Cookie cuter systems like dells and gateways are for people who want
it all in a one size fits all config, and usually less technical
people who aren't confortable with installing os, or configuring
things themselves or don't want to hassle with making choices which
dell or said company makes for you which work for lots of people.
I personally have always opted to do custom machines, because if
something goes bad, you can get an off the shelf part and aren't
stuck with a dell power supply, or motherboard or whatever.
The machines I get are usually higher performance machines where
corners aren't cut in the way of memory, video sub-systems, or memory
slots and such.
On these machines you can usually find more expansion slots,
accomodation for legacy hard-ware, such as com ports, and floppy
controlers on the motherboard, and of course you don't have to put up
with the extra junk dell will install the bloat ware factor.
I also like installing my own os and making my own tweaks whenever
possible or if I do let a shop do it, they'll do it to my specs.
Dell couldn't even format my drives fat32 for me when I asked them to
do so in 04 when I actually considered working on a dell.
I like fat32 because it's easier to get to images for backing up and
such and if I need ntfs I reserve an extra partition on one of my
drives for big files and such.
I know I can run ntfs pro but that takes more memory, and for those
of us who use older technology as well as newer technology to
maintain complete control of our systems and to run multiple os's
this makes sense.
Also on a fat32 system, it's much easier to get your data back if the
drive messes up.
I realize this probably won't be an option for window's 7 but as long
as I can use it, I will.
Also, have any of you actually taken a look inside a dell case?
Man, talk about junky.
Drives mounted vertically in these funny little cages with little
catch cages, and brackets, they're a pain to get open and work on,
where as my machine has nice drive bays and rails you just screw to,
no gimicky plastic junk just waiting to crack and hard to get to
screws and junk.
I've gotten too many of these junky dells through my work bench over
the last 5 years, and rresurrected them, and every time I go man, for
what they want for these junky machines, people are getting ripped off.
But they serve a purpose I guess, I'm just glad I had good buddies
and the plain stubbornness to learn to work on these a little myself.
At 06:55 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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