# Hows this dell PC look???
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [August 28, 2007, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508 "2007-08-28T09:30:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2007, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508/1 "2007-08-28T09:30:39Z")
PROCESSOR AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+ edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium edit
MONITOR 22 inch E228WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel edit
MEMORY 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 48X CD-RW/ DVD Combo Drive edit
VIDEO CARD Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 6150 graphics GPU edit
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive Included edit
MODEM & WIRELESS Internal PCI 802.11g Wireless Network Card
859 minues the 300 i sold my PC for. gotta love the 22 inch monitor.
who/where should I look for virus protection???
This is just a pc to surf the web, do little things for my small business etc. no gaming pc or anythign like that. let me know if I should add or change anything. I may price a different model, what options should I really look for??? I know atleast 1 gig of ram but what else. My dell 4500s is working fine but my sister in law is looking for a PC so I said why not sell it to her. My system is 5-6 years old.
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2007, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508/2 "2007-08-28T10:05:33Z")
A little pricey for what you’re getting. I just built one with slightly better specs for about $600, however you get a Dell warranty so if anything breaks you’re all set.
I have no problem running Vista on mine.
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### Author:  [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508/3 "2007-08-28T10:21:14Z")
yeah, i heard vista can be a bitch? any truth to that?
I am going to spec out a differnt model, this one is def over kill for what i need.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508/4 "2007-08-28T10:28:53Z")
shit… you could probably piece together a computer for yourself for a few hundred bucks if you’re only going to be using it for little things.
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### Author:  [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508/5 "2007-08-28T10:47:18Z")
shitty. don’t get a Dell…
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508/6 "2007-08-28T11:26:30Z")
A tad pricey, but otherwise seems solid if you want something simple to work with and not worry about.
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### Author:  [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508/7 "2007-08-28T11:34:37Z")
It’s a bit more than if you were to build it yourself but I think the processor & video card are on the lower end. You won’t have as long of a service life compared to a machine with higher end components. You’ll probably be looking to upgrade again in 2-3 years where as if you build a nicer machine and pay a few hundred more you can extend that to maybe 4-5 years. Plus you don’t get a DVD burner. 2gigs of memory is nice though.
However those monitors are the shit. I bought two of them for $300 a piece shipped off Ebay in June (dual 22’s rock). Then my friend bought two 24’s just to spite me.
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### Author:  [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2007, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508/8 "2007-08-28T11:35:07Z")
[quote=“FuzzyFish,post:6,topic:34508"”]
… if you want something simple to work with and not worry about.
[/quote]
like a Mac? :ohyeah:
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hows-this-dell-pc-look/34508/9 "2007-08-28T12:05:18Z")
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[quote=“FuzzyFish,post:6,topic:34508"”]
…if you want something with little software support and and one mouse button
[quote=dmoffitt;653000]like a Mac? :ohyeah:
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