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05-18-2004, 01:28 PM
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| yeah yeah Member Since: May 2002
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| Computer Questions Operating System: Microsoft® Windows XP Home Memory: 256 MB DDR 333MHz NON-ECC SDRAM (2 DIMMs) Floppy Drive: 1.44MB Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive: 40 GB EIDE Hard Drive (7200 RPM) Video: 128MB DDR GeForce FX 5200 Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI Modem: 56Kbps Data/Fax Modem Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! Digital Sound Card Network Interface Card: True Mobile 1300 Wireless Network Card DVD Drive: 8X DVD+R/RW CDRW Combo Drive 16X DVD-ROM Is this good? Remember the modem will be coming out, to be replaces with eth network card. :) Pro's / Con's
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05-18-2004, 01:31 PM
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| If it's around $700, buy it...... What speed processor?? |
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05-18-2004, 01:51 PM
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| yeah yeah Member Since: May 2002
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Price- $704.00 Model-Dimension 4600 Processor-P4-2800 Operating System-Windows® XP Home HD Size¹-40 G (I) 7200RPM RAM-256 CD Speed-DVD Video Card-128MB Sound Card-GeForce FX5200 Zip Drive-1024 Network Card-ETH-0 Chassis-MicroTower
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05-18-2004, 02:00 PM
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| Member Member Since: Apr 2001 Location: Lexington Park
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| It looks like a decent configuration, although i don't see a cpu speed on there. Nothing really great or really bad about it. I would get another 256 Meg of RAM at a minimum though. The graphics card is new enough to support direct x 9, but it is a fairly low end card. Not a good choice for new 3d games. The sound card is also a low end version. They are both about one step above integrated video and sound. You also don't mention a monitor. You could get a similar computer at 2.8 Gig with a 17 inch monitor from dell for around $1,000 (Dell Dimension 4600). The price should drop considerably for anything under 2.4Gig though. |
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05-18-2004, 02:04 PM
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| Dadadadada  Member Since: Aug 2002 Location: Greenwood, Indiana
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| Dell.com - Dimension2400, 2.6GHz, 128MB, 80GB, CD-RW, 17" CRT for $425 after rebate This is one of the most decent lowest-quality computers on market you can buy today. Forget about playing 3D games on it, since it's only real use would be for surfing the web, doing email, taxes, word processing, and storing/printing digital camera photos. Dell Dimension 2400 in Dell Small Business Pentium4 processor at 2.66GHz with 533MHz bus Windows XP Home $100 mail-in rebate option checked 128MB 333MHz memory productivity pack with Wordperfect and Money software free upgrade to 80GB 7200rpm hard drive single drive: 48x CD-RW drive 3.5" floppy drive 17" (16" visible) E773c monitor (this option may not be automatically marked, but it is listed as a free upgrade) integrated Intel 3D Extreme Graphics no speakers no modem (adding a 56K data/fax modem would cost $20 limited warranty: 70% savings on 2 year basic plan The computer in this configuration comes to $498.60. Free ground shipping. Because this is Dell Small Business, all customers must pay sales tax which would add another $25 or so to the purchase price. Send in the $100 rebate after you receive it and if you like the computer.
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05-18-2004, 02:05 PM
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| Dadadadada Member Since: Aug 2002 Location: Greenwood, Indiana
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| WC, be sure to check http://www.hot-deals.org/ frequently. That's where I got the deal I posted above. And they update daily several times per day. I buy almost all my electronics exclusively by finding them on that website.
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05-18-2004, 03:56 PM
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| One Of The Gang  Member Since: Nov 2003 Location: Budd's Creek is my back yard!
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05-18-2004, 11:03 PM
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| This is your captain!  Member Since: Apr 2004 Location: LexPk
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| Yeah, I like it. Buy from Dell, they're okay. Check out hpshopping.com as well, as HP/Compaqs are nice too. You should be able to shop based on specs pretty closely. -Chuck Disclaimer: posting this from his Apple Powerbook  |
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