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this a good dell deal for 575pounds????
Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6400 Processor (2.13GHz, 1066MHz, 2MB)
English Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Dell™ 20" Black Wide Flat Panel (E207WFP)
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro graphics card
Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability
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Yeah it looks ok. Not sure if it's an absolute bargain, but for the price you're getting a good deal. If anything it looks well spec'd and quite nicely balanced. The 20" Dell TFT is nice, and the Core 2 Duo is a good choice.
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Well that looks grand to me. I mean, your looking at over £200 just for the monitor itself. The GFX card is good, and 1gb ram. 250bg SATA drive are really good.
Personally, only thing that lets it down, is VISTA. For the time being, at least 6-8months, I would still choose XP
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Personally, only thing that lets it down, is VISTA. For the time being, at least 6-8months, I would still choose XP
I agree, but a friend told me that Dell still supply XP for business, so it might be worth looking to see if Dell do a similar business PC, if thats what youd prefer.
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OP - could you send me a link to this computer please?
thanks
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mr rush,
i got this offer by phoning them, its not online.
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could you not then just buy it and put on your old copy of XP?
Also does Vista have the same issue that XP had at first where you would get software and it's requirements would be for example 256MB Ram for all operating systems but 512MB for Windows XP? and does Vista have compatibility modes like XP has?
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Hi lil_chooa would you be able to post a dell refrence number/code to the above spec dell computerso we can find it because i want to buy it. They would have given you a ref number for you computer, can you also tell us what dimension machine this is?
cheers and excellent find BTW
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I'd say it's a fair price. You could do a lot worse. Oh,and I agree with the others regarding Vista. If you do get one with Vista then get the most powerful one you can afford otherwise the Aero features will sap your system. Yes you can turn it off but then you might as well have bought XP - at least that is now a solid os with drivers that actually work. Do you really want to contribute to Microsoft's testing program with your hard earned cash ?
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I'd say it's a fair price. You could do a lot worse. Oh,and I agree with the others regarding Vista. If you do get one with Vista then get the most powerful one you can afford otherwise the Aero features will sap your system.
That spec will easily handle Aero. Aero only adds load to the GPU (Graphics). As far as the CPU is concerned it's no different from not running Aero at all.
Yes you can turn it off but then you might as well have bought XP - at least that is now a solid os with drivers that actually work. Do you really want to contribute to Microsoft's testing program with your hard earned cash ?
Not necessarily. XP by design is flawed. Vista is a much better concept, very similar to Linux in the way that its UAC works. Vista will do you fine, and everything in the package will (or should do) work with Vista (otherwise it'd be a poor package on Dell's behalf).
Vista will be fine on your pc. I wouldn't worry about the hassles of getting XP, or reinstalling the whole system.
Agree, it looks like a good deal and Dell are not a bad company. I too would shy away from VISTA for now, at least until it is a year or so in and all the bugs are ironed out. However, it is probably difficult to find a decent new PC without it. The 20" screen sounds great.
What bugs? Again people seem to assume there are bugs. It's an easy bandwagon to jump on, but there's often no evidence (or at least not yet). Vista is no different from when XP first came out. People were fine then. They released SP1, everyone upgraded, they released SP2, everyone upgraded again. The same will happen with Vista.
Typically businesses will wait a year, but that's about more than just initial bugs. The typical home user will be fine with Vista.
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What bugs? Again people seem to assume there are bugs. It's an easy bandwagon to jump on, but there's often no evidence (or at least not yet). Vista is no different from when XP first came out. People were fine then. They released SP1, everyone upgraded, they released SP2, everyone upgraded again. The same will happen with Vista.
Typically businesses will wait a year, but that's about more than just initial bugs. The typical home user will be fine with Vista.
On software (especially of this size) there are always bugs. But as you say, most home users will be fine. Keep yourself protected with Anti Virus and Hardware and Software firewalls, keep the system up to date with patches and you're unlikely to have any problems.
If you're not buying a new PC with Vista, I don't see much point in upgrading at present, unless there's a feature you must have. You pays your money and takes your choice though.
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If you're not buying a new PC with Vista, I don't see much point in upgrading at present, unless there's a feature you must have. You pays your money and takes your choice though.
True, regarding the bugs. But it's been, and still is that way with XP and people have been fine. I've used Vista at work quite a bit and not had a single problem. As long as you have a pc that can handle it and a decent setup (firewalls, av etc...) they you'll be fine.
I agree in that sense of not upgrading (unless you got it free). It's difficult to just yet justify the £100 to buy an OEM version unless you're a techie, or enjoy tinkering around with computers. XP works just fine. But if it comes included I'd see it as more hassle to switch to XP than to stick with Vista.
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Agree, it looks like a good deal and Dell are not a bad company. I too would shy away from VISTA for now, at least until it is a year or so in and all the bugs are ironed out. However, it is probably difficult to find a decent new PC without it. The 20" screen sounds great.
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Its a really good spec, I will add if you ask about the ultra-sharp 19" screen for an extra £50, this includes a 4 usb hub , vga and dvi. I have this screen and it is really really good. Also if you can max out the spec as must as you can with the budget you have this means that it is better then the standard and you will have a extra "x" amount of time. And with the operating system for the extra £100 for Vista Ultimate go for it now rather then later because you will be paying more with the Windows Anytime Upgrade. Other go for Ultimate if you want or need too. Home Premium is suitable for a general user.
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I have just called dell up and they have quoted me £669 for the same spec??
Can some one ehelp me?
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Try looking at:
Also go direct to some manufacturers pages like they sell their own laptops.
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Stay well away from Toshiba. Their customer services are useless. I will NEVER buy an other Toshiba computer (desktop/laptop/tablet pc) in my life again.
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As suggested, looks quite good as far as I can see - I wouldn't take Vista though until the next service pack is out at least.
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I wouldn't take Vista though until the next service pack is out at least.
Why is that?
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will someone please tell me how i can get the above deal from dell??