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January 24th, 2009 12:00

Why was the price of the studio 15n just increased by $175 -- is it a mistake??

Hi,

I was about to buy a Sudio 15N and I had been watching the price. For some unknown reason the price was increased by $175 this week. The only difference is a switch from the

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5750 (2.00GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)

to

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5850 (2.16GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache), which is not $175 more expensive. Note there were *no* special offers in the configs below:

Below are the configurations I priced out before this week and this week:

Studio 15, 1/24/2009
SYSTEM COLOR    Midnight Blue    edit
PROCESSOR    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5850 (2.16GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)    edit
OPERATING SYSTEM    Ubuntu 8.04 with DVD Playback    edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE    1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service    edit
HD DISPLAY    Hi Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1920x1200)    edit
VIDEO CARD    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100    edit
MEMORY    2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2    edit
HARD DRIVE    Size: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)    edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE    8X Slot Load CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)    edit
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS    Dell 1397 Wireless-G Card    edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM    Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam    edit
BATTERY OPTIONS    85 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)    edit
SOUND OPTIONS    High Definition Audio 2.0    edit
KEYBOARD    Standard Keyboard (included in the price)    edit
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Studio 15, 1/4/2009
SYSTEM COLOR    Midnight Blue    edit
PROCESSOR    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5750 (2.00GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)    edit
OPERATING SYSTEM    Ubuntu 8.04 with DVD Playback    edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE    1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service    edit
HD DISPLAY    Hi Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1920x1200)    edit
VIDEO CARD    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100    edit
MEMORY    2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2    edit
HARD DRIVE    Size: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)    edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE    8X Slot Load CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)    edit
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS    Dell 1397 Wireless-G Card    edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM    Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam    edit
BATTERY OPTIONS    85 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)    edit
SOUND OPTIONS    High Definition Audio 2.0    edit
KEYBOARD    Standard Keyboard (included in the price)    edit
Cost $734

 

 

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January 25th, 2009 05:00

Prices are laible to fluctuate - even on a day-to-day basis, due to the economy/market forces/currency value, etc :emotion-55:

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January 27th, 2009 08:00

Sorry but I disagree. The prices for the ubuntu linux machines have at least  for the last few months only fluctuated by a few bucks and that fluctuation is usually in the form of an identified "special". In this case this the base system went up by $175. It was also a low cost system to start with so this was an extremely large increase -- which is why I wondered if it was a mistake.

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