I recently bought two XPS 420s from the Dell Outlet store. One was a scratch and dent, quad core, 4G Ram, 8800GT 512M, 500Gig HD, etc etc for $895. The "dent" was a BB size ding on the side. This was close to a 50% savings at the time. If you watch the listings in the outlet store over a period of time you can find some nice bargains, IMO.