Dell Desktop Great Deal

[CC1]

If anyone is in the market for a new desktop computer there is a promo code out there for $350 off Dell Inspiron Desktops that you configure at the Dell site with a regular price of $999 or more.

When you are configuring at the Dell site you will see your price with probably a $100-$150 discount. As you configure your system and see the price change with each component remember to add back that discount you have been given to see when you reach the $999 threshold to then apply the $350 discount promo code.

This promo code is good until 1/8 or until 6,000 people have found it on the internet and used it (it is not on the Dell site or advedrtised).

Tonight I bought a $1000+ compuer for about $650.00. They also have free shipping right now.

Here is the promo code you would enter at the checkout page and then it would recalculate the price of your computer showing the $350.00 discount being taken off the price;

DT6M$B97BDKSVB

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

www.dell.com

[CC1]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

www.dell.com

LOL!! Thanks BORED. I left out the most important part.

BTW- I ordered 2 gigs of RAM with my system but wanted to upgrade to 4 gigs. I was shocked when I did a google search to find I could buy 1 GIG sticks of PC2 5300 DDR2 SDRAM for just $ 17.99 each!!! For about forty bucks including sales tax and shipping I got my 2 gigs of RAM. I had thought I was just looking for a future upgrade but that price was too good to pass up.

After reading good things about AMD's dual core chips I took the plunge and got the AMD 64x2 5000+ dual core processor rather than the Intel ones.

The laptop I bought last spring has an Intel dual core processor and it is fine but I think for the money that AMD chip was a good deal. I plan on using this system for Video and Audio editing almost exclusively and that processor does well with those tasks from what I have read.

I also am anxious to get to try out Vista Premium since my laptop only has Vista basic and it is pretty much XP only with things moved to unfamilar places. At least with Vista Premim you get the cool transparent layers from what I understand.

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Originally Posted by CC1

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I also am anxious to get to try out Vista Premium since my laptop only has Vista basic and it is pretty much XP only with things moved to unfamilar places. At least with Vista Premim you get the cool transparent layers from what I understand.

Vista? Why? Have you read multitudes are going BACK to XP?

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by CC1

LOL!! Thanks BORED. I left out the most important part.

BTW- I ordered 2 gigs of RAM with my system but wanted to upgrade to 4 gigs. I was shocked when I did a google search to find I could buy 1 GIG sticks of PC2 5300 DDR2 SDRAM for just $ 17.99 each!!! For about forty bucks including sales tax and shipping I got my 2 gigs of RAM. I had thought I was just looking for a future upgrade but that price was too good to pass up.

After reading good things about AMD's dual core chips I took the plunge and got the AMD 64x2 5000+ dual core processor rather than the Intel ones.

The laptop I bought last spring has an Intel dual core processor and it is fine but I think for the money that AMD chip was a good deal. I plan on using this system for Video and Audio editing almost exclusively and that processor does well with those tasks from what I have read.

I also am anxious to get to try out Vista Premium since my laptop only has Vista basic and it is pretty much XP only with things moved to unfamilar places. At least with Vista Premim you get the cool transparent layers from what I understand.

Yup...Id get my upgrades somewhere else.

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Get an Inspirion 1420 and get it with Ubuntu installed. $499 with no coupons and it simply works.

[Ron]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

Get an Inspirion 1420 and get it with Ubuntu installed. $499 with no coupons and it simply works.

How does Unbunto work?

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Originally Posted by Ron

How does Unbunto work?

www.ubuntu.com

CC1> I have a GeForce card in my box. It is fantastic. I run a 20 inch monitor and no lag at all. It frees up my 512 Meg RAM for the system.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

www.ubuntu.com

CC1> I have a GeForce card in my box. It is fantastic. I run a 20 inch monitor and no lag at all. It frees up my 512 Meg RAM for the system.

I've been a die hard Nvidia user for years. I never used ATI

[CC1]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

I've been a die hard Nvidia user for years. I never used ATI

What is interesting is that I had the option of choosing a 256 mb ATI graphics card but was glad I went with the NVIDIA when afterwrards I did some research.

It turns out that even though on paper the ATI has faster clocking, wider bandwith, etc and should perform better it does not. In comparison tests I found on the web in almost every application the 8600GT beat the ATI card.