Posted by Is this good? ( i could go with 720 gb of HDD space but its over my budget)
PROCESSORSIntel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2.66GHz)edit
OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bitedit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosisedit
OFFICE SOFTWARENo Productivity software pre-installededit
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MEMORY6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz – 6 DIMMsedit
HARD DRIVE640GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Driveedit
OPTICAL DRIVESingle Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capabilityedit
MONITOR20.0" Dell ST2010 HD Widescreen Monitoredit
VIDEO CARDATI Radeon HD 4870 GDDR5 1024MBedit
SOUND CARDIntegrated 7.1 Channel Audioedit
SPEAKERSNo speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)edit
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KEYBOARDDell Studio Consumer Multimedia Keyboardedit
MOUSEDell Studio Optical Mouseedit
MODEMNo Modem Optionedit
My Accessories
SECURITY SOFTWARENorton Internet Security™ 2009 Edition 15-monthsedit
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUPDell Online Backup 2GB for 1 yearedit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Studio XPSStudio XPS 435
Adobe SoftwareAdobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language
LABELSWindows Vista™ Premium
REMOTE ACCESSDell Remote Access, free basic service
The problem with Dell is that they use proprietary hardware, so upgrades are really expensive and after the warranty expires you really don’t need it to break down. They also are really tight with the power supply and fans. But the spec is pretty good. Oh and they also use their own cut down bios.
ummm its decent its not bad i mean its not top of the line but its good
This is a very nice system. However, you must keep in mind that it is 64 bit, which means that yes – it will take a lot of RAM – but the downside is that you are limited to the programs that are 64 bit compatible.
The only thing I would eliminate is the Norton security suite – a resource hog that performs poorly.
Top of the line processor, plenty of memory, very good graphics card, dual layer burner, yep, that’s a very nice system. You should be able to help scientists find the origin of the universe with that.
Edit
From Windows Help and How To
Can I run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit computer?
Most programs designed for a computer running a 32-bit version of Windows will work on a computer running 64-bit versions of Windows. Notable exceptions are many antivirus programs, and some hardware drivers.
Drivers designed for 32-bit versions of Windows do not work on computers running a 64-bit version of Windows. If you’re trying to install a printer or other device that only has 32-bit drivers available, it won’t work correctly on a 64-bit version of Windows. If you are unsure whether there is a 64-bit driver available for your device, go online to the Windows Vista Compatibility Center.
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/41531554-d5ef-4f2c-8fb9-149bdc5c8a701033.mspx#EDH
wang sang is WRONG. My Dell is 7 months old and I’ve upgraded the piss out of it using standard, off the shelf parts from newegg and tiger direct. The only thing that’s proprietary is the bios which prevents overclocking.
Learn how to build your own. Thats the way to go. and saves you tons of money. p.s. i may have mised it but i don’t see the price