Not the biggest news as they always have specials but thought that a Dual Core with FREE delivery + DVD Burner upgrade under $1000 is quite a nice deal~ ;p
ps. Take note of the other offerings for Dell monitors and desktops
Inspiron 6400 is $1,048 delivered this week (getting more expensive!) However you get
Check out:
http://www.edealinfo.com/p4.shtml
"Dell Inspiron 6400 Notebook, Pentium® Dual-Core 1.73GHz, 15.4" WXGA w/TrueLife, 2GB DDR2, 120GB, 8x DL DVD±RW/±R/CD-RW, Vista Business (or XP Professional), 802.11b/g WLAN » only $749.00 + Free Shipping"
$749 US would be $912 AU. The same speck box cost $1699 here.
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/inspn…
And the A$1,749 is crossed out as if it was a price drop!! What a joke!!!
It is almost twice the price as it is in the US!!!!
Bill — we are indeed living in a country where gadgets and computers are expensive, especially considering AUD$ is already so high against USD$.
However Bill, the import tax after X-amount can actually add up once it has hit the shore. Also there there is an issue with warranty, as product purchased from overseas may not be covered locally in Aus. Finally the shipping cost and the time factor it takes to arrive here.
As of shipping — most Australian Dells are shipped from Singapore, although many of them are manufactured in Malaysia. However my Malaysian friends said it is more expensive to get a Dell in MY than in SG. And it is more expensive in SG than in US!
Very nice! 1.6Ghz T2060 is about 1 year old though, but 6400 is surely a beautiful machine for its price (my brother got one).