I'm looking to buy a Dell 2005fpw in a month or so...but what's the trick to getting them cheap? Everyone says how you can get them for right around $400, so what's the trick? Thanks
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Buying a 2005fpw
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I just went to Dell's website and they had a a sale deal going so with shipping and all it was about $420. If you just type into google Dell coupons 2005fpw you might get some extra coupons that pop up, but a lot of the ones i found were expired.
Great monitor, every time I look at it I cry just a little from the joy of it.
Great monitor, every time I look at it I cry just a little from the joy of it.
I got mine for about $400 from Dell Small Business during a quarterly sale.
It's a very good monitor in a number of ways, but having said that, it does have one potential major defect that I know of: the backlight can leak fairly badly. This was a known problem in earlier versions of this monitor, and has supposedly been fixed. Mine however, does have fairly annoying light leaks at all four corners (and was bought fairly recently). It's not a problem when I use it for Web surfing or editing music in Logic (in fact, it's great for that), but if you want to watch a movie on it, or edit photos, the light leaks can prove troublesome (very annoying in a dark movie). I almost sent mine back.
Yes, it does have the same PANEL as the Apple Cinema, but it doesn't have the same backlight. Caveat emptor
It's a very good monitor in a number of ways, but having said that, it does have one potential major defect that I know of: the backlight can leak fairly badly. This was a known problem in earlier versions of this monitor, and has supposedly been fixed. Mine however, does have fairly annoying light leaks at all four corners (and was bought fairly recently). It's not a problem when I use it for Web surfing or editing music in Logic (in fact, it's great for that), but if you want to watch a movie on it, or edit photos, the light leaks can prove troublesome (very annoying in a dark movie). I almost sent mine back.
Yes, it does have the same PANEL as the Apple Cinema, but it doesn't have the same backlight. Caveat emptor
just check dell's website frequently. i got mine for just over 400 with shipping, but i have seen that people can get better deals, or add coupons to get them for around 360. just keep your eyes open and check dell's website frequently.
I'll chime in too and say that I've got no problems w/my 2005FPW and my 2001FP. They come w/3 year warranties.
Love my 2005FPW! Best purchase ever.
It did have some dead pixels, however. A quick call to Dell got me a replacement in 2 days. Dell's dead pixel policy is very liberal (they didn't ask how many or where, they just sent a replacement) and beats Apple's by a mile.
It did have some dead pixels, however. A quick call to Dell got me a replacement in 2 days. Dell's dead pixel policy is very liberal (they didn't ask how many or where, they just sent a replacement) and beats Apple's by a mile.
http://www.dealmein.net/
I got mine a month or so ago through Dell.ca's '12 days of Dell deals' deal for $499 CAD.
Two replacements later I'm pretty satisfied. The first LCD had severe backlight issues, the second had some backlight problems and a few dead pixels but thankfully the third is perfect.
But yeah, you can usually catch the 2005FPWs at around $363 every two to three weeks on dealmein.
Good luck.
I got mine a month or so ago through Dell.ca's '12 days of Dell deals' deal for $499 CAD.
Two replacements later I'm pretty satisfied. The first LCD had severe backlight issues, the second had some backlight problems and a few dead pixels but thankfully the third is perfect.
But yeah, you can usually catch the 2005FPWs at around $363 every two to three weeks on dealmein.
Good luck.