wyantm06 Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Hello I am planning on getting a cheap PC for a graduation present and was definatley thinking http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DE310RF2&s=dhs It says it has a DVD Burner, 160 Gig Hard Drive, 17 inch Flat Panel Monitor and Windows Media Center 2005. Is that a good deal for that? Btw is this to good to be true or is that what I my parents will actually be paying? I hope this is a good deal, I really want this for a graduation project. But only if all that stuff is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 all in all not a bad pc, i say go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 all in all not a bad pc, i say go for it. Ok sweet! It says $579, does that mean after rebates and crap or is that as soon as it is ordered off the site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGOKURULES Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Maybe it's just me, but aren't those upgrade prices RIDICULOUS? I mean $110.00 dollars for an upgrade to DataSafe 160GB (Includes main hard drive plus a hidden reserve hard drive) [add $110 or $3/month2 ALL THAT IS, IS A PARTITION ON THE DRIVE... Thats not an extra drive! Do they think people are that stupid? Though WE know We would never buy a system short of building our own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Ok sweet! It says $579, does that mean after rebates and crap or is that as soon as it is ordered off the site? nope thats $579 flat fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 nope thats $579 flat fee. Ok thanks. Well now I got to add the Dell wireless adaptor price because this will be running wireless internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 What's a optical mouse? It's not included. Oh and what should I do for Word. It doesn't have it, plus it doesn't have no Virus or Spyware protection. Is there a way to get those free? I don't think I can go over that $579 now since I already told them it was that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 You should just buy a nice barebones kit and then you can configure it to your liking instead of going with a dell, then you can overclock and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 What's a optical mouse? It's not included. Oh and what should I do for Word. It doesn't have it, plus it doesn't have no Virus or Spyware protection. Is there a way to get those free? I don't think I can go over that $579 now since I already told them it was that price. Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubaseball727 Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 http://www.openoffice.org/ Thats a free windows alternative. I haven't tried it, but hell, why not. And for anti-virus zonealarm and avg are both free. Tell me if you like open office Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 An optical mouse is the kind with those red lights on the bottom instead of the ball. As far as word you might be able to get it through your job if you work, or maybe at a discount from your school. There are lots of free virus protectors so you can get one of those, or find a good deal on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubaseball727 Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Optical Mouse = ^what he said haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Thanks I will use free Anti Virus Software. I don't know if I should do the $10 upgrade to a optical mouse though? I have one on my other PC but I am not sure if it is that big of a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Thanks I will use free Anti Virus Software. I don't know if I should do the $10 upgrade to a optical mouse though? I have one on my other PC but I am not sure if it is that big of a deal. They supposevely have better precision than the traditional ball mouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 They supposevely have better precision than the traditional ball mouse Ok I will upgrade to optical then. I need to go wireless with this computer. So will this work Dell Wireless; 1450 WLAN (802.11a/b/g) USB 2.0 DT Adapter? I can get it as a $50 add-on. Hopefully it gets good signal with my LinkSys Router. EDIT: I don't know how many USB ports are on this computer. Where will I plug the Wireless thing into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Ok I will upgrade to optical then. I need to go wireless with this computer. So will this work Dell Wireless; 1450 WLAN (802.11a/b/g) USB 2.0 DT Adapter? I can get it as a $50 add-on. Hopefully it gets good signal with my LinkSys Router. EDIT: I don't know how many USB ports are on this computer. Where will I plug the Wireless thing into? yes i am sure there will be enough usb ports, that usb adpater seems fine to me. Its a netgear rite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 yes i am sure there will be enough usb ports, that usb adpater seems fine to me. Its a netgear rite? It's a Dell one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 It's a Dell one. Will you be gaming on your computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Will you be gaming on your computer? Nope I don't PC game. I play my Xbox 360 for gaming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 If its just for browsing and other light cpu activities then that dell is probably more power than you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 If its just for browsing and other light cpu activities then that dell is probably more power than you need. I want to use it for downloading music and software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Legally of course. What kind of computer do you have now and why do you feel the need to upgrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deven Posted February 14, 2006 CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 You need to know what you'll do with the computer for the next 2.5 years before you buy.If you really want a good deal you'll build your own or get generic from tiger direct, called systemax. Its what people in the know use as their home machine. Mag writers only bragg on sponcers, sigh. If you do get the dell you'll need a gig of ram to really run media center. A oem software cd will help cause you'll need to reload media center to remove all dells spyware and adware before you can even run the computer and thats just the start of it. It would take me 3 hours to tell all you want to know so good night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGOKURULES Posted February 14, 2006 CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 DON'T BUY IT!!!! You can get a nice PCI Wireless card for under $15.00 at a Computer/Electronic store, hell Even the chain stores may have them under $20 but if your not comfortable with opening your computer then go for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBojangles Posted February 14, 2006 CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 As DEVEN said you will need to clean it. When I bought my wifes Dell Inspiron 1200 laptop (for work of course) It was loaded with a ton of programs and junk we would never use. AOL, Yahoo, MAN, etc. Also check all of the programs it comes with to see if they are trial programs or the full program unless you wana try them out. Uninstall everything you don't need or use, clean up your disk, Defragment your HD. I did all this before even hooking up to the internet. I then used a disk i had created before hand with Ad-Aware, HiJackThis!!, AVG-Antivirus(free), CWShredder, Spybot S&D, Microsoft AntiSpy Ware, McAfee Stinger, and F Secure Blacklight. I deleted the trial Symantec Anti Virus. I then installed the AVG Free antivirus. After everthing was cleaned up and set up I make sure Windows firewall is on and as well as adjusting the internet settings. Advanced settings as well. Also turn of Windows Messenger or stop it from running in Admin. Connect to the internet and do a windows update. Restart and install Firefox and Thunderbird. But you may or may not like them. I reccomend Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security Suite. Or you could go with the symantec. Trend Micro is easier to work with. There are a lot of others out there. So I installed one of those. When setting up the wireless router I like to make sure my wife laptop is the only other computer that can get on the line. If you can choose Wi-Fi Protected Access2 (WPA2) Also get the 2Gig upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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