Is this a good deal?

[vanquish]

What do you guys think of the system below? It's for my sister, she's not very technologically adept but is into the whole digital photography scene. She has dial-up now but may eventually get a cable modem in the near future. Should I go Dell for her? Do you think there's a better deal somewhere else for cheaper?




Price: $409.00


Dell Dimension 2400: Intel® Celeron® Processor at 2.4GHz with 400MHz front side bus
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition¹²
Memory: 128MB Shared DDR SDRAM at 333MHz (Performs at 266MHz for 400FSB systems)
Keyboard: FREE!! Dell? Wireless Keyboard AND Optical Mouse
Mouse: Mouse included in Dell Wireless Package
Bundled Software: Productivity Pack including WordPerfect® and Money® COREL
Security Software: No Virus Protection Requested NOAV
Hard drive: 40GB ATA/100 Value Hard Drive
CD or DVD Drive: FREE UPGRADE! 48x CD-RW Drive with Sonic RecordNow
Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices: 3.5 in Floppy Drive
Monitor: No monitor
Video Card: Integrated Intel® 3D Extreme Graphics IV
Sound Card: Integrated Audio
Speakers: Stereo Speakers
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MUSICMATCH
Digital Photography: Dell Picture Studio, Image Expert Standard
Dell Media Experience?: Dell Media Experience?
Network Interface: Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Modem: 56K PCI Data Fax Modem
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 1 Year Limited Warranty plus 1 Year On-site Service
Installation Services: No Installation

 

[mattford11]

im not sure that this would be the place for this post.. but, before the lock..
you might wanna search for the deal on the dell 400sc , u can get a very similar system with a little more future for upgrades, for around 325.00 shipped to your door.

Matt

 

[VaG]

Originally posted by: vanquish Is this a good deal?

Do you mean for us or you?

 

[vanquish]

Thanks Matt

VaG- for my sister

 

[SgtZulu]

What part of PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING don't you understand n00b

 

[1Cheap2Crazy]

Yes, SgtZulu is right, wrong forum and he's always more then happy to point that out. On the other hand look for the dell deal that ended yesterday. For $100 more you got a lot better deal. I would wait another week or two and see if there is a better offer then the one you posted.

 

[squirrel dog]

A dell would be a good choice for her.

 

[SeaSerpent]

Originally posted by: SgtZulu
What part of PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING don't you understand n00b

LOL

Thanks, I just spit coffe all over my monitor

 

[BLoop]

I'd just like to point out again, that the Stickied threads, like the forum rules, are not sticky if you don't have "Show most recently replied to threads at top" selected in your profile. For those folks, me included, they get pushed off the first page as newer threads are posted, so not everyone sees them.

 

[vanquish]

Originally posted by: SgtZulu
What part of PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING don't you understand n00b

hah I guess the entire thing.

Sorry about that.


Thanks for the info guys. I'll hold out till next week.

 

[VaG]

Originally posted by: BLoop
I'd just like to point out again, that the Stickied threads, like the forum rules, are not sticky if you don't have "Show most recently replied to threads at top" selected in your profile. For those folks, me included, they get pushed off the first page as newer threads are posted, so not everyone sees them.

I'd just like to point out for the first time, that since new accounts default to "show most recent Replied To topic at the top" there is almost a 0% chance that some newbie went in and altered his personal option settings before his first post when he can't even figure out that no one else is posting questions. The most likely senerio is that they didn't care and didn't read.

 

[BG4533]

My mother just got a 2400 with:
2.4GHz Celeron
256MB RAM
80GB 7200RPM HD
Cd + CDRW
17" monitor + the other crap for $500.

With that said I dont think this deal is very good. 128MB is not enough for XP to do much of anything and the 5400RPM "value" HD is bad as well.

 

[bfunny27]

Originally posted by: SgtZulu
What part of PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING don't you understand n00b

lol you crack me up =) I needed a good laugh today