Scare Tactics Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 (edited) I know similar questions to this have already been asked before here, but im contemplating buying a new computer. Not sure if i want to spend the money, but i was looking on dell today just to see whats out there. Just looking for some advice if you think this computer is worth the price or if its a good buy. Dell Inspiron 531s I think that link doesnt show the exact 1 that i built so here are the specs. Dell Inspiron 531s AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ BS40AH [223-0977] Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English VHP3E [313-5596][420-5769][420-5924][420-6436][420-6540][420-7622][463-2282] Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs 1GB62 [311-7300] Keyboard and Mouse Bundles Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse EKOM [310-7966][310-8025] Monitor No Monitor N [320-3000] Video Cards 256MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO X24PROS [320-6168] Hard Drives 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ 250S [341-4921] Floppy Drive and Media Reader No Floppy Drive Included NFD [341-5008] Mouse Mouse included with Keyboard purchase N [310-1966] Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet IN [430-0412] Modem and Wireless 56K PCI Data Fax Modem DFAX [313-4594] Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1 AAREAD [420-7468] Optical Drive 16x DVD+/-RW Drive 16DVDRW [313-5356][420-6464] Sound Cards Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio IS [313-2758] Speakers No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system) N [313-2198] Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD DWRK [412-0912] Security Software No Subscription (only 30-day protection) NOTM [420-7701] Warranty & Service 1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor, 24x7 Phone Support S111OS [950-3337][960-3249][983-1740][983-3680][987-3197][987-6238] Internet Access Service No ISP requested NISP [412-0148] Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support S5313 [466-7679] Dell Digital Entertainment No Entertainment software pre-installed NODE [464-9572] Labels Windows Vista™ Premium VPD [310-8626] DataSafe Online Backup Free 3GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1 Year Free shipping, so with tax the total is $487.71 I dont need a monitor or speakers since i already have. I have a microsoft office disk so no need for that either. Im also curious about windows vista, is it better than XP? And whats the difference between vista home basic & vista home premium, because i added vista home premium for and added $30. Also is that a good video card? Because it was an added $60 bucks from the card that it started with. Thanks for any advice. Edited November 26, 2007 by Scare Tactics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Vista, run away. Cfg one with XP, they are available. Don't worry about video card unless you are a hardcore gamer. If you are a hardcore gamer, you wouldn't be shopping for a dell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scare Tactics Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 Vista, run away. Cfg one with XP, they are available. Don't worry about video card unless you are a hardcore gamer. If you are a hardcore gamer, you wouldn't be shopping for a dell. It seems they will only let me cfg those with vista, anything that i could find to cfg with XP seems to run around $599. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 It seems they will only let me cfg those with vista, anything that i could find to cfg with XP seems to run around $599. They told a friend of mine the same thing. I called and they offered me either xp of ubuntu linux as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Ryan Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 go to business section of Dell, they offer XP there, and its the same price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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