Even better value to buy "one generation" back... if the performance will be satisfactory for your needs.
Check Arrow. They have decent prices and I believe a 60-day warranty. Coincidentally, I've learned that 2 of their regional executives live on my block*!! Arrow is a $25 BILLION sales company... not chopped liver! *If you like anecdotes, here's one. Two guys, Regional VPs of sales for a large international computer/electronics company... both headquartered in different parts of the country and both with international territories... decide (required?) to move.... thousands of miles from their former domiciles... end up coincidentally ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER! on my block.
I like this one on ebay from Dell Fin Services, but no SSD: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precis...223637?hash=item542606a955:g:oI8AAOSw5ZBWKpRM
Swap your own 256GB SSD for $75-$90 and you're in business. DFS offers 90-day warranty and they are good folks to do business with. (I've bought from them before and resolved a warranty issue. They were A+ accommodative.)
Here's the arrow I found on ebay: http://stores.ebay.com/shoparrowdirect/_i.html?_nkw=dell+precision&submit=Search&srchdesc=y Is this correct?
This seller has a better selection and is top-rated: http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odk...+precision.TRS0&_nkw=delll+precision&_sacat=0
I don't have experience with this seller. All I know is the Precision M4600 seems to be a quality machine. Get it for the best price/warranty you can. I suggested Arrow as my own experience with them has been excellent.
Here's the Arrow Direct website: http://arrowdirect.com/search?q=dell+precision#/?_=1&filter.harddrive=250&page=1&sort.price=desc I am confused by their specs on this one: http://arrowdirect.com/dell-precision-m6600-2-20ghz-intel-core-i7-gen2-250gb-131050mb.html Also they don't list the specific processor just the generation. Under memory it lists No... but in the title it lists 131050MB I think the 131050 mb is supposed to be 31050 mb?? Here's the spec sheet for the m6600, it says max ram is 32GB at 1333MHz. http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/precn/en/precision-M6600-spec-sheet.pdf