I’d like to call out a recent Engadget post that’s gotten a bit of attention. The post, with comments, can be found here:
Yes, Engadget readers, it’s true. We’ve decided to bundle the Xbox Elite bundle with our XPS M1730 as a special offer to our customers. As one commenter to this article mentioned (Brian), you can never have enough Xbox 360s. I would wholeheartedly agree.
One thing the article didn’t point out, though, is that this amazing deal is also available with the XPS 630. A screenshot can be seen below:
You can find the bundle with the XPS 630 here:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_630?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
The offer with the XPS M1730 can be found here:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1730?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
So for all of those back to schoolers who may have had to choose between getting a laptop for school or buying themselves a new toy, here’s one way you can have both.
Game on!
July 21st, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Suppose they have to get rid of the crap somewhere, like the cheesy free gifts you buy with boxes of stationary….
Shame it’s not a PS3..
July 21st, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Not an XBox 360 fan?
I’m not sure that I would phrase it that way. Many people think that the XBox is a great gaming platform.
I tell you what. If you pick this deal up, and don’t want your 360, contact me. I’ll be happy to take it off your hands
July 21st, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I just bought a top of the line XPS M1730 this past month. Is there any way I could retroactively get my hands on one of the XBOX360’s or am I S.O.L?
July 21st, 2008 at 2:47 pm
That’s the spirit Tim!
Unfortunately, however, that isn’t something we can really do.
No special offer is retroactive, for reasons I’m sure you can guess at.
July 21st, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Agree with Jake….though i’m not an American and this Dell+xBox bundle got nothing to do with me
, i think it will be nicer if there’s an option on what game consoles can you get to bundle with the laptop. Like Wii, or PS3. But the problem is if Dell start marketing laptop bundled with console that you can choose, i know what’s next. Dell merging with Best Buy. 
July 21st, 2008 at 10:13 pm
My son is delighted with the deal. I get the pc and he gets another game console for a spare. It`s a win win situation for us.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:42 am
Suprised a company like Dell wants to asscioate itself with the product that’s the most unreliable consumer product of all time..
I hope your XPS systems are better than the junk you are bundling with it…
July 25th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Is this promotion over?
I requested a quote from my Dell rep and he “mysteriously” never got it! I just went to check again and it looks like this is over! I’m praying there’s still a way to get this!
July 25th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Ed-
Unfortunately, the promo ended yesterday. Sorry to have to be the bearer of bad news
July 28th, 2008 at 9:15 am
that’s HEARTBREAKING!!!
anything in the pipeline ?
August 5th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Dell is a terrible product. Their defective battery almost cost me a portion of my PhD Thesis. I cannot get them to replace it. I spent over $1000 dollars when I started grad school to buy a Dell laptop, and 2 years into my thesis research my laptop nearly combusts. I will NEVER buy a Dell again, I would prefer a quality product that is reliable to their cheap product.
Oh, and when calling to protest my defective battery and seek a replacement, I was told it would cost $50 to even speak with someone on this topic. Are you serious? It this to cover costs of outsourcing to India? The most ridiculous phone call I’ve ever experienced.
Again, DO NOT BUY A DELL. Save yourself from the frustration of dealing with them after they knowingly put out a defective product, and save yourself from the risk of losing something important, such as priceless years of thesis research.
August 28th, 2008 at 3:25 am
I come from a place in Latin America where clones actually rule the market, and then in the UK, during my post grad, I bought an HP Desktop and was not very happy with it, didn’t see any added value apart from the whole setup looking nice. But then, I bought a Sony Vaio Notebook FX-503, back in 2001 and it was my main computer for almost 4 years. Then, the lcd monitor started dying and the hard disk and the battery. Didn’t replace anything except the hd. And still use it as the media box connected to my flat panel lcd in the living room. Then, a year and a half ago, I scrutinized all the ultra portables at that time and found the XPS M1210, which simply put, is just the most amazing ultraportable of its generation and even today, design-wise or feature-richness, it is like a charged, nanonized swiss knife, running in 64-bit Vista and 64-bit Ubuntu. I’m sure all the battery crisis hit many big makers seriously, but if I don’t remember incorrectly, those were made by Sony. Anyway, my point is, all these computers have qualities and defects of their own, and through our ownership, they keep evolving. I think nobody has been free of having to reinstall the whole OS, lost bits of information, etc, but for me, who started back in 1987 with Commodore Amiga and floppies, such experiences have already created in me the notion of backing-up information, especially if it’s precious to me. Anyway, I’m really a fan of XPS now, and hope I can get my wife whatever is the next ultraportable they are working on and by the way, if I didn’t have to move from Taiwan in a couple of months, I would get that piece of art called XPS One. Cheers!
August 28th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Thanks for the feedback!
It’s always good to hear the success stories as well as the not so successful stories.
I, too, had a Commodore. I miss that clunkety old thing
February 28th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Does someone know when I am alive for Xbox360 will be released?