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  • Mar 26, 2009, 05:14 PM
    hogansandy
    Is this Dell a good buy
    Intel® Pentium® dual-core processor E5200 (2MB L2, 2.5GHz, 800 FSB)
    Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Service Pack 1
    Microsoft Works 9.0
    1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
    Dell S2009W 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor
    4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 4DIMMs
    500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
    Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
    16X DVD+/-RW Drive
    Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    No Floppy Drive Included
    Essentials
    McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 30-Days
    Please contact me with more details
    No Modem Option
    Dell USB Keyboard
    Dell Entry Optical Mouse
    Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
    No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
    Accessories
    Also Includes
    No Digital Music Software Requested
    Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language
    Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
    Windows Vista™ BasicCompatibility Alert
    Price is around $700

    Use mostly for burning and downloading cds and dvds, msn, email, banking so forth
    $700
  • Mar 26, 2009, 05:22 PM
    danielnoahsmommy

    Sounds like a good deal until you need support. They hook you up with someone in india. Theyy give you a royal run around. You can pay extra for us support. But in my case they refused to correct their techs error and have the nerve to ask me to by another service contract.
  • Mar 26, 2009, 05:22 PM
    seahwk83

    That's nice

    I would think for that though you should get at least Home Premium Vista and Not Vista basic

    Think it would have modem included
  • Mar 26, 2009, 06:27 PM
    ScottGem

    I just went to HP.com and built a simialr system for $789. But with a QUAD processor and a monitor with built in speakers.
  • Mar 29, 2009, 10:46 PM
    chaosmaster1

    I wouldn't pay more than 600 for it there seems to be a lot of extra stuff in there that you probably wouldn't need at all
  • Mar 30, 2009, 03:22 AM
    hogansandy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by chaosmaster1 View Post
    i wouldnt pay more than 600 for it there seems to be alot of extra stuff in there that you probally wouldnt need at all
    Like what don't I need
  • Mar 30, 2009, 06:25 AM
    Helljack6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hogansandy View Post
    like what don't I need
    Anything and everything that has Dell's name on it or attached to it. You're paying for software that has compatibiltiy issues (MS Works 9) with other office orientated software. You're paying for dell online backup for one year (use Ghost - http://www.helljack6.com/ghost) to do your backups, and it's free. And you're literally paying for a free product, Adobe PDF reader 9.

    Go to Tigerdirect and build a better machine with just specifically the operating system for about 200-300 bucks less.
  • Mar 30, 2009, 09:21 AM
    jmw0713

    If you want something out of the box, go with HP. Dell sucks and their customer service is horrible.

    You may even want to consider building something yourself, although that can be a hassle if you don't know what you're doing.
  • Mar 30, 2009, 10:49 AM
    chaosmaster1
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jmw0713 View Post
    If you want something out of the box, go with HP. Dell sucks and their customer service is horrible.

    You may even want to consider building something yourself, although that can be a hassle if you don't know what you're doing.
    I have to agree with you on that but if you do want to go with the dell I would get only 2 gb ram unless you plan or doing some gaming or video editing and you could even slice the hdd space in half to a 250 or even something smaller to save some money

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