DELL Outlet XPS Week - Discount Codes

Quote from BeerBellyBob : I'm dealing with the Yoga 13 vs XPS 12 issue myself. I actually prefer the screen on the Yoga because I don't need to squint my eyes to read or blow things up and make everything disproportionate and the buttons are too tiny. The Yoga is also more upgrade friendly. But I do not like the tablet mode on the Yoga and the fact that it doesn't have a backlit keyboard. If you decide to go with the XPS, I suggest you get one with at least 8 GB RAM, since that cannot be upgraded later. Also, the trackpad on the XPS sucks bad. Better to disable it and use a mouse (or touch).

I second that the trackpad on XPS sucks so bad that it is almost unusable.

Quote from thehash : how did u get it for that price. im looking for one but they are all 850 or more is there a coupon code?

Use the top coupon code from the first post on this thread. Sort through all the XPS 8500 desktops. They constantly add more configurations, but the good ones go quickly so keep refreshing for the best deals

I've been trying to get an XPS 12 for a while now, this is the first time a good deal has popped up for my xps 12 deal notification.

I've been trying to get the i5, 128gb ssd, 8gb ram version so I could upgrade the SSD for way cheaper than Dell charges, but it's very uncommon to see the low SSD with the high ram combo. I have a dell studio from about 2 yrs ago with i5, 6gb ram, an ATI video card that i'm going to replace with the XPS 12. If I give in and get the i5, 4gb version, how much of a decrease in performance should I expect?

Another concern is regarding dell outlet, I see two identical models of the XPS 12, (base specs) of i5, 128gb ssd, 4gb ram one is $1039, the other is $1109. What determines the variance in price? I'm worried that if I get the cheaper one there may be something wrong with it.

Quote from DOMESPLITTER69 : I've been trying to get an XPS 12 for a while now, this is the first time a good deal has popped up for my xps 12 deal notification. I've been trying to get the i5, 128gb ssd, 8gb ram version so I could upgrade the SSD for way cheaper than Dell charges, but it's very uncommon to see the low SSD with the high ram combo. I have a dell studio from about 2 yrs ago with i5, 6gb ram, an ATI video card that i'm going to replace with the XPS 12. If I give in and get the i5, 4gb version, how much of a decrease in performance should I expect? Another concern is regarding dell outlet, I see two identical models of the XPS 12, (base specs) of i5, 128gb ssd, 4gb ram one is $1039, the other is $1109. What determines the variance in price? I'm worried that if I get the cheaper one there may be something wrong with it.

Are you sure they were identical? Could it be that one comes with win 8 and the other with win 8 pro?

Quote from halflings : Are you sure they were identical? Could it be that one comes with win 8 and the other with win 8 pro?

ahh thanks, you're right. Is there a big difference between win 8 pro and win8?

I have win 8 pro on my old studio, but I dont' know anything about the limitation of the non-pro version

Quote from DOMESPLITTER69 : I've been trying to get an XPS 12 for a while now, this is the first time a good deal has popped up for my xps 12 deal notification. I've been trying to get the i5, 128gb ssd, 8gb ram version so I could upgrade the SSD for way cheaper than Dell charges, but it's very uncommon to see the low SSD with the high ram combo. I have a dell studio from about 2 yrs ago with i5, 6gb ram, an ATI video card that i'm going to replace with the XPS 12. If I give in and get the i5, 4gb version, how much of a decrease in performance should I expect? Another concern is regarding dell outlet, I see two identical models of the XPS 12, (base specs) of i5, 128gb ssd, 4gb ram one is $1039, the other is $1109. What determines the variance in price? I'm worried that if I get the cheaper one there may be something wrong with it.

The $1109 one hasWin 8 Pro

Quote from dirkfan41 : Use the top coupon code from the first post on this thread. Sort through all the XPS 8500 desktops. They constantly add more configurations, but the good ones go quickly so keep refreshing for the best deals

i guess i missed out on all the good ones ...ussually when these sales come on do they add more as the days go buy or are all the good ones gone by the first day (cuz the coupon expires on the 19th)

Quote from DOMESPLITTER69 : ahh thanks, you're right. Is there a big difference between win 8 pro and win8? I have win 8 pro on my old studio, but I dont' know anything about the limitation of the non-pro version

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8_editions
You might want to check the differences there.

these prices look better than the $875 XPS 8500 front page deal posted couple of days back.

Intel Core 3rd Gen i7-3770 Processor (3.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz)
Windows 8 Pro
XPS 8500 Desktop
2 TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
32GB mSATA caching SSD
12 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
8X Blu-Ray BD Combo (Blu-ray ROM + DVD+/- RW)
AMD Radeon HD 7770
Windows 64-Bit

$783!

I unfortunately need to have a Pro version of windows for server communication at work so my options were a bit limited, but this will be replace a super old, old Optiplex 740 with only 80gb hd :/

Quote from agentkhiem : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8_editions You might want to check the differences there.

Quote from thehash : i guess i missed out on all the good ones ...ussually when these sales come on do they add more as the days go buy or are all the good ones gone by the first day (cuz the coupon expires on the 19th)

Yup, you got it right. Pro is basically a must for a small-business with a server and multiple computers.

Quote from inventix1136 : I have the XPS 12 and can say that it is a great machine but the battery life is kind of bad and also the trackpad sucks REALLY badly due to it either not registering my movements or worse, throwing me into the metro interface while I am just navigating within a document. NOTE: I have the core i7 version, which could probably account for the poor battery life (3.5 hours watching netflix before battery is dead).

3.5 hrs of straight video, that's pretty good right?

Quote from inventix1136 : I have the XPS 12 and can say that it is a great machine but the battery life is kind of bad and also the trackpad sucks REALLY badly due to it either not registering my movements or worse, throwing me into the metro interface while I am just navigating within a document. NOTE: I have the core i7 version, which could probably account for the poor battery life (3.5 hours watching netflix before battery is dead).

There is a fix for this.

Look on the notebookreview.com threads.

I think:
1. Update the drivers.
2. Disable Palm Rejection.

There are still some other issues remaining, but this fixes 95% of them.

Nice, got one of the FHD XPS13's for 925.41+tax/shipping.