Talk about an impulse buy…
I was just sitting here bored at work and decided to browse around the Dell website and customize a “hypothetical” computer. One thing lead to another and I ended up buying the damn thing.
Anyone else have a huge impulse purchase like this recently??
No…but I salute you!!! 
No. Only because I’m not working and it would involve looking for a divorce lawyer, but I sure would like to!
I’d love to hear about your $3200 computer. Are you a gamer?
If you really wanted to, you could cancel that. But instead, you posted here. I think, deep in your heart, you really want it.
I bought my Xbox 360. That wasn’t so much an impulse buy as it was a need. Madden had just came out!
So, is that laptop for monitoring the SDMB Myspace group or what?
I just bought a bar. Does that count?
Not me. My “huge” impulse purchases are usually along the lines of $75 worth of books. My last computer was only about $1500 and it was several days worth of thought to spend even that much.
I’ll have to rebuild it again and send a link to the complete system. I can’t remember everything it had on it, but I hope it was all good. LOL.
Wait, I just went to my email and here’s a list.
Order Detail
Qty Part # Description
1 222-4759 XPS M1210, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7400 (2.16GHz/667MHz/4MB)
1 320-4787 12 inch Wide-screen WXGA Display with TrueLife, Camera,WW Ant, Ear Buds, for XPS M1210
1 311-5989 2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm for XPS M1210
1 320-4790 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 TurboCache, for XPS M1210
1 341-3553 80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, for XPS M1210
1 420-4775 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 English
1 420-4928 Windows Media Player 10
1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
1 420-5952 Dell Resource CD with Application Backup,w/Tools, for XPS M1210
1 412-0911 Dell Support
1 412-0901 Dell Media Experience 3.1 Basic for Inspiron
1 420-5460 Complimentary courses: Look for EU icon
1 420-5476 Dell Direct Download
1 412-0689 Image Restore
1 420-5924 Icon Consolidation Application
1 420-5769 Internet Search and Portal
1 430-0493 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
1 412-0917 Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, for Inspiron
1 313-4222 8X DVD+/-RW Drive, for XPS M1210
1 420-5791 Roxio Creator Basic/MyDVD Basic
1 420-5783 Sonic Cineplayer
1 313-4235 Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
1 430-1940 Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps) for XPS M1210
1 465-4464 Network Associates McAfee 7.0,English, 15-Month Subscription
1 312-0431 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for XPS M1210
1 412-0789 Earthlink for Broadband
1 420-3224 Broadband Icon for Inspiron
1 412-0687 NETZERO ISP
1 412-0488 Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business and EducateU(includesPowerpoint,and Business Contact Manager)
1 950-9797 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 950-3337 1 Year Limited Warranty
1 412-0360 Soft Contracts - Banctec
1 983-7849 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
1 950-9620 Type 3- Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 960-8710 Warranty Support,Initial Year
1 310-8314 Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
1 465-4013 Thank you for choosing Dell
1 313-4223 Dell Wireless 5700 Mobile Broadband (CDMA EVDO) Mini Card for Verizon Wireless service
1 465-4663 Windows Vista Capable
1 412-0865 Basic digital Music,Photo and Game experience
1 310-8314 Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
1 463-6083 DHS Order Manage
Plus I got a car adaptor, and a 100 dollar GPS thing with atlas software. I plan to get the Verizon wireless modem service too. I hope it’s fast!
I’m not really a gamer. But I did order Age of Empires III with it. I’m sure that will occupy me for hours. And I really hope that the computer is good enough or fast enough to handle any other games I feel like buying. If I find a really fun game, I will not hesitate to plug my laptop into my living room tv and sound system to play.
And actually, I have an HD Projector on a shelf in the closet that could use a purpose in life. Maybe I’ll use that and a wall for my screen when using the computer at home… or maybe I should sell it to compensate for this freakin laptop I just bought! (Anyone want to buy it?)
Yeah, I think it will be great! The problem is I already have a desktop at home that works fine. And my job has put me behind a desk right now, so I will be behind a desktop for most of the day for probably the next year anyway. So I keep thinking, “Do I really need it??” But I’ve been kinda thinking about getting a new laptop for a while. I’ve just been telling myself I dont NEED it. . .
But it will be nice to not have to share computer time with the wife!
I can’t believe how easy it was on that website. I clicked on the stupid Dell Credit thing just for the hell of it. I didn’t expect it to approve me in 40 secs. I figured it would take like a day or two and then they’d send me an email and by then I will not be motivated to spend that kind of money. But BAM! It was like “Here’s 4 grand, we’ll mail you the computer if you click this button right now.” So I did it.
I’ll just pay it off in like 5 months or less. I keep telling myself this will help my credit. I need to justify this purchase somehow. I could use a credit boost. It needs help!
Here’s a pic. God I hope I didn’t get hosed.
You won’t be hosed until you need tech support.
It sounds great! Best of luck with it.
I too was very unhappy with Dell tech support, but hopefully you won’t need it.
All that and you’re going to use a bare wall for a screen? At least go to the Projector People or some such place and get a proper screen. It’s a real treat.
The good news is that barring any disasters your laptop will be useful well into the next decade.
My turn…
The wife and I wanted to get a new entertainment center (ya know for the TV and stuff). I told her we need to look at ones that can hold a widescreen. When she asked why, I explained to her that our next TV would be a widescreen for various reasons. Now since she had never seen a widescreen TV, we headed over to the TV section so I could show her what they looked like. Now, we went in planning to buy an entertainment center for about one or two hundred dollars. We bought the entertainment center…and a 50 inch plasma. What do I win?
How the hell does grenadine mix with those liquors?!?!
If make a Tequila Sunrise, then quite nicely
If you need tech support, call late (around 4:30 PM or so EST) on a Sunday. That seems to be your best chance of getting what appears to be a non-outsourced call center – in any case, they’re not just reading off a script.
Nice notebook, by the way. (I have a Dell Inspiron 6000.)
I see a couple Vodkas, a couple Gins, some Vermouth and a rum. You make your Tequila Sunrises very different from mine.
Hmmmm, looks like a Herradura on the bottom there. On first glance I thought it twas a vodka. I stand corrected.
After a few of my Sunrises, you might be not be standing at all 
