Dell Inspiron 1520 review

[Pathik]

arey yaar y isnt the 2gb ram and 160gb hdd free in india??

 

[Choto Cheeta]

@GX

beware man...

I have seen at time of my cooler

Customs will charge u for any thing u get from US.... any thing u bring, even last night one of my frnds father was returning from Gulf, yaar, they asked him to pay 200% TAX for Spices he was carring

 

[gxsaurav]

Damn, Dell India site gives so less customisation. Guys, can I order at dell USA site & pay in dollers? Will they charge extra for shipping in India? i will save about 17k if I do this.

The india config is Rs 71,435, with Vista Home Premium. Screw dell....they force us to buy Windows if bought from Dell india website

Its still lower then Macbook pro at 1.5 lakh LD

 

[Choto Cheeta]

^^^^

Dell US will not ship... !!! as in the address feiled u will not get option to change country... and when u try u will find indian site waiting for u

and may be u missed, even u carry that will u be ready for a fight with customs, which u will allways lose

 

[gxsaurav]

they asked him to pay 200% TAX for Spices he was carring

Now this is extortion & stupidity. Why would anyone buy MDH Garam Masala from Gulf when it is available in next door shop . After all, we are the once exporting to gulf countries

 

[Choto Cheeta]

Why would anyone buy MDH Garam Masala from Gulf when it is available in next door shop . After all, we are the once exporting to gulf countries

not MDH yaar... some egypsian stuff

anyway he bought to let us test as how different are those from our ones...

and i press on the same point as u, Customs were made to make sure, u cant bring those which a cheaper in abrod to Indian with those insane cheap price () but i dont udnder stand why would one need to pay for an iten which is utla costly in other places than india...

People take out those, rather bring them in...



cant really justify the rules

 

[gxsaurav]

I forgot to mention. I changed again to GeForce 8400GT, the reason being that the GPU has enough power for running Vista but comes with only 128 MB RAM while 8600GT comes with 256 MB Dedicated RAM. Here is the catch which dell doesn't tell us. There is no need to upgrade to 8600GT from 8400GS if you are not into gaming

In Windows Vista, if you use a graphics card, then Vista also uses some more RAM shared from System RAM as & when needed, over the PCIe/AGP bus . This is why my 128 MB GeForce FX 5900XT shows as it has 384 MB RAM (128 MB +256 MB Shared). Since in my case, I don't need gaming, i can simply use 8400GS for my work, which when & if required will share an additional 256 MB RAM from the system RAM anyway.

Gaurav, if you bought this laptop for non-gaming purpose, & thought 256 MB is better then 128 MB for running Vista only, then chullu bhar pani main doob mar

and i press on the same point as u, Customs were made to make sure, u cant bring those which a cheaper in abrod to Indian with those insane cheap price () but i dont udnder stand why would one need to pay for an iten which is utla costly in other places than india...

Import/ Export commision rules, sorry, quite complex to tell here

 

[Choto Cheeta]

Import/ Export commision rules, sorry, quite complex to tell here

make no misstake... when asked the same question to that officer, he said the same and infear may be the stoped person would ask more, he allowed him to carrey out that product

 

[gxsaurav]

Here is the final config I made from dell.co.in site. Hmm....68K with all taxes paid, not quite bad. Camera etc is integrated & cannot be removed like USA store.

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[Chirag]

VAT - Rs.3246 :shocked:

 

[tarey_g]

Gaurav, if you bought this laptop for non-gaming purpose, & thought 256 MB is better then 128 MB for running Vista only, then chullu bhar pani main doob mar

Abe , i am not a mac book pro owner who will use 8600M gt for running the OS . I have bought that so i can play games(as well as work) on the laptop , infact , just installed halo 2.... Sweet.
You know i am a gamer, besides i am running vista on geforce 6100 onboard on my PC pretty well. 8400GS is more than enough for vista.

 

[ashu_dps]

Hey did u people get any discount ???

Right now i ordered two 1420s for my sis n bro totalling Rs 1,21,000 bt still they are admant on not giving any discount other than tax exemption !!

I told them that some of my frnds were given it then they are asking me to mail them their quotation number or customer id so that if real then they can take it to higher management n fetch me some bt none without proofs

Can anyone PM me his quotation or cust id who got discount coz 1.21 Lakh is too mch to pay yaar !!

 

[gxsaurav]

Abe , i am not a mac book pro owner who will use 8600M gt for running the OS . I have bought that so i can play games on the laptop , infact , just installed halo 2.... Sweet.

You forgot, even Macbook Pro owners buy Vista to run in dual boot to play Halo 2. ....ah! the stupidity & big pockets.

Apple should give an option to select GMA X3100 when buying a Macbook Pro. This way those who don't want gaming or Windows on there Mac (aka Salesman) can atleast get it for cheap.

Oh wait, if they do that, they won't be able to extort money. They won't be able to sale a feature which Mac users won't be able to use.

I told them that some of my frnds were given it then they are asking me to mail them their quotation number or customer id so that if real then they can take it to higher management n fetch me some bt none without proofs

Call them, don't mail.

 

[tarey_g]

@gx , dude VAT!!! . I did not have to give vat , they told me no vat or other taxes will be taken. I mentioned them that i am a student , and they have some offers for students ,like free upgradation of the screen to 'tru life' counterpart of the display you choose . And the dell rep mentioned that because i am a student , that price was final. May be just marketing talk, but i got the bill with no VAT mentioned . Here is a scan from my bill

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[ashu_dps]

Call them, don't mail.

Yes i was on call when they asked me with these numbers and told me to mail these or pass it to them on call.

Yes the VAT n other taxes wont be charged bt earlier they used to negotiate on price quite much till abt 2-3K on single system and sometimes even more !

 

[infra_red_dude]

whoa! this thread is growing on the likes of snake and nibbles fame!

gx, i think thats a costly deal! 120gb, t5450, 8400gs and 68k is too costly!

@pathik, yeah my sis got 8400gs. the total cost was abt 63k wid t7100 cpu, cam etc.

 

[gxsaurav]

@gx , dude VAT!!! .

Abe i m in Lucknow yaar, U.P. has VAT

I did not have to give vat , they told me no vat or other taxes will be taken. I mentioned them that i am a student , and they have some offers for students ,like free upgradation of the screen to 'tru life' counterpart of the display you choose . And the dell rep mentioned that because i am a student , that price was final

Yippeeeee. Even low cost, I m still a student of Arena Multimedia & univercity then

gx, i think thats a costly deal! 120gb, t5450, 8400gs and 68k is too costly!

Thats why I asked. THe high price is due to other components like 9 cell battery & 1 year In home service. What can I remove?

 

[tarey_g]

Abe i m in Lucknow yaar, U.P. has VAT

Abe i am in rajasthan , it too has that stupid VAT .

Btw , talking of importing things (masala) via relatives , my frnd just got 8800ultra and 4gig of corsair hi speed RAM from US thru his relatives, they had to pay no custom duty.

This is the thread he started some time ago, he has got all parts except Mobo, mobo will be here from Mumbai in 5 days (waiting sucks)
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62397

 

[Pathik]

^^ neways i dont think they ll ask u for any student proof...
and gx the diff between a 8400gs and a 8600gt is just 3.x k... worth it if u ask me... just for the future proofness..

 

[infra_red_dude]

Thats why I asked. THe high price is due to other components like 9 cell battery & 1 year In home service. What can I remove?

i dun see anything that can be removed!!!! but here's the config my sis got:

dell 1420 - core2duo t7100 (1.8ghz), 3945 wifi, 2gb ddr2, 120gb sata, 2mp cam, 14" widescreen, vista home premium (wid vista and all other cd/dvds), creative audigy suite, remote control, 8400m gs wid dedicated memory, 1 year warranty, 9 cell battery, noise cancellation earbuds, dual layer dvd rw, multiple media card reader etc. it cost her oob 63.8k somthing. it was ordered on july 10th and delivered on july 27th.

i seriously see nothing can be removed from ur config. its still very costly. mebbe the price has gone up!