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minus-squareDie4Ever@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·edit-22 days agomeanwhile on the Dell website EDIT: $100 of that difference comes from Win11 requiring an SSD upgrade from 512GB to 1TB
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoWhat currency is that? Windows 11 home is $140 USD.
minus-squareDie4Ever@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 days agoUSD https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/xps-13-laptop/spd/xps-13-9350-intel-laptop/usexcucto9350lnl01#customization-anchor
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoThe “discount” “+$100” 💀
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI think that might be losing a $100 discount from the other configuration, possibly because they have excess smaller drives that don’t meet win11 requirements?
minus-squareReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThat’s crazy! I had no idea they were charging that much now. Thanks for sharing!
meanwhile on the Dell website
EDIT: $100 of that difference comes from Win11 requiring an SSD upgrade from 512GB to 1TB
What currency is that? Windows 11 home is $140 USD.
USD
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/xps-13-laptop/spd/xps-13-9350-intel-laptop/usexcucto9350lnl01#customization-anchor
The “discount” “+$100” 💀
I think that might be losing a $100 discount from the other configuration, possibly because they have excess smaller drives that don’t meet win11 requirements?
That’s crazy! I had no idea they were charging that much now. Thanks for sharing!