Well! As we can see from Kevin's comments, there is a lot of room
for opinion here. First of all, i have been a happy Dell owner since
1994. i have bought 4 desktop machines from them, as well as a
laptop and PDA, and have had virtually no trouble with any of
them. oh! I forgot, i have also used 2 dell desktop machines at
work. The only problem out of the box that i have had with them, was
a defective video card on my first machine, and it was not made by
dell, so that could have happened to anyone. Are they perfect, heck
no! but who is? my only problem with them was their off shore tech
support, and, because of a minor hearing loss, i have a hard time
understanding people who speak with accents, again, not their
fault. in general, i do think that extended service plans are a
money maker for the manufacturer, but a waste of money for the end
user. The exception to that rule is if it is a laptop. The 19 inch
monitor is overkill if you are blind, but it may have been part of a
package, and perhaps little was actually paid for it. And, quad core
chips are becoming almost commonplace these days. As I said before,
if it were me, and it were not an emergency, I would have waited a
few months until Windows 7 was being installed by the factory,
because sometimes upgrading can be a pain in the butt.
Andy
At 04:55 AM 8/1/2009, you wrote:
In my opinion you made several mistakes.
First, getting a Dell.
Second, getting conned into the extra warranty.
This is a cheap machine and will be disposable in two years or less
but you are paying for a four year warranty.
Integrated video and sound.
Not a good idea in my opinion, cheap video and sound cards are
available which will make your system more reliable and slightly faster.
Add them yourself if you like.
Only one hard drive?
And, paying for a quad core processor which adds next to nothing
over a core two duo except cost.
Also, why buy a monitor from Dell?
They are around cheap from buy.com etc.
At 12:33 AM 8/1/2009, Blue wrote:
Hi,
Could someone tell me is this a good system or not. This is the one I
ordered.
Order Detail
Qty Part # Description
--- -------- ---------------------------------------------
1 224-2761 Studio Mini-Tower, Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q8200 (2.33GHz,
1333MHz FSB), w/ 4MBcache
1 311-9314 4GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHZ- 4X1GB DIM M
1 330-0915 Dell Consumer Multimedia Keyboard
1 330-1158 Dell USB 6-Button Laser Mouse
1 320-7479 Dell 19 inch S1909WXF Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
1 320-7456 Integrated Intel GMA X4500HD Graphics
1 341-7642 640GB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive 7200RPM
1 311-9655 Integrated Media Card Reader
1 420-9288 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium 64-bit Edition English
1 330-1631 Dell Resource DVD with Application Backup
1 420-9105 eBay Web Access Icon
1 420-6436 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1 420-8873 Dell Dock Consumer
1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after
system set-up to access
1 420-8874 Dell Video Chat
1 421-0323 Windows Live Search,Multiple User Interface
1 420-7938 Dell Connect 2.1
1 421-0530 Dell Support Center 2.0 64bit
1 421-0427 Dell Movie Store
1 420-9691 DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
1 421-0092 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
1 310-5678 Mouse included with Keyboard purchase
1 430-3322 Integrated 10/1000 Ethernet
1 313-7115 No Modem Option
1 410-1867 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
1 313-7824 Dual Drives: Internal Qflix-enabled DVD Burner and DVD-ROM
1 420-8152 Roxio Creator 10.2 Dell Edition
1 421-0524 Roxio Venue 2.0
1 421-0525 Roxio Venue 2.0, Kit
1 421-0997 Power DVD 8.2, DVD
1 313-7114 Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
1 313-6557 Dell AX210 USB Stereo Speaker
1 410-2142 McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware firewall,
36-months
1 420-6585 Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition
1 950-7447 4 Year Limited Warranty
1 980-4013 Warranty Support,3 Year Extended
1 983-3680 Warranty Support,Initial Year
1 412-0359 Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
1 992-2558 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Extended
Year(s)
1 992-2557 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Initial Year
1 987-7693 Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Service Plus Nights
and Weekends, 3 Year Extended
1 991-1220 Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Service Plus Nights
and Weekends, Initial Year
1 988-0099 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs,
DataSafe Online
1 988-7707 2GB DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 FOR SDO/DIM/INS/XPS
1 420-9518 DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 2GB
1 330-0172 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Desktops
1 310-8626 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System
1 420-9800 Dell Remote Access free basic to access your PCs from outside
your home
1 993-1919 Dell Remote Access, free basic service - access your PCs and
files from outside your home
1 420-9352 Dell, Software, Wild Tangent Inc Games
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