Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Is this a good deal from dell for £500?
Processor
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor (2.80GHz, 512kB L2 cache, 533MHz FSB)
Operating system
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Memory
512MB DDR RAM
Monitor
17" CRT Colour Monitor (15.9" v.i.s0.28 dot pitch)
Harddrive
160GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Optical Drive
48x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
Location: Stevenage Drives: Leon Cupra
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dell seem to have a good rep and thats looks like a reasonable price, has everything you need listed except mouse and keyboard 
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Smick
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Registered: 21st Sep 04
Location: Belfast
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My mate just got a computer from dell, was good job, similar spec to the one you have listed here.
And you get the keyboard, mouse and speakers included. Aswel as backup disks of Windows XP and other software like MS Works.
Only thing I would consider changing would be gettin rid of that CRT and getting a flat screen.
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Ryan L
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Registered: 4th Mar 03
Location: Essex
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yep go for a flat screen they are about another 75 but the difference is amazing
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GIBBS
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Registered: 22nd Feb 01
Location: Kent, Jap Car Importer :)
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DELL are V good
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corsapaul21
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Registered: 14th Jun 04
Location: Wired to the moon!
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very good deal 
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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Yesh we bought a top notch Dimension 3000 with 17" flat screen, top top spec, usb key, surround sound set up for £1k 
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
Is this a good deal from dell for £500?
Processor
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor (2.80GHz, 512kB L2 cache, 533MHz FSB)
Operating system
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Memory
512MB DDR RAM
Monitor
17" CRT Colour Monitor (15.9" v.i.s0.28 dot pitch)
Harddrive
160GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Optical Drive
48x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
Depends what it will be used for...
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
Location: Stevenage Drives: Leon Cupra
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I'm getting this
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology 3.2GHz
· Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
· 512MB DDR RAM
· 200GB 7200rpm Hard Drive
· DVD-ROM Drive (16x)
· Multi-Format DVD+RW+R-RW-R - 4x2.4x12x16x10x40x (Dual Layer)
· 6-in-1 Card Reader - supports CompactFlash (type i and ii), Smartmedia, Multimedia, SD and Memory Stick
· 256MB ATi Radeon 9200 graphics card
· Stereo speakers and on board multimedia sound
· 56k Modem
· Integrated 10/100 LAN network interface
· 6 x fast USB 2.0 ports
· 2 Firewire IEEE1394 ports
· 17" SCALEO TFT Flat-Panel Display
· Software worth £800 including Microsoft Standard Office, Works Suite 2004 - Word, Works, Money Standard, Encarta, AutoRoute, Picture It! and Works Clipart, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, Pinnacle Studio 9SE and Norman Anti-Virus (including 3 months free updates)
· 3 years at-home on-site warranty
· Home delivery included
For £750
49% discount through work
[Edited on 28-10-2004 by Corsa E-Tec]
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Ren
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Registered: 16th Oct 04
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If you're going to use it for games, im not so sure, as it doesnt specify a graphics card. It probably means the graphics are onboard (not very good)
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Mad Moe
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Registered: 14th Jun 01
Location: Northumberland
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Try Mesh mate, make top notch computers
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dave17
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Registered: 3rd Sep 02
Location: Greater London
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec
I'm getting this
· 256MB ATi Radeon 9200 graphics card
For £750
49% discount through work
[Edited on 28-10-2004 by Corsa E-Tec]
pap graphics card tho
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Smiler
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Registered: 12th Oct 04
Location: Hudds
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DO NOT BUY A HELL PC!!!!!!!! trust me
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Adam
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Registered: 1st May 01
Location: Hurstbourne Tarrant
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Had a dell, they are a right cunt to upgrade!
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam
Had a dell, they are a right cunt to upgrade!
Why a cunt to upgrade? I just ordered and am planning on almost completely rebuilding it within a week or two
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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waste of time upgrading them, since most motherbaords are of an OEM description so BIOS updates are a complete no-brainer usually.
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ajscorsa
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Registered: 30th Apr 02
Location: Perceton, North Ayrshire
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dell fuked up last weekend on there pc's
i got a top spec 1 for just over £100
and they are honoring that price.
go to www.moneysavingexpert.com and it tells u when places fuk up online and u get shit well cheap
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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quote:
Originally posted by ajscorsa
dell fuked up last weekend on there pc's
i got a top spec 1 for just over £100
and they are honoring that price.
go to www.moneysavingexpert.com and it tells u when places fuk up online and u get shit well cheap
I use this and got the following........
D1049 Dimension 4700
Dimension 4700 2.8GHz 800FSB w/1MB cache
1024MB DDR400 Dual Channel Memory (2x512)
80 GB Serial ATA Hard Drive
Sonic Software for CD/RW and COMBO
48X CDRW Drive
Mouse Pad with Dell Logo
Dell Midnight Grey PS/2 2 Button Wheel Mouse
UK/Irish (QWERTY) - Dell Entry Midnight Grey Keyboard
English - Win XP SP2 Home
English - Microsoft Works 7.0
AOL 8, BT + Tiscali UK ISP
English - Paint Shop Photo Standard Album
English - Paint Shop Pro Try and Buy 8.0
English - Adobe Reader 6.0
Dell Support 3.0 - (English Only)
English - McAfee Security Centre 90 day Trial Version
1Y CAR (Collect and Return)
for £230 delivered 
[Edited on 28-10-2004 by James]
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