New Computer

[volfann]

Just ordered a new computer from Dell and was amazed at the price compared to my old 4600i model.. got an XPS 400 with a P4 2.8 dual core processor,250 gig SATA HDD,1 gig of dual DDR 533mhz RAM,dual optical drives,dvd-rom and dvd dual layer burner. It has XP media center edition ,ATI Radeon pci express card ,integrated 7.1 sound and they are throwing in a 19 inch flat panel and free shipping,all for 920 green backs..

[Steve83]

At almost a grand, NOTHING in that deal is "free". Good luck with it!

[volfann]

This will be my 3rd Dell and never had a single problem with any of them. Closest computer I could find in same price range was at tiger for $999 and NO monitor .

[Chewy]

nice computer

did you read this thread?

bad link

paint the case orange

[BR7]

Congrats volfann
That's almost like my Dell E510

Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)
512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (2x256M) I now have a gig
80GB5 Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 8MB cache
128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory

[volfann]

nice computer

did you read this thread?

bad link

paint the case orange

Chewy,,access was denied to the link. Orange...hhmmm. wonder what the wife would say.

[Chewy]

my fault, sorry,

night has that same computer, don't plan on putting a bunch of ide drives in, it only has 1 ide controller

[NightTran]

very nice computer

[movielover]

happy burning...should be quick and easy with that power under the hood.

[volfann]

Congrats volfann
That's almost like my Dell E510

Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)
512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (2x256M) I now have a gig
80GB5 Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 8MB cache
128MB PCI Expressâ„¢ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory

I was looking at the E510 when the special sale on the xps caught my eye. my wife has taken over my 4600 playing the Sims and I convinced her I needed a new one so I wouldn't have to rush her to end her games. By the way, is the video card any good? got the same one but I have always used Nvidia cards>>

[volfann]

my fault, sorry,

night has that same computer, don't plan on putting a bunch of ide drives in, it only has 1 ide controller

Will probably just leave it stock Chewy. Except for doing back ups I'm not a heavy user .

[BR7]

I was looking at the E510 when the special sale on the xps caught my eye. my wife has taken over my 4600 playing the Sims and I convinced her I needed a new one so I wouldn't have to rush her to end her games. By the way, is the video card any good? got the same one but I have always used Nvidia cards>>

I am not a heavy user either this card works very well for what I use my pc for

[jct1999]

windows xp media center is nice but from what i have heard it is alot like windows xp home edition but i am not totaly sue on however i do know that windows xo media center edition cannot be put on a domain and that came from microsoft them selfs on the support page so keep in mind if your running a domain

[volfann]

My only domain here is my little one acre estate here in Woodland Acres..

[JimS]

...
Buying a new computer with OS preinstalled usually means
that there is so much crap also installed. AOL and other ISP
crap, etc., etc. It seems over the past few years the PC
manufactures have included more and more crap. And it
is getting harder and harder to remove it. IMHO some of
this extra crap may get in the way of speedy video backuping.

I think now it is so much better to install everything, including
the OS yourself. And that doesn't necessarily mean Microsoft.
Microsoft stuff costs a lot of money. I've been experimenting
with Linux OS's and think this is becoming the way to go,
at least for someone with some computer savey.

My last Dell (bought Oct 2000) is now running Ubuntu Linux.
The (legal) cost of Ubuntu OS was the price of a blank CD.
Little by little I am expanding its functions. Next I will install
a DVD RW drive and see if I can do backups of DVDs as easily
as with my newer Windows boxes.

Recycling my old box has been a very good educational experience
for this old daug. Open Office is a very good sub for MS Office
and is available in both Linux and MS Windows flavors. Its free.
See www.openoffice.org Backing up CDs has not been a problem
using Ubuntu Linux. All necessary codexs were readily available.
The Ubuntu forum has been a great help.

Good luck with your new Dell. I hope support is as good
as before they outsourced to India, etc. Also I hope there
is a good Dell forum, independantly run.

I think Dell now sells some of their boxes sanes (without) OS.
Bill Gates and Micheal Dell are old buddies. I think they may have
roomed together in college. When Bill was called before the US
Congress, Micheal was sitting right behind him, providing support.
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