if you got XP preloaded, you
were then also eligible for a free upgrade to Vista.


S.Lewis wrote:
> Inspiron now offering an XP option? Also, please notice the entry at the
> bottom: "North American-based phone support."
>
> XP still isn't being offered on all Inspiron or Dimension in either Home or
> Small Business sites, so I'm kind of wondering why on this model:
>
> Inspiron 6400 copy from the e-mail:
>
> <paste>
>
> Notebooks customized by you.
> 24/7 service and support by us.
>
> Powerful, versatile
> InspironT 6400
>
> Choice of Windows® XP Professional or Windows VistaT Business*
> 2GB memory
> 120GB* hard drive
> 256MB ATI® graphics
> 1-year Next-Business-Day On-site Service* that brings the technician out
> to you when needed
> 1-year Gold Technical Support for speedy* issue resolution and North
> American-based phone support
>
> Featured at $849
>
>
> <end>
> http://www.dell.com/content/products...=04&l=en&s=bsd
>
>

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:28:07 -0400, Barry Watzman
<> wrote:

>They may have waited until after March 15th to [re]make the Vista/XP
>choice available, since before March 15th, if you got XP preloaded, you
>were then also eligible for a free upgrade to Vista.

I'm glad they are offering a choice!

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:47:30 -0500, "S.Lewis" <>
wrote:

>Inspiron now offering an XP option? Also, please notice the entry at the
>bottom: "North American-based phone support."
>
>XP still isn't being offered on all Inspiron or Dimension in either Home or
>Small Business sites, so I'm kind of wondering why on this model:
>
>Inspiron 6400 copy from the e-mail:

If you're thinking of getting it, I recommend upgrading the processor
to Core 2 Duo. Also, the one with 4M cache, although if that's too
expensive the Core 2 Duo with 2M cache is a better choice than the
Core Duo (confusing names).

Also, if you have a _legal_ copy of XP, you may want to consider
getting the Vista one, imaging the hard drive (not hard with Acronis
TrueImage), then installing XP, if you think Vista isn't ready for
your needs.

Note: it may be hard to have a _legal_ copy of XP.

"S.Lewis" <> wrote in message
news:ZnxLh.23290$...
>
> Inspiron now offering an XP option? Also, please notice the entry at the
> bottom: "North American-based phone support."
>
> XP still isn't being offered on all Inspiron or Dimension in either Home
> or Small Business sites, so I'm kind of wondering why on this model:
>
> Inspiron 6400 copy from the e-mail:
>
> <paste>
>
> Notebooks customized by you.
> 24/7 service and support by us.
>
> Powerful, versatile
> InspironT 6400
>
> Choice of Windows® XP Professional or Windows VistaT Business*
> 2GB memory
> 120GB* hard drive
> 256MB ATI® graphics
> 1-year Next-Business-Day On-site Service* that brings the technician out
> to you when needed
> 1-year Gold Technical Support for speedy* issue resolution and North
> American-based phone support
>
> Featured at $849
>
>
> <end>
> http://www.dell.com/content/products...=04&l=en&s=bsd
>
Not too bad, but still not great. Dell certainly needs to get more
competitive on pricing. There are some better deals out there among other
brands.

"Kevin M." <> wrote in message
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>
> "S.Lewis" <> wrote in message
> news:ZnxLh.23290$...
>>
>> Inspiron now offering an XP option? Also, please notice the entry at the
>> bottom: "North American-based phone support."
>>
>> XP still isn't being offered on all Inspiron or Dimension in either Home
>> or Small Business sites, so I'm kind of wondering why on this model:
>>
>> Inspiron 6400 copy from the e-mail:
>>
>> <paste>
>>
>> Notebooks customized by you.
>> 24/7 service and support by us.
>>
>> Powerful, versatile
>> InspironT 6400
>>
>> Choice of Windows® XP Professional or Windows VistaT Business*
>> 2GB memory
>> 120GB* hard drive
>> 256MB ATI® graphics
>> 1-year Next-Business-Day On-site Service* that brings the technician
>> out to you when needed
>> 1-year Gold Technical Support for speedy* issue resolution and North
>> American-based phone support
>>
>> Featured at $849
>>
>>
>> <end>
>> http://www.dell.com/content/products...=04&l=en&s=bsd
>>
> Not too bad, but still not great. Dell certainly needs to get more
> competitive on pricing. There are some better deals out there among other
> brands.
>


Pricing wasn't the point. The mention of XP as an option and "north
american-based phone support" was......supposed to be.

"S.Lewis" <> wrote in message
news:vXGLh.10998$...
>
> "Kevin M." <> wrote in message
> news:xUGLh.92$...
>>
>> "S.Lewis" <> wrote in message
>> news:ZnxLh.23290$...
>>>
>>> Inspiron now offering an XP option? Also, please notice the entry at
>>> the bottom: "North American-based phone support."
>>>
>>> XP still isn't being offered on all Inspiron or Dimension in either Home
>>> or Small Business sites, so I'm kind of wondering why on this model:
>>>
>>> Inspiron 6400 copy from the e-mail:
>>>
>>> <paste>
>>>
>>> Notebooks customized by you.
>>> 24/7 service and support by us.
>>>
>>> Powerful, versatile
>>> InspironT 6400
>>>
>>> Choice of Windows® XP Professional or Windows VistaT Business*
>>> 2GB memory
>>> 120GB* hard drive
>>> 256MB ATI® graphics
>>> 1-year Next-Business-Day On-site Service* that brings the technician
>>> out to you when needed
>>> 1-year Gold Technical Support for speedy* issue resolution and North
>>> American-based phone support
>>>
>>> Featured at $849
>>>
>>>
>>> <end>
>>> http://www.dell.com/content/products...=04&l=en&s=bsd
>>>
>> Not too bad, but still not great. Dell certainly needs to get more
>> competitive on pricing. There are some better deals out there among other
>> brands.
>>
>
>
> Pricing wasn't the point. The mention of XP as an option and "north
> american-based phone support" was......supposed to be.
>

10-4. I've been wanting to purchase a I-6400, but I've not seen as good of
deals as I once did.

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:36:06 -0400, "Kevin M."
<> wrote:

>> Choice of Windows® XP Professional or Windows VistaT Business*
>> 2GB memory
>> 120GB* hard drive
>> 256MB ATI® graphics
>> 1-year Next-Business-Day On-site Service* that brings the technician out
>> to you when needed
>> 1-year Gold Technical Support for speedy* issue resolution and North
>> American-based phone support
>>
>> Featured at $849
>>
>>
>> <end>
>> http://www.dell.com/content/products...=04&l=en&s=bsd
>>
>Not too bad, but still not great. Dell certainly needs to get more
>competitive on pricing. There are some better deals out there among other
>brands.

Dell has had Dimension 25% off coupons for a while now. That helps. I
think Dell's using a new pricing scheme to boost profits. Inspirons
have had a $400 off coupon for several months now. It helps, but not
as much as the $750 off coupons they used to have.